Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-08

Some of Their Experiences With
Patrons Of the Road The Hum
mated Cars Well Patronized Last
Night.
s-sA-Az...A
Changer"
This single word, falling from the
lips of charming young lady, and
spoken with very perceptible rising
infection, is calculated to make the or
binary man answer in the negative,
even If the change" is all that sepa-
rates him from the poor house.
This is but another way OF saying
that the Woman's Union Benevolent
Society manifested rare wisdom when
the idea of an annual street car day"
was conceived. And it might be re-
marked, parenthetically, that the
scheme would prove more successful
in Wheeling than anywhere else in the
United States, for the unQuestionable
and unquestioned reason that no other
community could provide such bevy
of charming young ladies as those who
acted as street car conductors yester-
day ''for sweet charity"
During the day, the fair fare collec-
tors Jared fairly well. At night, they
reaped a veritable harvest of small coin.
The street railway company took an
average days receipts for It's share,
and the balance goes into the treasury
of the W. U. B. Society. The ladies
desired 1t to be distinctly understood
that correct change would be returned
in every instance, but to the average
young man there was just the suspicion
of an air of reluctancy about the young
ladies who handed out the change. In
the vernacular of the small boy, there
was a string to it." At any rate, it
would be a safe wager that the receipts
were larger than if the w. U. B. Socl-
ETY. had placed male conductors on the
line
All the cars were in holiday at
tire, with flags flying on all
sides. On the front and rear
were placards, announcing the pur-
pose of the movement, and containing
names of ships and commanders in the
present war, thus adding a patriotic
flavor to the occasion. The young
ladies wore natty white caps, and most
of them were attired in white waists
and white duck skirts.
OF course the young ladies did not
run crossings, adjust trolleys, assist
passengers on and off the cars, and do
the thousand and one little things de-
o1vyiy ho nHllnfOr
The regular officials were on the cars
for that purpose, and they really col
lected most of the fares. The young
ladies stood or sat near the center of
the cars, and made the change. They
were also required to iii Jut the envel-
opes, which, for the day, were Endorsed
with the amount of regular fares, and
the amount of extras" During the day
the extras did not average more than
twenty-five cents to the trip. The high
est amount on a single round trip was
two dollars. Last night the "extras"
were larger. The young ladies took
considerable pleasure in their work
and particular stress should be placed
upon the word work" One Of the
committee of ladies stationed at the
Main street office, remarked during the
afternoon to an official of the road
am forced to admit that women cannot
conduct business like the men"
The rule of the road, painted con-
specuously upon each car-"do not talk
with the conductors imperative
in so far as the w. U. b. Society's
conductors were concerned. They were
delighted when acquaintance got on
their cars. and some of them appeared
to be very timid. II know it's all
right said one, "but / think I must
have blushed every time I asked a
strange man for his fare. Some of the
men are just horrid, too. they keep
staring at you all the time"
Another committee from the w. u. 3.
Society served refreshments at Mrs.
Ziegenfeder's This feature was liber-
ally patronized. and Ziegenfelder's was
made the starting and stopping place
for many fashionable parties last night
After dark the Illuminated cars were
out. One was in charge Of the Linsly
Cadets in full uniform, another was in
charge Of a committee Of young ladies'
The handsome dewey" car was man.
aged by Commodore Samuel Buell.
Harrison, whose erect and command
ing figure was always conspicuous
while the car was speeding around the
"loop" Passengers on the Dewey were
required to pay twenty-five cents, and
many of them paid more.
An unsuccessful effort was made this
morning to learn the amount of the
receipts for the day. While the pat
ronage was not very good during the
afternoon, the falling off was more
than compensated for last night by the
number of round-trippers. Early this
morning a telephone message to the
street railway Office brought the infor-
mationathat the receipts are still being
counted
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