El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06
A MEM THRILL
The Surprise the Burlington Station
At Omaha Gave Him.

The Surprise the Burlington Station
At Omaha Gave Him.
SAT Omaha, l received new
Thrill" says Elbers Hubbard In Apr
Philissiue. 'I5 was the Burlington
Station. l believe it was Lsrry God
kin who once said there was no culture
west of Buffalo. And who would lOOl
for the finest specimen of pure Greel
architecture in America, west of the
Missouri. The Burlington station Ii
finer in it's lines than the Girare
College building: massive yet modest
severe yet simple-beautiful and rest
full. walked clear around the Bur
lington Station, and then, out in the
middle OF the roadway in front of 1t.
removed my hat and stood uncovered
in honor of Tom Kimb ball, who drew
the plans, aud the men who supplied
the funds and allowed the architect tC
have his way in carrying out the
designs.
1T was Matthew Arnold who said
that ia America buildings are erected
merely to last the lifetime of the man
who constructed them, and beyond
ed dam. 1 quote substantially, not
literally-my verbal memory Is bad.
But the Burlington Station is built
for those who shall come after. 1t is
built for the centuries. 1t does not
impress you by It's size, and yet it is
big enuff. And 1 noticed that the
temple-liKe quality of the structure
had made it's influence felt upon the
management of the place.
Inside all was clean, neat, quiet,
orderly. There are reading rooms,
books. daily papers. magazines. Then,
there are bathrooms, sanitary spplia-
noes of the most costly and improved
kind: watchful and courteous attendan-
Is in uniform, to meet passengers,
carry their bundles, and put them on
the proper trains, or take til EN- to the
carriage stands, or zee that they take
the right street cars-all this without
expectation of fee or reward: In the
building there ia to be found every
thing That can minister to ones we'll
being physical, mental and spiritual.
''As | sat there in that, beautiful
waiting room watching the sunlig hit
stream in thru stained glass windows,
| saw tired yellow woman come in
with many bundles, and a big crying
baby boy. The woman seemed ready
to faint thru WEAKNESS: evidently she
WAS unused to travel, having come
from distance, and having passed q
sleeple5s night. l saw stewardess in
cap and white apron approach this
woman and speak to her: and soon,
from out of q mysterious locker, that
stew ardess, in the cap and white apron
hasht up q pillow and made a couch
for the tired woman. And while the
mother rested, the stewardess carried
the big, ob.treperous boy baby off to
the wssh-rOom, aud when she emerged
soon after, 1 saw that the cubs face
and hands had been wasn't; and a
bottle of milk, brought from the lunch
room, soon put the msn-child en-
rapport with his envirl nment.
And pincht myself to see if l were
awake, and then asks q colored gentle
man. who was wiping off furniture, If
this was really a truly railroad sta
ton.
sim not so absurdly old, but 1 re-
member when, if you askt railroad
ticket agent or a conductor a question,
he met you with whitening sarcasm
and looks of scorn. Whenever you
enterd a rail way coach, you apolOgized
to the brake mao, and sliding into
seat lookt neither to right nOr left, for
fear of giving offense to the kind gen.
lehman who allowed you to ride for six
cents mile.
"Verily Brudder Jasper is right
the world do move"
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