The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02

and your patience are both greatly tried,
and you prove just the reverse by failing
to meet difficulties and discouragements
with the bold, easy smile of the philos-
opher.
The practically philosophical traveller
never frets and storms and RACES with
undignihed futility at fate and erring hu-
man nature. When a mistake has been
made he wastes no time in furiously fixing
the blame, but composedly tries to find
the best and quickest way out Of the tam
gle. He realizes that help and sympathy
come to those that help themselves, and
that 1t Is both exhausting and short
sighted to give way to nerves and 1rrt-
tation.
An Heroic Bride.
1t was just such an ideal traveller that I
once met In the person Of a bride. She
was on her wedding tour and with her
husband was asked to stop over a few
days at the country home Of some wealthy
and fashionable folk In the train that
tinguished belle and beauty who was also
a guest at the same house and In whose
honor a big dinner party was to be given
the evening Of her arrival
AS fate would have it tho, the trunks
| failed to arrive with the ladies'. They both
kept their rooms until dinner time. hoping
against hope for the laggard luggage.
! Then the bride arose heroically to the oc-
casion. She brushed very carefully her
plain dark travelling frock, did her hair
anew and went down to the grand feast
as serenely as tho arrayed in the most
effective of her trousseau gowns.
! Not so the belle. She sent down ex-
scuses instead. wept angrily over the alb
sence Of her flnery and ate a chop and ices
in thes solitude of her own chamber. The
bride went in on the arm Of the host, who
toasted her a most charming and con-
sderate guest and the choicest companion
for a bridal or any other tour as in hel
moment Of adversely.
She was unerringy aware that the
agreeable traveller always knows how te
accept q situation. When her husbands
touring automobile broke down on a driz'
zling afternoon. five miles from g
town. she smilingly picked up the hen
of her gown and stepped off the distance
without any expression Of irritation ovel
the unavoidable accident.
Cheerfully we footed the way after, and
I thought Of similar accident when on
Of the tourists on like journey protested
indignantly, complained persistently
fretted her way back to the nearest rail
! way station, and thoroly Disguised and an
noyed her fellow tourists. She understood
nothing Of the glamour that a little unset
fish good nature shed over any painful
emergency that the traveller Is called upol
t. meet.
Some EstnabIe Traits.
I can tell the agreeable and the expert
, enced traveller at a glance by his unmis
taxable and unfailing courtesy to high an
low, rich and poor. dull and clever when
ever they share the same railway carriag
or steamship saloon with him. He Is
whole souled and well bred man who ask
no concessions he is not ready and gla
to make himself. He looks about befor
opening the car window to the icy winte
blast to see that no one is going to be dis
> comforted by his desire for fresh air. H
. does not pile bags and coats on the vacan
, seat beside him when the coach Is crowd
ed and seats are at a premium.
He does not read aloud on the dec
crowded with steamer chairs whose occu
. pants are busy with their light maps
. their own books. He does not whistle
= the corridors. bang his room door in tn
! hotel on returning late to bed, and he
y unfailingly punctual for meals. trains, an
y any rendezvous when travelling in part,
; He Is not looking, in short, with serior
. single mindedness, exclusively for the II
9 diligence of his own whims.
. 1t Is this species of elf-indulgence thu
. wrecks many a travellers comfort. Be:
i we'll in mind that you make a mistake
o think only of yourself your likes and yol
. dislikes. When voyage, do not ia
serve and naughty exclusiveness may ii
. never engenders either respect or admir-;
: ton, nor willingness to oblige YOU
l. The Travelling Snob.
n can always wax eloquent on this poi
IS because I regret to say that there are