The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

great deal more waiting on now than tbe,,
used TO do, so the porter really does more
work ana makes less money.
Ihere are great many things to be
learned ABOUT rallroading. 1 used TO have A
sleeping car in charge before / took the
bunet. l kept account of nv linen mv-
ser; all the sheets, pillow-cases, towels.
my own linen overalls that / put on 10
make down the beds in, and everything Of
the kind. Try as / would, there would iu-
NarlaDly be some article missing when the
account was balanced. i found out after
ward that the person employed bv he
company who took the things to the laun-
dry looked upon 1t as his peculiar business
count the linen. After / let him manage
the account and tipped him each time, the
lists always came out even, and 1 had no
further trouble about lost pieces They
VIII tell you the same thing in the dining
car about the table napery. All the linen
in every department being stamped or
marked. in fact the name of the company
Delng woven right IN 1t, 1t seems strange
that any one should venture to take it,
but 1t gets away somehow.
Get to know human nature? I should
think porter would, provided he was nor
a complete blOckhead. There's all kinds
travelling every day. There's the man
who comes on board in a bad humor.
Nothing suits him. He takes a drink,
and says It isn't At for a pig, wonders
how a reliable company can tolerate such
vile cigars. thinks the chairs are uncOm-
Portable, and If the porter is busy and
delays answering his bell a moment he
flies into rage and sWears that the man
is not fit for his place. Something has
angered that man before he came on the
train; trouble in his business or disap-
pOntment IN some scheme he hoped to
carry through. Almost always, after he
has cooled down, he is sorry for his
abuse he has heaped on the porter, and
IN the end rewards him liberally and is
not at all eXacting. The opposite kind
of passenger is all smiles during the hrst
part Of the trip, and at the last nnd5
out that nothing suits him, in which case
brush him off and fix his cases and
'roll-ups,' and try all you can to please
him, but he's bound to be In a bad hui
NOR. Some men want their berths made
up right after dinner and then there
the smart man, who wants to make peo-
pie think that he never goes to bed before
l or 2 o'clock, and so sits up drinking and
smoking until all hours, just on purpose
to keep the porter on the watch.
''Of all the people who travel, rich anu
poor, give me the commercial man or
the sporting man; they are always tree-
handed, whether they really own any prop
erty or not. And the drummer is sucn
good company l like to stay around ana
quaintance who is going to be Of use 10
him in a business way, and he nearly az
ways does, why, he grows llVeller anu
lVelier and is sure to be very liberal 10
he porter. Tney are great jokers happy
fellows, these travelling men,, and we
have them to depend on ia the winter
WOen lrdNel ain so Tree. 1 uS6u ~ ~
in the service years ago, when sleepeIs
were first put on, when there weren any
books and magazines provided IoE tle
passengers, ana the lights We're so POO.
that they could not have read If they
wanted to (only those common candles
were used them. 1 tell you, those Gays
were days when a man who could zen d
good story was appreciated. Inc nan
stopped twenty or twenty-five minutes IoL
each meal, and took so much longer
to make the trip that everybody We We,
coined lively man who was good cOiN-
pany.
AT that time the porter kept his. pri-
vate supply of whisky and liquors on manu-
and could realize a good sum. All the ma ma
section at the end of the car, ana tn0
robes and blankets piled up on anot.H4eedlii
Often the men who had those ldehIioHiI
sections wanted to go , TO Df t6
be moved, and there was no end OF con
fusion. When they first put on DuHes
and served lunch it was all very q Iilfd a
TO the way It is done now. Just aLlI7 al
cohol lamp for making tea and coitee an an
very simple fare, indeed. Now there - ~
great urn of constantly boiling water, So
Ver-plated and handsome, and no emu VI
canned delicacies-SOups and DOulliOHs
prepared IN a few seconds. For the lalHIS
and boiling urn only the best quaiLVy az
mineral sperm oil is used-oi so saIe ma
1t will actually put out fire II thrown ~
the flames. It takes good deal OF nsSs
to start 1t to burning, but after being ONO
started it goes along all right -
''To so back to the different kinds OK
passengers, actors and actresses are spIeHs
did passengers. They want a great Iot u
waiting on, but they tip every time. IN ,. az
the years that I've run on the ROAD Va
never had preacher to give me any t5illr77t
Perhaps they paid the others, / d0a
know. If a man puts his wife and cnlla On
board and speaks to the porter aDQu-
them, that's sure to be good JoD, ~
cause he makes it worth his while to az
after them the best he knows, but llo
majority of ladies give you at the mos
seldom give over so cents. From $40 to Sl5
Is the average sum a porter makes IN LPs5
from New York to Chicago The company
ing to his value. A porter who is the rigle
sort honestly tries to be as attentive -
the passenger who doesn't tip as to me - oI9
who does, and never by word or sign ~ IJ
he show that he expects anything. de
would lose his place if he did"