The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-20
Lively RIDE on STREET CAR.
E,Nt.ment Owen by . Ttps. Coalses o. asa
Ttpsy PAssen sers.

4 drunken conductor and several int OF
icat~d passenger, furnished excitement 20
sober persons who lode uptown on an kighth
avenue trolley car on New Years evening
he conductor vas In the don't care stage
~ intoilcstion He wish~d everybody who
got on or ~ the car a happy New Year. but
he was not disposed 20 wait long for allow
passengers When the car reached Fourteenth
street. where some people were waiting 10
board II, he kept them back by shouting In
stentorian tones
stand clear xsnsvay Freishtsh got 10
l.. discharged fore new hs ish taken
on All ashore who so shore Now-all
aboard Tumble m, my heartie. Step
iiyely This osr'sh an ocean greyhound
can wai' Two bells Fun shpced ahead =
Then he changed tho bell twice The oar
started with a jerk. and a woman who had
had ono foot on tn" step gave a gasp and fell
back into the arms NJ her escort The car
went On suddenly. without warning. a
neatly dressed woman near the front door be-
gan singing. -rhareIl he a Hot Time In tho
old Town Tonight Aner finishing the
sons shs politely asked the conductor to
pull the bell a. she had reached her dsstina.
t.nn He complied. muir nurins
-one bell 30 slow stop her Full
shp"ed ashtern
After the car had come to. a stop the woman
told him 10 hold IL until she Ind on hands
with every Passenger. and had wished
each one q happy Now Year The motor
man changed the gong impaucn'lv. eu, the
grinning conductor would not give him the
sigma to 8" ahead until the woman was
ready to take her departure
"uont hurry, lady. he said. snilinglv.
oceans Of time We amt late
Finally tho woman got ou' with soma
difficulty. and two men with dinernn' kind
Of jays clsmhered aboard ~ they lutched
conductor called out: "
" heIs'rs yer sea legs, yer lard nbeers'
steady thar Better anchor
just then the car save a hig lurch md
10th we're throw ln,o ,'a,s The conductor
cred from the shock. and then reeisd mn 10
collect the fares one paid. but The Other
sf,srt l"os.ms q, the condactor in . dsred
he had already paid he nickel The co.,
shiny, Cap, yer ei'hor paw, yer fare or YER
ra'led 20 ~" l"toNici'cd man IN Ito seat
oppSs,,e as, ;id DIS sHE p.y hish far,:"
va,s,I. didn't shce him. anywsv. / don,
car, ~vte'Ner h. did OF not
Thank YOU friend. -or're y ,h.n'.man."
i1d!srantly Il hayen'r ,he honor. Of Mat
,ts,, shir. Ahs' / didn't paw nv IA re- VIII
nat he made a move ~itl hi, arm a. rhon.,h
30 iurihilS'e ihe I:rtNr drnnhaic rutosIfa
him. but the conductor iuterp0>"u
leave Ihg' 7nei'IcmSn Hiuuo. lie said
witt rig'itt. Yer quarrel ish WI m. "
~ this tirr" tie women IN 'he On showed
signs ~ nervousness But when The ob-
.tluate man saw th, conductor rtrpIghtop him
.elf. preparatory la ~-lectins him. he ieluri-
nutiv nsh.d out n nickel. 1ru'nhl ms ,ha, M.
always paid hi Wa, wherever ne vent, and
't". %" had travelled, ~ his dn,. FAR Nor
'hHn any conductor - any uar 700 ifier
,ht. row had subsidized AZ rrglsA woman.
WIN eyeglasses .and n severe mi.n. asked
fnr \ 'trIrsfare
"ebpr'iiniy. rusdam, .sid 'le conductor.
pohl"lN. tnrwn Ncr w1ni Then -
clve the English woman = ;~rgn.ier. aud
also gave one 10 esgh PASSENGER In the al.
emitting, however,. tile forma,Ity Of purchIrc
q 1h"'n transfers are good anywhere
END any time. ~ said. With = corrprehen-
sivs wave 81 his hand
1Ninss bccs me lnonotnnous for n little
Wilde after this Presently the tipsv ms,i
who had paid hin fare und,r pres sure llrched
down the car and approached the conductor
shay, old fel no hnrd feelings, hoIe
L-rn" out. E!ehty-sixth street" he said
Sure. shake, said the conductor
Then the two shook hands. and when
Eishty-slNth stree, Oas reached the rom
ducior helped the other out a. well ~ he
could