Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1907-12-01

of your bed affords opportunity to WOO
the drowsy god through the medium OF
book or magazine This idea of taking
ones bath a-traveling is wholly new. L
hasn't been on long, yet the Traveller"
who passes will tell you all about 1t,
though he hasn't yet had his. For my
part | don't see much in the travel
ing bath The Accommodations are really
too small and the luxury more OF an
advertisement than a necessity. But this
does not leave anything unsaid on
the conveniences we are now offered
on some of the limited trains. Station
cry, periodicals, everything of comfort
and convenience is offered at the price.
And don't think that these things are
| offered merely to induce the traveller to
Ego by "our line. - Not bit OF It. 1t
icosts S. extra fare to Chicago on the
II AXE Shore Limited $40. extra on the
EIS-hour flyer. But it does seem that
mot much more could be thought OF
the way of comforts. There is the mod
ern floating. hotel like, the Lusltan1a. to
rival the I8-hour flyer. but the. only
thing We now. need to- travel with, is
the airship, and that is coming last
{ And why not the airship? That. old
Inoem DARIUS Green and His Flying
Machine always struck home with its
quaint philosophy. "The birds can fly,
and why not /, as we'll as they?" he put
lit Only poor Darius couldn't get his
wings and buckles; and braces and straps
and hinges to work just right, and that
day when he stood up in the barn lott
door and tapped his wings and crowed,
was memorable day for poor Darius
And there is, a poem Of the most genuine
Yankee fun and drollery. and wit and
bumor in it as | ever see, - as Darius
himself might say, were he alive.
I The pathos of everyday life! Who
can account for its wanderings, or sound
its depths? It is. measureless, IN its
scope, and we find it in unlocked tor
places. Somehow, there has always been
kind of mute appeal to all colored
people, especially those who are Amer
lean But if this be true OF the Amer
lean negro, it is. even more SO OF the
West Indians. They do not have the same
| tone, nor the same mlen as our home
grown negroes. Whether they are more
humble, more polite or more anything
than our brand, they are, nevertheless,
a very d1fferent class. nc WcSl AHuldil
negro is mostly nothing unless appeal
ing. In nine cases out of ten they are
quiet, almost lovable in the easy going
life they lead, and there appears no
harsh thing about them that obtrudes.
Their manners are mild, decidedly
gentle, and they are quick to appreciate.
When they come to this country they
are wholly unprepared for the flare OF
everyday American life. In the tropics
exertion is put forth only of necessity.
They would sit for days at time it not
compelled to bestir for food. Their
amiability is notorious, yet they are full
of the sensitive resentmentS of all super
stitious peoples.
Not long ago there came to family
in Palisade West Indian housemaid.
Waldrina was her pretty, poetic name.
She was tall and angular, but full OF a
certain grace that one could scarcely
mistake for refinement. She was of the
African type only in color, which latter
was inky black But she had an express
sion of gentleness about her. which