Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
AS THEY TELL THEM.
Short Stories About Various
People.
AN EPISODE ON A STREET CAR

How a Speech was LOst-Why the
Real Estate Agent did not
Tell the Truth.
EN-. Hamilton, the President Of the
East Side Pottery Works, entertains
some very radical opinions on the sub
iect of street car courtesy. His idea is
that when gentleman gives up his seat
TO . lady or an individual who is pre-
sumably lady-it is her duty to bow,
smile pleasantly and say ''Thank you"
He holds that if she fails to do this it is
primo facie evidence that she is not enti-
tied to the seat. 1t Of course is not pos
sible for the man who has given up his
seat to demand it back, but he can allow
himself the satisfaction of wishing that
he hadn't stood up.
One day last week Mr.. Hamilton had
an experience with an individual of this
thankless variety, and he adopted very
UNIQUE method of getting even with her.
He was occupying seat in one of the
cars that run on his side of the city-a
seat which would hold just two
persons. The car stopped and q
woman stood looking for q place
to cit down. Mr.. Hamilton climbed
out upon the fcotboard and motioned
to her to take part of his seat. She
climbed on board and without bestowing
q word or q glance at him planted her
self right in the middle of the seat
which he had left vacant. 80 that there
was no possible chance for him to get
back. The Car started Hp again and the
woman stared straight ahead of her with
frigid Indifference to her surroundings.
This was q trife too much for the
patience of the gallant Mr.. Hamilton.
To receive no thanks for his courtesy was
unpleasant of course, but having travelled
on street cars good many yeers he was
used to that; but to be entirely frozen
out OF q seat to which he was undoubtedly
entitled was little more than he pro.
posed to endure. He coughed and tried
to attract the woman's attention to the
fact that he was still standing, but she
remained oblivious to his presence on the
foot board. Then he started to step into
the car, but she remained unmoved and
plainly had no intention Of making room
for him.
81 beg your pardon, madam" said he
she turned on him with glaeey stare.
81 am sorry to trouble you, but the fact
is left my purse on that seat, and ]
think it is under you."
Now man would not have believe
that story, knowing that it is not IT, g
habit of his sex to leave portable prop
erty lying around, but the thing seemc d
perfectly natural to the woman. So she
stood up, and Mr.. Hamilton, after ex'
amining the seat q moment, said, 81
guess l was mistaken" and as she
started to reseat herself he slid in alons
side and recovered his former place.
Probably the woman thinks that hor
rid, selfish man like that ought not to b'
allowed to ride on . street car.
THE uEsPoKEN SPEECH.
Mayor Hazard in his structures on tn
mistaken effort of the Council to re
trench expenses by reducing all small
salaries and leaving the big ones un
touched has hearty syppathizer in tit
person of George p. McLain. In hin
the firemen and policemen have al
active and q vigilant friend, and although
it is not his custom to lift his voice in tn,
Council Cham DER very often he resolved
to speak at length in the matter and q
ON record on what he believed to be tn,
right side.
Therefore it came to pass that whel
the veto was made known Councilma,
McLain, supposing that the whole matte
would come before the Council for con
sideration decided to bottle up some o
his best ideas on the subject in the form
of set speech and uncork them at tn,
next meeting of the Council, which wa
last Monday. Not content to speal
before an august body like the Counci
extemporaneously. he thought best t.
write the speech out and deliver it from
manuscript. When it was all done h
found his own hand writing not quit
legible enough, 30 he had the sr3ecl
done over into print by type writer.
Throughout the morning session tn
speech, cooked and primed, lay upol
the Councilmen's desk. ready to be dis
charged when the proper moment ar
rived. 1t is whispered that numtor O
his fellow -Councilmen noticed his dis
traite air, and peeked over his shoulde
to discover what was the document b.
fondled 80 lovingly. The word wa
certainly passed around that no Discus
sion would be allowed, and the momen
that the question Of the veto came up
Councilman Shafer moved to send
back to the committee, and before Nc
Lain woke up to the situation his brigh
new gun was spiked.
Even as the ghost of an unburied bod,
is said to wander about looking for
grave, 80 does that unspoken speech Il
this day haunt the worthy Councilman
TOM ROWAN AND THE LIAR.
It was during the time OF the con
when Tom Rowan and G.. A. Dobins u
were partners in the business OF buyin
real estate at one price and selling it TO
several. They we're strolling togethe
down Spring street when they fell il
with another man in the same line O
business. He began to talk of q certain
piece of property and in the course of hi
remarks said number of things which
were untrue. The partners listened will
due CRAFTY and politeness and when tn,
conversation was over walked on to
gether, leaving the man behind them
Mr.. Dobinson is an acute student O
human nature, and like all men of tha
class will at times moralize. On this
occasion he said: "What strange per
formance was that? That man lied. ant
both of US knew that he lied -
"Nothing strange about that" sale
Mr.. Rowan briskly. "The thing happens
every CAV you know"