The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
TRUNKS WERE MIXED
EXPRESS COMPANY ERROR
CAUSED TROUBLE.
Girls Mother Found Flask and Cigar
ettes-wife Discovered Strange Lady's
Wear in Husbands Box.

All the express companies in the city
are being rushed to death. so to speak, in
their efforts TO get the trunks Of the re-
turning Newarkers to their homes and
while the companies are doing yoeman s
service In the effort to expedite matters.
yet once in n while the trunks are mixed
up and Mr.. Jones receives Miss Smiths
trunk and Miss Smith gets Mr.. Joness.
The result is that suspicion pervades the
minds Of those members of families who
are on hand to see the trunks opened
A young woman living in the Roseville
section today received a trunk that be-
longed To a prominent business man living
in the central part of the city, who is also
a married man, and he got the Roseville
woman's trunk. The Rosevine woman was
not at home when the trunk was delivered,
but her mother was, and the latter i'm
mediately got busy and began to unpack
the Saratoga"
When she raised the lid she saw some
imported cigarettes and a flask Instantly
her ire was aroused with the thought that
her ladY-lilSe daughter had been cultivat-
ing sporty habits on the quiet Without
looking further she closed up the trunk
and decided to wait until her daughter ar
rived home. for an explanation. When the
young lady got home her mother wanted to
know what she was doing with the whis-
X.
The girl not knowing of her mothers dis
covery, dsclaimed being user Of dope in
either fluid or solid form. When accusation
and denial threatened to develop seriously
the mother told of finding the whisley and
the cigarettes in the trunk. The girl de-
MED the charge but was told she had been
found out for the things were in the trunk.
Indignant she decided to refute the
charge and went to the trunk. Not only
were flask and cigarettes there. Not only
tobacco, pipes. high silk hat, pink pa
iamas ard several pairs OF Alice blue
socks.
She knew then the trunk was not hers
and further search disclosed only articles
of male attire. In the bottom of the
trunk was safety razor and several bars
of soap.
Mother stood by in the meantime and
watched her daughter nervously handling
the goods. At last she asked well Mar
gerv. where is the man?'
why, this. is not my trunk II is a
man s. replied her daughter.
Then the outside of the trunk was exam
ined and the name and address Of a man
was found on a card Then the young
woman telephoued the express company
and she was Informed that through an err
ror OF the driver Of the wagon the man
whose card she found had gotten her
trunk.
The man was not at home when his
sue.
like a good wife. onened It, to air his
clothes. The first thing that she espied
was an automobile veil and a linen duster
and a pair of ladies' automobile gloves.
She nearly expired as she handled them
but made a little further examination. and
that brought forth several pairs of OPEN
work stockings. a light blue silk dress,
lace robe, besides some other feminine gar
ments. Hubby happened to arrive home
before his wife had concluded her search.
She was holding up the lace robe at the
time
Thinking his wife had purchased it,
hubby remarked
"That is a nice affair"
Yes. it is replied his wife, with
whitening look oIi her face II found II In
your trunk. and also the lovely gown OF
blue and these nice stockings and this au-
tomoble veil. and I want to know what
yon have been doing on your trip, when
you gather things like these.
Hold on. there" shouted the husband
that's not my trunk. 1t belongs to some
woman"
Investigation proved to the wife this was
true Then the telephone wire TO the ex-
press company office was put into com
mission.
Explanations were made and when the
trunks were repacked they were trans
ferred by the company and peace was re-
stored in two households