Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-27
HORSE CAR MANNERS.
Men Lacking In Manners and womea
Who Are TO Some Extent Responsible.

Men Lacking In Manners, and Womeo
who Are 10 Some Extent Responsible.
THE manner of people in Brook
lyn and New York horse cars are
abominable." said AN elderly gentle
man who stood on the rear platform
of n Fulton street car the other day.
II am a travelling man" he continued,
land have had occasion to make a
study Of this subject. For instance,
Just take o look inside thiscar and you
will see what | mean. First YOU VIII
notice that while several ladies are
standing several men are sitting. That
you will say is nothing unusual, non
is il in our cars. II, however, you
viii look a little more closely you
must notice that il some of the ladies,
| suppose we must call them by That
name, would move along a little there
would be seats for at least three more.
Do they novel Not by a long shot,
and tho elderly gentleman stopped n
momentto 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, but more especially those OF the
former, arr disgusting" he continued,
.'and they are responsible TO a large
extent for the impoliteness shown
them by the men. Now in Boston you
will never see a lady standing IN a car,
while a gentleman is sitting, Whyi
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 so
cosmopolitan. We are suffering in a
great measure from the lack Of good
manners due TO the great preponder-
ance in our midst of foreign elements.
Moreover. in Boston conductors are
constantly upon the outlook for the
comfort of their passengers, II there
| is a chance TO make o they
will do il. | have only e one oil
two instances of this supervision on
the part Of our conductors. Even nj
Chicago the better class Of foreigners
and the native Americans will almost
invariably give up their seats to
ladies'"
What made me mad, the other
day. chimed in another passenger,
who had listened TO the conversation
quietly up TO this point, was this: ]
was ON a Brooklyn a and il was rain
ing even harder than il is now. The
car was iammed and many OF the pas
sengers were women, young and old,
many Of them evidently being shop
girls, for it was the hour of the close
of labor in the stores. A delicate look
ing girl, who seemed very weary, was
standing at some little distance from
me, and | tried 10 attract her attention
in order TO give her my seat. could
not catch her eye, so | finally arose
and reached over to touch her, had
no sooner left my seat than a spindle
looking dude, with a cape coat on,
slipped into il. Was | made Was i
Well, | should say ! was, but whaI
could / dol | hate a fuss, so ! quietly
slipped out on To the platform and LEI
my mad cool off. I'd have given q
ten TO have punched that dudes head
though, if Id have had him in a NOR
secluded place"
That's it." said the elderly gentle
man as he stepped nimbly to the edg,
of the platform preparatory to jump
ing off. We'll, they're all ba,
enough, heaven knows. Good night,
and with a quick jump he disappeared
in the Enthusiastically Eagle.