The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-10
HO4SE CAR MANNERS.
Ven Lacking in Manners, and Women
Who Are TO Some Extent Responsible.

Ven Lacking in Manners. and Women
Who Arc to Some Extent Responsible.
THE manners of people in Brook
Ign and New York horse ears are
abomlnable said an elderly gentle
man who stood on the rear platform
OF Fulton street car the Other day.
Il ana travelling man. % he continued.
and have had occasion 10 make a
study Of this subject. For instance.
JJst take a look inside this car and YOU
Will see what ! mean. First YOU will
notice that while several ladies are
standing several men are sitting. That
/ You Will say Is nothing unusual, nor
Is It III our cars. If, however You
+ viii look a little more closely YOU
must notice that if some of the ladies'.
l suppose we must call them by that
name, would move along little there
would be seats for at least three more.
Do they movei Not by a long shot,
and the elderly gentleman stopped
moment 10 wipe off some big drops that
had trickled down his back from the
projecting roof The manners of the
average New York or Brooklyn wo-
man, bat more especially those Of the
former, are disgusting" hc continued.
and they are responsible to a large
extent for the impolitcness shown
them by the men Now in Boston YOU
wall never see a lady standing in car
while a gentleman is sitting. Whyt
Well, IN the first place, there is much
more pOliteness practiced in that city
OF beans and culture; men are not so
hardened there as they are in our
larger cities, nor is the population 50
cosmopolitan. We are suffering in
great measure from the lack of good +.
manners due to the great prepondcr- /
ance ~ our midst of foreign elements. .
Moreover, in Boston conductors are .
constantly upon the outlook for the f.
comfort OF their passengers. Ii there
IS a chance 10 make more room they .
will do it, | have only seen one or
two instances of this supervision on
the part of our conductors. Even in
Chicago the better class Of foreigners
and the native Americans will almost
invariably give up their seats 10
ladies"
What made me mad, the other
day, chimed in another passenger.
who had listened 10 the conversation
quietly up TO this point, was this: |
was on a Brooklyn car and it was rain
ing even harder than it is now. The
car was damned and many OF the pas
sengers We're women, young and old. /
many of them evidently being shop
girls for it was the hour of the close
Of labor IN the stores. \ delicate look
ing girl, who seemed very weary. was
at some little distance from
me, and | tried TO attract her attention
IN order TO give her my seat l could
not catch her eye, so / finally arose
md reached over to touch her. had
no sooner left my seat than a spindle =
ooking dude, with a cape coat on.
slipped into it. Was / made Was Il !
Well, / should say | was. but what .
'Ould doi / hate a fuss, 50 | quietly
dipped out on to the platform and let f
ny mad cool Oft. Id have given a d
en- TO have punched that dudes head.
hough, ii Id have had him in a more n
ecluded place G.
That's it, " said the elderly gentle u
nan as he stepped nimbly to the edge r.
f the platform preparatory to lump il
ng off. well, they're all bad q
nough, heaven knows. Good night e
nd with a quick jump he disappeared n
the darkness. Brooklyn Eagle
Mario as a Stage Lover.
About 1850 the famous tenor Afor;o .,
as at st. Petersburg singing in a com 4
lny which numbered, among others ID
aIiache and his daughter. thea onlv a Il
H. out Who aiterward became the eel IA
'fAted Mile. de Caters. One day. in IL
me opera and during the usual duo of +,
'ssioh, 10 her amazement and indicna. an
N she heard Mario. while She "
ne alone, whisper 80 low that
g words reached only her own a.
Is: Mia caral Mia BELLA ANA mei -
adoro. 50 offended was she that a.
Ter leaving the stage she refused ia -,
ten to the tenor's explanations. and "
Iused 10 sing with him again. Some " ~.
VS. afterward, however. from fbe ~
hgS she heard Mario sing the same W
o. ana this time with a very uglv
man, who had assumed the aban-
hcd role Again did the tenor aH in
'rests' with the same impassioned I
cara, 10 tadoror' Then gan
understood. The burning avowals n 40
re only a means Of keeping himself os a'
tram OF retaining the emotion neces-
Tor the continuance of his role ~
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