The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
THE WOMAN WHO TRAVELS.
Not to he COMPOUNDED With the Ex.
perienced Woman Traveller.

Not to Re COMPOUNDED With the Ex.
perienced woman Traveller.
The woman who travels should by no
means be mistaken for the woman trav-
eler.
The former is a novice. the latter is an
experienced globe trotter. who is as much
at home en- route and Sin a grip as IN
her own drawing-room. with all the ap-
pointments and luxuries of a home
At this season of the year the woman
who travels is very much in evidence.
She may rarely bulge out of her home at
any other period of her existence.
When at last the trunks are packed
and she is loaded down with a most UNI
necessary amount of excess luggage.
this being one of the characteristics OF
the woman who travels, she fuses ABOUT
the house, locking and unlocking drawers
and closets in order to satisfy herself
that she has forgotten nothing. While
YOU can wager that she will not be away
from the house five minute before she
discovers that she has left behind some
thing that she positively cannot get along
without. and in consequence q hurried
return to the hous is necessary, she
while she fumes and frets Tor rear sue
will be late for the train
But she never is; in fact. she errs on
the other side Of the fence n ge Namr
100 soon. which period of waiting she
outs in by going over the Varied assert
ment of loose bags and bundles every rev
minutes. frightening a near %neighbor al
o claim n.y. Mercy me! 1 have left my
cious. the little bag is gone!' both state
ments proving to be false. as she discov-
ers the keys in her ~reticule and the little
bag under a seat. where for a moment II
bod hpan lost TO sight thOugh 10 memory
dear.
When train time finally arrives she
gathers UP all her belongings, being eX-
tremely careful to put her ticket in the
very depths CT her pocket, SO that she
will not lose it. and also that she can re-
while she %unravels herself from her
undles and produces the p~asteboard at
the gate. Once in the train, she sits
primiy on the very edge of the seat, as
though ready to alight in five minutes,
when in reality her destination may be
a hundred miles distant. and when finally
She discovers herself on the platform
without having lost a single bundle IN
transit, she breathes a sigh Of relief at
a p~erilous undertaking SUCCESSFULLY &C
complished, and has no further qualms
until the time arrives for her return
journey, when the same scene is enacted
all over again.
posite of this type. She never burdens
herself with more than a small grip
and an umbrella. Her keys ana ticket
station unruffied and calm about five
minutes ahead of train time. This inter-
val is long enough for her to buy a book
81 paper. and when she seats herself in
the d~rawing-room chair, which her fore
thought engaged the day before, she
proceeds at once to make herself COM
Portable. and finds the journey pleasantly
brief. 1t requires a good deal of practice
to acquire this debonnair and
many a trip is necessary before even a
semblance of it is obtained. but it is al
ways refreshing to note. and If we
women who travel only semi-occasionally
could get UP even a fair imitation of it,
the outside world would form a much
! better opinion of us as we journey to
and fro.-Boston Journal.