The herald., 1895-08-18
Car Passengers, but Can
Also Be Read by
Passengers
ON OTHER KINDS OF CARS

Don't whistle.
Don't fall asleep.
Don't be crank.
Don't eat peanuts.
Don't cross your legs.
Don't use toothpick.
Don't stare at girls feet.
Don't toy with a live wire.
Don't carry mourning wreaths.
Don't forget the law of inertia.
Don't stand in the rear doorway.
Don't make your toilet in the car.
Don't read your neigh bor's paper.
Don't swear aloud at tho corporation.
Don't dance Jig to get to your seat.
Don't step backward off a moving car.
Don't hold a charred cigar in your
hand.
Don't cling to an sxtinguished cigar.
ette.
Don't stare at people as they enter the
car.
Don't sit tar apart when tas car is
crowded.
Don't discuss family affairs aboard the
car.
Don't put your foot on your neighbor's
lap.
Don't converse with friend sitting op-
posite.
Don't take trolley car for an express
wagon.
Don't carry your baby on your neigh
boris lap.
Don't wear your bonnet on your neigh
boris ear.
Don't use your fellow passengers for
door mats.
Don't cross the track without looking
both ways.
Don't giggle like an idiot every time
person falls.
Don't select the most crowded bench
on an open car.
Don't forget that the conductor has lots
to worry him.
Don't act like monkey when you try
to amuse the baby.
Don't imagine that the car Is your own
personal property.
Don't sit sidewiss so that you can look
out of the window.
Don't smoke, even if 1t IL Permitted,
unless on an open car.
Don't ride at 6 pm. when you can ride
at any other hour.
Don't Jump off or on the platform Of q
car in motion.
Don't pull the register strap when you
wish to stop the car.
Don't regard your fellow passengers as
mortal enemies.
Don't forget that extreme old age g.
serves especial courtesy.
? Don't close tho windows when every
body wants them open.
Don't whisper to your com panion. 1t
makes Others nervous.
Don't open the windows when every
body wants them closed.
Don't imagine your neighbors are
waterproof on rainy day.
Don't try to pick up coin that has
dropped between the Stats.
Don't stare at the girls as II you were
trying to hypnotic them.
Don't give the conductor a IS bill IL
you have a five-cent piece.
Don't think that because a car has
fender it can't run over you.
Don't make everybody miserable SO as
to avoid sitting in the sun.
Don't take up room enough for two IL
you are not built that way.
Don't, If you are woman. carry your
money in your skirt.pocket.
Don't monopolize the straps; one will
support you as we'll as thr1e.
Don't be in hurry to pay the fare
Give your companion chance.
Don't enter into an argument wi tn
conductor bigger than yourself.
Don't get mad when q big man treads
on your corn. Laugh roguihsly.
Don't work off pennies on the conduct
or. Keep them for newspapers.
Don't allow lady to sit next drunk.
en- man. Change seats with her.
Don't give your seat to pretty girl
and leave an old woman standing.
Don't close thu doors in winter if you
are d physician or an undertaken.
Don't, unless you are an experienced
football player, get off on a curve.
Don't forget that someone of your fel-
low passengers may BIZ in hurry.
Don't, if you are pretty girl, imagine
that everybody is looking at you.
Don't count the passengers, and then
glance Significantly at the register.
Don't carry school books ii YOU are a
working girl on the way to the shop.
Don't forget that there is more room
behind than In front of a car in mott IN.
Don't get on crowded car when there
is an empty one half block behind.
Don't act like a tight-rooe walker try
ing to keep your balance; take a strap.
Don't stand on the corner and swea! at
the motorman;,it only makes him glad.
Don't mistake your neighbor's umbrella
for your own if yours is better than his.
Don't dislocats your eyes trying to read
the name on the envelope neighbor Is
holding.
Don't ask a man if he wants the whole
car If he fails to move out of your way.
Don't accept Canadian or punched coin
from the conductor; he Will not take it
from you.
Don't tug at your trousers until they re
half up to your knees; 1t is better to let
them bag.
Don't neglect to pay your fare if the
conductor fails to collect it; somebody is
sure to see.
Don't try to accommodate yourself into
a three.inch space if you can I'LL two feet
of bunch.
Don't hold your cane close to the seat (;
put it 50 that every one who comes in
Will trip on it.
Don't give the conductor S. bill it
you are not in condition to count your
change correctly.
Don't mistake girls lap for bench !;
and if you do. don't forget to get up be-
fore you apologize.
Don open the window on cold day
even if you are warm. Rememoer that
There are Others
Don't begin conversation with a
friend on board while the conductor II
waiting for you to get off.
Don't consider yourself privileged tc
stare girl out Of countenace because yor
give her your seat.
Don't complain that this is the slowes
car you were ever in. Remember the
days of the old bobtails.
Don't force. a discussion on the silver
question or the excise question upon th q
man who is anxious to read his news
paper.
Don't give your seat to 2oO-pound