Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-19
IN THE STREET CAR.
why Some men stand and Most
Women Sit-Different Views of
the Matter.

The tall, angular looking man gloweret
savagely at the row of women on the OPP
posite side of the car as he sunk into TIM
narrow space which was awarded hin
between two other men, but notion!
| cripple standing near the front enc
of the car he at once gave up the seat.tt
him.
81 gave up my seat to lady, sir, !" sale
the cripple, whose voice, as we'll as the
statement, showed him to be rather feeble
| minded.
''The more fool you," said the tall man
again glancing savagely at the row Of
women, four of them, who filed one side
of the car from front to rear, evidently
inconveniencing themselves considerably
in the effort to fill all of the space and
prevent anybody else from sitting down.
Elbow long before one of them would give
you a seat, do you suppose ?"
ooh, well, but they are ladies'"
Perhaps they are, perhaps not. l
presume that when you are at home you
give your seat to the hired girl and wait
on the table yourself"
'But it is customary to give your seat
in the car to a lady,"
"Well, why should it not be customary
for lady to make room for you when she
is taking up three or four times as much
space as she is entitled to?"
"Well, I don't know, but I do know
that always feel grateful when man
gets up and gives my wife seat in the
car"
"But did you ever see woman give
your wife seat in carr"
"Well, no, not that Lean think of.
"Not even if your wife was sick or
weak-looking
"No."
cor make room for her on seat?"
"Well, no, not that remember"
"Did you ever see woman, although
as strong as horse, get up and give her
seat to laboring man simply because
she knew that he was tired from hard
days work, while she had been gadding
about?"
"Well, I don't believe ever did"
At this point stout, red-faced woman,
who had labored strenuously to hold two
and half seats, gave up the attempt,
and, stopping the car, got off, casting
5piteful glance at the tall, angular man
IS she departed. The other three closed
their ranks, and held the whole side still.
when my wife is riding with me-"
continued the feeble-minded cripple, "and
he car is crowded, 1 sometimes make her
ut on my knee so as to give more room"
A pretty fellow you are, to use other
women better than your own wife. Why
10 you not offer the others the same
This proved too much for the maidenly
nodesty of a 45-year-old spinster, who
ing violently to stop the car. Brushing
asst the tall, angular man, she alighted,
nd casting a whitening look of scorn at :
i'm, sped away, seemingly satisfied that J
be had made fortunate escape from a
avage.
The other two rallied bravely and man :
ged to fill the seat, in spite of the thin
ing in their ranks.
Now for my own part" said the tall
ian, II am ready to give up seat when 4
yer see anybody that needs it more
ian 90. don't care whether it is a &
an or woman. mont see why I
lould have to consider whether it is a
dy or not. l am very sure that if I
aInted to give up my seat to women
nom L was sure were ladies I would
I've to find some other proof of the :
ct instead of their manners as
own i'll the street cars. | can
Ii easily enough when woman is old
weak looking, but when 1 see women n
10 are capable of exerting themselves
the extent of filling half a car each in
der to keep others from sitting down. I .
INK that l had better keep NV seat
Il! see woman who is very weak
king. have no use for lady who
nts to take up more than her actual 4
are OF room In a car, or who is not
ling to give her seat to a weaker q
man than herself.'
large, fat woman, with loud and r
shy clothes, who had held at leasttwo-
rds OF the seat, gave up the contest at
$ point and lit out. - +
The tall angular man reasoned that
sole survivor could not keep him 4
nding much longer, and reasoned cor the
tly, for after making a futile effort at We e
ding the whole side of the car bv for
eading her skirts to their utmost limit w
collected herself and stole away into
corner back of the money box. -
he tall, angular man sat down with
SIZED air of man who had done his
duty, and the feeble-minded cripple 9
oed - ppio NJ
Well it's customary, anyway" !.
Christmas MarEnf TIL,