The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17
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Why 20 Ne HE 20 tfsvei In express
trains ~ the rata ~ forty ~ Nifty mites
On hous7 Mr.. RaShin says that n II due
90 the corruption ~ our whole nature en-
osndsred ~ original SIN. and that II we
we're truly pure and good ~ wooId never
tvsssi ssospt on foot ~ with the help ~
. horse warranted not 90 carry 10 ~ .
but ~. kaskin h not infalIibie, for tina
only truA dsf'nstion ~ an jnfsiiibie beios
u ono who thinks precisely ~ you and
] think. OF course. " one n travelling
merely IN order 10 embark on an Atlantic
steamer before the police caH ovesfshe
him, m naturally prefers 20 travel ~ the
highest possibie speed nut the csse ~
man who travels for pleasure IL very dIf-
ferent
We viii suppose that you are travelling
"a ffsiy for the frst time and that yoof
object " merely 90 see the countries
through which you pass What you might
reasonably In expected 20 do would Do 10
travel IN the siow~sf possible train and
10 spend the entire Journey In looking out
~ the window. what you aotusIiy ~ II
20 find out ths swIftest night express ana
20 trsyei by ~. II there II q train which
will carry you from Calais 10 Bssls by
night. and ~ the rate 81 nifty miles an
hour. you take II IN preference ~ . day
train that would make the journey ~ the
rate Of fifteen miles an hour and would
snsble you 10 stop and rest NJ night.
You have no reason for desiring 10 30
10 tasis. and ne 4 matter NJ fact. no
sooner DO you reach that busy town than
you Try 10 get away from u again by the
earliest train. SIN. nothing can induce
you 10 travel by a slow train. 10 there "a .
swiftsS one a. be had, and n you caa make
your entire Journey 10 Italy by night. and
at lightning speed. you feel that you have
accomplished something % which you have
q right 20 he proud. Your one thought In
travelling IL 10 get there" wherever II
may be. and when you are fhsfe," you are
anxious TO get away again ~ soon ~ pos
abie
Time was whom travelling was an I'M
comfortable process. hut In those days peos
pie thoroughly enjoyed ". Nov the trsv-
cling can he done In luxury ne % not en-
Joy II AZ all. The only thing In connection
with travelling which seems 10 give us any
solid pleasure ~ the speed n, which Va
travel II We can take a train which runs
30 fast that We can see nothing Of ihe
country through which We pass We feel
reasonably contented. and speak % II ~
q VERY good train, indeed" I cannot un-
deratand why ~ II that this inofdinate
love ~ fast travelling has become so uni
versai
The day will probably come when there
will be a new invention ny which Va can
compress ten years into one. and live our
lives In a tenth az the tinie that va now
take Doubtless such an invention will be
hailed with enthusiasm by people who In
sst upon travelling by espross trains They
will he delighted 10 live through ih~sr
three.score years md ten IN something
less than seven years. and II they manage
20 do this chiefly ~, night. with their Eyes
shut. they will De ~ much the more happy.
Mr.. Ruskin may he accurate after all In
aseribinx our modern love ~ fas, travel
ing 20 the maiisn influence % tho devil
n In we'll known that the devil spends most
Of ne time IN goirg 10 and fro on the sur
face of tho earth. and I hsve not the
slightest doubt that he always travels ny
fast night Expresses, L. Alden In
Psarson's Magazine.