The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-14
FAVOR THE BURDEN nnARkn.
Popular Application OF thi, P-ecept 60 the
Man Who Carries q jar.

FAVOR THE BURDEN DEARER
Popular Application of thts Frecept 60 the
Man Who Carries n jag.
ct Witnessed an incident on an open horse
car in Brooklyn the other day." said rounder.
that suggested to me the propriety OF chang
| ing the old saying. All the world loves n
l6ver.' to All the world loves q drunkard.'
| The hero OF this affair was q low follow, II
| over there was one and yot he was the re-
cipient OF remarkable attentions from nearly
| evory person In the car. 1t happened last
Sunday morning. was going TO Fort Hamll-
ton to visit ono OF the officers. and thought I'd
take ono OF tho trolley cars that runs out
| there from tho Brooklyn Bridge. The car
was almost empty when | got on at
! the bridge. and took IL seat nj
the rear end. where l could smoke and read
my paper without being disturbed Ivy any Ia
bics. I've tried the experiment before. and
| know that babies are out In largo Numbers on
| Sundays. and that they have hnbit OF putting
theii moist hands on the clothes IL tho passen-
gers next to thom. besides bawling most dis
trosslngly without apparent cause have no
dislike for babies usually mind you. but it's n
little too much to ride alongside tho screaming
youngsters when you want to read your paper.
Being on tho smokers scat one Is com para
lively safe against them. and SO lit my cigar
with q feeling Of comfort and started in to
read THE Sun.
Il had read but very llttlo whom I heard .
whoop. and a man with a very largo Jag
climbed onto the car and stumbled into the
scat alongside Of me. He sprawlcd all over
tho seat. grabbed flstful of my immaculate
light trousers with n very dirty hnnd. and
tuRged on them to brace himself while struE-
Cling to get back to an upright position.
Naturally / was very angry. and brushed his
hand aside with considerable force. At tho
same time glanced at him pretty savagely.
He was a STUPID lout and paid little attention
to me. merely mumblins. 'Tha's all right.
young feller: thn's all right l was greatly
.poSnsS tho 'S %!0 man SO '0E epess
drunk and my first impulse, was 70 speak
! thought. what is the use Of getting
into an argument and losing ones temper; the
fellow will probably DO asleep In minute or
hing ga anyhow Is as hate scenes and I'm CON
very unpopular on that car. Well. the fellow
hadn't any more than ;trashntenea hIm n;s
with the talkative Jag, and il his tongue had
been hung in the middle, 1t couldn't have
Eye1 car
a nun Der of smokers got on before we had
was Comfortably filled. but he insisted that
there was room for more. and soon had n fat
got UP without taking his neighbor part Of the
way with him. The drunkard prevented any
body else from talking II two men struck np
alot of fragments OF once popular songs and
half-formed speeches in his mind and he jun
1t was excrnciatine. and ! would certainly
have jumped of and waited for another chr II
had not become interested in the conduct Of
Several times the fellow got up as II to
ones arm. knocking their hats. thrusting his
hands into their faces. splitting the ashes Of
even bruisine the cigars themselves Now
what did the men. do? Did they, swear or
or ye the feG nsv
and actually assisted him to get down on the
step OF the car. Tho conductor rang the bell.
the car was stopped. and the fellow hung on
to the arm OF tho seat. swinging irresolutely:
Come hurry up. II you're going to get on
tn. conductor called with smiling. good
II ain t -goin' ter get or tho fellow called
back; fmia-eoin tor c0ney Island. anc don't
Hall a dozen hands reached out imme-
diately and yauked him back into the seat. Tho
were Off. Three times our journey was inter-
rup,ed in that manner. Gnd each time the re:
even the conductor although no srumbIed and
sh t ow Il s getting . 5sn S s.d e nso te
rupted the conversation Of the other passea:
ss Or S Rem Th Ss dirty hs
produced vi!Iaipous:IooEine clay pipe
iiIied the pne he tred ft to isht match. but
would not burn. The man sitting In front q
@ sGsss sSt
head reeled around so that this wouldn't work
the a eok his
sSma sfa or my SS cigar TIT go out too Tie
ST afS to s sS eu %
gave it up. When he got his cigar back it was
almost out the end was broken. and lot Of
at it sadly. but not u word did he say.
With the exception OF the three seats re-
sweetRearts or mothers and their children.
ten nc g. but with ono or two excertions tn.
women only smiled at his gable. 1t seemed
to afford them great amusement, and there
sympathzed with him. Whenever: in the
course of hi. gable ne said ANYTHING that
women laughed as heartily a., the men. ! re-:
member once he said: | ain,t Goin' ter get on
r"st ed. IN! soin ter coney Island tia what
Everybody seemed to think that very funny.
The conductor almost had spasm. the motor
men who had understood him repeated his re-
mark for the benefit OF those who hadn't and
all 81 tDcm tNleTeu vi COURSE. tnOSe women
weren't members Of tho 400. and they weren't
were all decent. respectable women. who alb
horred drunkenness as a usual thing, and
would have had ITS u their husbands or broth
Il have seen drunkards on cars and in
public places in New York who were INDUCED
aim st as much rs the fellow I've described.
I've seen well-dressed and renned-looking
women turn aside to suppress smiles Mt some
ludicrous remark or conduct Of IL drunkarl.
Of course. tho fellow who is speechless and
helpless doesn't get that indulgence. il is only
the pratt ler whose stupidity causes him to BIO
amusinEly ridiculous at times"