Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-08-04
Hogs at LARGE.

New York Herald: Most of the annoy
Nnces of our street ~cars-apart from the
inevitable c~rowdlng-are causcd by the in
Considerateness and gross d%iscourtesy Of
passengers. A stranger who would judge
people by the expa1cnce upon transit
Zines would set us down for a community
OF Doors. AS anyone who has a nickel
hnay ride, one must expect to occasionally
encounter persons OF rough manners and
from whom no arnenity is expected. But
these are few. The most numerous and
CHEZ Offenders are we'll dressed men-and
women. too-who look as II they should
know how to behave in civilized society
and who would resent the suggestion that
their conduct Is an offense to decent peo-
ple.
The splitter. thank heaven, has been
nearly suppressed. Now let US get after
the we'll dressed hobo who rests his dirty
boots upon q scat. which is presently to
be occupied by some daintily attired wom-
an in a summer gown, or crosses his legs,
leaving his feet projecting across the mar.
row floor for all who pass to step over
or stumble over. Abolish the fellow who
takes the crowded street car for a mani
euro parlor and relieves the ted;um OF
ravcl by pairing his nails. Let the fat
man who spreads out his legs into the
aisle like a big v be reminded thai "there
are others in the car. Give a gentle tap
to the gentleman who plants himself
sideways IN a crowded seat, n looking
out Of the n or reading his paper,
1orgets thai he Is occupying space for two
while others stand, and that his back
Is squarely presented to the lady sitting
next to him.
And while we are about 1t let us take
In hand the men who. when they enter a
closed car, stand just inside the door and
compel later corners. including women. to
fight their way through tho dense group
tn ron oh ,,nnrCa1ntod cno 10 In tho ~nt5Ss- -
the car. These be the s-.ne nconsiderate
fellows who. getting into the narrow scat
of an open car, do not move to the oppo.
site end, but plant themselves barely in
side the bar and force other passengers
20 drag past as best they may to reach
the inner seats. Women-well dressed.
well to do looking women-are among the
most inconsiderate n d~iscourteous Of
our street car travellers. For instance. the
conductor u inside when one OF these
women boards a carr; a gentleman stand
ing on the platform opens the dor to per-
init her to enter: not once in ten times is
Hhe attention acknowledged by a nod, and
when a passenger ~relinquishes a seat tc
one Of these women she hounces into II
without the slightest recognition OF the
courtesy. One of these. women will keep
. child-for which h has paid no fare
occupying q seat n standing with soiled
shoes upon 1t to look out of the window,
while an aged and feeble woman directly
in front of her II left to stand and totter.
II the selfish and the Ill behaved men
and women above noted could be taught
fby reflection or compulsion to have a little
kindly consideration for the rights and
feelings of others. more than half th@
~!discomforts and a~nnoyances Of travel
upon our street cars o disappear.
We may have forbearance with q con.
sductor who has been battered and banged
and wrought up by forcing his way
Through crowded interiors all day OF
iclimbing along Q footboard. struggling
with drunken men and insulted by irrita}
ible passengers Of both sexes. but there
- no excuse for the deliberate and brutal
lack Of courtesy among such p~assengers
tas are above described.