The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-15

properly the next morning, but the
porter tells the story of one man who
had the wig habit developed to an ex-,
traordinary degree.
| He, too was a frequent traveller
over my line" said the porter. II
had had many nice little chat with
| him and thought him one of the most
sensible fellows l ever knew. He was
quite bald from his forehead back past
the crown of his head, and we often
| joked about ii being excess of brains
/ that had pushed his hair out. But
after l found out about that wig bust
ness l wanted to take back everything
l had said ABOUT his brilliant mind. 1
found it out by accident.
/ "One evening / had occasion to look
into the old gentlemans berth after he
was made up for the night. To my
1 utter amazement 1 saw him logged out
| in a wig that spread over the pillow
| like monster mop of auburn curls.
| Excuse me- 1 said. Have I made
a mistake? 1 thought this was Mr..
| Ms BERTH
| THE old fellow laughed. 'Sh-sh-sh,
he said. This is me all right. Don't
say anything about it. 1t is fad of
| mine. All my life long l have wished
| for fine head of curly, auburn hair.
| Nature denied me that boon. She gave
me nothing but sparse black locks to
start with. Now she has seen fit to
| take even those away, and l have con-
| clpded that since she played me such
| scurvy trick l am justified in getting
back at her by wearing any old kind
, of hair / please. Hence this red wig.
| On account of the inevitable uncharita-'
BILE remarks of my friends 1 couldn't
| blossom out in a brand new suit of
hair in the daytime but I have made
| a practice of wearing it at night, and
1t gives me the greatest comfort imag
| Unable.
And that man was universally rated
| a smart fellow too
People have lots of other queer
habits that us fellows who travel in
Pullmans regularly find out about.
| remember we'll one old chap with an ear
| trumpet. Every night when he turned
in he arranged the trumpet with the
tube to his ear and fastened 1t some
way so it couldn't bulge. got to know
the man pretty wen and one night
jollied him about making preparations
to hear Gabriels horn If he should take
a notion to blow it in the middle of
the night The old fellow got quite
serious.
1t isn't that that I want to hear
he said. I always fix the trumpet
ready for use, so it won't be hard to
find in case there is any trouble on
the road and some of you fellows find
1T necessary to cali me-
That man Travelled over my line on
an average of twice a month for two
years. One night we ran into freight
| train. In the excitement / forgot all
| about him and his ear trumpet, and
neglected to call him, as had prom
ised but 1 guess he found out about
the accident. even if he couldn't hear
very we'll.
Some other CranIks.
Some folks have the habit of ad-
justing their clothing in a peculiar
fashion when they go to sleep Even
to this day there are plenty of old
| fashioned people who turn in with
handkerchiefs wound around the head
and neck and shawls and skirts about
| the shoulders, while the number of
people who sleep with gloves on is
known only to the Pullman porter who
sees the black and tan paws extend
ed at various times during the night.
"Of all the sleeping car cranks, the
| one 1 most detest is the fellow who
insists that he will die before morning
IL he cannot sleep with his head point
ing to the north. so as to get the full
benefit of the magnetic current. We
| have lots of trouble with this kind
when the tracks. and consequently the
berths, run east and west. Women are
worse in that respect than men, l re-
member one woman who refused to go
to California on that account after her
husband had bought tickets and hal
bundled all the family down to the
station. 1t lacked only a few minutes
to train time when she happened to
remember that she could never sleep
unless her head was turned to the
north.
Il wonder if we can manage it on
this trip" she said.
L m afraid not said her husband.
Inc cars run east and west, and we
can't very well make up a speciaI
berth for You running crossways.'
Very We'll said the woman, If YOU
can't do little thing like that to
please me, | won't go. You know IT
makes me deathly sick to lie with my
head in any other direction. l couId
never stand that long trip turned
around some other way, and you know
it '>''0''
The man swore and the girls cried
They set the whole machinery of the
road in motion to try to get that WON
| an crosswise berth, but she was
such tall woman that they couldn't
manage it unless she rode with eithe,
her head or her feet sticking out ot
the window. She was proud woman
and wouldn't agree to that, so they
gave up their tickets and Travelled
elsewhere over north and south line
where she could lay her head in g
healthful position.
There are other cranks abroad anc
the Pullman cars gather them all In
impartially. There is the man who
cannot sleep without an alarm clocl
ticking under his head the fellow who
is kept awake all night by the whirr.
ing of the car wheels. and the one
who can be lulled to sleep only by q
roar and rattle that is loud enough Il
split a pair of ordinary ears. Ther
there is the fellow who can never bt
fooled in the time. He is the creates
bore of all. His faculty for meas
uring time is so acutely developed that
he can wake any hour of the night
and without looking at his watch. sins
out the time to the fraction of a min.
ute. He is the same kind of a fellow
who says when you make up his berth
l want to get up at 6 o'clock sharE
tomorrow morning. but you needn'
bother to wake me. / can wake my,
self. All l will have to do will be L
go to sleep thinking about the houI
and I'll get up on the minute I hate
that fellow and it is all l can do t
keep from telling him so.
"A funny thing about all these hab
its is that the people enslaved by then
cannot sleep If there is the least devi
alton from custom. and IL the mar
with his glasses. or the one with hi
watch or his shawl or his wig should
be deprived Of his aid TO drowsiness