The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-25

The general impression is that a street.
car conductor is a creature of the big
corporations. and that all the brightness
of life is crushed cut of him by the bond
holder and the spotter, whatever that IS.
But this general impression is entirely
misleading, for the ticket-puncher and
transfer-collector has rosy existence.
No cloud bedims his career, and he rides
through life as gayly as the most honored
of princes.
existence is long, delightful Irritation
Now, you take that dapper young fell
low that assists the ladies to alight at
the Broad-Street transfer station. His
smile is a CLEAN of sunshine. ,
NO KICK COMING.
why" he said, II have no kick COM
ing to me. carry nearly all the pretty
girls in town on my car. I catch the
Broad-Street shoppers and the shop-girls,
ard What is sweeter in life than to be
surrounded by a crowd of pretty girls as
you go through your daily toll!
do they fiirt? Well, yes, some Of
them do. But dts always according to
the condition of things.
''On a bright day, when the girls are
bedecked in their finery, with plenty Of
fuss and feathers, they are more inclined
to firt. They feel good, and they smile
at me, and that makes me feel good, and
half the time am inclined to pass them
by in collecting the fares. On rainy
days they are not SO pleasant, and they
simply stare at me. with an expression
that Would discourage the most per-
sistent street-corner masher.
BLONDES MOST SUSCEPTIBLE.
II find that the blondes are most sus-
ceptible to my claims. They are more
generous, as a class, than the brunettes,
and their smiles are more literally
bestowed. Sometimes see brunettes
who are willing to dirt with me, but
they are exceptions.
1.-THE girl with the big blue eyes, as
bright as day in June, and just as
innocent as a lamb, is the kind of pas
senger 7 like to carry. She firts. but
does it unconsciously. She means no
harm, and her sweet mouth parts in a
smile that makes fellow, feel glad that
her smile. if only for few blocks.
1--WE have to be pleasant to every
body, and if we show the least haste in
urging passengers to get on the car
sometimes, when we are several min
utes behind time, some of them never
regain control of their itempers, until
they leave the cars. This is almost
always true in the case OF homely
women. They know they are not
attractive. and they know that no one
Thinks so and. therefore, they make
other people uncomfortable.
Taking it as whole, however, we
have a very happy time of work, and
wouldn't give it up for job that
pays more money!
THIS ONE DOESN'T FLIRT.
One of the conductors on the Main
Street line did not quite agree with the
sentiments Of the dapper young fellow
He was a little shabby, and his uni.
form had indications Of age and the
nbsence Of buttons. There was dust
on his shoes, and his fnger-nails were
in mourning.
"Flrt," he said, ..I have never had a
woman to flirt with me since I have
been on the line. No, street You
don't find them on this line. The girls
from the factories down town fill up the
cars and often take up more room than
is absolutely necessary. They. look
straight across the car at their visa
vir. and. as for smiling at you, why,
they wouldn't dare do such a thing,
even If President Mckinley got aboard
believed every word he said. for a.
girl who would flirt with man of his
general appearance would have been a.
wonder. s'.: :sss I