The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-27
Conductors who Tiirt.

x,w.,r,Iers have recently been
,,,.,',.il.sl to chronicle many elope-
.,n.,,t. in which con auctOrs Of railway
,r,in. have figured. Mset Of these
'.,.,nrn,. nj. have occurred in the west,
,,,r states Of Illinois, Indiana and
Wisconsin having their full shares.
Wi,lin III. pus: few days conductor
y. u,,e of the lines Of railway whose
,..,..,;,,,,. j. in New York, Il l. saill
,.. left his wife AMI elOped with
xM,u- school girl in the habit of rid.
inc on his train. The opportunities
'Jrsr conductors for ss'ra ping acsl lUain-
,,,..... with iinpre.siOi,al,le women
..l romantic girls are very great, 10
rr,ut indeed, t.,at on many lines de-
.,ui pe.,,!c have felt that the manner
md .irlS who are either lad or fool
in .,r,.:!, to accept iheir attentions
i,.. lrr, shameful. Good ladies
wim-c !a,,gi,ters ride with then, In
IN, ears Il" not like to have examples
If tlir.a.iums brought before their
.y.s nnr 10 t;'cy desire to have tl:eir
,;.u. !.t..r< ride alone in trains where
i;rv ,,;v bc insu!tesl by stare or q
;,r. People are likely tO look with
r.-,rri u;,un the uniniurnletl man In
authority, and there are gentlemen
,f int. .;,i"..,c%. who would l,s l,Oresiin
conversation with u fellow passenger,
In. wl:r are vain and weak enough
20 i,'r. rrui,, of the sole attention If u
uniformed, conductor. Women who
=, .,r,,.r are .o,m,...ll.si to lie stxid and
discreet. lut who feel that u jour.
:r.y 10 "r ..snml the city Is the OCCASION
rra :nrA-wcn,eI,, Of course. who
=. ;s:.rt are not untouched
iv the spiri; Of intrigue do
H., alin:c;ale that al! tie people in
II. ear su"w when they are giving
..lall,y> to Il handsome conductor. or
when TREY arr receiving unusual at.
,,a:.on from him. II grown n,en
and women are vain and weak 1t II
not surprising that's silly. romantic
..m,!-.irl, WHO iccls that riding
..!oEe "M the CATS is q kind Of free
.iom which many other girls do not
ru,,y. should le - insliscrcct ~ to
ar.,;t the attentions Uf the insiDuat.
ing m,an in uniform. There are girls
whose hearts are sd pure, aud Whose
r:itrrc is ~ good that their manner
il their own defense: but there ale
sn,.,e who gi:.yle and think that 1t Is
Sn.avt tn tlirt. TO them often the
conductor comes rs u beau, and
sometimes ~ u iii,ertine. 1t IL hard
iar them to escape the extreme pen-
atty Of their folly when they have
once ix gun Irritation, and II they
az. not led astray they are ut least
brought to the shame Of insult or 0f q
Sudden appreciation of danger. Not
great while ago, through the inves-
tiy:iiOn Of the Xfru,d, y prominent
railway company ISSUED an ortIcr
threatening dismissal to any conduc-
TOR who permitted brakemen to make
dcm,onst r.tions toward ladies ut sta
tions along their route. The order
wurhr,l well, and it was adopted by
NEST other railways. The roads may
nOw look back ut the manner If t,Oll-
dur!ors themselves; for the habit of
Irritation Is not III all limited to few
men. Meanwhile the subject Is one
Of the utmost importance 10 parents,
who iftl,ey do not have faith In the
moral strength Of their daughters,
must devise their own policy. An
oun:e Of prevention IL worth a pound
Uf rure.-N. y. NCF0iH.