St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-08
HORSE-CAR ETIQUETTE.
The Young Man Who Illustrates
How Not TO Do 1t, to the Displeas-
11ra nP All Wanna Woman

The Young Man Who illustrates
How Not to Do 1t, to the Displeas-
ure OF All Young Women.
The young man who has drilled him.
self and been drilled by his dancing
school teacher in the proper ways of ell
terihg and leaving a room when accom-
panied by lady, frequently gets very
much mixed up when he begins going
about on horse cars with yong woman,
says the New York Recorder.
Perhaps he has been the fortunate
possessOr of a mother or sister who
has accompanied him often enough to
give him few points on horSe-car eti-
quette. If he has not, he is more
than likely to make some dreadful
blunderS.
He usually gets the girl on the car all
right. Sometimes, when the car is
crowded, he is bold enough to politely
request several wide-spreading pas
sengers to move closer together and
''make a Seat' for his companion. But
the unsOphisticated youth seldom ven
lures SO far.
If there are plenty of seats he is all
right, however, although not once in
fifty times does he think to seat himself
on the side of his companion that is near
the horses, so that in talking to him she
will not have to turn her back toward
them-a position that is disagreeable to
many women.
Then when he pays the fare he does
not always have the change at hand, but
he usually has to inhibition his overcOat
and descend tothe depths of his trousers
pocket to find the needed coin. Mean
while the girl, if she is young, looks the
other way and tries to appear uncon-
scious. If she is an older woman, she
does not care.
By and by the ear fills up, and some
one is obliged to stand. The we'll
trained young man has the knack of
rising at just the right moment, lifting
his hat at precisely the correct angle,
and yielding his seat with a manner
that certainly ought to call forth all eX-
preston of thankS-though it doesn't
always.
The unframed young man. on the
other hand. sometimes keeps his seat,
because he does not know how to give
it up, or perhaps he cheriSheS the Doors
belief that it is not worth while to stand
for the sake of woman, when it's an
even chance whether or not she thanks
him.
Even if he rises, it is in weary, per-
functory fashion. He nudgeS the woman
to attract her attention, does not lift his
hat to her words of acknowledgment OF
to the salute of the man who accom-
panies her any more than he would UNI
cover his head in response to the cour-
tesy of stranger who gave seat to
| his companion. He probably does not
mean to be rude, but he either knows
no better or does not care to take the
trouble to be civil.
There are several different ways in
which man signifies his desire to leave
a horse car.
Sometimes he makes a wild rush for
the door, stumbling over the feet and
skirts of hapless and helpless paSsen-
gers. and waits on the platform holding
the door open until the car comes to a
standstill so that the woman with him
may descend safely.
Again, he signals the conductor from
his seat and when the car stops stands
aside to let his companion make her way
out and get off unaSSisted.
1t is boon for which she may thank
the gods when he notifies the cond uctor
at the right moment, times his exit so as
to reach the platform just as the car
stops, and gets to the ground in shape
to aid her in her descent.