The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-08-22


you building down or up on your ace?
The Mennens talcum powder OF the
Berkshire fields mas given away to the
SShlitz that-yOu know the rest.
Night again comes on-agreeable &C
I quaintances have been made-the curtains
do not pull together quite so closely, for
one must have a little air. Of course.
Tired. but content, the passengers fail
asleep-the second day out
Third Day.
How the car did lurch In the night, And
how unnecessarily hard they bumped
when they shifted engines. You forgot
20 mail your letJer-you've lost an Impor-
tant time table What a miserable dinner
that was you had last night, You get
better than that at homeland such serv-
ice, You gave the waiter your whole or
7 der at once and he didn't get half OF H.
| The idea OF charging extra for potatoes.
| The women are discovering peoples
real nature when they get a chance at
the dressing-room. It's so thoughtless,
! when one has ones own nails 10 mani
cure, hair TO brush, and puts 10 adjust
I Did you notice the woman in blue? She's
/ been there first each morning and has
! stayed at least half an hour.
The men look at their shirts and sigh
furtively, "WilI It go another day." AS
/ for the wOmen's clothes. how sad il IS TO
watch the downfall Of fresh shirt waist
ITO see the carefully dressed hair OF the
! first day out fall into the inevitable care
/ lessness of the third day. One cannot
/ thrust in hairpins ct the right places-at
/ fifty miles an hour
/ Breakfast again. The liberal eaters OF
three days ago now consider two meals a
day amply sufficient, and should you lean
! over the shoulder Of the doughty fnan-
\ cier you'd find him ordering a steak and
4 his wife a cereal-one order for two.
Back 10 the regular car. The scenery,
/ now OF the distant West, IS more novel,
\ hence more appreciated. See that field
/ OF waving corn-and IS that alfalfa? No
/ irdeed-alfalfa does not look like that
\ No SIS brother has a ranch-and here
with a spirited discussion ensues which
/ ceases only when tunnel shuts OF the
I neid-and sugar beets appear Every
/ ones agreed on beets. A wearied pessi-
/ mist IN the drawing-room section would
] Ike 10 know how many times he has
/ heard, How I do miss New England hills
this country is so fat" But the remark
/ is eminently proper.
AS the day progresses time tables clut-
! ter Up the aisles. How many miles 10 the
I next large city2 Yes that's a glorious
sunset Wouldn't a post card Of It be
/ beautiful! Night falls again.
Fourth Day.
No. s acted very disagreeably about her
( berth this morning. Isn't this tipping
! system in America disgrace? What.
/ The diner has been taken or. What shall
We do?
/ There is a hurried scramble for clothes
! collars are discarded-linen busters COW
I er a multitude OF discrepancies. and a
rush IS made for the station lunch coun-
Ter as the train stops Coffee. scrambled
/ eggs, ham are rapidly guIped down and
! the erstwhile elite OF the drawing-rOom
( section and Pullman rush raadly back 70
the train-with Uneeda biscuits and Zu-
I zus close beneath each arm The man
\ who demaEded everything on the menu
/ the night before has the most for his
money this trip as well for the has found
coffee for 5 cents. while the others paid 10
( There's a delay on the road. Regular
\ Rio Grande trick" says a man who has
never been over the road before. The
/ train has stopped at a deserted little spot
! in Oregon, and there's a mountain 10
climb Out the passengers swarm TO
I AAeNfNA kAaN II aAA VI q NV AAA4As lAWuEu UIo
might infer twas a spur Of the Rockies.
I Wearied. some fall back. not from the
difficulty OF the climb-no indeedl-but be
( cause altitude, thin afr. affected hearts
+ have occurred 20 them and serve as an
excuse TO return. The few sturdy travel
/ ers proceed-on on, through sagebrush,
and ever and anon. waited down 10
/ tired straggler at the foot. IS heard, You
paid So cents? Why. I paid 90. and wa
! didn't have rO-llsr'
I Exhausted after the unusual exercise,
asain 10 the train the tourists made their
/ way. Short maps are taken and they
wake Just in time-an together-to ask
/ the porter 10 make their beds at once.
Fifth Day.
I Many OF the original passengers have
( left the train and have been duly pulled
apart and put together again by those
who remain Those who are stiu IN the
! car are weary OF themselves and OF each
other How can a man be agreeable
when he's down 70 his last collar or n
woman be attractive when she knows her
hair is a sight? The plush seats are hot
and stuffy, the trains do not follow sched-
ule time. and even post cards fail 20
arouse the people from this apathy The
same jokes have been laughed at twice.
comments are trite. White hands now
petulantly draw the curtains and the final
flip Of the green baize seems 20 say. zone
night more OF this" The foibles Of each
passenger have been discovered. The
prospector no longer interests. but rants.
The mountains glover on either side,
the prairie dogs IN the underbrush jump
up and laugh at you. and the poplars OF
this desolete West-rigid, forbidding trees
drive you wild as they stand serene in
their stiff primness. They remind you OF
the day long ago when you left home as
neat and well set up as they.
Good news, The few left OF those who
started from Boston so many DAYS ago
are due IN Portland, their destination, ar
sunrise
sixth Day.
Portland, the Rose City. How interest,"
ing! Where is che best place 90 get q
room and bath?
Phenomena OF Rare Gases.
Remarkable evnerir,auts vrs+h t-,,o -f,e-r