Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-05-05

ronaeroun nriiiah mat Bonea rortman.
teaua and upid Ail.--Eho naagaxe On
Steamship whatf Il . study-Ehe Trav
sier aud His nathtuh.
Aa the travelling Brilou Is known 10
THE country By bis luggage, 80 the
American woman was onca hated ~
Europe because Of her saratoga trunk.
Tho world has escaped the general
adoption Of tho saratoga trunk. but q
worse thing seems possible, aa British
luggage threatens to become intorna-
nunaL Even now you may buy In this
town all the impcdimenta with which
,ie travelling Biilon cumbcrs himself
and bcdcvils Tho rest Of mankind A
broadway trunkmakcr has fCr some
years past undertaken 10 Ok enc ihral.
dom Of these things upon his fellow
country men and women, aud many
travelling Americans. especially The
wealthy and fashionable. nro 70 Be rec.
ognized by tho multiplicity u British
iinpedimeula that they cesYy 70 aud fro
IN their frrQncpt iourneyingS betwecu
The old world and tho now. Moro curi
Gus slill. those clever aud Initiative jap.
aneso have bcgun 20 produce Brilinh
luRgnqo identical wish the original a.
tho minugest details. ovon down 10 hnui
sowed straps on leather trunks, port
mabtcnus and tho like: but. drolly
enou7h. the whois outfit e morelya pa
per connterfeit Of the real thing.
American imitators of things British.
lacking The ino humor og tbo Japanese,
have made no pubetitniiou of light sns.
leFial for heavy. bot have taken on tiis
full burden Of pnndorous British hat.
bikes, porimanluhuR, ruga. onaD. hold
nlin aud evou bRthtubA u was a travel.
ing American who gave totho world an
nr,ouni Of a relreshing scono On board
q Mediterranean steamer bound 70 Tan
gier or some such Muhammodnn port of
north Africa. A British passenger with
his bathtub had nearly pCsiered the life
out Of q meek, coffeo cOlored Moham.
modnn, who accepted tho Briion scurseo
without a sign Of reproach. but when
Ia the courao Of getting tho luggage
ashore the prcciUrs bathtuh fell over
board and sank like lead. tho harmless
follower Of tho prophet was seen TO
pause in his work and dance 0lecloliy
upon the deck. o10.aiining 10 triumph.
"Oh. Mr.. Goddam. Mr.. Coddam r. II
ie since that incident that Travelled
AmcEicans IN their aping of British
ways have accepted even the burden Of
tho bathiUb.
A study Of baggage al a steamship
wharf u even nt q large railway station
Ia New York is an instructive lesson az
70 the cosmopolitan character of tho
city. There is one article Of Brilish
luggage that seldom survives more than
one journey within the limits Of the
United States and sOmetimes gets 20
farther inland than tbo New York hotel
at which tho traveller makes his first
sop. This article IS the little trunk uy
box Of iapannod tin much used by irav-
elers ia G-oat Britain. The nimsy trifa
hardly survives the frst encounter with
the American baggage handler, and
after tlio first journey Of coo miles ia
shis country is battered out cf all ro-
somblance 10 iis original rociilinear self
Il Is an arnllo Of luggage not suitable
20 the exigenoieg Of American travel
A pathetic feature of tho baggage az
the railway stations that are doorways
10 tho west Is the immigrants luggage
Sometimes Il is q mattress from the
STORAGE wrapped about the few belong.
ings Of the now made American. Again
Il Is the corded box Of the Irish, English
or Scotch immigrnnt twill be recalled
how important preliminary 70 Char
iotto BrOnto'a 5ourncyinga out 4rto che
great world from her Yorkshire home
was the cording Of her box. The corded
box is M rure among the luggage Of 40
American traveller as the old bair lrunk,
though both are occasionally seen. Tie
aeaman'a locker. reclillncaf fof d slnblo
sloWags and strong against accidents.
figures 10 The Luggage az steamship
wharves. Ono knows inetinctivciy its
contents Of old clothes, Photographs.
curios. tobacco and long treasured lst.
ters from home and she array of pic-
tnrea from the illustrated papers pasted
on tho inside of the lld.
Tie slabozaif dressing cases tAat
some Americans ana All sell 20 Do
Enslishmon used 70 travel with are 60
ing oni of fashion. Il in nlmoi n necca-
ally that che tlnveieg with this pretty
pieee Of luggage take along = Falol. lor
the thing weighs ike so much lead and
- tn r.ooitas 10 Be- rIuete,i 70 fla ten.
der melciea a che baagaeo department
The travelling desk also has nearly dis.
appeared. though some Ingenious trunk.
makesa now ploduoo trunks that op1n
y.