The Washington times., 1934-07-11

Out of long tran only three seepers truly arcon
dtoned l. by the Grace of God in Of these, but
there luck ended Having with the aid of the cars cheer
full but dm-wtted Senegamban, settled my impedmenta
with the tongue porudng to what was termed
the club Imagine my dismay when equally Lack
luster but by cheerful (and who blame hm
ebony servor informed that they ''didnt nothn
no, not beer" on the whole train.
Speeches. with drought and indignation dragged the
weary hind leg to the diner where after hour and half
literally managed to have assembled and insert into the
system disprtng repast has entered the we'll
known alimentary canal.
The lackeys in attendance of unintelgence i'm
possible believe and spoke in rich Gulah tongue
dersandabe only to those hang from the Island regions
OF the deep South They constant state OF beWl
derment the items the Their efforts to COM
ply with simple request heartbreakng The diner
itself had been sessy cooled by those quaint conrvance
resembling large boa constructors attached to
pressed air tanks CARTS which ambng amessy
about railway The heads of these rumphs Of the
human mind poked into bursting coaches and bit OF
cooled air is blown into the Saharan interiors.
With very startling results, may add having in this
grim spot bound body and soul only too securely together
dreary paid discomfort and tottered through miles
of desert waste to any oasis and fell into my section
"Well,' said T. 'any train from Chicago to Madison will
be good.' And then just to make any dreams pleasant
vaguely recalled hearing from various friends and relatives
that the train had become local and past endu
for any but the most robust tried to reassure my
ouang spirit by recalling the enthusiasm Of the tcketeer
in Washington regarding the merits of the conveyance ne had
advised travel on, but what had undergone his
own road made dubious to the reliance to be placed
any Of his assertions.
Too we'll were my fears founded. I reached Chicago
time to the minute The only true statement made to
about the whole Journey Over night the Middle West had
turned cold obliged to don the REFER and ppet
paid large tips to porter and taxi to get quickly
to the other station asked to be taken to the ticket office
so might buy my seat before boarding and was informed
by my bearer LADY they ain chair on that
train
Well had under any gallant exterior expected the worst
did not fall my face and howl like dog out SAID
Nv aide banched shade two, swallowed but controlled
his dsapprova and carried out my Instructions Not how
ever without contention Embatted train men OF all ranks
coped with Respectable undertook to remon
srate with the forward female nrudng male territory
"Lady" said they, one and all, "this is the smoker"
"That replied (haughtily, trust) lis why IN in it,
Nv point being carried settled use the word fgu-
rativey) in conrapton not capable of description
Some thwared crippled and magn NAL Of seats had
created it as his revenge mankind AS instrument for
nse in one of the nquisition mder moments could have
had equal.
couldn t stay on it really get off it. wrggled and
rithed bumped and shered according to various pains
and the animated gyraons Of playful locomotive for i've
hours All this under the eyes of car full OF resenu farm
aborers no labores) drummers and weary viewers OF
the Century of Progress escaping from the exhaustg COM
pany of their attendant wives and little ones who obviously
believed that where if anywhere was womans place. 1t
was certainly not in smoker.