Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14
Getting Comfort
While I travelling
Real Happiness De-
ponds Upon Ones
Self, for There Can
Be No Pleasure if
One Is Restless and
Fumes and Frets.

~ RAvELIN8 happily does not
depend altogether on the sort
Of train or ship. aeroplane
or motor car you travel In.
Neither does It depend en-
drely on the suitability and adequacy Of
your wardrobe, nor on the comforts and
conveniences OF the hotels you visit. The
real happiness of the traveller depends
on himself.
Haven't you often seen the unhappy
traveller Sometimes she has crossed
the ocean many moro times than you have
and her journeyings by land have COW
cred more miles than yours But she
does not yet know how to travel
Perhaps she is the sort who travels
restlessly.
She boards the train with half dozen
small bags and packages in her arms
and spends perhaps the first half hour OF
the journey getting them settled Then
she gets herself settled and, before this
difficult task is accomplished. she must
| needs find some infinitesimal object in
| the particular package or box that is
| In the most inaccessible position. Then
she must settle hersilf again. Then
she pulls down the shade to keep the sun
out OF her eyes and Immediately there
after runs 1t to the top of the window
because the train Is too dark. She fidgets
and fumes because OF the heat and wor-
ries because OF the draught and scowls
| at the mother of a crying baby And
she makes her fellow travellers as unhap-
Ply as she herself is. unless they are en-
| dowed with an active sense of humor
| r
The really well bred traveller is quiet
She does not move about in a restless
fashion. She does not complain of her
fellow passengers. She remembers that
she Is only one of many thousands who
are spending their days speeding over
the surface Of the earth.
Then there is the traveller who talks
In a loud tone. You are treated to un-
welcome details OF some unknown Mel
lies toothache. or forced to bear a re-
count Of the romance of second-cousin
somebody's young life. The well bred
| traveller speaks in a low tone and refrains
| from recounting any bit of news that
might not well be considered public
property.
Then there is the traveller who is
careless Of the comfort of the other
travellers.
/ In spite Of the charm OF Maude Adams.
Leonora. OF legendary fame was not an
ideal traveller Neither was the man she
murdered. Doubtless the carriage In
which they Travelled was close and the
window was better open. On the other
hand. If the air gave offense the window
should have been left closed. This is ali
a question. however. that has been set
tied many times this year by jury of
competent actors. Far be 1t from US to
attempt its settlement. The fact re-
mains that the ideal traveller never opens
a window If 1t will inconvenience some
body else-and never murders her fellow
passengers If they do insist on opening
one.
L
Children travelling can all too easily
prove bore to every one On shipboard
| 1t Is easy to keep them out of the
way. On some Of the ships. of course.
special nurseries and playrooms are pro-
vtded. Even when this is not the case.
the children can be kept happily occupied
| with books and toys in their deck chairs
| or else can be taken for walks about the
deck. But they should not be allowed to
! romp up and down the deck running
| thoughtIessly into other pedestrians and
stumbling rudely against the deck chairs
Children in a train are harder to take
care of. Whatever their own discomfort
may be, don't allow them to romp up and
restless they may walk up and down the
i aisle q few times without disturbing any
one II they can be trusted to be quiet
and mannerly.' For the rest interesting
| games and books that can be enjoyed in
| their seats should be provided for their
| entertainment Colored crayons, pencil
| and paper games, games of cards-like
of dolls and various word games that
| can be directed by an elder member or
| the party are all good entertainment for
child travellers.