The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-15
1MMEpIArE RELIEF NHEDEp.

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The remonstrances Of more than one
hundred reputable citizens, whose
homes or places Of business are upor
streets through which pass the cars Of
the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad
company against the almost continuous
clangor of the gongs, is one to which a
thousand sufferers might have been
Iglad to append their names. The great
er number of those who patronize these
lcars find their enjoyment in being borne
with magic swiftness to their destina-
ton much impaired by the incessant
clashing Of these most discordant in
struments Of ear and brain torture.
Other gongs are bad enough-these are
simply intolerable. Other gongs may
warn, but these threaten--other gongs
remonstrate--these brawl and bluster,
TO parody we'll known poem some
what
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What horror they outpour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Each distinctly seems to say,
BY it's twanging,
And its changing,
II am coming! clear the way!
Hurry up there, move along!
BY its jangling,
And its wrangling,
| Says the brazen trolley gong,
Shrleks the clamorous and vituperative
gong!
From this "terror by night" and by
noon day, scores of the afflicted beg
Immediate relief"
Then there should also be relief from
another nuisance. There is a form Of
annoyance, connected particularly with
the open cars, on all lines, against which
women rebel but do not usually remon-
strate audibly. 1t is possible that tim
idlty or too sanity patience with
the disagreeable things Of life, or the
fear of being thought fault-fnding, de-
tiers them from outspolten expressions OF
disgust This is to be regretted. Would
that the author of Domestic Manners
OF the Americans" could revisit this
earth, and this section Of 1t, and set
her vigorous pen at work fifty to de-
scribe the destestable practice of lex
pectorating" upon the floor Of q street
car. Two seats at the rear Of the car
are reserved for smokers, or for those
who are "wedded to the weed" in any
form, and the floor is appropriated for
a cuspidor. AT the end Of the line the
rear of the car becomes the front and
the very seats occupied by the tobacco
users are the most desirable of all, es-
pecially to women who are taking chill
dren for an outing. Into the cuspidor
they climb with many disheartened
glance at the polluted floor. tuck their
skirts about them, and rest their feet
gingerly upon the tips Of their toes.
Meantime the smokers, in the seats
which have now become the rear are
industriously engaged in decorating
the floor there also, so that neither
end of the car Is fit for a lady's occu-
pancy. 1t is difficult to- see why men
must smoke upon a street car. but II
they must, the two central seats
should be reserved for them. These
seats should be entirely enclosed with
glass, with a ventiator at the top of
the car, and a slulce-way across the
floor; the entrance to be by doors on
each side. Here they might sit and do
no harm to anyone but themselves,
while the rest Of the car would be kept
clean and comfortable for the use Of
other passengers. Unless we, the wo-
men of New Haven, can be thus pro-
tected from this annoyance, we entreat
that conductors on all cars shall be
furnished with mops, and that at the
end Of every trip there shall be clean
ing or partial cleaning Of the floor
so that we may ride with grace and
dignity and a sweetness of mien and
Of temper such-as we are not often
allowed to exhibit when we occupy front
seats in a street car. For what woman
can be tranquil, at peace with herself
and with mankind, when sitting in a
cuspidor.
HILARY.