The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-27
ALL NIGHT PASSENGERS.
Men ana Women Who Ride When
Others Sleep.
From the New YORK Tribune

From the New York Tribune.
Chicago.-"Youd be surprised to
know the number of people who try
to lose their troubles by riding all
night" said the elevated road guard.
we have lots of 'em. Some of EN-
can't sleep, some of 'em has troubles
what keeps them worritin' all tn time,
an some of 'em is victims of old r.
4. Morse. There's one woman what is
known by every street car or elevated
man in tn city. She's ridin' all tn
time, an fer tn life o. me l can't see
how she sleeps. She's a quiet little
body, always plainly an neatly dress
ed, an she always sits in a corner
near tn door, lookin' down at tn floor
most o tn time. We thought fust she
was nutty, but when we come to talk
to her we found she was all right in
her nodle. It's some family trouble
that keeps her travlin day an night,
an wearin her down to skin an bones.
She's got great big eyes an the whit
est, saddist face.
You don't know where she's goin'
to git on your train nor when. She
generally strikes tn L road bout
midnight an rides up tn line an then
down. Mebbe she'll KEEP ridin' up an
NONll al lllSllls hGUDe sic IL rue iii
or o'clock, an then switch to tn
surface cars. Many mornin' when
1 quit, bout o'clock, I've jumped on
a surface car an seen her sittin' in a
corner, an when I've got up on the
same day I've met her walkin' the
streets. No, I've never seen a man
insult her in all tn time she's been
takin' these all night rides, an that's
goin on three years now.
Then we have a Teller that can't
sleep, 'cept ridin'. Queerest case
1 ever heard of. He gets on a train
bout IL o'clock an sits in tn last
seat in tn last car. He goes to sleep
an don't wake up till 8 o'clock in the
mornin'. He buys tickets enuff to pay
fer ev'ry ride, an we never disturb
him till it's s o'clock. He's an awful
loud snorer, too.
There's a little old woman rides
with US reglar from o'clock till about
midnight. She's just little bit crack
ed, an talks to herself all tn time.
If you didn't know her you'd think she
had bun.
There's a chap that's got r. E.
Morse an r. E. Gret the worst 1 ever
saw. Judgin' by his looks he murder
ed his hull family. He wants to talk,
talks all tn time, an yet you can
see his mind amt on what he's sayin' ,
but is way off somewhere, the Lord
knows where. Every once in a while
he starts an quivers all over. If you
ask him what's the matter, he'll say,
'Nothin' much That's the nearest
you can get to his trouble.
zone of the queerest of this bunch of
all-night riders is little weazened-up
old chap who's just a bit bughouse-
harmless though. He imagineS some
body's after him every night to kill him
an get his money. He thinks the only
place he's safe is in an L train. lie
SAYS when he gets on tn train an rides
on the side nearest tn third rail, as he
always does. that his body becomes
full of Electricity, an If ennybody
should touch him he'd shock 'em to
death.
Eyes, you see bout all there is to
life, all sides of it, here. Early in the
mornin we gets the Dago laborers, with
their picks an shovels. Then comes
tn clerks an fellers who have to open
up stores, grocerymen an barkeepS.
Next comes the girls an fellers what
works in tn big stores an have to
show up bout o'clock. Bout or 10
comes tn bizness men, an then tn
wimmen goin' shoppin' Then betwixt
times there's a general mixup of all
kinds an things is easy till long bout
| 4 in the afternoon. Then tn wimmen
folks, through with their shoppin', be-
gins to pile home to git supper for their
husbands. Next comes tn bankers an
brokers, tn last to git to work an the
earliest to git home. Then comes tn
clerks, an then the laborers agin, with
pick an shovel, an the department
store wimmen an all kinds of folks
genrally. Them's the rush hours. Then
there's a let-up while everybody but
US eats.
Bout o'clock they come out agin.
You wouldn't know 'em for the tired
lookin' lot they was a couple of hours
before. All dressed up now, smilin'
lookin' bright an spick an span fresh,
they're bound for tn theater or some
other place of amusement. Then
there's another quiet spell till tn the
aters let out. Then we gets 'nuther
rush. Twixt 1 an we get tn couples
what has been havin after-theater
suppers, some of 'em feelin' pretty frs
ky, too. Between and we takes
aboard drunks, lone drunks, DRINKS in
couples an DRINKS in parties, an the
wimmen that hang out in dance halls.
The noospaper fellers come along be-
tween an 4. At out comes tn la
borers agin. an anuther day begins"