The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-29
NO KISSING AT STATION.
Penn.ylvania's Order Against Oscula-
tory Farewe1ls.
Chicag go Tribune.


Chicago people who are addicted to oscu-
latory farewells in railway stations need
not worry because kissing is barred In the
Jersey City station Of the PennsylVdhla
Railway. Such a rule will not DO here, &C
cording 70 the opinion of no less legal du-
thority than Corporation Counsel walker.
I'D like to see somebody stop me from
kissing my wife II a railway station, sald
Mr. Walker Yesterday when asked If the
rule were legal. IF you want TO KISS
woman, and you have right to-whlch
means, according to the courts, that nellh5I
of you object-nobody can prevent you. II
somebody does, in a railway station or III
any other place, he Is guilty OF assault
The order is without legal value.
Two Chicago justices have passed upon
the same point A young man who KISSED
a woman while they were in Jackson PARK
was arraigned before Justice Quinn last
summer The court asked that the woman
be produced. The policeman who had ar
rested the man and charged him with dis
orderly conduct, said he didn't know where
she could be found
''WelI. if he was guilty she was, too"
said the justice. why didn't you arrest
herr"
The policeman had no answer.
IF she had made an outcry then you
would have had a case" said the justice
"You admit she didn't. She's not here as a
prosecuting witness. 1t isn't any crime TO
kiss a girl. The prisoner is discharged.
Justice Callahan had a case somewhat
different A man was arrested in South
Chicago for an "oSculatory demonstration
nois Central Railway. Both he ana ais
wife were arrested. Justice Callahan asked
her if she objected to the show OF affect1ol
which caused crowd to gather The
woman answered in the negative, so the
justice decided that as man and wife they
had the right to kiss each other as often as
they pleased, ard when and where they
pleased, and they were dismissed.
At the Pennsylvania station in Chicago
Yesterday BENJAMIN McKeen, superintend>
ent of the lines west of Pittsburg, said:
There will be no enforcement of the or
der against kissing west of the Alleghenies.
kissing doesn't delay trains here so much
because they start out on time, but ii does
make us lose time at our stops because
people insist upon saying:
Take care of yourself.
Now, be sure and feed the canary.
Write me every day.
Get all the catalogues you kin.
Remember me to George.
Pick up all the samples you see.
Don't forget we are all UP here.
That's the way ii goes in the country.
At Union Station here we don't hear that,
but people block up the entrances so that
other passengers can't get into the train.
It's the same way when they leave. A
woman with a lot of bundles gets off a
train and at the gate she is met by another
woman. They block the passageway and
proceed to interview each other as long as
we will let them stand there. The train
mans life is not happy one. But the kiss
ing rule wouldn't help it, I'm afraid"
Still, the kissing order would be appre7
ciated. Employees of the different lines at
Union Station say they would have less
trouble if il were applied 10 foreigners.
why, a couple OF them were going down
to Bloomington tonight" said one of the
gatemen last night, and at least dozen
of his countrymen came down TO see them
off They crowded around. blocking the
gate until nobody else could get through.
and then they kissed each other like so
many children. o those people are worse
than women.
What started all the trouble was the or
der issued by p. p. A. Abercrombie East
ern superintendent of the Pennsylvania
lines, who had the following notice posted
in the Jersey City station:
"All trainmen. gatemen and ticket ex-
aminers will stop all persons from ex-
changing kisses upon the arrival and de-
parture of trains in this station This or
der must be rigidly enforced"