Daily camera., 1897-12-08
SLEEPING-CAR MANNERS.
Two Girls Tell of Experiences with
the American Man.

the American Man.
There were three or four young wom
en- in a parlor car on a New Jersey rail-
way the other day, and two of them
gave their experience in travelling alone
at night. One had ventured the re-
mark:
The American men are always pO-
lite to women travelling alone. If they
are nos, it is certainly the woman's
fault. She is forward, or common, or
something"
That started the conversation.
One girl didn't know about this and
protested:
''Girls, you know I am not forward,
at least l hope | am not, or common,
and yet l had very unpleasant expert
ence once. / was going to Pittsburgh
alone. Father and brother Frank went
over TO jersey City with me and | went
on the western express at 6:30. Frank
had the tickets and found my section,
No. s. There were satchel and over
goat and umbrella there, which he
moved to the next section.
VIC iieii OHly llilo " ScU
trated papers, say good-by, and l was
off. ''E
Il hadn't turned the second page of
the paper [ had taken up, before we
were dressing the meadows, when | was
startled by 6ruff voice saying: Who
moved my things?:' l found my paper
TOO Interesting to look up. Again he
shouted: Who moved those things?
This 6 my section, and I want my
things put back in it.
II felt my face getting hot, but said
nothing. He picked up his satchel, sat
down in No. z opposite, unbuttoncd his
shoes, kicked first one, then the other
across the aisle under my feet. put on
slippers and a travelling cap, hung his
hat over my head, then went for the
porter, who had just come in. He
growled something at him and l heard
The porter say: Domino, sab; have to
zee the Pullman CONDUCTOR He went
INTO the next car. called the porter,
found my tickets were all right, and
wondered what would happen next. I
liidn't have to wonder long. In he came
again, and, girls, he was tall, broad
shouldered, elegantly dressed-looked
gentleman, anyway, though he
wasn't one. He said something to the
porter about a mistake, then came over
10 me, and, bowling. said:
"I made a mistake l ask your par
dom
81 know my face blazed then. did
feel so insulted to think he could kick
mis- shoes under my feet and then apollo
gize. I looked straight at him and
aaid: I think it time you asked my
pardon; you are the rudest man I ever
met in all my life He stood there long
cough to tell me that if he had known
tat was | that kind of woman he
never would have apologized, and then
went back to his section.
''At Philadelphia some one he knew
came in and he must have told him all
about it, for, in one of those mysterious
lulls which on the train are just like
those at concert, we all heard him
say: 4 went up ard told her I'd made
a mistake and asked her pardon, but
she was so cursed sassy [ was sorry
did Now, girls, was that my fault?
You see, even an American will be rude
sometimes to women
The champion of men took a back
seat, and jolly-looking girl gave her
i, experience.
mine wasjust funny, girls, and, Iguess.
my own fault. I was alone, too. One
night we were going across the Ale
ghanies, and the train rocked like mad.
l had watched several people land in
the place they hadn't wanted to land in,
and was getting good deal of amuse-
ment. 1 called the porter to have my
berth made up, walked up the car, sat
down without mishAp, patted myself
on the back. and wondered why the
other passengers weren't so agile. As
| came back l noticed a man sound
asleep, arms folded, head down, and
hat over his eyes. As l came opposite
him the train gave a fearful lurch;
felt myself going, and grabbed some
thing. 1t was the mans neck; | was
on his lap, arms round him. My head
struck his head, and his hat few into
the next seat He said merely: Good
/, I.ord!' and I was gone. [ didn't look
back. 1 just crawled in between my
curtains. Then l had to laugh. IN. Y.
Sun.