The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
THE POINT OF VIEW.
Theaters and Street Car Traction Dis
cussed in Public.

New York Sun.
When the Broadway car stopped at Tenth
street woman, young and well dressed, ac-
c1mpanled by a stoutly built smoothly
shaved man, stepped on board and the other
passengers watched them settle into their
seats. Inc male passengers looked at the
young woman with respectful admiration
ana each female passenger made a careful
inventory Of her gown and her hat.
-, Have you seen the play at the Blank
Theater?' asked the young woman of her
companion and the other passengers drew
wife -'''''' q 'iu
''Oh, yes, I've seen it," said the man.
What is your opinion of it?''
nat, the play? Oh, it's first rate"
YES, but what did you think of it?''
NY II seemed to me to be all right, first
me young womans face indicated that she
was disappointed, and at least four men in
the car looked as if they would like to
shake her unsympathetic companion. who
toner beside him.
Did you see So-and-So in her new play?"
she asked. P4"'
Yes
How did you like her?"
What, So-and-So? Oh she's first rate
What did you think of the plav?1
why, 1t struck me being first rate -
1t didn't seem to me that the third act
was 9ustihed by anything which had deveI-
oped in the previous acts. Now, if So-and-So
was the sort of woman indicated in acts one
ana TWO, ! don't believe that she could have
reached that conclusion in the last act
What do you think of it?"
The stout man rolled uneasily in his seat
ana an. the the other passengers waited with inter-
all right" III AacI
This silenced the young woman for two
blocks and then she said:
was much interested in reading Blank
las ssx, night. Have you ever read him?"
What do you think of him?"
He is first rate
DO you agree with his theory?''
Yes; L thought it was all right"
Inc young woman seemed 50 anxious 70
arouse her escort to make some sort of a
tnoughtful answer that she tried him on two
more plays each of which was worthy of
discussion, and although he had seen them
both he merely committed himself to the
assertion that they were first rate" with
out any qualifications. Evidently he knew
ms companion well, for he talked to her in
brotherly sort of way about the foolish
ness of injuring her health by going out to
the theater night after night or to dancing
parties. She said that she got lots of siee3
then she said:
do I look like physical wreck?"
Here was his opportunity. Without glanc-
ing at her he said:
Why, no; you look all right-first rate, in
fact -
Then, so lone. as l do, don't read me lee
lures on my health"
Silence for three minutes and then he
Electricity works wonders doesn't IT?
This cable is also fine thing. See how
easily it draws this car. New, the power
house develops so many horse power and
then distributes it all along the line of road
1t costs certain sum TO run cars pulled by
horses and it costs much less to operate it
by cable or electricity. What do you think
of that?"
The young woman looked puzzled, but she
replied bravely:
That's lovely. isn't it?'
Now, the cable is operated in such and
such a manner. etc." he continued and then
he wound UP with What you you think of
that?"
Perfectly loyelyl' said the young woman.
Her escort looked as If this reply did not
satisfy him, but the subject interested him,
and he explained simply and accurately just
how the cable system was operated and how
the underground trolley system worked. and
then he went into the subject of stocks and
showed to a fraction of a cent how much
the various street car lines had increased
or decreased in value, etc, winding up with
the question:
Now. what do you think of that?
Its lovely isn't it?" she replied, and as
the car stopped at Chambers street she and
her escort left it.
What stupid dolt of man that fellow
was" said a woman TO her husband
why. he seemed to me 70 be level head
ed said the husband, but thought that
the girl, though she was good looking, was
perfectly inane," and the other passengers
who had overheard the conversation and the
subsequent comments seemed to be thinking
hard.