Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-15
BY DOLENA RUTHERFORD.

n JEWS from the Orient the other
IN day described the picturesque
VI journeyings of the King OF AZ
4 ghanistan In snowy white
and gold train that meandered
across India and startled even the self
contained Hindus into excited adn1ira-
ton. Descriptions of teakwood coaches,
tiled bathrooms and silver fittings were
broadcast TO acquaint the public with
the magnificence OF the brunette maj
estys palace on wheels
There are in this country about 80
families whose private railway cars
could compete in expensive luxurious
ness with the travelling mansion Of that
distant ruler. More privately owned
cars are being trailed around by rail-
way engines this year than ever be-
fore-~a fresh and richly enameled fiow-
erins from new fortunes that have been
made In Wall Street and elsewhere
Here, however. the cars are not painted
white and gold, and instead of having
their movements advertised, the most
scrupulOuS secrecy with regard TO their
shuntings is exercised in railway Offices
For American kings and queens Of
abundant bank accounts prefer not 10
be the cynosure OF miscellaneous eyes
when they go travelling from town TO
town
The richer people grow, the more
reasons they manage to accumulate for
shrinking from annoying contacts. TO
most OF US a seat IN a parlor car or a
bed In Pullman sleeper viii continue
| to be as luxurious and satisfying safe
| guard against unnecessary sociability
and noise as we can hope TO achieve
when we go far from home. But even
a chair car, with its linen tides and
unsocial herrnits. can be an oppressive
| community OF strangers from which
| certain sensitive souls are bound to re-
| coil There are men and women In
New York, California and points be-
| tween who would never think OF travel
| Ing except In their own cars, which
| afford the privacy OF home.
| A generation ago the first private
| cars were built 20 he used as travelling
! Offices by railroad presidents. whose
secretaries could go on working while
| the landscape rolled by and To serve
| as samples that soon caught the fancy
| of men and women who could afford to
own their own.
| For years the late Henry q. Fricks
specially constructed steel car. West
/ noreiand with Its red and blue and
! gold ro0ms-~for the fnaneier, his wife
| and daughtef~~Was considered the last
word In luxury But when cars began
To be built for women who could afford
to order solid gold fixtures for lighting
brackets and bathroom faucets The
somber elegance Of earlier days became
comparatively modest
This Summer c0nnoisseurs Of cars
have been talking about the Pheasant,
recently built for Alfred r. Sloan. jr.,
president of General Motors Corpora
lion II lis painted dull green and has
its name cmblazoned In gold letters on
the sides A lighter shade of green III
the prevailing color Of the interior.
which consists Of four private rooms
with baths and dining room
Another rather new car which COM
bines good taste and righteousness Is
w r. kenny's st, Nicholas. whose liV-
ing room, dining room, bedrooms and
observation platform afford a good deal
/ more than the average comforts OF
home The practical purposes for
which such q car may be utilized be-
gond either business or pleasure was
shown few weeks ago, when, after 4