Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-06
Fashion Also Prevails.

| FoSA1on Also Prevails.
| "a new idea in regard to trunks which
have but recently noticed is the fact that
zinc is taking the place of leather and wood
in their manufacture. They are very sub
| stantiai, and. from my experience, l would
advise their use. r. They will outlast a
leather trunk, look better, and, I believe
do not cost as much. The knights of the
| road the travelling statesmen, were the first
| to discover this fact, and what they do not
| know in regard to travelling, its comforts
| and disconforts, and also getting the most
for their money is hardly worth knowing.
"1Inr.grants care rothins for fashion OF
| rules They simply catch up the most con-
| venient contrivance for holding the stuff
! and then pack 1t to bursting and start on
their voyage. An immigrant train is some
| thing of a holy terror to the railroad bag
E;ige master, as there are no handles to q
| majority of the stuff, and work similar to
| that performed on the docks has to be gone
through with whenever the luggage is
| shifted. Large tin boxes with oval tops
| are generally used by this class of trav-
elers. They are not limited to any certain
| weight, and 1 have seen them weigh as
high as four hundred pounds. They have
| stoves, kitchen utensils household furni-
| ture and other like stuff in them. 1t not
! infreQuently happens that the scents ema-
| mating from them remind one of anything
| hut those from flower garden
1.-THE losing of trunks frequently occurs.
| and three times out of four the owners are
| to blame. We have system that is almost
| perfect. such as checking off at every sta
| ton where the trunk leaves the car, but
| the handicap of ignorant and meidleso.ne
passengers is a hard one to overcome.
| Trunks are very similar. and we have to
watch very close when it. comes to making
the first check. I have known people to go
| up to trunk, lay their hands on 1t and say
| 1t is theirs, and they want it checked to
such and such place, and even while talk
Ing about 1t the rishtful owner would
mn in A INV, ~
follows before the mistake is Strengthened
out.
Mistaken Identity.
"Some time ago we had rather peculiar
case of mistaken identity with a treasury
official and trunk as the principals. 1t
was a case of one man being divorced
from mis- trunk, with the treasury man,
who was going abroad, as the correspondent.
1t happened in this manner: The trunk
was on truck at the station when the
party of the first part came along and
had 1t sent to New York thinking it be-
lCnged to him. From New York it was put
On board vessel and sent to Southampton.
The mistake was discovered on board the
vessel and the case put in the hands of the
steamboat company. They referred it to
the transfer company. with the result that
the trunk finally reached its PROPRIETOR
such mistakes as this were liable to
occur at any time until a short time ago
when the hotels and local express com
panes were required to use checks or
tickets. The latter are made in duplicate
one OF which is given to the owner and
the other tied to the trunk, so that identi-
fication is thus made easy. Mistakes be-
fore We're liable to happen at any time and
the company was always thought to be in
fault.
IF the traveller will take the ordinary
precautions it is really a difficult matter
for trunk to be lost. As soon as a piece
OF baggage arrives on a train the number
OF the latter, tn" day of the, month and
the month is chals1ed on it, This is neces
sary. as storage is charged after the frs.
twenty-four hours. Fer the second twenty
TOUR hours Twenty-Five cents is charged.
d that ten cents Is charged for each
day or a fraction thereof This is done for
the protection of the company, otherwise
persons would take advantage of the leni-
encv = the company and let their baggage
temS1 eere as long as convenient"