The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-15
MAKING EASY MONEY,
THE SLEEPING CAR PORTER TELLS
ABOUT HIS TIPS.

Passengers That Even IA Man of En-
perience May Not Judge Alright.
Bridal Couples Are Good. but State
room Parties Are Not.
I've tried about all lines. and I'm GO
ing back To railroading." said Jim.
Jim was the big man among the door
keepers. He stood outside the old mans
door and none might enter until Jim had
passed upon his credentials. Jim bossed
the other Goorkeepers. the messengers.
the minor clerks and almost the assistant
manager. He was the diplomat who ar
ranged methods Of escape for his Supe-
rlors when crankS beset them. He it was
who lurcd an enthusiastic poet bent on
recltlnS some of his productions To the
old man into an elevator going up so that
the old man might escape in an elevator
going down. Jim was a man of great ex-
pcricnce, and his decision to 90 back to
railroad.ng was the result of long thought.
You see continued Jim. IA handy
man has chance railroading that he
don't have in any other business \ good
man ought to make SD trip on a sleep
-
But SO is the lowest that any good man
should make ami that without much
wo'k. y porter on a sleeper has the cast
est time and makes his money with less
work than anybody else in the world. So
I'm going back to railroading.
"Iucrc's two kinds of portcrs. One is
the kind that works for the nav no ccts
from Che co1!nauy-that's 500 u month on
i Sleeper and So ON a chair car. He is
SAL fed to take what is coming 70 him.
and he don't make any cracks To draw
money from EN-. The other kind is diff
fcrcnt. They are the nortcrs that arn ont
for the raSsrn-ers. The passepgers Ike
them better.
~ porter has lot of cxprricnccs Now.
you take me. think | can SPOT Il good
man as quick rs any one. Rut I've Lccn
fooled. | was running on the Ponnsvlva-
MAS fast Chicago train six wears ago.
The first people to GET around one night
staggered me. There was an old man with
cowhide boots and painthrush beard at
the head of parade Of six kids. There
was seven bcrths gone. and said to my
self. Not cent in sight Well | said
to myself. you're IN against il. Half the
car kindergarten. with iayhawkor for
the teacher | see your finish Golly. |
was mad
II took the checks and showed the old
man the horths. made up my mind it
wasn't worth while to bother with that
outfit, and didn't The old man put the
nursery to he'd and dressed them in tho
morning No help did give, Not me. |
was too busy.
well, we cot into Chicago. and | was
brushing my passengers off. The old man
got the kids in shape and paid no atten-
ton to me- He was kncplng down but
tonng the lrggings on one when | went
through. | had my'brush. win YOU let
me take that broom" he said. handed it
over Well. he brushed every one Of ON.
| took the brush then and busted him
not much. but lust Il little. Well the old
man went down in his jeans. and he pull
ed out roll, and he knocked me down Il
flyer Yes, sir. He was the best man on
the train, and there | had been abusing
him all the trip
"Now, women are queer They don't
tip, You know, and a carful of women is
no good.
"Now. | ran on the Southwestern Linn
tied once. and remember woman. She
was an old maid. judge. She got aboard
at st. Louis, and she had bundles till you
couldn't rest She was little and fussy.
She began to ask questions at once. She
was Il terror. Every time we stopped she
said, What town is this, porter" I'd tell
her. mighty short. got out of doing ey-
erythng she asked. | never done thing
for her. | had her sized up-oh, yes,
was smart.
"Well. she got nervous at lonkers and
began to bother worse than ever. When
we got into the shed, she was first off,
and her bundles weren't all There. got
them at last. And then she said: Porter
you've been very kind to me- Very kind
indeed. porter. and want to thank you
Now. porter this is for you, and she
showed bill to me. Wen, hadn eX,
thanked her and showed the bill in my