The Osceola times., 1883-10-06
COURTESY IN TRAVEL.
SOM, Conservative Ideas Touching n Topic
ofGenerai Interest.
ARKANSAS.

soms Conservative Ideas Touching Topic
otGenerai Interest.
NY. World.
Men who ride on our railroads have
in great measure abandoned the habit
of giving up their seats to ladies when
the cars are full. There are exceptional
cases, of conrse, in which rallantry still
prevails. Some gentlemen are so consti-
tuted that they would feel embarrassed
should they remain seated while lady
was standing. A handsome woman
when she enters crowded car is GER
tain of half dozen seats to select from,
all rendered with zeal. A female with
an infant in her arms almost always
commands accommodation not from
gallantry, but from sympathy.
A few years ago there was a general
disposition among men TO rise in a car
when lady failed to find seat Per-
haps the dying out of this practice is due
in great measure to the ladies them
selves. They began to look upon an act
of gallantry as the concession of right.
They swept into seat politely vacated
for them with grand air of coniescen-
sion, without either thanking the con-
siderate occupant or even casting upon
him one OF those grateful aud gratifying
little smiles which reward man so lib
orally for any little attention. II no one
rose promptly when they entered the
car, they would gaze round with super
cilious, disdainfhl stare, as if astonished
at the selfish brutes who could bury their
faces in their newspapers or stare vacant
ly out of the window. If at last some
conscious culprit slowly arose they would
sweep almost angrily into his seat with
sort of"why did you not move sooner?"
air.
How far man is justified in neglect
ing to give up his seat to lady is mat
ter of opinion. AT all events il is vol
untary act. A story is told in the papers
of q gentleman who, seeing fem lie with
a child standing while the seats were
mainly occupied by males addressed one
group OF young men and called one of
them cur or worse than cur, because
he did offer the woman his seat and
then slapped his face. Why the champ
ion picked out this single individual,
instead of boxing the ears of all the men
in the car, does not appear. Perhaps
the person selected for the rebuke was
the lightest weight among the passen-
gers. At all events it is unreasonable
that man should be abused and assault
ed because he has selfishness enough TO
keep his seat while lady is standing.
1t is his own affair, and if he would rath-
er be comfortable than gallant no one
has right to take him to task.
There are courtesies in travelling how
ever which everybody ought TO be forced
to observe. One abuse is very prevalent
in the boats and cars between New York
and Long Branch. Some persons get to
the boat early and Immediately pile bags
wraps, umbrellas, parasols and parcels
on seats along the shady side of the COW
cred deck, drawing chairs and camp
stools in front of the seat, and thus man
age to occupy the best portion of the
most pleasant part of the after deck at
the rate of about three seats TO each
person. As soon as the boat arrives at
Sandy Hook rush is made for the cars,
and those who reach them first of course
take the shady side. Scores of men sit
on the outer ends of shady double seats
and pile bags and parcels on the inside
thus occupying the whole seat, while
others are driven to the sunny side or
are compelled to rush from ear to car
to find room.
Ifthe travelling champion whose feat
is recorded as an act of gallantry will
spend q week at Long Bianch and
travel up and down every dav. he will
find plenty of opportunity for the exer-
else of his muscle.