New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
THAT INTERESTING SUBJECT.
Three Groups on Winter Days Journey
Youth, the Eternally Possible.

Human nnture-the always interesting subject
showed itself suggestiyeIy in three distinctive
groups railway train coming toward New
York a day or TWO ago. They were all instances
Of the pervasveness Of personality, which Emersol
expressed aptly when he said you do not need
talk. for what you speaks much louder
than anything you say.
The first group sad. Of two people only,
mother and son-the in heavy black, the
manson black gloved; both had Enthusiastically
come from some grievous last duty. Man fashion,
the strove not to show his feeling; he read
paper with ostentatious attention the start; he
made assduously careful inquiries as TO his
mothers comfort. But when her handkerchief
began going furtively to her eyes now and again
he laid down his paper and let the sympathy with
which he had been struggling show in his quiet,
waiting endurance Of the journey by her side.
and his face grew tender, with the yearniug, pro-
tecting look a woman loves TO see On the coun-
tenance Of strong man.
More cheerful was the second group-a little boy
with his grandmother. who entered the train at
way station Ths aged woman seated herself next ext
s sisf .:SSb no answered the how then after
moment, II you don't mind, really and truly,
should ike to change" The transpositon was
effected. You can see oyer me, anyway" came ne
the pleasant little voice but l guess yo9 can IA
though emily eight or nine years old ne talked IN
passing He located possible chestnut groves.
picked out the geed ponds TO skate on IN Snort
cecity. be quite other than burdenso1ne travelling
At the next station a large family entered the
train-mother father. three daughters. two boys
and e. btrdcage They were evidently moving
as various bags and bundles testified especially the
birdcage which the father. having brought into the
car gave over into the mothers keeping. and then
seated himself beside her. The journey seemed
great event The mother was a plain country
woman, with careless hair, uncouth hat-back
felt with red and black feathers at all posi-
bic angleS-and wOol5y. fuzzy black cape; the
father a plain. heavy faced man The children.
however especially the girls, showed the effect OF
the one-generatioE- remove Of civilization law;
pretty faced girl with gentle manners, the eldest
about eighteen Immediately took charge OF the two
little boys entertained them ana kept them quiet
al the way The second daughter had the care Of
the youngesi Of the flock, Rosey mite OF three or
under a feathery white Tam o Snanter. Mean
while the mother sat seFeneIy. holding the bird
cage on further view there was revealed, lighting
up the mothers angular face, pair Of fine. stead
fast honest gray eyes. And then one understood
the bearing the self-ccntrO. the entire personnel
OF that family Of seven. distinctly middle class
family Yet those daughters and doubtless those
boys II the fostering care is continued, VIII be IN
the best upper class Of intelligence in their day
and Ger Grafton The older girls were already Ia
dies: in their tan colored coats and hats their well
gIoYea hands and their general personality, they,
by themselves, could not have been distinguished
from tive deunYre boarding school Tnaioens, going
home for the Christmas holidays.
The first sad group in time became interested IN
the others and here. IN the Of the little boy
with his grandmother and the large family, II was
always the young life which was beguinng: youth
Is so eterrally possible especially az this season,
when al thoughts turn 70 the child