New-York tribune., 1899-08-06
WOMEN AND CAR PORTERS.
A WAY TO SECURE ATTENTION WHILE
TRAVELLING AND KEEP THE
ATTENDANT CHEERFUL

was near the beginning oA lne ionR
stretch of prairie travel that the tram was sun
making its slow progress out by way OF 'he dul
49,, drearv outskirts Of the city, where it had
heen necessary to change cars on the compile
.ior y, one link Of the overland trip The porter
na,I i,et slowed away his landing stool and
the uniform in which he must De sdroeo 10
.d q, tho step Of his car. The season was
a., d,,,, neriod Of eastbound travel the woman
..oor vras not only the only one OF her
Gov on hoard. but was the solitary occupant OF
Tho oar When as the porter passed along lhe
ois,o eho halted him and slipped into MS mana
y dick Of silver the trained palm or the ser'IIoE
had no difficulty in recognizing that II was
dollar which slid from hand to pocket for tne
qiver there was a phrase OF thanks TOT Ills
oun annreciation there was the mumbled re-
mark, This sho'ly is luck.
He rendered immediate equivalent. The sa'ch-
ole and umbrella and the other accompanlnehtS
of travel were deftly slowed out OF the way
with that economy Of space when ralFoa4'nk
teaches He suggested that he had o'd"
cloth in which TO tie up the bonnet ana SLUT
II I'm his linen closet. where 1t would NOT ~ Hi'
turbod except when the inspector came a".a'u
the car. There was no limit to MS at''"'''''
and they did much to clear aside inc Hi.'
small difficulties Of tiresome travel II te""5
was not so much the amount OF the UP aS j
was the time chosen for presenting II VIII"
gratifed the porter, as was mahe Hlah''eS' -
one Of his scraps of conversation
"There's one Of the rules and regulations u
..i. horo Pullman company" he said, "and they
ebolv has got a-plenty Of rules Tor US po'''.N
and when IT amt a rule it's a regulation your
49, o.oi,s. ,ybon vou amt watching out, and
,b,n you're laid off for so many runs and mats
blr
about come to think Of IT, It's one Of them reSo-
lations. after all. says that US porters Hlus'
preserve cheerful demeanor. Iha's es'
enough 70 say. When the man in the company
that makes them rules and regulations gets ou'
! ~ ternner he can just lay off porter on 'h'S
/ r,n and another porter that run, ana heep
on laving off porters until he gets 10 leeHis
right cheerful himself. But that's rough on '"e
porters; they've got TO look cheeriu' an" '"''
mustn't leave their stepping stool oeh'hu a' az
way station. and they've got TO turn !" ','
right count Of towels, and somehow II ISL Or
uays cheerful for the porter on most d"! iu'A
Rut he's got to look that way no matter "na'
harpens-the regulation says so-and II ne don
no sholy gets laid of run, or mayoe more
The worst Is when you've got cariui OF noun
ing but ladies and children. II comes haro "
preserye a cheerful demeanor.
"It's this way, if you never done come 10 'ni'lh
| ~ +, before There amt a porter VINO coulo
afford TO take any run II he was to get nothihg
hut company's wages. He certainly WOULD 10
| barkrupt You expect 10 make your living OUT
| Of other LITTLE things; not that any OF US gets d.
| much as the funny papers say We do, but there
| q uttle canning in for things the porter docs
! that Amt paid for when you put down the price
Of your sleeper ticket. But when the train pulIs
out and the porter takes what you may say Is
his first real look at what he's got in his car ls
| expecting a good deal 10 expect MIN 10 looA
right clipper and cheerful when there's doZeH
/ sections got only ladies in them but mes go'
! 70 do it, for the company made that rule. Nha's
, the reason for il? Well it's just THIS. "heh
it's a man. all you have to do Is 10 fix his shoes
and TO brush him off when he gets TO ms SKA
ton; maybe he'll call FOR side screen when
J no wants the window up. but that's about al
and he lust naturally gives you a quarter Ih@'
| amt much 10 him, and 1t amt much to the
/ porter but several Of them counts up But WIKI
a lady IFS different. She's always mighty
ureasv. she's got 10 have table, and then
she's got TO have ii taken away and the WIN
dow never does get TO suit her, and she wants
a pillow and then she wants more pillows ana
you're lucky if she doesn't ring you out Of the
only chance you have to get a nap in the whole
run Just because she wants a glass OF water.
And after all the things you've been doing for
her right along she's just as like as not to walk
right away as soon as you set her grips on the
platform.
"Oh l can tell you, ladies on a car just natu-
rally keep the porter guessing. they certainly 90
and the company says you must be cheeriuI