The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22
ODD ARTICLES LOST ON CARS,
Absent Minded Passengers.

over to their richtfUl owners. Those YOU
see there ale NOW The property OF VIC - -,
auctor, in Whose cars they were IouIlu,. 10
claimants having appeared Tor them; NVN
that viii give you an approximate lded Si
iEc number OF umbrellas alone tn1t Nt'S
lvIt in cars within sixty days arr sH4
must remember that travel has peei cACeS'.
iu-Iy nsut on our cars III those TWO iiIylit4.,7'
because OF the strike. Tank OF mat o.le
itrm aIuue-hear.y lao umbrellas lost on
street Cacs IL Two months. NON, peoii-
carry umbrellas Usually only when there Is
urgent necessity Tor their lniiEvdlatS l'St'
Sc that il IUlpVcssts one with ms TACT tHa
absg =. -miuGeGLeS- j. becoming a national
weakness when 50 many people ioIstt sHch
al .Edlsi cus.o.e article uidet suSh I'iS"'i-
Now, in winter We are overwhelmed here
with y avalanche 60; forgotten s.oh vs--ti.lt-
- necessary ana useful al article tUr mat
season - mo umbrella in summer, ana sun
thousands Of people leave their SloNgs on
car seats when preparing TO get on and lace
d ZzaTd. / shOt4C imagine The mere pros
pect Jf leaving a comfortable ear 10 80
out into Indictment weather would Ttnihi
auyb,ay OF his umbrella or s.oNes. cut 1t
Then again. how can you imagine a
wo.l.lugnan or shop giri, who's" midday
meal depends on the LUNCH carried from
home, losing sight of such d precious pack
age: Yet time ana again dinner buckels
lunche con have been ltfs in rie cars. In
many cases the dinner cans nave o.vn re
claiDed. but the lunches usually SO 10 the
garbage barrel.
Books. mex; to umbrellas and gloves, are
most numerous among the articles lost
The most valuable md remember since
! have been il charge was made last Sep
TENDER. when a conductor on the Page ave-
nUe division picked up $500 worth OF did,
monds from the door OF his car. insy De
loESe1 20 a woman living on Bayafd ave
nue.. she had dropped her purse on the
floor, and some passenger passing by klched
Il. loosening the clasp and scattering the
contents OF the purse. The woman was 80
overjoyeG at recovering her diamonds mat
she mad another spell of observation-disclosures
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honesty.
Another conductor found a purse con-
tanning SO. belonging TO a male passenger.
who rewarded the conductor with a $40 hl!l.
core woman left a beautiful Maltese kit
ten in 4 perforated box on y ear seat.
l Kept the kitten here and fed it for day
until the owner turned w, caressed her pet
81 a sTasm Of delight. and insisted on re-
iubu-sing me for the milk L had purchased
Another lady. early this spring left her
bathing suit in one of our cars II was a
Grea:a. that suit waS-a b-ief dream, It's
true. and the conductor was hoping aslirst
hope that the owner would never claim IL.
as be had designs ON ii for yOurs woman
he was sweet on, but the next day some
man came here with a nute from hs3GGuaT-
tiers, interpreted the dream and took 1t away
in his vest pocket
There are any number OF purses found
every day, containing money ranging from
: cent 10 quite snug sum. / have now IN
r1y possession eighty-siX purses OF various
then, is 1 cent. of which there are several.
and the highest So. -. As no claimants have
appeared these will be turned over to the
conductors who found them.
Nearly all the property left in the cars,
I! IL is Of any considerable value. is claimed
usually within a few days after It's loss is
discovered. There are many people. how
ever. who leave property in the cars who,
when they discover its loss. cannot recall
where or how they niSlsid Il. ard never
apply for information to the officials OF the
company. Others. who have a definite Idea
OF leaving package or bundle in car, are
ignorant Of the proper method OF attempting
10 recover e. and after making few ran
dom inquiries drop the matter Whenever
a person has distinct or even an indefinite
idea of having lost any article in u car. re-
port q the loss should he made 20 the com
pany's Office, with such details to the
time and other points as can be reuem-
bered. This Will lead TO the recovery Of the
lost article In ninety cases out of ln1. of
course, articles left on car seat by pas
sengers are In some instances appropriated
by dishonest feliOw-I,assensers without the
conductors knowledge. Very often a con-
Guctor finds himself in serious trouble
through just sucn occurrences, when an IN
dividUal who has left some property in his
car and remembers the number OF the car
and the conductor. makes a claim for the
property. which has been appropriated by
another passenger