Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-15
HARRY DANIELS
MINOR
OBSERVATIONS
THE TOURIST OF TO-DAY.
copyr.ehe. 1909, BY Harry nsnie,

THE TOURIST OF TODAY.
Owing to the settled policy which
Suiy has adopted in regard TO the
question Of torridity, this month has
become the most chosen for travel
ing by those who want to get away
from homo some place where they
can lower their temperature and
their bank account, and it Is even
safe to state, perhaps, that more Peo-
pie travel during July than during
any of the other months of the year.
TO some persons railway travelling
Is an irlssome and unwelcome task,
but the majority OF people love to sit
in swaying coach with their ears
full of cinders and partake of the !,
scenery which the company has kind
ly and thoughtfully provided for
their use. To them 1t is q great
treat to recline in q wide and COM
Portable seat and watch the retreat
ing panorama OF the prairie, the
mountain, the field and the throb-
bing city which let's you look at it 9
moment and then hops behind tho
freight cars.
A railroad car ia also good place
to study human nature. A close stu
dent of human nature, after he has
travelled awhile, can become able to
sead the character Of fellow-passen-
gers almost at glance. There are
certain traits or indexes by which
the student can tell in an instant
whether the one studied will ask the
brakeman what time it is every time
he comes through the car or not. To
the beginner these signs are indis-
tinct. but to the old-timer they are
very plain, for instance:
/ II the party back OF You places
his feet up across the back Of your
seat and tries to put them in your
ear, and then goes to sleep and
SHORES in fluent and convincing
tone Of voice SO that he soon COM
, mands the undivided attention OF ev-
erybody in the car, you can count on
, It that he is what is commonly known
as the railroad hog. The woman who
, has Just come into the car with q
four-acre telescope and what appears
to be the contents of some defunct
orphans asylum is on her way to
visit relatives on her husbands side
. whom she enormously thinks will be
& glad to see her. Three members OF
her flock have already filed their ap-
plications for something to eat on,
of the lunch box while the Others
are down at the end OF the car. try
ing to see how long 1t will take them
to drink the water tank empty.
II the man across the aisle from
you rides with his head out the win
dow in order that he may get cinders
in his eyes and more closely study
the objects along the route, he has
not done much travelling and the
chances are that his mind 10 CO fal
OF curiosity as hfs boots are full o
money. The boy who has Just yankee
tbs Wig off the head OF tie nov Ia
tignant Htdowep in the seat in from
Of him and Is now waving IL asoan,
In the air with ill-concealed CLEO I
the only child of proud and losin,
parents who will some day learn wit
more OF less gegrer that the worl
win not take everything their 90
does in the light OF harmless an
merry Joke. The proud and auster
gentleman at the end of the car wit
q dark. heavy-set mustache, plu
hat and an infamed shirt bosom
not the president Of the railroad, a
many of those around him suppose
but he is out In the interests of tn
latest GUNNER style Of lightning rod
or anything else that he can wor
| off on the voting population while tn
| latter are not looking.
4 The other day student of huma
| nature, while riding on wester
| road. showed over to give half of hi
| seat to o plain plug OF man VIII
| wore heavy boots and blue overall
! and who discussed the crop outloo
in o nasal accent. After he had take
, his seat, the brakeman was the frs
trainman to SO through the car an
the man who apparently did hi
thinking In dialect offered him hi
ticket. After he had been on tn
train few minutes he opened
pasteboard box and ate out one SCI
" ting of hard boiled eggs. The st,
dent of human nature was greatly II
terested in the rich character stud
at his side, and was often SO amuse
g. that he had to look out of the ca
r window to conceal his smiles A Ii
n tie later on, however, and after TIL
~ quaint seatmate had left the trail
i. he was panied to learn that, viii
al conducting his researches, he had b
lie come detached from gold watch ar
N chain which he had learned to 10,
v. like friend and brother.
ly This incident is merely cited I
le show that it is easy to study huma
Q. nature on board bounding, boun
q ing train provided the right perse
N does the studying.
n Bgt. whether felkow-passeng.
ne gets our watch or whether we g,
D. his, we should, while travelling, M
O. forget TO be thankful for the in
20 proved conditions OF travel as the
g exist to-day, and when we are COZ
es PEELED to ride hour after hour at IL
side of wide and pompous touri
who wears number 10 collar arou1
his so-called neck and wants tw
~ thirds of the seat, or when the am
- teur traveller who occupies the sci
- In front of us throws up his windo
e. in order that he may let in mo-
= smoke and get better view of Il
- landscape, we should not became O