The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-07
Street Car Money Traps.

! treet car mornings are ToDaD tAe do
existing form OF money trap. They are
aost ingeniously devised. The strips Of
Cd ~ which the super-foorinR ID made
placed at precisely that distance apart
ioh admits tbs passaReo Of dropped money
& permits Contemplation Of tbs dropped
bney from above but which prevents the
trance OF anything wider than the little
ger. You put in your little finger. but
little finger cannot charm the money
a it stays whore it is.
{ the conductor is a blackguard-and he
netimes ia-he will watcha woman strug-
TO get out a piece Of silver from be-
cen the infuriatinR strips without offer
! to get the money for her. 1t she gives
in despair he knows no can capture the
yer at the end Of this route.
The thing to do, naturally, is to lift a
Etion Of the flooring. But this is often
climb on the seats or otherwise get them
YES out Of the way. There il always
Enebody who grudges the effort to move
structine legs. This embarrassss the
son who has lost the money whether or
he or shs ID lifting the section Of the
orinR. The orusty middle-nged party
INNS the company In q softly Rudlble
lrmur, and the young lady with the
odle scovls q powdered Bcowl.
Ia 68bHIuAv L SllNAAlQN NPoA = FAoAA -"
wing the whole difficulty. do not mean
! substitution Of a reasonable species OF
oring. You can't expect revolutions like
ht from q street railroad company. The
Ia was suggested by an incident to this
oct:
4 man dropped a ten-cent piece. saw
h look down at it for 4 moment. ex-
ctod him to dive for il with his fngers,
dolude himself with a penknife, or try
ting the floor. But he slipped his right
nd into his loft hand top waistcoat pocket
d.drew out a slender pair of tweezers.
Fith these he quickly lifted the ooin from
nesting place between the strips of
Pod. +
Probably the man was a printer, or a
WELLER or an artisan of come sort who
bitually used tweezers. But what's the
ktter'' with tho suggestion offered by his
uipment and his conduct? w.
~ Stage Stories.
Society always delights itself in stories
out people of the stage. Even a pretty
d story will "go' ii it is about M Of
oso people whom the sensational illus
tied papers call "footlight favotites."
Somebody was telling me the ether day
out one Of Bob billiards experiences in
|ooklyn. The dashing billiard was play
h n romantic part in his romantic way.
a box wers the actors wife and little
y. The attention of the house was di-
cted to u aoene in which BIOL fondles the
roina preparatory to q fulfllment of his
ntract to kiss the heroine ut II certain
bment. Things ware getting interesting,
d Bob, in the midst OF a profound hush
at WAS only broken by the m%urmnring of
b lovers, was approaching the Crisis, when
childish treble from the Hilliard box was
stinctly heard saying, Papa! Papa!
pn't!' .i=.a
AT IN afternoon tea the other day a GER
i n man was introduced to II certain
oman. The man had been given to un-
stand TINT she WAS nm actress, but he
Bdn't catch her namo. 1t WIS one Of
ose miscellaneous afternoon teas at which
is impossible to shy whom you may meet
d tho NAH became very curious to know
10 the charming creature was who 80 soon
ksatered his attention
Being q candid, not to say waggish man,
had no hesitation in asking at the end Of
few minutes: II L,sg your pardon, but
IL you not lell me your nalnep"
''EIelsn French" said the young woman.
'sYes,'' said the man, ''but-what III ii in
hglish9' ~.