Arizona republican., 1899-08-14
FROri DAY TO DAY
Comments NpropoS TO The Time
and Season..

There is at least one inflexiltle rule
maintained IL common by all railroads
may seem a severe one nj first
glance and gives rise at times to
| @rievOus complaints of hardship, but
the very Scautiest investigation viii
prove its wisdom. Briefly it is that nu
woman unprovided with a ticket shall
| pass through the jealousy guarded
| door to the platform where a waiting
| train is standing There is no such
| rule against men: for a man escortIDe
MS Wife and three or four of his SIS
! tiers to the ;rain is permitted to pa.s
withoUtsques'siOnT The explanation Civ
en- by the officials is simple and rcls-
enable. 1t is that not one man in a
hundred is ever carried away by a
train against his will. while if ticket
less women were admitted irdiscrim-
inately. the accident would happen OF
every grain. Another thing: When 4
man is dishonest. and tries to beat his
way on Il train he may properly 10
handled with soma violence \ lady
without a ticket presents a graver
problem. Few conductors have the
hardihoOd to toss her off the train.
$3.50
Notwithstanding all this. she stony
Jed to Submit to all sorts of rep1oachcs
when he turns a woman back. 4
mother accompanying her son to the
train is the hardest person 10 deal with.
for she cannot understand why the
boys father-if the latter happens to be
of the party-should be granted access
to the platform when the same priv
laga is denied to her. Careful consiJ-
GRAFTON fails to discover any good
cause why a farewell. however tender
cannot be said just as effectively in the
waiting room as in the car hurrietlly.
4 few mirUteS later, but 4 good many
years Will pass before you can indnce
Il mother to reason that way. In the
case of two grown persons of opposite
sex who have decided that they Clnno5
separate until the last moment. there
is Il plan that nobody seems to have
thought of. If ii is the man who is |
going TO travel. he has oriy to hand |
the ticket and some hand-hagglr 10 !
his companion as they go through the |
gate, and he. the bona fide passenger |
will be readily passed as the mere g
c0rt. The idea seems simple enough |
for most minds However. persons With |
so deep yearni1g for each others so
ciety rarely have room in their brains /
for much else.
Electricity. as everyone is ready 10 |
admit by this time las done mIrvels /
in the way of rapid transit hr. it has
still to teach Il passenger how to sit
down without being driven through
The back of the seal as the car starts.
The electric trolley starts suddenly.
Few rersers have ye; learned the trick
Of boarding Il car. selecting the narrow
wedge of vacarcy that remaius III
1 cross seat. and sinking into it before
the forward plunge OF the Vehicle
brings the spinal column into violc ut
.Olctact With the wood and -ho1ghtS Of
murder into the heart. Some passan
gers. when hurled backward in lhis
way. Look iE3li gnanf. Others look pain
N. Others try. generally without sic
ass. to smile. The Witnesses of he
acritice laugll--unlesis The victim hap
pcuS 10 be 4 pretty girl. in which event
dozen arms aGs outStletched to save
Ter. Blu, all know the victims 81 usa-
ions. because all have endured them
before. There is only one cure for the
vii. To grow used to it. For the
notorman knows exactly how Zig d
ERIK he can give to his car at sfartlrg.
md he is generally trying TO brcaI- rec
)rds.