For a Girl Traveling Alone
The Question of Dress and the Wearing of Jewelry—What Courtesies May be Accepted from Fellow Travelers—In the Pullman—At the Hotel—Ordering One's Dinner—When Reading at Table is Allowable—The Waiter and His Duties
It is our boast that, in America, an attractive young lady may go from New York to San Francisco and not be in any way molested. On the other hand, countless girls, through ignorance of what is and what is not proper to do, get into serious trouble in making even a short journey alone. A girl traveling alone should dress quietly, in a tailor-made suit, or in a simple dark gown of wool, silk or What to Wear When Traveling linen, and wear a small hat and a long dust coat. She should wear no valuable jewelry, nor carry more money, in cash, than she needs for the journey. She should have her tickets, checks, keys and small change in a handbag where she can get at them rapidly.
A coat or other article in a seat is notice that it is occupied and the holder is absent temporarily. A lady should take a seat that is entirely unoccupied, if possible, and she may remove her hat, veil, coat and gloves if she wishes to do so. Then she should sit quietly and enjoy the landscape from the window or read a magazine. About Traveling Acquaintances She may accept a slight service from a fellow-traveler, such as lowering the window, but if a man annoys her by trying to make her acquaintance she should remove to another seat, or speak to the conductor who will protect her. A man or an elderly woman may talk to anyone, but a young woman may talk only to another girl, to children or a mother with children or to a very old lady. No one should tell any travelling acquaintance anything about herself, or her destination, exchange cards, accept invitations, or any favor beyond the loan of a magazine or similar courtesy.
IN THE PULLMAN
In a Pullman car there is a special conductor and a colored porter, and in the long distance express trains a colored lady's maid, whose
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