Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1916-11-30


purchased her ticket and went bacl
home wiser and happier.
! Recently a bride of three days Wal
brought In from the train uncon
scious. / Immediately brought a ply
sician who was in the. station, xhe
found it necessary to give a hyper
dermic at once in order to bring W
her heart action. She was unable tG
resume the journey for several hours
but was a most interesting and
charming patient. 1t was hard to tell
which suffered more the bride or the
young husband. Her chief concern
was the fact that their delay would
prevent them from reaching home in
time for reception being given for
them that night
Some time ago young girl came
into the Leigh Station and sank into
a seat crying as II her heart would
break. enquired the cause only to
hear Il wired my father I'd be home
on this train and the conductor says
1t doesn't stop at my home" There
was just ten minutes to spare but in
that time ! found the trainman and
we in turn found the conductor who
wired the Supt. and got a permit to
stop at Tunkhannock and let the lit
tie lady off to meet her father be-
tween one and two o'clock in the
night. AS she stepped aboard the
train she smiled thru her tears and
thanked me.
One lady who had a hemmorhage
of the nose showed her appreciation
by sending me a beautiful purse upon
hor a ~
Then there is funny side to the
work If one has "funny-bone". Take
for instance these questions:
Are you the Travellers Relief"
What time is the 5:S5 train due?"
Have you Y. N. c. A. for girls
here?,
An Indian girl came up to me at
the Erie Station and said, will you
tag me around" said do you
want me top, and upon hearing
"Yes" I asked where she wanted to
be tagged, and when she said to the
stores l realized she wanted me to
take her shopping. The eternal femi-
nine!
AS is my custom, asked an Italian
woman If could do anything for her
to which she said "Phwat" ! either
said "do you want anything" only to
hear "Phwat you gOt."
At the New York Central woman
asked, rs that tho stairway to the
trains?" Upon being told that it was
she said How do you get down"
replied, Usually people walked but
that occasionally one fell, which call
ed for a Travellers Aid with arnica
and bandages."
1t is in the unexpected difficulties
that arise incident to travel that
women and children need help. The
find newly arrived stran-
gers easiest to ensnare.
Common dangers are wrong ad-
dresses, lost directions, or none at ALL
One evening at about ten o'clock an
old lady came in from one of the
trains and said she had come to visit
her son who was a fireman in Buffalo
but she was so bewildered she had
forgotten his address. looked in
he city directory but could find no
fireman of the name she mentioned.
then called up headquarters to see
4 they knew of such fireman, but
hey did not. Finally she explained
hat he was fireman on the N. Y.
Central Ry. / accordingly sent to the
Yards only to find that he had gone
,ut on his run but friend gave his
address. She felt sure this was not
light and was not willing to 60 there.
suggested taking her to the Y. w. |
). A. for the night thinking after a |
rood sleep her mind would be clearer
She refused to leave the station, how !
AnN rxyfth a mil
md blanket where she slept until ,
morning; while her son came for her /
Is soon as he came in from his run
md was notified that his mother was
here. <
Another case of young lady, a Ca
ladian- came in one morning with
little boy some four or five years
Id. Seeing she was at loss what
o do interrogated her only to find {,
hat she expected IL be Tioi by TIC
of the little boy, who
vas not related to her. She did not
emember the grandfathers address
or his name. She remembered his
treet but not his number. She said
is name was something like "Go-far',
hat was all she knew. called up :
Information to see If there was a par 1
' on that st. by name anything
Ike that. They said not. then I
uggested that she place the little I
oy on the radiator in order that
Then the grandfather came in he
light recognize him only to hear,
He has never seen. him." She didn't /,
ven know whether he knew which
tation she would arrive at or not. 1
a desperation suggested that she
ike the boy back to Toronto, but
he said his parents had closed their
ouse and gone to the sea-shore, and
he didn't have their address. While !
'aiting to plan some way to help
lem the young lady came up and :
Aid, There is a man that looks like !
,e picture of Charles grandfather"
seized this straw and going to him
sked II he was looking for a little
oy. He replied that he was. ] took
Inn over to the child and when he
I'D Hello. Charles" was convinc-
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