File:Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition (1893) (14781038313).jpg

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Title: Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Pennsylvania railroad company. (from old catalog)
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: (Philadelphia, Allen, Lane & Scott, printers)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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in the light i8 admitted by the double line of ventilators, join in the generalharmony of color, which is reflected again and again by ascore or more of dainty mirrors. You have been told that you may take luncheon on thetrain, and you wonderwhere. At this momentthe negro porter looms upin the distance, and theman who occupies thecompartment opposite toyou, you notice, touchesa button convenientlyplaced in the wall be-tween the windows, anda bell tinkles somewherefar away. You note thatthe porter disappears foran instant, only to reap-pear ; he has glanced atthe electrical indicator inthe brief interim, and nowhe has come straight toyour neighbor and isawaiting his commands.You seize the opportuni-ty to inquire about yourluncheon, and learn thatyou can be served in thedining car, which is twocars forward. The inclosed passage-way through which you pass from onecar to another is the vestibule feature of the train, and you canreadily realize that not only does it afford entire safety to
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PRIVATE DRAWING-ROOMS EN SUITE. 19 passengers, who in the old days were warned against goingfrom car to car while trains were in motion, but that it aidsvery materially in preventing that disagreeable rocking fromside to side which is inevitable without it. The vestibule, too,with its strong steel framework is a most effective safeguardagainst any kind of a shock, and as you pass on this dis-covery gives to you a sense of security which you do not failto appreciate. The car which is between yours and the dining car is sim-ilar in e\-ery way to your own ; but as you w^alk through ityou observe another feature of the train which up to this timehas escaped you. A mulatto girl in a blue serge frock, whiteapron, and white cap is arranging a pillow for an elderly lady,who is evidently an invahd, upon a couch in the drawing-room,the door of which stands open, revealing an apartment ascosy, comfortable, and beautiful as any bijou boudoir in theland. The mulatto girl, the conductor tells you,

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