Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-08-07
MUST WEAR SHOES.
Railroad Companies Will Not Per-
nit Removal in Chair-Cars.
Passengers May Ease Their Feet by
Wearing slippers, Hut socks Are
for Obvious Reasons Strictly
Prohibited.

Railway passengers who remove
their shoes to ease their feet in an all
night journey are not permitted to oc-
cupy seats in the chair cars.
The porter who finds a man sitting
in his stocking feet gently orders him
to put his shoes on or go into the
smoking compartment.
This rule is now in force on the
Omaha line Of the Illinois Central, and
was quite recently enforced on an
Iowa stCrLman, who was an extensive
shipper of live stock over the Ccntral's
western lines, states the Chicago Trib-
une. The passenger demurred, APP
pealcd to the conductor, and was
promptly ruled against by that Off
cial. Other Chicago roads are no less
particular in this respect, and still
others will probably adopt the rule.
1t has long since been the custom of
many passengers, who are obliged to
sit in a seat for many hours to remove
their footwear. Some are pinched
with tight-fitting shoes Others have
cornS and buniuns, while the pedal cx-
tremetics Of still others are wont to
swell to about twice their natural size
and thus make hours of misery for
their owners.
Sleeping ear passengers have no
trouble of this kind. The man, how
ever, who curls himself up in coach
seat or stretches out in n reclining
chair wants to ease Ms feet before
he closes his eyes. even before the
conductor has taken his ticket.
Here is where most of the trouble
comes in. After man has settled
himself for II reason OF slumher there
is no telling what he will do with his
heels. The most natural act is to ele-
yate them and to allow them to settle
on the head rest Of the chair imme-
diately in front If that seat happens
to be occupied then there is trouble
The passenger who suddenly awakcns
covered foot scraping his face is La
BILE to raise objections, even II he does
not do more
The railway people have found ont
that the class of people they carry in
chair cars and high backed coach seats
will not put up with this custom, and
they are moving to stop it. The cdict
has gone forth that there is no OBJ
lection to n passenger changing his
footwear to something more comfort
able lie may ride in slippers. if he
chooses, but passengers In socks are
not permitted to offend the sight or
nustrils Of the other passengers
1t is claimed that now and then a
man is found who emulatcs the for
mer habit of Jerry Simpson, so that,
on taking of his raw hides, there is
nothing left on his feet not given him
by Dame Nature.
1t is claimed that this practice must
60 with other objectionable features
of railway travelling. Passengers are
not permitted to carry into tourist
cars anything that offcnds sight or
smell. limhurger cheese and loud
smelling sausage are barred They
must be left behind, or passenger is
refused entrance to the car.
Il requires smart man ar woman a.
Suiuggle a eat or dog into the cars of
the finer trains nowadays. Il is at
tempted every day. !ut seldom escapes
detection. The animal is hustled into
the baggage car, and it is not an un-
usual sight to see woman make fire.
quent trips the length Of the train to
soothe and feed the pet that has ruth.
lessly been taken from her.