Arizona silver belt., 1889-10-26
LOOKING FORWARD.
Polite Females as Regular Employees of
 English Railroads.

English Railroads.
 One of the last places where we should naturally expect the ubiquitous female to turn up seeking for employ ment is a railway station. If the con- templated movement of the North western directors is carried out in grim reality, women will, without department; but who can tell where the flood, once let in. will finally stopp 1t is possible, though, we admit, not very probable. that in the near future and ticket collectoresses. not to men, tion stokeresses. pointswomen and lady signalers, Railway travelling un- der these circumstances might lose charm which must not be lost sight of in an impartial survey of the coming condition of things in the world of rolling stock. There would be competition between the different companies to secure the services of the most beautiful damSels to ''conduct" trains, and the amount of tips which these feminine gusrds would receive from impressiouable male travellers would be simply. iucalculable. The scene at the great London terminus on the departure of 6 long-distance ex- press would be both novel and strik- Aht.tp,,altf oil shnntd nnotiu1 sho.ing and rushing about would have to be given up. or we should have porters in mysteries, and the engine driver declaring that it would be im- less her smelling bottle was fetched by the stokeress Then an immense ad- vance in railway platform manners would be at once noticeable, and we are not sure that the ex- pertinent is not worth trying, just for the sake of this change. and nothing else. Who would not be wiling to risk collision or two on the line if perfect politeness could be guaranteed Trom the railway working staff The old familiar methods of apostrophizing porters would, of course, have to be given up. Instead of the frantic Hi! you fellowm or T say, porter.n which can at present be heard on every side. we should have requests that such-andsuch lady would have the kindness to step this way or would it be troubling you too much to ask for foot-warmer?n Gentlemen whose luggage had un- fortunately been left behind while the porteress. who ought to have put it in the van. was carrying on filtration with two fascinating male passengers, would have to keep a watch over their lips, and not allow any violent or i'm proper language to issue therefrom. A difficulty, of course, would arise when the question of hoisting heavy boxes on to cabs and into vans arose; but We can not suppose for moment that gentlemen would be so ungallant as to allow women to do this sort of work for them. h the good time coming every man his own porter" will be the prevalent motto; and what will happen to poor uupro- lected females arriving at a station with several trunts and bulky port manteaus we should prefer not to sur mise. It stands to reason that lady porters would ratf'er wait on a gentle man traveller than on oae of their own sex, and we fear that. however, ad- yantageous the new arrangements might be-except US regards luggage ito the sterner halt of humanity. the female part oi it would soon clamor for 6 return to | regime of good strong men porters with no nonsense about them. able to carry half q bullock if necessary, and whose only weakness is a pardonable desire for a modest tip.
 London Standard.