Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-12
"mtss BROWN" Upeu street IVA,
Rtghts aud Geurs~.tes.

w Dear S,dr:-My soul has been hsrrowat
10 It's very depths by the woes ana wrongs az
poor suffering John ana Co.. and surc-st
mat, before l SAY anything else every mothers
uauknVT who reads this Joiu me % a symps
theic weep" OF the largest kiud. fW.ealn',
Eaf'''J a"f 2c1ie'o' y lSrs'rec,Or OF ia ndEsy,.
There Now III state that oor mar. ,.,,
sixteen Years. have been a daily passenger ON
t1e street cars, sld have moreover A fashion
~ noticing pretty thoroughly what Is going on
around me; yet, strange TO say. have neyer hsS
The fsCtDrought home TO me Ihat as ..ohseryar.
says. the old-faShioned Chivalric cons,ders 30,
on The part OF men for the comfort ana feeling
OF women Is fast DING out IN this country
observer" libels his own sex when he makes
that assertion. snd every lady who has been
traveller, on steam or street cars. 10 any extent
rom washington. Alone, TO day aai
travel for week, IN almost any
direction, without meeting anything but
kindness ana courtesy from her fellow travel
ers: and II she has memory for small fsyors.
HGat pleasant picture memory's tablet viii
OK Why, l remember once. the first time
, "a" a prairie, expressing 20 lady beside mo
me Wish TO possess some or the. 10 me- ua-
hLO"h flowers growing beside the track and
"a. $ me! II 3 gentleman I'D not come near
N!ng lett by the train ia hi, Efforts 10 grsJtfy
fhat " b m. Again. one afternoon lasi Al nmeS
. was riding home In An open car, carTyIoe
+si1ca my USUAL quota OF handles a book in
pamphlet form. whirh I had BORROWED Tor a
,itcia. purpose. In some manner n slipped
s|3J white vas paving my fare. ana waen 1
discovered ny less we were A block away from
*. Dear Me hnx worried 7 WAS The boak
,3S out OF print and could not be replaced
WHAT could 10 There, while WAS yet Croantne
"a SPlrit. the ear ASd stopped and a gCntiem n
-tap run aId recovered NY treasure before d
VAS eSIH6d bY pSSsers oy, 4 Was handed 10 me-
With such a. air or good Will aud there was
-uCh Al evident look or SiG1EesS IN his ha9d-
one eyes. That almost fO.gOt for the MON aut
MAJ = nuistn l must nave seemed 90 all
dound, q. yes. such instances prove that
chiNalTlc consideration Is fast dying out"
As 10 women spreading themselves over extra
space aud taking up room with their luggage
wen, there are iEc0nSlderate specimeHS Jhoss
OF whom IL Is said. "eyeS have they but they
see lot, among both sexes Usually IL Is yoar
semi occasional passenger only who has no re-
gard for the rights and comfort OF others:
your regular soon gets a realizing sense OF
the eternal utDeSS OF things by Knowing how
II isels 10 swing 81 5tIap, while sons
s am %c1,,,, or other rs planted sideways
! Vase OF Tue kind observer" mentions doea
occur II becomes the solemn duty OF every we'll
regulated passenger when there Is no conduc-
1oi5 10 gently convert such sinners from the
error OF thslr ways, by depositing the baggsgs
on the noor and taking possession OF the seas
thus vacated.
But when We come 10 poor Johns" gr,ev-
ance-the peiSistency With which Ladies' viii
enter car when no seats are yacani-our
.'pheeiinA" are touched beyond express GU
les. II SAD, very; only. ala You. my STAR. ever
observe the little play enacted " hen a car nears
crowd OF ladies: Note Well. the Johns"
who mean 10 ride, seeing the ladies standing
ana waiting. simply make break for the APP
preaching car, swing themselves on board
while 1t is yet IN motion, and drop into the
seats OF course, 10y the lime the
rest get In there IL no seat ieft
and they ought, according TO Johns" logic, Go
wait for the next car ana see the manauyer
repeated, no matter how cold and disagreAabs
the weather may De. But as it happens iJ "a
only tie Johns who hold This belief: the gen
tienlen cling TO their old creed OF kindpess ana
courtesy as much as ever and keep alive ones
faith IN human goodneSs-as displayed In street
car HE. must confess to having a dislike 10
crowded cars myself; besides | feel more or less
small when depryiDg some gentleman OF his
comfort, no matter how willing he may be 10 bs
thus robbed" therefore ! have on occasions
let car after car go BY until one came With rest
f0r the weary" ia shape OF vacant seats And
didn't get talked TO-" too for doing so. by
acGGaiItalces who declared that they would
rather stand up all the way than
see any lady stand In the cold.
as Was doing! oh yes. got zay lectures and
am CONVINCED thai they meant gust what they
said AID, while am Oh this subject 1 mar
Just az well protest against Johns" giving M
his seat, with hat peculiarly crushing ua
gracious air OF There. take IL: I know you
want IT." and then turning his back on one,
without giving one .he ghost OF chance 70 say
thank You. The ungfaciousness OF his manner
destroys the courtesy Of the act most thor
oughly, and l, for one, feel tnsulted instead OF
Cohgtd under such conditions, and wopld
chetrfully hire small boy 20 make faces &C
linn, were the said small boy On hand and fully
tlual 10 the occasion. MISS BRowS."