Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-22
TYPES OF TRAVELLERS.
Some Observations of Human Nature In a
 sleeplnE Car.
Especial Correspondence.


 CHICAGO. April 15.-Hu.Aan nature is secn in all its naturalneS5 on a railroad car, especially if you arS travelling by tho long haul People arc seldom natural else whcrc, but on the railrOad they seem to throw off all reserve and become as dis ayrCCahlc as pOSsiblC-as near to naturc as wcrc our r'inotc ancestors. On any train, ur in any coach that you may select, you will find just about tho samo class of poo plc-thCy Hrc also travelling First of all, thcrc is tho fat man. who invariably has crooked legs, always smoking, r',,nrtilcSS of the rules, and iS too lazy or contrary to gO into the smoking car. He has a lower berth and makes n foot cushion of the Op- pOsitc seat. Ono would think that he Is too indOlcnt to bc diSagrcable. He iS when not travelling. In the morning he plants himself in front of ono of the wash basins in the lavatory. extends his sharp elbows so as tO cover the other two and kccp othc- people away. He puffS, blows and shorts while performing his morning ablutiOns, Gs if it wrrc novel 10 him. ThoSc who havc been crowded away make remarks which sound something likc | "hng." Then Up comes a drummer, with his suSPcntlrrs dragging on the floor, his 1 sleeves rolled hack, and his shirt front neg 1 ligcc, as if Ia intended Ia gCt into tho basin and takc n bath. He places his brushes, combs and q flask of whisky upon the slab, | and as suOn as the fat man wabblcs out | tho drummer takes possession. But, as he l k not corpurCally largo enough to monop- olizc the other basins, some of the other passengers have a chance, or would, did not tho usual woman with patent smile and pcnchant for intruding put in an ap- pcarancc. Instead of r,maining at the lavatory provided for her sex and taking her turn as n lady would, she prcsumcS upon her sex and gNcS deliberately to that placo ] provided for tho men. She knows that the majority of men do not know the differ CnCc between imposition and courtesy, and thus proves that she iS unworthy of tho latter.
 Thcsc types of travellers arc found on cv- cry train and in every sleeper. Ono is as numerous as tho other Perhaps they hc- licvc it iS necessary to hc diSagrCCable while travelling. But what excuse or pal liation can bc offcrCd for the woman who always wants "lower slccpcr?" Every traveller has mot hCr-very often. The first thing she does after entering a cuIch and throwing her bundles on some one clSc'S : seat is tn look around and survey tho situ- ntion. If she sCt's n man occupying a lower berth. she is miserable, even if Shc herself has ono. But if shc has not one that man s doom is settled. Neither conductor porter nor tho man himself would haNC ltEltr un- til she got that sltr'pcr. l never had a lower sleeper but oncr-at least that was ahlc to keep after the train pulled out and ii wuS with s,1mc ErSitancy that I acrrptr7l a lower ticket on n Stcnnd "cca- sion, although the kind agent ;IS>urId mo that the C,Nch w;IS not likely tn hc over crowded. I noticed n lone woman in the "oppus;:r l"wrr' looking around as if she had lr>,t l,;hiug. Finally tho porter came to u,r with: "Bp>S. dean like Ia discomfort you, but dat ar lv>!dy would like ter h,,V dis Hrr berth. oh, y,~> sth, ,hc had on,-jrst ".i,'>ilC-hut shc drfrrs {" hah dis onr lNliv>in d!t you would uhltS'2rr a l,H,dy."
 looked ar,uud, mentally mraSurII the car and saw that sEr had equally as good a berth and cNuld rot imagine why she wished tn chanGr, unless it was from the force of habit in trruh!inS men to satisfy her whimS
 The IN, >'inirS child is another type. II k, likc Fi2~lr& "Ecr>, thcrc and every whcrr' making, life miserable for all the passengers, ;,nd ynr"u-ly,I by it's parcnts who believe it iS the only child on earth and it iS-uf it's Calil,yr.
 The crying; halS-hut hero l draw tn, curtain. ]. M. SCANLAND.