The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-17
HORSE CA MANNERS.
s'eo f-aclsins In aT!s=ners. aud Women
Nh, Ar, Ia some Extent respeusisle.

sfro f.aclsinx In Manners. aud Women
Wh, Ar, To some Extent EsspsusiSie.
The inanners of people i'm Crook.
lyn aaa New fcr,, hor-y, C..7-, arc
nboriinablc, srid cn eldcriy gentle.
man who stood OH the rcar platform
of n Fulton street car a.. u,.,cr day.
II aTn = travelling ms,., he continued,
''and h.ve had s.o.I T. riake n
study OF this subject. For Instance,
just tal.o n look inside thie car and you
will see what mocn. first ven will
notice that wi,lc several ladies are
standing several mVn Gscsiiiing That
you Will sSy - Goiaing unusual, nor
i, il in or cars II, however, YOU
will .oo& little more closely YOU
must notice that If some OF the ladies',
| suppose we mus; call tlcn by that
nan:e would move along littlc there
wpu!d be seats tGr Il least thee more.
Do they move! No, hy long shot"
aad th2 elderly gcut.cman stopped a
nomont 10 wipe of some big dlops that
had ir;cklod down his bacl. irom the
projecting roof. The manners OF the
average New York or Brooklyn wo-
man, but more especially those Cf the
former, are disgusting. he continued,
'aud they are responsible 10 u large
extent for the n1pulitsuCsS shown
them by the men Now in Boston you
will never see IA lady standing in a car,
while n gcntlenGn is sitting. Whyf
Well. IN the FIRST piece, there is iauch
utO.c poli,encss.practitSi IN that city
of beans ~Il1 culture; mea 0l0 not So
hardened there rs they are in our
larger cities, nor Is the population SO
cosmopolitan. We arc suffering III a
great measure from the lack of good
manners due 10 the great preponder-
uucc in our midst Of foreign clements.
Moreover, in Boston conductors arc
constantly upon tie outlook for the
comfort Of their passengers. ii there
Il q chance To- make moro room they
will Go iL. | have only seen one or
two Instances of this supervision on
the part of our conductors. Ever In
Chicago the better class of foreigners
and the native Americans will almost
invariably give up their seats TO
ladies'
What malo ne mad, the other
day" chimcd in another passenger,
who had listened TO the conversation
quietly up 10 this point, was this; |
was on u Hrooidyn car and II was rain
ing oven harder than it is now. Tho
car was ilmmed and many OF the pas
songeyS were women, young and old,
many of them evidently being shop
girls, fer it WAS tho hour of the close
OF labor ia The stores. 4 delicate look
ing girl. who seemed very weary, was
stanuing 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. l had
NO sooner left my ;eat than spindle
loosing dude, with u cape coat on,
slipped into IT, Was mad! Was Ii
Woll. | should say was, but what
could dot llnio fuss, so quietly
slipped cut on to tic platform and let
my mad cCol of. I'll hnve given q
ten 10 have punched that dudes head,
though, If I'd have had him in more
secluded place
That's it, said the elderly gentle
man ~ ho stepped niinbly TO the edge
Of the platform preparatory 10 Jump.
ing of, "Weil, They're all bad
enough. heaven knows. Good night,n
and with u quick Jump hc disappeared
in the darkness. Brooklyn Eagle. ..