Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-04
THE WAY WE TRAVEL


owners; hut imagine the relief %
would have been to them had they as
sumed the slight extra vost it would
have meant to have Polly well cared
FOR during their vacation mt some bird
fancfer,s or deaIer'sl
And the vacation would have done
the bird just AZ much good as IL would
have dono his owners.
heard . widow, the mother Of three
or four growing sirls and boys com
plain once. before the war ~Oh. dear
mel We are all dying to go abroad
I know q place In Switzerland where
we could make our headquarters SO
cheaply! But / have inherited so much
antique furniture and silver and china
from my mother and grandmother. and
my husband had the heiriooms of his
people,! Our house Is crowded to the
attic roof, and really don't dare to 60
and risk leaving 1t! Ffre-the insur-
Tsr c5iTSTsn S oT those od
chairs. and corner cupboards, anf pew
ter tankardsi"
Many a time that woman was moved
TO cry out: Blessed be nothing!" But
/ dren's inclinatfons and opportunities
and pleasures, because her soul was
| burdened down with her responsibility
to highboys and old platters and oaken
| chests!
u was amusing to hear, a young
woman tell once Of an experience
I which touched this very point.
For years she had longed and econ
I omized In order TO be able TO take q
| trip abroad
She had pictured the delights Of a
| sail down New York haFbor IN the late
| afternoon, the visions OF the gradually
fading skyline, the busy craft in the
crowded harbor, the sunset. and what
not.
| She had been very busy up to the
time of leaving. so had had to neglect
many little details. When finally that
momentous afternoon arrived-did she
| stay on deck to feast her eyes on the
skyline?
No! She was down in her cabin
| completing what the dressmaker had
| overlooked. 1. E., sewing a narrow white
ruching into the neck and sleeves OF
/ the waist which she intended to don
for her first dinner on shipboard that
| evening"
! Praise be, since then Fashion has
dispensed with neck and sleeve ruch-
/ ing, and other foI-de-roIs which have
| made women near-Slavesi
But to get baok to the way we travel
| most of US.
A man 1 know was setting forth for
q
waited his womenfolks by laughingly
| displaying his '1uggage"-a toothbrush
and a clean collar!
Buy anything else need" he ex-
planned, indifferentEy-
| The women held up their hands In
establishment, almost horror.
And II we were going we'd have &c
take summer clothes, and clothes foi
winter and autumn and spring, tht
weather changes 50 suddenly now'i"
Yes, and spend most OF your sight
seeing time putting them on and taking
them of!" shifted the rude man. WHIT
was touring primarily to see the sights
rather than to display his glad raj
ment.
The Traveller of experience, while h,
does not set out with quite as scant,
!. baggage as had the disciples of old
has certainly mastered the science o
! the maximum OF comfort in the mini
|. mum of space.
He has learned not to forgot thos,
! articles which are essential to one
. well being. while totally eliminating
things which he can do without.
A woman, for instance, who mus
, ride IN a pay-as-you-ente car, doe
, ! not keep the nickel for her fare safel
| hidden in a little purse shut up in
| compartment of her handbag, whicl
; | bag Is 70 be produced from her Glad
q Stone Dag Wn1lS Sne Keeps d long I'M
: of men and women waiting to drop i
! | the rfckels which they hold ready.
No traveller of experience waits unit
. the last minute during the crowde
: season before securing steamer or trai
= tickets. stateroom or parlor car reser
= vations- Baggage to be forwarded
early In a state Of preparedness an
. the traveller allows himself ample tim
at the station In which to have hi
= baggage checked.
: Travelling by motor car, Of cours
! one can take along whatever one like
in. the way of luggage, although fer
= automobile passengers permit them
= selves more in the shape of persons
belongings than a single bag. suit cas-
!. or smallest steamer trunk. But In III
ordinary knocking around of trav,
!, ones personality expresses itself pref
ty accurately In ones appearance
= equipment and "traps"-or lack of III
: last.
never expect to see that woma
y with the parrot again, but / feel ths
all the passengers on that train fr
stantiy sized her up, guessing why h
: cverburdened husband looked sad-eye
y ! and disu1aL
!, THE DICTAGRAPH.
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