St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-27
she HAD The CHANGE
So Had the Low-Voieed Con-
ductop on the Inter-
urban Line,
WHO WAS FLY TO HIS JOB,
An Indignant Woman's Effort
To Pass Her Child
Free
AND HOW 1T RESULTED.
She Meets a Chesterfialdian
Conductor With All Kinds
Of Money.
AND HOW IT RESULTED.

She boarded an interurban car at MIN
neapolis the other day. With her were
her two children, a girl Of SIX or seven
and a boy of four. She was large,
roSy-cheeked, Ulack-e woman. with
massive coil of Jet black hair encir-
cling the back of her head. She wore Ii
rich seulskin cape, and brilliant soil
taires sparkled in her ears. After she
had removed her gloves it was observed
that her hands we're large and coarse
and when she spoke her voice was shrlll
and strident. She passed clear to the
forward end of the car, and bestowing
her little girl i'll a seat Just behind the
front one. she sat in the seat directly
opposite with her little boy. 1t was be
tween and o'clock in the evening
and the car was we'll filled.
In due time along came the conductor
for the fares. A nice, pleasant-looking
chap, was that conductor, with laughing
blue eyes and faint patch of blonde
Zoo-zooS in front of each ear. When he
reached out his hand for the large
woman's fare, she carelessly dropped
solitary nickel into his palm.
The conductor looked inquiringly at
her and then at her little girl occupying
Il seat across the aisle. Then he said
gently:
Five cents more, please"
"What for?' spoke up the large
woman, almost snappishly.
For that little girl" was the mild
reply.
"Why the idea! Eve never had to
pay car fare for her." replied the large
woman, with a pltying look at the con-
ductor.
Haven't you? She is over six, isn't
she~'
Yes. she is; but this is the first time
I've ever been charged any fare for
her." retorted the large woman with
much asperity.
There is
Always a First Time.
madam" remarked the blonde con-
ductor.
BY this time the passengers, who had
heard it all, were smiling audibIy, and,
TO the large woman, most Extensively.
A wicked light shone in her dark eyes
as she fished out ten-dolIar bill from
her purse. and, extending it toward the
conductor. said in as pleasant tone as
she could assume:
Can you change this? IT'S the small
est I've got"
In reply the conductor promptly took
the bill from her hand, observing with
exceeding urbanity:
with pleasure, madam
Madam looked incredulous for an
instant, then she smiled little viciously
and awaited developments.
The first thing that conductor did was
tOdig up handful of nicke!s and count
out a dollars worth, which he handed
to the large woman.
Have you got any more nickels?"
she asked, sarcastically, as he dumped
the first instaGIment into her two hands.
That conductor smiled as he answered
Yes. ma'am."
Then he counted her out twenty more
of them She was furious. Just then
passenger wanted to alight, and the
conductor stopped The car Then he
was obliged TO stop it again to let on
three people, after which he passed
down the aisle and collected more fares.
This doue. he returned to madame, re-
Sumcd counting out nickels, and loaded
ner down with third handful of
twenty. This WAS too much even for
her gravity and she laughed. too, but it
was a hysterical laugh. The suava
conductor never smiled. Once more he
dove down into the depths of his
pockets. and this time re brought up a
load of silver dollars. halves and quar-
tiers. But did he pick out the dollars
for madame? Not be. He coolIy hand
ed her
Twelve silver Quarters
to gin with. AT this juncture he
walked to the other end of the car and
collected another fare. As he passed
along, various passengers called out:
Say, conductor, can you change
dnlIar?" Can you break a half?" etc.,
etc.
Tue whole car was in an uproar by
this time. When he returned he handed
madame three half dollars and two sill
yer dollars. This made $3.50 in all. lie
still lacked 45 cents. So he waited
until two more passengers boarded that
car, and, with the addition of their
fares, he scraped together nine more
nickels and gave them to the large
woman. Yet he never smiled.
The car had nearly reached Midway
by this time, so that about fifteen min
utes later it became necessary for the
conductor to make the rounds again.
AS he approached madame's seat every
eye and ear in the car was attent, won
dering what was going to happen next.
Madame looked up at the conductor
and with as Much grace as she could
command inquired:
How will you have it, in dimes or
nickels?"
LAS you please. madame" softly an
swered the Chesterieidian collector.
with the faIntest tinge of a smile.
And then the climax came, as mad
anne handed over two nlckels and re-
mark ed spitefulI:
# only did this 10 get even with you
had change all the time!"
so had Twas all the conductor said
Then lie smiled, but the way those
diamond pendants in the large woman's
ears swung around indicated thai
madame was not smiling.
She got transfer for the State stree
and Concord line.
Profits of Street Singers.
A curious light has been thrown on
the profits of street singers in Paris
by wild lark in which some amateur