Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-02-04

4lss eno uie neittuh.
~ enc travelling Drlton 81 hpNn in
lhis country By his iuerar no tne
American woman was b holeu ln
EUROPE boonuao 81 hor fofto9a trunk
The world has escaped ihe general
adoption Of ihc earaloof trunk. bot a
worse thing seems possible. ns htitan
lue4aeo flrcalcng % tocouo iniefna-
ilonnL Sven noW so may buy IN ihla
town an the Impcdinenla with which
lho travelling Hriln cumbote hlmteh
and bedogiia the aet Of mankind "A
Broadway trunknahef has l0t some
years past undertaken TO Ak The thrni-
dom 81 these lhings upon hie fellow
country men and women. and many
travelling Americans. especially tho
wealthy anf fashienabie. aFs 90 b. FH
oenized b. the multiplicity Of British
Impodimcnia thaf they carry 90 and fro
IN tiieiE requout ioufr between
the old world aud tho neH. More rnri-
ons eiill. those clever and initiative ZAP
aucsei have begun 60 produces British
lerQauo identical with the original in
hefminufert details, sgen down e. hana
sslre8 atrnpa on isather tIonAa, port
gksnteaus and The like; bot. or0iY
Jsnouah. che whole ou,at g merely 8 ra-
nor cornterfeit Of tho real thing.
Amoricnn imitnscrs o. things britiah.
l.nkinr tho fno homor Of tbo Japane1r.
havo made no substitution % Light ma
terln7 Tor heavy. bot hsvs taken cn fhe
full burden Of pondorous British hat
boxes. porimaniaaua. ruGa. baaa' nota
nlls and even bathtuha. it was p tfayel-
ing American who gnvo 20 tho world an
aoconut Of refreshing scene on board
q Mediterranean Steamer bound 20 g
uipr or some such M0hammedan port on
north Affioa. A British passenger VITA
his hathtub had nearly pesterod the life
ont Of a meek, coffee colored Moham-
mednn. who accepted the Britou' 3 curses
without a sign Of reproach, but when
IN the course Of getting the luggage
ashore the precious batbtub foil over
hoard and sank like lead, the harmless
ser Of tho prophet was seen 70
-oii IA hia work and dnnca gleefully
pAuso k ezclaiming ~ triumph.
"Oh. Nh. ~ scnf sbet travelled
Z since ne aping Of British
Anior,cr the burden Of
the bait toamahir
A st8 rfafios
wharf oi5 ~ IL y
Ia New ~
60 the Cd, 81
city. Thei$
luggage thakW
one journey ~
United 6tates q
farther inland 80
at which the t.sg{o
stop. This article II .S1
box Of iapanned tin s 4
elers IN Great BritaiiS 81
hardly survives the nfa
tho American baggag
after the FIRST journey o
this country Il battered
semblauce to its original re&%
Il is nm article Of luggage ~
TO the exigencies Of AmericaNoSg
A pathetic feature Of the AyS
the railway stations that arofHS
to the west is the immigrant'sN
Sometimes Il Is a mattress IL
steerage wrapped about the few 2 d
ings Of the new made American.
Il Is the corded box Of the Irish, En-Ss
on Scotch Immigrant. twill be roclo
how important a preliminary to ChSS
iotte Bronte's journeyings out into
great world from hor Yorkshire hon\ \
was the cordiDg Of her box The oorde,N
box is 81 raro among the Luggage Il az
American traveller as the old hair trunk
though both are occasionally seen. Tn
seaman's locker. rectilinear for q atahk
atowage and strong against accidentss 2
figures in the luggage at steamahii 8
wbarvea. One knows instinctively it,
contents OF old CLOTHES, Photography s
curios, tobacco and long treasured 90
ters from home and the array Of b Ne
tnres from the illustrated papers paste .,
On the inside Of the lid.
The elaborate dressing cases that
some Americans and all we'll 70 do
Englishmen used to travel with are go
ing out Of fashion. Il is almost a mecca
sity that the traveller with this pretty
piece Of luggage take along q valet, for
The thing weighs like so much lead and
IL too precious to be trusted to the ten
der meroies Of the baggage department.
The travelling desk also has nearly dis
appeared. though scno ingenious trunk
makers now produce trunks that opan
80 Is 70 form de8ka The luncheon
hamper that used 10 accompany every
traveller ec-cm this continent - the
days bcforo dining cars came into use
has almost entirely disappeared Tho
California millionaires 81 early tsans-
continental travel carried en0rm0as and
richly laden hampers and dispensed Of
ten q pFincoly hospitality 20 their fellow
travellers The dinner hour on board
tIansoontineutal irain wa apioturosquo
incident 81 travel 81 those daya The
travelling Briton In Europe still some
times carries his luncheon hamper, and
it is often one Of the ~nuisances Of Euro
pean travel
Some Of the English theatrical COM
panies have become 50 used to travelling
IN America that th0y have adopted our
methods with baggage They aooapt
with grace the great American trunk,
with tie hatb0x, tie bnthtub,
tho rugs, shawl straps and the rest and
go their belongings carried Oh
BY q stranger, who leaves behind az evi-
denoo only q BIT Of brass bearing e few
aud numberA-Now York 6un.
a FASHIONABLE RU6E.
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