The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-14
A BRIT0N'S LUGGAGE.
ATTC-7Tc or A.iERIcSa IiiITAToRs
TO ETrOocCE IT HERE.

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A. the -sln- Briton is known in
this coua ~ his luggage. 50 the
American vauan was Cuce hated in
Europe lccau-e u her saratoga trunk.
THE world has escaped tho general
adoption Cf the saratoga trunk. but .
worse thing seC ms possible. as British
lugragc threatens 20 become interna-
tiouaL EVcn now yuu may buy in this
town all tha impcdimeuta with which
tine travelling Briion cumbers himself
and bcdcvils the rest If mankind. A
Broadway truukmakeT has for some
year, Iast undertaken TO fix the thral-
doIa If these things uFon his fellow
country men and women. and many
travelling Americans. especially the
wealthy and fashionable, are 20 b. rec-
ognizcd by the multiplicity Of British
imrcdimenia that they carry 10 and fro
in their froquent j0urneyiugs between
the old world and the new. More curl
Ous still. those clever uud initiative Jap
ancSc have begun TO produce British
lugrJge identical with the original in
the miuutcst details, even down 10 hand
sowCd straYs On leather trunks. port
mauteIus and the like; hut. drolly
enough. the whole outfit j. n.Crt Is pa
per counterfeit Il the real thing.
American imitaturS 81 things British,
hacking the iiEo humcr Il the japanese.
have made no substitution of light ma
terial for heavy, but have taken ON the
fall burden Cf punderuus British hat
boxes, portmanieaus. rugs, bags, hold
alls and even bathtuhs. IL was a sravel-
ing American who gave 90 the world IN
account Of q refresh ug scene un board
4 Mediterranean steamer hound TO Tan
gicr or some such Muhammc,an port IL
north Africa. y British Passenger with
his hsthtub had nearly pestered the life
uut ~ a meek. coffee culurcd Muham-
mctlan. who accepted the Briton S curses
without "a sign II repruach. but when
In the cUGrse of getting the luggage
ashore the precious haihtUb fell over
board and sank like lead. the harmless
fu '1wgr uf the prophet was seen 10
pause IN his work and dance gleefully
uloii tie deck. eXclaiming in triumph.
"Oh. tir Guddam. Mr.. Goddain - IL
is since that incident that travelled
Americans in their aping uf British
ways have accepted even the burden ~
the bathtub.
4 study Of baggage 1t a steamship
wharf ur even a. :. llr.e railway station
ia Now York is 81 instructive lesson as
10 the cosmopolitan character Of the
city. There Is one article u British
luggage that seldom survives more than
Cuc journey within tho limits Of tho
United States aud sometimes gets no
farther inland than the New York hotel
40 which the traveller makes his first
stop This article is the little trunk or
box Cf jspanaod tin much used by trav-
clers IN Grpat Britain. The flimsy trifie
hardly -us vivt-s the first encounter with
tho American baggage handler, and
after tho fret journey Of 600 miles in
this country j. battered out q all re-
scmblance ,1its origi' lrectilinear self.
( II is an article o. luggage not suitable
+ to the esigcucies Of American travel
a pathetic feature II the baggage at
tle railway stations that are doorways
to tic west is the immigrants luggage.
/ Sometimes 10 Is mattress from tie
Z stcoragc wrapped about the few belong.
ing uf tho new made American. Again
/ il is tie corded box Of the Irish. English
OF Scotch immigrant. twill be recalled
/ how important n preliminary 10 Char
I lotte BrDute's journcyiugs out into the
great world from her Yorkshire home
was the cording Il her box. The corded
box l. Es rare among tho luggage Of an
American traveller as the old hair trunk
though both are occasionally seen. Tie
seaman's locker. rcctiliucar for n stable
st0wage and strong against accidents,
figures in the luggage at steamship
wharyes. One knows instinctivcly il.
contents ~ old clothes. Photographs.
curios. tobacco and long treasured let,
ters from home and the array Of pic
tures from the illustrated papers pastet
ON tire inside ~ the lid.
The elaborate dressing cases tina
some Americans and all well to d,
Euglishmcn used 20 travel with arc 20
ing out Of fashion II j. almost neccs
sity that tine traveller with this pretty
piece II luggage tako along n valet. foi
the thing weighs like ~ much lead ant
is too precious 20 be- trusted 20 the ten
der mercies u the baggage department
The travelling desk also las nearly dis
appeared, though some ingenious trunk
makers now prCduce trunks that oper
su as TO form decks. The luncheut
hamper that used to accompany ever
traveller across this continent in th'
days before dining cars came into us,
has almost entirely disappeared. Th,
California milliuuaires of early trans
continental travel carried enormous anS
richly laden hampers and dispensed of
ten princely hospitality to their fellow
travellers. The dinner hour On board
trlnscuntineutal 6ain was picturesque
incident u travel IN those days. Thi
travelling Briton in Europe still some
times csrrie> his luncheon hamper. ant
II l. often oue of the nuisances II EurU
pean travel
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