The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-08

as avoid looking at sore. He is,
however, fair type of class of men
we often see. They go laundering
through the world, careless of every one,
reckless of everyone. They know what
they want is to be got by pushing, so
they push, and the rest of us get out of
their way.
Another member of the hog family is
the constant smoker. 1t matters moth
ing to him if sick men, delicate women
or little children are upset by his smoke.
Shall | be Inconvenience by you?'
tie thinks it hardship if he can't smoke
on car platforms, and ridiculous if he is
not allowed to smoke all over boat. l
made a trip from New York to Boston
last week. In the forward end of the
parlor car, in which, for the sake of COM
fort, paid an extra dollar, was little
apartment filled with men. My seat was
near the door The men, the conductor,
the car conductor, the newsboys, the pea
nut, candy and book vendors and the
passengers in general opened that door
not less than 175 times in eight hours. |
counted eighty times, and didn't begin
to count for long time, and stopped
hours before we reached Beantown. Each
time the door opened a Whit of smoke
blew in my face, in the face of an in
valid girl in the next chair, in the face of
dear old lady, who was made very ill
by it, and in the faces of all the twenty
six passengers, each of whom had paid
an extra dollar for comfort" | came
home by the Fall River line. My seat in
the parior car was No. Is, and had a
sick headache. At least ten men smoked
from Boston to Fall River, and to cap
the climax a parlor car conductor did
the same. Mr.. Vanderbilt owns the
Fourth Avenue horse-car line, and
charges six cents for the shortest ride,
the slowest horses and the most crowded
cars in the city. Conspicuously posted
is a regulation against smoking. Every
day in the year ride four times on those
cars, and | don't remember trip when
Mr.. Hog was not smoking either bloat-
ed cigar or a sinking cigarette. have
seen women turn pale with deathly
sickness because some squirt onthe front
platform continued to smoke after he
had been requested not to. If a man
takes the matter in his own hands, nine
tenthS of the passengers look upon him
as loafer. If he asks the conductor to
speak to the offender, an offensive con-
spicuosity is given him which is far from
pleasant Last night / attended min
strel show, and expecting Pittsburgh
friend to join me purchased two seats.
My friend didn't come. | sat in the end
seat and placed my hat on the next.
Mr. Hog occupied the seat beyond,
threw his arm so that it touched my
shoulder over the back of my second seat
and arranged his knees, legs and feet so
that they literally took up all his own
space and that belonging to my vacant
chair | was nettled and annoyed, but
Brother Hog was as happy as any porker
living, and beat time with hand and foot
in way that was at once vigorous and
versatile. Why do foreigners and pub
lie characters talk loud in hotels
and cars? Much of the week /
have spent in hotel where number of
lyric artists boarded. One of them is
known throughout the land, and is a
great favorite. Every morning she took
her breakfast at 1890, laughed bolster
ously and talked necessarily in such a
loud tone as to be embarrassing to
people who didn't care to know her
''secrets," and annoying to others who
felt like talking to each other. This
feature of hogishness is peculiar to for
eigners, who seem to have an idea that
no one understands what they are say
ing. 1 saw Cuban elected from a
Twenty-third Street stage last week by
the vigorous toe of an indignant man
whose alert ear caught a number of i'm
sulting comments on his daughter, who
was sitting on the seat with three
Cubans. Assuming that no one under.
stood them, they felt at liberty to talk as
they pleased. and a more astonished
party you never saw than they.-Joe
Howard, in Philadelphia Times.