The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-11

eyes, but" said I, "the doors are
frequently opened TO admit and I'M
load passengers; and besides, the
smoke finds its way through
the joints and cracks in the door,
ways, and becomes very unpleasant
and unwholesome too, / should
| think"
SWELL" said the gentleman, sit is
one of the things we have to put up
with, rather than appear eXacting
and become obnoxious. Now there's
the small boy nuisance. These
little fellows will climb on the hind
end of the car in swarms; they pay
no fare, smear up tae railing with
their dirty, sticky hands, stare at
the passengers, cheek those who in
terfere with them, and lady can
scarcely squeeze through the motley
crowd when she desires to alight.
No one complains openly, because
what's everybOdy's business is no.
body's, and as We live here the nuis-
ance continues unabated, rather
than to cause Offense."
"But why do not the drivers and
officials see to it? 1t would not be
allowed in thickly populated cities.
where it would be more excusable."
"Well, l don't know, unless it is
that no one brings it to their notice.
"If that's the case" said |, they
will soon hear OF it, for l will refer
| to it In one OF my communications
and as don't live here, they won't
get offended at me-"
S'nce the above conversation, I
have been thinking We blame the
| gentlemen for selliShnesS, but after
all we excel them in this vice of
morality. Why is it that gentle
man, and especially if he be
WOrklngman, can never or seldom
sit down in street car, when there
are few ladies on the seat? I have
seen three gentlemen rise to give
lady seat, but if gentleman en-
tiers the car. although The car may
be only partially filled with ladies,
no one moves to the right or left,
| to accommodate the new arrival.
We often hear of the maxim
"When one lady rises two gentle
men sit down." but we never see
such thing, because the lady never
rises and the gentlemen never sit
dOWn-in a street car. l have
thought that lady might at least
have heI children stand, to make
room for a passenger, even II that
passenger was a gentleman. But
sometimes mother and her lovely
family will occupy whole tier Of
seats, and row of gentlemen stand
and look on with haggard counter
ances. When the conductor cores
in he eonscientiously collects fare
from each standing gent, while the
lady conscientiously pays one fare
for her entire family In some
places east no one is allowed to
stand, and the cond actor invaria.
bly, sees that each person
pays who occupies a seat,
whether child or adult.
Your conductors may be more
modest than ours, but the Order to
'close up" would soon be given
among us if We were to spread our
skirts and try to look pretty, while
tired men stood and looked on.
as the car was 1rswn sl0cg
By he IL ules which looked so strCn,,
And all the seats seemed fail of p1sseu-
gers,
A poor Ole tired chap,
| Who hung upon q strap,
Thus delivered himsel. -
All tie hims and hers;
My ladies fair and gay,
have lebored sll the day,
Until my bones and muscles sorely &C e;
While you have jsun!ed out,
Or idly sat abou',
EndeavoriDg your quiet ease to tsks
The gentlemen l see
From censure here are free,
For none Of them do o.cupy a seat.
But o, We ladies fair,
Who are sittin' there,
Wou'd one OF We just stand upon your
feet?
At this lady rose,
As you may well suppose,
To let the poor old gentleman sit down,
When DO my great surprise,
No one did need to rise,
For all could sit who had been standing
round.
Yours for rest and fresh air,
PMIA SAIIGGTNS