Evening star., 1898-10-22
RUDE MEN WHO SMOKE

- ''-A'' sphtis Hd!l SWUNG niniSeiE
into enc second seat from the rear OF an
open reast-bound avenue car at 18th street
the Other afternoon. He had the seat all
to himself. and as apparently he [idn't
belong to the end-seat hog tribe he tock
the middle of il. Then he applied himself
industriously to the smoking of long
piack Vlcious-looking and ornery-smelling
cigar that he had brought aboard the car
lie was on the second seat from the
or an open car. and he had a perfect right
TO smoke his cigar no matter how vicious
the cigar was. In civilized communities a
man has the right to smoke firecracker
punk If he wants to while seated on the
last seat of an open car. The four stout.
elderly, overdresSed matronS sitting IN the
seat back of the tall, thin rank-c;gar
smoking young man. however, didn't ap-
parently know this. There were three
Wnoie rows of vacant seats in the front
portion of the car, where women belong,
but they didn't want those seats. They
preferred to splutter and sneeze as if from
the smoke. and to roast" the tell, thin
young man in their conversation with each
other.
Well. did you ever see the like,' said
one OF them to her companions. A-blowin
his filthy old smoke right in our faces an
without so much as word of excuse me or
We'll, he amt no gen'lem'n. that's all 1
got TO say, said another of them. in tone
Ni'e'e Soeiu nave DtSL Over t0e
car.
''ker-chew. My-o, Must ha. bin raised
In pig-pen, he must" put in the third
He don't look like he ever met no ladies'
In his life, said the fourth.
The tall. thin, young man looked neither
to the right nor left. but went on with his
smoke smoke with very. great apparent relish.
The clouds from his cigar increased in VOL
ume and the four women In the seat be-
hind him talked faster and louder
Il just wisht | had Tole or Zeb along
with me-" said No. l. "lf either of 'em
wouldn't jest kerfobberate tha, pig-pen-
| raised thing that calls his5elf a man. / jest
don't know nothin'."
Guess he left his manners home on the
ty, any, II he ever had any. which L mis-
doubt" inserted No. 2.
It's a wonder to me that the company
| let's such beasts ride on the cars was No.
is next contribution.
I'D hate to be the wife or sister of a
unmannerly thing like that" Clipped in
No. 4.
The tall, thin young man continued the
enjoyment of his smoke with manifest zest,
and the yellow clouds of smoke swirled
from his evil cigar in quicker and quicker
succession.
Cant make him ashamed O. hisself," said
No. 1.
'All hogs is hidebound." added No q
It's wonder he wouldn't feel cheap"
said No 3.
"Ker-wheow. The nasty stufr' chimed
AT the corner of 11th street and the ave
nue. snort, pale young man hoped aboard
of the open car and slid into seat beside
the tall, thin young man. They We're ap-
parently friends, for they Immediately be-
gan TO talk in the deaf and dumb alphabet
using their fingers with extraord nary swift
| ness The short, pale young man grinned
several times over the signs the tall, thin
young man made and looked behind him
out of the tail of his eye.
Well, of all the waste o BREATH ex-
claimed the four women in the seat behind
o
1T makes no difference whether he's deef
or not. he ought TO ack like a gen'rm H.
| they then added in chorus
The tall, thin young man handed the
short, pale young man a replica of his own
vicious cigar, and the latter lit up and be-
gan to add to the clouds of yellow smoke,
Another" the four women calculated,
all together. THE pigs, Well get right
off this car! Conductor. stop the car and
let us off! We're not in the habit of ridin'
with no hogs.''
The conductor looked mystifed for a
moment. Then he had a CLEAN of under
"Oh, it's the smoke you object to- he
said The rear seats are reserved for
smokers, you know. There are three rows
of vacant seats Up front. I'll stop and you
can go uD there"
We'll do no siCh thing! Well git right
off, exclaimed the four women. again alto
gcther. Then the hogs kin have the whole
car to themseves.
The conductor rang the bell. the car stop
Fed and the women began to pile off.
Now. nogs, go on and smoke y'rselves to
deathr' sail No. I, the last to get off, as
she was about to step down.
The tall, thin young man and the short
pale young man rose together in their
seats, turned and faced the debarked
men, removed their hats together, cleared
their thr1atS. and said
Thanks. Much obliged. Pleasures ours
Gene again"
Then they resumed their seats together
replaced thei" hats; the rest of the passen-
gers grnned, and the car moved slowly on
leaving the four very wrathful women
standing beside the track at the rear