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Show THE BAGGAGE SMASHERS. ' Sometimes people in the United States scold be-cause be-cause of the imperfect way that the tranaporUtion companies have of, handling their baggage. But it teems to be worse ae'roas th sea They will not use checks over there-, they call them "brasses, you know." The Westminster Ga.eite hat little item about the way the, thing is done, and doubtless tells ' the truth, but if it is. the' truth we would think it would create mt every day. - In our country If a railroad train is neaHng ' city a man cornea ' through the ears, asks you politely what your des-! des-! tination will be in the city, and if you have any j' checks-for baggage. "You give him th ehecka, he gives you a receipt, you"Py him. and before you get to jreur hotel, your baggage is tjiere all right ! The GasetU aays in England it ia run thia way: "Certain strangers fcrithin our gatea hava been wondering at our way of dealing with, passengers' luggage. How much better the system of . other countries, where you get receipt, and when the ' bag goes astray the official assures you it ia impoa-aible; impoa-aible; because there ia th receipt! 80 you go to bed and get up and dree in your bit of paper. Our method Is. insular, anT ith fee ol it chaotia. . W throw our luggage tfAbe-rnerey of eom tini known porter. At the end of the journey we And ' a sort of lucky 'tub of portable property piled n the platform, and we plung About Mid pick-iut what wa want. , tYon know th 1 A hundred peopi who hav only to say, 'That ' mine t a , atrange porter in .order td .ge't it. Thu A baldly ' atated. the' system Inrpke like ehao and.tha invit. tion to a general scramble far other men's goods. I In practic it Worka out well. ', For every one. from porter to pangjr, is on his honor, "and,thia ktM ' point, luggage to England; ia aafer than" in any other icivfliied country.""' ' - - - .' |