The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
THE POINT OF TIEW.
Theatres and Street Car Traction Discussed
by n Man and Young Woman.

W " Nhhn All lounk "Ohihn.
When the Broadway car stopped at Tenth
street q woman. young and well dressed. ac-
companied by a stoutly built. smoothly shaved
man. stepped on board and the other passen-
gers watched them settle into their seats. The
male passengers looked at the young woman
with respectful admiration and each female
passenger made a careful inventory OF her
gown and her hat.
Have you seen tho play at the Blank
Theatre 2" asked the young woman Of her COM
panion. and the other passengers drew tho
conclusion that they were not man and wife.
oh. yes. I've seen it." said the man.
What is your opinion Of it?"
What. the play? Oh, it's first rate"
Yes. but what did you think of it ?"
why, 1t seemed to me to be all right. first
rate. you know"
The young woman's face indicated that she
was disappointed. and at least four men in the
carlooked as II they would like to shake her un-
sympathetic companion. who seemed to have
no ayes for the fair questioner beside him.
Did you see So-and-So in her new play 2"
she asked.
Yes"
How did you like herr"
What. So-and-So2 Oh. she's first rate"
What did you think Of the play ~
why. 1t struck me as being first rate"
1T didn't seem to me that the third act was
justified by anything which had developed In
the previous acts. Now. II So-and-So was the
sort OF woman indicated in acts one and two. |
don'tbelieve 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 and
the other passengers waited with interest for
his reply.
&c l~,-l 10 ar,t rafn - ba sa;I, ~ ,n To-. Ill
wight"
II was much Interested in reading Blank last
night t. Have you ever read him
What do you think of him ?"
DO you agree with his theory p"
Yes: / thought it was all right"
The young woman seemed so anxious. to
arouse her escort to make some, sort Of q
more plays. each Of which. was worthy of dis
cussion. and although he had seen them both
that they were. /" first rate" without any quail
fcations. Evidently he knew his companion
well. for he talked to herr a 5rotherIy sort of
health by going out to the theatre night after
night or TO dancing parties. She. said that she
until late, and then she said:
DO | look like a physical wreck ?"
Here, was his opportunity. Without %glancing
Why. no: you look all r~lght-frst rate. in
Then. so long as I do. don't read me lee
lures on my health.
Silence for three minutes. and then he said:
Electricity works wonders, doesn't it2 This
ca BILE Is also a fine thing. See how easily it
draws this car. Now. the power house develops
30 many horse power and then distributes it all
along the line Of road: 1t costs a certain sum
to run cars pulled by horses. and II costs much
less to operate it by cable or electricity. What
do you think ofthat?"
The young woman looked puzzled, but she
replied hrayely:
That's lovely. isn't II ?"
Now, the cable is operated In such and such
Il manner. &c," he continued and then he
wound up with What do you think OF that 2"
Perfectly lovely T. said the young woman.
Her escort looked as II this reply did not sat
isfy 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
went into the Su beet of stocks and showed
TO o fraction of a cent how much the various
street ear lines had increased or decreased in
value. &c,, winding up with the, question:
Now, what do you think OF that /"
It's lovely. isn't IL ~ she replied, and as the
car stopped at Chambers street she and her
escort lett IL.
What a stupid dolt Of a man that fellow
said a woman to her husband.
said the husband, hut ! thought that the girl.
though she was good looking. was perfectly in
ane." and the other passengers who had over
the conversation and the subsequent
seemed to be thinking hard.