Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-21


S tSls4iuFiI the spirit OF til e
Mjf I'M days unrest and add
N~ I'M rough st op ping
there. according to the new version Of
Bacon's Shakespeare. but / am no pessi-
mist. and 1 don't believe that divinity is
rushing round trying to find me to strew
my path with any more lacks than il is
that OF my neighbor. II true history of
human events could be written IL would
show that far larger proportion of our
actions is the result o. sul lien Impulses
and accident than of that reason of which
We are 50 fcnd OF boasting: so l think 4;
quite unfair to shove off on fate or destiny
the blame for our own unconsidcred ex-
ploits- When Nora's mother went OF TO
New Mexico to find health among the
mountains around the historic city of Santa
Fee near which she has a brother, who is
an ofhcer IN the regular army, we had no
Idea thai divinity was lurking around the
landscape waiting to pounce on me Tor its
next victim. and make of me living viadi-
cation of at least a part Of Shakespeare
wisdom.
II came about in this manner Sora.s
mother was taken i'll. and wanted Nora 10
come TO her. had made all my preDara-
tons to take Elaine, Dorothy and Nora to
ing when the message came. and decided
to go to New Mexico instead Now, am
sure that that action on our part was the
result OF accident and impulse. and neither
reason nor Judgment entered into the deci-
sion. We were just one day changing cur
plans end getting ready to turn our faces
toward the land Of POGO TEMPO" We
took from our trunks all the slken and
muslin fnery the girls had got ready for
the Springs. and put in its place heavier
WOODS and wraps better sui,el 10 .he higher
cooler air of the Rockies Nora and Noro-
thy were amazed at the quantity of lunch
that Elaine and prepared for the trip. 1t
seemed enough for a regiment: but I have
had so much experience with travelling On
those far western roads, with their scant
accommodations. that I did not care to
trust too much to them In the way Of get
ting something 10 eat.
Away From Dining Cars.
1T does look an awful lot." said Elaine.
laughingly. as she began to stow II away.
but we haye all Of US healthy appetites
and we will use the most Of 1t before We
get through. All these things will keep for
a week or more. and we must have a large
bottle OF alcohol and a small spirit stove.
SD that we can have hot tea and coffee As
long as we are on the eastern roads, the
dining accommodations are good. though
costly beyond all reason but when we get
west OF the Missouri river We will find .hat
the conditions are changing and growing
more primitive all the time. Dining cars
are not attached. and We will have to de-
pend on the eating stations along the pad
they are far between. and IL there is any
delay. we simply have to go hungry Should
our lunch give out. Once mamma and 1
were caught out in the center of a hix
prairie. twenty miles from a town, with a
broken engine axle. We would have suf-
Tered from hunger had 1t not been for the
Kindness OF some people who had more
sense than To start on a trip across the con-
tinent without a weeks supply of proyi-
sions.'
When We started out on the Journey we
dfd SO without realizing the force of the
strike. which had just been inau:;urated
by the young man who registers from In
diana. and whose power for evil seems I'M
limited. Dick was not able to leave his
business. and l did not that it vas
necessary to have a man along, anyhow
l have been through the west a great ,e,I
and | have found that woman can get
along very well there without an escort.
quite as we'll as she can in the east; in
fact. l believe she can travel alone with
more comfort. for men are not as i,,dif-
ferent to her comfort. generally speaking
as they are in the east. where women are
not 'jewelry." as Redtop used to uut IT,
and again western men are not given to
oglins woman who Is travelling alone as
Is the custom Of certain class of men in
the east.
First Contact With the Strike
We got along very well until We reached
st. Louis. There we were Obliged To leave
our comfortable Wagner car and take a
common day coach. because the men re-
fused to take out train which pulled a
sleeping car. They said they were acting
in sympathy with the strikers AGAINST
the Pullman system of seepers, aud had
no grievance against the Wagner company
but the ethics of the situation demanded
the dog-in-the- manager policy. We waited
in St Louis. In the black hole of a build
Ing called a union depot. crowded with al!
kinds and classes of people, not airing to
go to breakfast. lest the train pull out
without us. yet not permitted to board it,
till the strikers had decided on a plan OF
action. We We're tired out with two days
and two nights travel on delayed trains
Elaine was the only fresh one In our party
She has seemingly mastered the power of
making herself comfortable under all con-
ditions and circumstances l find that one
has to be educated to travel with the min
tmum of exhaustion. and until such eluca-
ton is acquired. travelling is small pleas
ure. j had been noticing the crowds of
workingmen about the depot. and was hot
surprised when a youth whom we had be-
guiied into carrying our baggage for us
told US that most of them were strikers.
They are down here a watchin' to
that no scabs is allowed to take a train
out" he remarked. -cheerfully. as he de-
posted my valise the dirty floor and
hitched up his trousers, which were hang
ing by one strap over his shoulder. We
amt allowin to hurt nobody. but we won't
stand no monkey business Coin fur he
asked. as he wiped the coffee stains off a
small table with the remains of his shirt
sleeve and drew It up to my side for 10
spread our lunch. l told him our desttna-
ton. and received the delightful assurance
that my hair would be grayer than it was
right then before l got through. unless the
'cormOrants that was feedin' on the lite
blood of the nation let go their holt
While We were talking 1 noticed an elfsh
looking child siding up to ROse-in bloom,
cycling with almost wcliish greed the piece
of cake that she was mincing over. The
laxative youth left me at that moment
and in an instant the half starved girl vas
leaning against the table.
That looks powerful good she said
when she found that Rose was not luolsin.
at her The child was little startled
when she saw the weakened face close
to her own. hut she instantly placed the
cake in the birrt-claw hands.
Are YOU hungry she asked in wide
eyed Amusement at the way the cake diSap-
Dnare1.
"Ior; bet Amt had no breakfus'. an l
didn' have no grub las night but a hunk
o corn bread.
began to hunt out the box OF sandwiches
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