Show An Lnjlltli Mm of Uur lucking I The American Oonitllutlon b bo alled a system of cbtcks 11 10 merican We when you 1 ant to la1 you I your bgl to tbe porler I ol your hotel and be lvn you a olloek In return AI Iho station you cllm it wllh a heck and pits It In 1 counter and receive another cbck Ae you approeb your dU nllon nnotbur functionary cornea ng the train takes your check and 1011 you miotber check for II He db oul your bggoga nd conYI it to your hotel lor a cuntlderallou You nave left your third and laal check at Ibe cfflco ol the hotel whou you enter I and tbencu It la I delivered upon receipt of lh taitnnne At IliBt you blees Ibo ntrauutmurit ai tuo salvation of Ibo traveler trave-ler Alter I few weeks cj It Ibo tyranny of tho check tieotmta BOKalllne that you begin to long 101 Ihe good old LuKllih method ot dump Inc down your goods In front ot a lorterandleavlUK them to llnd Ibe way themeelvei Vou would nOl hail II as I personal triumph If aome ol your Digra o wculd tol loit lull never doer Bometlmea It arrives late but I always arrives Yet It telDoui arrlveilnthosbapeln wulch It ilBrl ed If that Is any consolation Tbey who havi to do with tbo bsiKago Bee titbat Vou will soon dltcnver why Americans cry their Cod In Ironclad Iron-clad truukt and why U IB madudts lor anyoou to do nuylblnt elie I started out like an Idiot with n new leather portmanteau Ibey ripped Ibe stout brass lock ell In Ihe Hist week not lor plunde rtppar ently but simply becaute it Is I the tradition of tbu itrvlce The punched It and kicked It and danced on I In suiter hoiirr when Insplra lou csrue tbey wrote on II My lortmauteau today I an epitome ol ihu political sentiment from New York IjBau lrauclnco Aa an hlf torloal document II Is beyond pries BUtllamcontuniplatlnKlho gUI 011 to Iho Library 01 Congress at Wailt InBton ASH lortcuauieiu Itbss both I leet In tbe crave Toe syeUm ol I checks la I nut couUncd to tne traveler luigrtge Iho conductor ol tho Iraini laaies lelturely tlirturfli Ihe train utklnit lor your tlckti aud giving you aibeck In return or anklim lor your check an 1 reiumlnc your tlcaet I you band your mioB lo a boy lu a hotel while your wrllu your name In Ibe roKlster he dairies oil to stow 1 nnay In I Bume secret place and returns triumphant with n oheck In the very hotel bar when you buy a rlais ol aolllnatlB you get a check and walk Iwo yards aorosi the bar tooy at tbe desk Uut Ibu apotheosis of the our ls at Magsra When you go down to the Cave ol Ihu Wlndt you strip oil all your clothes nad loe Ibm I well alyour valuiblor In a tin box with In 1ndol Ibn OU go down 1 battle with tue cataract In a suit of olliklns and I check laiheU around your neck Iud riling and falling w Ito Ihe beating of your heart r < o wonder tho American apeaks of death aa handing In his check 1 Is I only by death that be can rid himself ol Item I hew Ideal |