Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-24
TYPES AND TOPICS
 ON AN FL P ASO
 AND s. w. TRAIN


 | When the newspaper man boarded an Fl PasO & Southwestern train the i o-her day his attention was attracted 10 Q very plain looking young woman wko was bidding a handsome youth i Cood-by. The girl leaned forward in her seat convulsively clasping and un- clasping her hands and the tears glistened upcn her cheeks. The boy was much more composed. He was even nonchalant He stood in the i ailse and seemed to be impatient to ' be gone The girl caught at his sleeve aud held him for a moment. Finally he leaned over and kissed her and ! left the car. She pressed her face against the window and followed him with love in her eyes that the tears ! could not dim. As the train pulled out of the station she sat huddled up in ! Ter seat as sad and dejected a figure ' a- was ever carried away by a cal loused train from loved ones at home. ! Tn tse seat in front of her sat a -ery beautiful girl with shining eyes nd animation and gayety upon every ! line of Ter face. Beside her was a so,dier boy who was small and home " and sallow and sad. But he was crazy about that girl. No one could souht is for a minute. He waited on Ne- and hung on her every word and basked in her smile His uniform -cPmed .c be the passport to her heart. And that was alright and as 1t 7bonld be. but the newspaper man could not help but contrast her beau " aud happiness with the sorrow and deie -tion of the homely girl with the seastained face who sat behind her. Smiles and love for one girl and sor- row and indifference for her sister. It is so with the world. And yet that sPme train might well carry the glad princess to sorrow and the poor Gin derelll to 8 prince.
 In another seat were two grand danes. thin of face and figure, dressed in silk and having the air of those whom the war had compelled to travel without her private car and much hu- initiated at having to ride with the common herd on a Pullman. Too bad; too badl
 Then there was an old man, fat and round and rosy, with white whiskers on his chin and a light in his eye that old age had not flmned. He told the newspaper man that he belonged to the Elks lodge in Brooklyn, and he had found the Elks lodges of the west cold and unsociable in compari- sen with those of the east. Talk about your warm friendliness of the west" said the man; q have been coming to the coast every year for ten years and have failed to find il" The newspaper man became thought ful. He. too, had failed to find it.
 Of course there was a woman on the train with a spoiled boy. But, then. there was also woman with the dearest. incest, sweetest little girl that ever tied Q brown ribbon m her brown hair. Always there Is recompense for the handicaps of life.
 Out on the back platform was a stocky man with a cement jaw ana kindly eye, and he was smoking a black pipe and the tobacco in that nine was so strong it made black smoke. The newspaper man snined and staggered a little in spite of the rush of the fresh air. The stccky man smiled and explained: "Kentucky leaf" he said. "Only kind I smoke. Straight from the hillside to my pipe.
 Enterinc the diner very late Ter supper. the newspaper man saw en- acted there the prettiest and the pleas antest little scene he has ever Wit messed on any stage. Here was the stage of life. and the mimicry of mask or flash of spotlight or gliding of cur tain cannot compete with the scenes of such stage.
 rr-t-o of ho R0. and To, there entered upon this stage a little old colored woman with big black shawl over her shoulders and little black bonnet on Ter head. Her face was a picture from the old south. The cOlored nanny at her hest Spoiled by a kind mistress; masterful. numerous. kindly, loyal, all were written upon that wrinkled taee as though it were page of life
 TNe ear swayed on curve and the old colored woman nearly fell. Tnen there sprang forward one of the wait CTS. a mulatto. undoubtedly handsome dapper and neat in his white uniform and high collar and gorgeous tie and diamond pin. He was as nifty as the varnish on his Pullman car and had been spoiled bv his modern world as n,ucr as this old nanny by a world that passed with the surrender of Lee at Richmond. But he caught the aged woman's arm and led her to a seat at a table in front of the car.
 "She is with the lady in the com partment in the next car" explained the steward of the diner to the news paper man. Tn charge of the chil- dren: been with the family for over fifty years. She wanted to jus eat bite back there, but I had her come in the car. What2"
 The newspaper man admired me stewards good sense and applauded hi Eindness. That old mammy's lace WIS as black as the chimney black. but her heart was as white as snow.
 Ard that old colored woman sat m state in that diner and was siVen service tat an eastern millionaire never had on that car as he traveied fr--n Ni, New York tC his Pasadena home to nlay a little after his work. These waite.s and they were all as hi-h cla-s. stylish. smart looking lot of r1lored bcys as could he found by -bo discriminating eye Of Pullman employment expert, gathered around th7t old mammy's table and attended