The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17
SHE'D TRAVELLED BEFORE.
SO THE BACHELOR GIRLS FAILED
TO FRIGHTEN HER.

TO FhIuEfibN
u,.,..a m. N.w.psp~ Girl on the Eve OF
Anotb.r VOYAGE spun Yarns Of Adventure
nv Land aud Sea That Made Her siao'
mates Regard Her In Admirins won"er'
The newspaper girl was to start for the Paris
Exposit,on In another week and she was the
guest Of honor at a banquet given at the Whhe
Mouse RESI- lrant. The banquet was reaiy
the regular table d'h6tc dinner served by the
White Mouse each evening with ths cxc'r-
ton that stuffed olives, anchoyies, cold a.
paraxus and strawberries were added to Inc
regular hin OF fare. This made 1t a banquet.
Al the close Of the feast each member oil the
Bachelors Girls Confession Club graVeiy
presented the newspaper girl with a remedy
for seasickness, and speeches beng IN orucr'
the members, by prearranged plot, ea1h spoke
Of the coming visit and voyage ABROAD as %
something to be dreaded. The perils OF travel.
the pangs of Inconsistencies as well as OF sea,
sickness we're enlarged upon. and the eeher"
benefits TO be experienced by those VINO re-
manned quietly at home we're mnde the mos' o.
The newspaper girl listened uhd"uh'oo'
and. on being called upon to reply she sa'd.
While ! appreciate the pleasant spirit Oh
comradeship that has prompted your seNeral
addresses | realize thoroughly that the deep
feeling underlying your remarks Is a regret
that you are not all going yourselves WISH
TO assure you as TO my ability to meet the
dangers Of travel in foreign lands ana OF
meeting any of the exigencies that may con-
front a woman travelling alone. The fact
Of the matter Is that a girl alone always has
the advantage. officials on train, and boats
feel that she Is entitled TO consideration end
things are made easy for her on every side
Wait until you encounter one OF those
foreign time tables" suggested the medical
student who had been abroad. Il can man
ago everything but trains" Il have found
said the newspaper girl. that trains and boats
are the easiest things TO manage. | once stor-
ned AN EXPRESS train in the middle of the night
and | held a steamboat three hours past It's
regular sailing time"
Dear me-" said the members aShast, in
one breath. How did YOU stop the train'
BY sw a red lantern in the trackr'
asked the fluffy girl.
no, | Just telegraphed the engineer to stop,
said tho newspaper girl. "He didn't know
who It was from; but I worded the despatch
technically. and he thought it must be from
some one In authority. so he stopped as re-
questcd"
That sounds like something from a play
or a novel" said the fashion writer; ITS too
unreal. Can't you tell Us something We can
believe with more ease?"
NO. 1t is really IA fact. II is comparatively
easy to stop an express train If one Is in n
hurry. 1t depends on the way you do it,"
Tell us how you did II. please" said the
medical student. 1T might be useful to know.
Il had been sent out 10 a small town in Michi-
gan to investigate fully the te~legraphed news
report that women wore running the town and
| occupying all the o'l"e5 TO the exclusion OF,
the NON. The facts were that a number or
that through the school boards and the
! church temperance societies they were max
Ing their influence felt in various ways. This,
however had not increased the importance
! OF the place TO such an extent that more
than two trains a day stopped there. each
travelling al a snalrs pace for Detroit-a SLOW
accommodation that took all day TO reach
that city. The express trains simply ignored
| the town. as l discovered when | boarded u
night express from Detroit, When the con-
dqc,or saw .Td ny " t LEX . he ss saI 6lt th : mO Wa to s3 Gnd
where. the place, was. Finally he said The only
thing he could do now was to stop the train az
| "a n Ma and let me- on th herr oo so ! a,TiV tSa H yiil
iass. obtained interviews and photographs
and had promised 10 send copies OF the paper
containing the. article TO each man. woman
and child that ] spoke to.
N"Then i inquired about trains. There was
none for Detroit until 2 p, NJ. next day, and
OF twenty-four hours more in that queer. town
WINS appaAing. So | went down TO the station
10 find out about Expresses. remembering that
they had stopped 10 let me Of thought per
hans they might stop 10 take me on. The
station agent didn't think they would. He
didn't think much about anything. like the
rest OF the men in the village he was content
70 let the women do most Of the thinking. But
/ found that the express that went by at mid
night was No, 4 and the main office was at Bat
celIus Junction tonight. Important The
message came back: Regret to reply that
'uEpffIh!ie Peril. %ass me G. simply 4 81 ira frantic. / though,
Of swinging a red lantern, but I concluded
they might not let me on; Then ] thought
of Ond PG 1Sn ! t RlaHiN No. . st sIopped ip at 'n 10 2 IF. 's az a
~station-north Of Marcoills Junction before
starting. on. its uninterrupted trip, to .Detroit,
one Of ,n the fastest 3 e.t,G pGR' w q the tho TSe Station ! waited .duN
had gone to supper leaving a substitute. a
country boy at the instrument. The Office
closed IN 2 few more minute ~ ,sa . But ! managed
stop No. 4 at Marcellus %Juntion. Urgent. A.
X. n. a%s1istan, superintendent' g. r.
down in the lonely station 10 wait for tho cx-
press. l knew that the engineer OF No. !
wouldn't y Snd m Ssslde am hat 70 tba .nqSS IG s about i
1 lntA III bAihE ~ 49, hANah Nt'f a VI III "A
slack way Of selling Tickets for places thev
didn't stop at that | felt sure they would heed
The wire, Sure enough. No. 4 slowed IN and
came to a stop. There was no one in the Office,
and | stepped quietly in 2 day coach and the
train moved on. II was the nentcst thing Won
for tickets ] pretended to be asleep. and |
! reached New York just twentv-four hours
earlier than If | had waited for that one slow
train that stopped each day at the town run
by women
boats. clocks CT trains rarely go on schedule
time. can we'll ~recollect one town in tho
northern mart Of New York whore I went TO
the station 10 catch an \ A. NJ. suecial for Sara
,opa. They said the 3 O'Clock went every
morning at hNf-past seven sine" the summer
the wav they dsregarded tho time table"
Il once tapped n Government wire. " said
tho newspaper girl. and had n splendid plan
sroilod by nv papers economy at the very
last momont.
How was that" asked the fluffy girl. were
Won found out2"
No. Won SOC II was like this: The Presi-
dent had gone on a duck hunting trip in Chesa-
peaks Bay lust at n time when there was some
vaxcd question On hand in Washington. and
the idea wAs that I was 20 find where he was
and nSk hlr about II, While II wasn't sup
ton, tho account of his hunting trir, and es-
peCially of his WHEREABOUTS, which was kent
n close secrpt. would I've interesting. I1n COM
inundated with the White House arrareptlv
nv some secret wire. NJ m messages in cirheT
or other wise passed through the Regular chan
through the lire-savinG stations along the coast
Of tho Inv and through The weather bureau
in ono Of tho Southern cities 10 the White House
in Washington.