CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-12-23
sLEEPING-CAR MANNERS.
Two Girls Tell of Experiences with
the American Man.

Two Girl. Tell of Experience. with
the American Man
There were three or four young wom-
en- in parlor car on 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 no>. it is certaiSly the wroman'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 / am not forward.
at least ] hope lam not. or common.
and yet 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 $3.50. Frank
had The tickets ard found my section,
No :. There were satchel and over
coat and umbrella there, which he
moved 10 the next section.
I'VE had only time to get the illus
trnted papers. say good-by. and was
of
II hadn't turned the second page of
the paper 1 had taken up. before we
were crossing the meadows, when / was
startled by gruff voice saying: Who
moved my things i found my paper
too interesting to look up. Again he
shouted; Who moved those things?
This is my section, and / want my
things put back in it
Il felt my face getting hot, but said
nothing He picked up his satehel. sat
down in No. I opposite. unbuttoned his
shoes. kicked first one. then the other
across the aisle under my feet. put on
slippers and travelling cap. hung his
hat over my head. then went for the
porter. who had Just come in He
growled something at him and heard
the porter say: -Don'no. sab; have to
see the Pullman conductor He went
into the next car. l called the Porter,
found my tickets were all right, and
wondered what would happen next.
didn't have to wonder long. In he came
again and, girls he was tall. broad
shouldened. elegantly ressed-,aoked
a gentleman, anyway, though he
wasn't one He said something to the
porter about T. mistake. then came over
to me. and. bowling. said:
- made a mistake. I ask your par
DON
Il know my face blazed then. l did
feel so insulted to think he could kick
his shoes under my feet and then apolo-
gize. l looked straight at him and
said: L think IL time You asked my
pardon; you are the rusiest man l ever
met in all my life esiood there long
enough to tell me that If he had known
tina, WAS / that kind Of woman he
never would have apologized. and then
went hack to his section.
Al Philadelphia some one be knew
came in and he must have told him all
about it, for. in one of those mysterious
luils which on the train are just like
those at concert. we all heard him
say: I went up ard told her I'd made
mistake and asked her pardon. but
she was so cursed sassy I 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 back
seat. and a jolly-looking girl gave her
experience.
"Minewasju just funny girls. and. L guess,
my own fault l was alone, too. One
night we were going across the Alle-
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. l called the porter to have my
berth made UP, walked up the car, sat
down without a 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 came opposite
linn the train gave a fearful luroh;
fel, myself going, ard gr,hbcd some
thing. II was the mans neck; | was
on his lap, arms round him. My head
struck his head. and his ha, few into
the next seat. He said merely; Ssaod
1.ord,' and l was gore. | diln't look
back. just crawled in between my
curtains. Then ! had to langh."--N. Y.
Sun. :
lIGHTNiNG'S STRANGE FREAK.