The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-01
A BRITON'S LUGGAGE.
c. s';ERicAH IMITSToRJ
TO INTRODUCE IT HsRe.


this courtry BY his luggage. 50 the |
American =. .Cnsan was once hated IN
Europe b,-,.lcso of her saratoga trunk. |
The world has escaped the general
adoption CT the saratoga trunk. but .
worse thing se, ms possible, as British
luggage thrc@iCiis 20 become interua-
t.onaL Even BOg yOu may buy in this
town all the impcdimeufa with which
the travelling Bris,n cumbeTs himself
and bclevils the ECss Of mankind. A
Broadway trunkmaker has for some
years past undertaken 10 fix the thral-
dom Of these things uTon his fellow
country men aud women. and many
travelling Americans. especially the
wealthy aud fashionable. are TO be re
ocnized by the multiplicity Of British
impedimCuta that they carry 70 and fro
in their frequent jourucyiuEs between
the old world and the new. More Curl
ous still, those clever and initiative Jap
anese have began to produce British
luggage identical VITA the original in
the minutcst details. even down 20 hand
sewed straps on leather trunks. ruTt-
manteaus and the like; but. drolly
enough. tho whole outfit is mCrelya pa
per counterfeit Of the real thing.
American imilatUvs Ct things British,
lacking the fire hunor Of the japanese.
have made no substitution Of light ma
terial for heavy. but have taken ON the
full burden II pondCrous British hat
Z boxes, portmIltUaus. rugs. bags. hold
I alls and even bajh;ubs IL was a travel
ing American vino gave e. the world an
T account Of refreshing scene ON beard
a Mediterranean steamer h. und TO Tan
gier or sonle such Muhamincdan port u
north Africa. A British passenger with
bis bdthtub had nearly pestcred the lie
out Of a meek. coffee colCred Moham-
medan. who accepted the Briton curses
without u sign Of reproach. bat when
IN the course Of getting the lug-a.e
ashore the precious hathtub fell over
board and sank like lead, the harmless
follower Of the prophet was seen 20
pause in his work and dance gleefully
upon the d'cl. cxclaiming in triun pa.
"Oh. Nlr. Suddani. Mr.. GO,idam 90 II
is since that incident that travelled
Americans in their Hniug u British
ways have accepted even thC hUtdtl
the iathiuh
A study az baFcl@e at a steam. zip
wharf or Cven gt q large railway st;,;io;l
in New York Is an instructive iersol -
20 the cosmopolitan chaiGr;cr Il t''e
city. There IT, enc article II R-..i.A
luggage tl.at seldom survives moro ,a.a5
one journey within the Limits ut tae
United States and stsJciiucs g,ta ..n
farther ial1i.d than thc .,tw York r-el
~ which the traveller makes his ii~
stop Thi.s sltirlc is the l.;;lr trra..
box of iauaaagd tin Eiuch U,rd hy ts..
elcrs in Grcut Britain. The iiimsy i.i-
hardly survives the fret encounter
the American hgr;a-c handler. as.a
after the first juuruoy q geo mile a
this country j. battered out 4 all lo-
.cmblrnCe tuits original rcctilinear
Il j. un Article Of lurguge not suit..t &
10 the ex'gsucies o. american travel
a pathetic feature - tho harga-. q
tho railway stations that are duc.,. Is g
TO tire west j. the immigrant lcgga-r.
Sometimes II - matrices from tl.e
steer1So wrapped ahuut the few brlun..-
inRs 81 ihe new made American. Asaiu
IL J. the corded huN ~ the Irish. English
CT Scotch immigrant. IL will le recs. He'd
how important preliminary 90 Char
lotte Bruntc's juurneyiugs cut into the
FIeat world from her Yorkshire home
was the curding uf her box. The CORDED
box Is as rare among the luggage of ~
American traveller as the old hair truuk.
though both are occasionally seen. The
seaman's locker. rectiliuear for a stable
stowage and strong against accidents.
. figures in the luggage at steamship
wharvos. One knows instinctively its
contents of old clothes. protugIaphs,
curius. tobacco and long treasured let
tiers from home and the array of pic.
, lures from the illustrated papers pasted
! on the inside Of the lid.
The elaborate dressing cases tha.
some Americans and oil we'll TO do
Englishmen used to travel with are 60
ing out Of fashion IL is almost a neccs-
} sity that the traveller with this pretty
: piece Of luggage take along \ valet, for
! the thing weighs like 81 much lead and
10 too precious 10 be trusted 10 the ten
J der mercies Of the baggage department
: Tie travelling desk also has nearly dis.
! appeared, though some ingenious trunk.
: makers now produce trunks that open
20 as TO form decks The luncheon
hamper that used 70 accompany every
traveller acruss this continent in the
. days before dining cars came into use
has almost entirely disappeared The
California millionaires Of early trans
continental travel carried enormous and
; richly laden hampers and dispensed Of.
ten princely hospitality 20 their fellow
travellers. The dinner hour on board q
transcontinenial rain was n picturesque
incident Of travel in those days The
travelling Briton in Europe still some
times carries his luncheon hamper. and
it is often one Of the nuisances Of Euru-
pean travel
Some Of the English theatrical com
panies have become SO used to travelling