The sun., 1898-07-17
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Sad Experience oR Boston woman Whs
Didn't Know Of Rule 50.

Hnu Experience Oh = b0at0m woman Who
Didn't Know OF Rule SO.
Clotilda, like other Bostonlans. comes to New
York occasionally TO relax her mind At Z
O'Clock one morning last week she stood at a
riverside street corner waiting for horse car.
She had Just arrived by one OF the Sound lines.
and she wished to 60 uptown az quickly AZ pos
sible without taking cab Under one arm she
held small white dog and with the other hand
she grasped n heavy travelling bag.
The dog might have been a Boston terrier,
but 1t was not. Instead 1t was a slim. little
Italian greyhound. and II sniffed contemp D.
tuously at its first glimpse ofNewYork. The dog
was particularly clean and white. for lust be-
fore leaving homo Clotllda had given it a bath.
This bath had justified her according to her
Puritan reasoningl in smuggling the dog into
her stateroom on the boat. She argued that 1t
was a much more desirable lodRer than the
boat. But now as she stood on the corner she
felt less triumphant. for there came TO her a
her that in New York dogs could not be carried
on the street cars.
shabby little horse car which was TO take her to
the Fourth avenue trolley line. Keep II on
tbe he pn IKE made
ond experience was less satisfactory. Here.
now, none Of that; you cant bring dog on my
she went toward car. M While she 6nSSs9r Stood dee as
lectedly by the curb. wondering what to do
preached. The policeman said that il was n
shame. but she could not carry dog on any
car in the city except one or two lines Of horse
cars In outlying sections of the town. The
tramp offered to employ some of his leisure In
carrying, her dog uptown. and the small boy put
It to q car OF the same line which had brought
her from the boat. and following the police
people there ain I so particular" the policem an
had said. so, In spite OF the scornful glances
Of one or two naughty saleswomen on their
Clotilda had now traversed the city from one
money. It had been better to pay the most ex-
orRitant hackman to take her from the wharf
to her destination Yet once again she found
stood there in the hot sun, and each &C conductor tor
when he saw her approach with her dog. They
were all equally firm. and at last Clotilda trav-
the Grand Central Station while a small boy
carried the bag. The Hudson River town to
which she was taking the dog as a present for
hoped that she need not give the little creature
to the care of bagGageman.
1ou'll want leash for your dog" she un-
derstood the ticket seller to say "Oh, yes, 1
have one" she cheerfully answered. "A re-
lease" was what had been meant, and the gate
man sent her back for it. The release proved
to be a formidable document, and over her own
signature she promised that she would excuse
dog should be killed on the trip. The small
creature bore its joltinSs and jouncings very
meekly. as 1t had all the events of It's long
journey uptown. and returned to Clotilda with
out scratch or scar.
Now Clotllda has friend. Octavia who also
owns a small italian greyhound. and to her the
former related the story Of her days Journey.
Your conductors were all wrong" said the
practical Octayia. When they refused my dog
a passage on their old cars, went at once 10
headquarters. There l was told that lapdog
could be taken on any surface car in the city.
II O conductor refuses you.' said the superin-
tendent, Just tell him to open his book Of reg
ulations at rule 36, and he will see that small
dog may be carried on his car
Why. that's the way it Is in Boston" said
Clotilda.
Octavia laughed We are not behind Boston
in everything. Still. I imagine that many con-
duot2rs have never heard OF rule 80. for even
now have to report one occasionally for trying
TO put me OF his car. On the elevated it is
different, There Is a sweeping rule that no
dog shall be carried there, Though l have
heard vaguely Of passes and in nf1uence. officials
deny that there is any exception TO the rule, but
you poor little Bostonian. you must never let
the surface conductors impose on you again. ~
Whereupon Clot!lda promised that on her
next visit to New York with a dog she would
exhibit the wisdom Of the serpent as well as the
harmlessness Of the dove. and ever keep in
mind rule SO.