Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04
fast train? The one you got your ticket

fast train? The one you got your ticket
II didn't know 1t made any difference"
she falterei. Il had to walt over on ac-
count of the strike. you know; I was afraid
TO go on on that train. so got off and wait
ed for this one. Can't You fix it up"
Yes. you can go back into the chair
car IL you like"
Il am perfectly able to buy up whole
Pullman car. If necessary for my comfort"
she returned harshtily. Il want whole
section, and want IT az once"
My dear madam. you might as well ask
for a whole section OF the moon. Every
berth on this car is engaged, and you
couldn't secure even half one. I'll send a
porter back TO take you to the chair car"
And he punched her ticket and passed on.
IN few moments the porter came 10 Mrs.
Snob.
There amt no chayahs empty jus now
that functiGnary reported, smilingly, but
| reclCns thai will he. an I'll take you
back to the other coach an fotch you as
soon as l fin IN empty one!''
An Experienced Traveller.
And so Mrs. Snob had to go back into the
common coach. 1 was glad of it, and didn't
feel bit sorry as she passed out with
flushed cheeks. trailing her delicate silk be
hind her. Since she knew nothing herself,
she ought to have had sense enough to
have taken with her some one who knew
something about the world and enough of
travelling to not get off of her train IA the
middle Of the continent and wait for an
other because she was afraid to go on, ex-
pecting, too. that her sleeping car ticket
would be good on any train, Why, any
child ought to know better than that.
wonder If women in general know that
the Travelled woman can be recognized as
quickly though she was branded on the
forehead? She has an air that cannot be
mistaken. She is never overdressed. and
she steers just as clear of shabbiness or
eccentrieity I'm her attire. She does not gen.
orally put on perfectly fresh gown to
travel In. as one that she has worn long
enough to get thoroughly acquainted with
is very much better for the purpose. She
generally chooses a wooden gown-light
weight in summer, heavy in winter and
fall. Dark colors will generally be found
on the woman who travels a great deal,
because she knows that all sorts OF things
are liable to happen to light dress. She
does not like cotton travelling gowns, be-
cause they muss so easily. and look "tacky"
at the cad OF one days trip. She does not
wear wide white linen collars or cuffs be-
cause they get grimy I'm half an hour and
are hideous unless Immediately pure. II
she must have neck trimming. she has a
soft silk ruche or folds OF silk ba sted in the
neck of her bodice. Sac does not wear a
Gainsborcugh hat, nor a lace confection.
Neither does she wear wide stiff sailor.
Her favoritc head covering is a small close
fitting toqde. A capote is permissible, but
the strings will be found hot and binding,
particularly in summer. She always carries
bit OF tissue yelling or n lace scarf to tie
over her neatly arranged hair as soon as
she removes her hat, so as to shield II from
cinders and dust. She always wears gloves
1t would be difficult TO call her a lady If she
| forgot that They are usually old soft
ones that do not bind her hands, but gloves
or some kind the real simon pure lady al
ways wears.
Confederate of 0fbers
When she has found her place in the car
she occupies only so much of il as will not
discolmOde others. or that portion of a
crowded car that she has paid for. She ar
ranges herself as comfortably as possible
putting on light, easy Shoes so that her feet
will not tire: gets out her books. papers and
perhaps bit Of fancy work, and is quite as
much at home, in a quiet way, as though
In her own apartments. She has her SMELL
ing salts. and some cologne or toilet water
TO freshen herself up with, and Of course
she carries all the aIpurtenances OF the
toilet that she does OF have to use those
furnished for the public. No lady wo.Ild use
the soap. combs and towels furnished for
the public any more than she would use the
public tooth brush. She should supply her
SELF with maps and time tables of her route,
and if she has la ask questions of the train
men she does IL in quiet, lady-like man.
ner. which commands respectful attention
and courteous answers. She has a dark silk
OF cotton night dress, and never 'monopo-
lies the toilet room to The exclusion of
others.
Above all things, the Travelled woman who
Is lady Is never arrogant. supercilious or
dlct@tCrial; she never presumeS on her
mol ey or her station in life: she is courte-
Gus 10 all, rich and poor alike, and what
ever the actions Of others, she never for
gets for an instant that she is a lady and
being one cannot afford to lower herself in
her own estimation. SENORA SARA