Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-22

should be solemn and disagreaahle.
! Especially does this rule apply to those
| whose aspirations for sudden wealth
have Garrett Them into the profession
of conducting railroad trains-s The
genial mau never succeeds in anything.
and the genial conductor is doomed to
a life of disappoin ment and perjury.
The conductor should first assume
that the road is run for his sole behoof.
nder no circumstances should he ever
permit passenger to CLEAN the idea
that the fare paving traveller is entitled
to the slightest respect. If a man wants
20 know anything. and he is square
across the jaw and huge of muscle, the
conditions are altered and it might be
well to answer his questions in full, but
if a little man or woman becomes inn
Fortunate, the screws should be put on
without delay. If the conductor gives
way to either of them, he must give way
10 all, and perhaps lose all his fun in
The baggage car, besides FORGETTING the
respect of those who are inclined to
take advantage OF mans good nature.
When timid passenger or an elderly
woman asks question. the snub is the
only proper answer. Have no parley-
ing. Snub from the start, for if the
questioner finds that the conductor
hes tates he's gone. Hesitating con-
ductors have been asked as many as
ten questions between New York and
Chicago, while the man who puts the
passenger down from the start, has been
known to make six round trips without
being interfered with.
On a local train the conductor should
devote his attention to the school girls.
As a general rule, this class of traveller
can t find anybody W ling to fiirt with
them. and, therefore, they are more or
less dependent on the conductor. To
certain extent the roads depend on tho
schoolgirl custom for subsistence, and,
therefore, it is to the interest of the
road to have men who will see that the
line is made attractive to this impor-
tant branch of the community.
The proper place for the conductor is
in the baggage car, for there he can
smoke and sleep unmolested by jnquir-
know. From that vantage ground, also,
he can see the engineer Jump. in the
event of an &C; ident, and understand
what it is best to do in order that he
may get out speedily and assure the
pr.ss that nothing has occurred, and
that the people in the burning cars didn't
travel on that train. The killing of a
conductor puts road in a hole. The
impulse is to advertise the line by Civ i
ing him a send-off. but that is an adj
mission that there was an accident.
and, therefore, the conductor. should
take care of himself, rather than SUBJ
ject his employers to any such incon-
venience.
1t is well for the conductor to have
favorites among his regular passengers.
These should be selected with discrimi-
nation from among the smok NC and
fask-carrying traveller. Familiarity
with thesl pays, for they will applaud
anything the conductor does. and feed
him from their store whenever he has
added to their Importance by cutting
down some man who has only the merit
of regarding q functionary as q public
servant.
Along the line of every road are coun-
try girls who properly think that to
know the conductor is to approach the |
kingdom OF bliss The conductor should |
make it point to hand them on the
train with some familiarity that shall
establish his relations with them from
The start and then should sit beside
them, with an arm carelessly thrown
across the back of the seat, and giggle
and laugh with them until they have at
tracted the attention OF the whole car.
This adds to the Importance OF the girl.
and makes every other woman sigh as
she contemplates the young lady's hap
p;ness. s.rs.
If a man lose his ticket, bounce him.
No matter that he saw it moment be-
fore. No matter if you see it lying I'M
der the seat, bounce him. There is never
atime when an offic al looks 50 dignified
as when he is employing force to sus-
tain his dignity. If by any chance the
man find his ticket before he is bounced,