The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-11
SALT LAKE men
ARE FOUND RUDE
Herald Reporter Watches Them
on Street Cars and DiScoV-
erS Courtesy Lacking.
TRIPS DURING BUSY HOUR,
MANY TIRED WOMEN ALLOWED
TO STAND.
TRIPS DURING BUSY HOUR,

DC Salt Lake men as a rule give upr
their seats in local street cars to wo<
men during the rush hours of the day.
morning, noon and night?
| The best way TO answer this question:
| is to board half dozen crowded street
! cars downtown between 5 and 6 O'clock
| any evening and watch for such in
stances of Doliteness.
"A Herald reporter tried this last night
and found that women who are unfor-.
tunate enough to be caught downtown
curing the late shopping hours of th4
AFTERNOON in four cases out of 6vd
! stand up on the cars going home whilj
men friends rest comfortably in tha
| seats.
Men Are obIivious.
The first car boarded by the reporters
for The Herald was car SO. South Tenn
| pie, at Second South and Main streefs
at O'Clock, as the car went south ON
Main street. The seats were all occu-i
pied, twelve men being seated in thsi
car Three well dressed women and
two men We're hanging TO straps I'M
the rear of the car. Beside one of thel
women sat a pOrtly fellow with grip
between his feet. AS the car swung
around the corner at East Fourth South
and Main the woman was thrown heay-s
lily against his shoulder, twisting his han
around. He Strengthened the hat and
with a quick glance at the woman as
she said Excuse" and looked hastily
out of the window.
Eight Women Standing.
At Sic O'clock car 81. Ashton ave-
nue. VIA East Seventh South going
north on Main street, was boarded AFT
Second South street The car was
packed and eight women were standing
IN the aisle, four of them with Their
| = full Of
had seats in this car and as il turned
onto First South street toward State
street, one, evidently a switchman as
he carried = railroad lantern. rose and
gave an elderly woman at his elbow his
seat. At State and Second South streets
the other three men were still seated
| and >the women in the car were stand
| ing.
Men Scramble for Seats.
The next car tried was Waterloo
car. No. 40, going north on Main street.
The car did not fill until it reached
Main and First South streets About
half dozen seats were empty as the
car slowed up. A good sized crowd was
waiting to board it, among them a dOz-
en- women. Forty feet before the car
came to a standstill that would permit
| women TO board it. four Iaborers were
aboard and occupying as many seats
! that were empty As the car stopped
two women were lucky enough TO be
| first aboard and they secured seats. A.
man with a red Van Dyke beard took
the last empty seat and in two minutes
more the car was fun of passengers. at
least ten women standing in the aisle.
In the third seat from the rear on the
right hand side of the car beside two
elderly women who were standing sat
young fellow, apparently a clerk.
reading Thomas LaWsOn's "Frenzied
Lf1ran Z s.lk 0c
woman nearest him bumped his elbow
and threw his book up When Ths
Herald reporter left the car after two
blocks, the man with the book was still
attempting to read and nod not even
glanced at the women WHO were SGT
rudely disturbing him.
Seat Hogs In Evidence.
Getting off the outgoing car an in<
coming Waterloo car. No. 40, waS
boarded at South Temple and First
West streets. Two women and half a.
dozen men were standing in the aisle
While two-thirds of the passengers &C.
cupying seats We're men. The rear seats
OF this car run along the side of the
car and after half a block two Well
dressed men in the corner on the right
side of the car squeezed their neighbors
over as much rs possible, to the ac-
compartment of scOWls from the latter.
Inches wide one Of them beckoned Ons
of the women TO the puace. She looked
at her friend, then smiled ard gave him
a simple THANK you She did not
take the seat and when the car reached
Second South street on Main she and
her companion got off while the two
busted themselves with their newspa-
pers.
Mother Stands Carrying Baby.
At o'clock East Fourth South street
car No 81. bound for the penitentiaTy.
was boarded at Main and Second South
streets. Fully fifty passengers were
aboard when the car left Second South
street and started down Main. Two
women with babies and baby carriages
were the last passengers to get on. The
conductor and an extra street car con-
| ductOr. who was going home and hap
| Fened to be standing on the rear pla1-
! form of the car, helped the mothers on
/ and hung the baby carriages on the
! back fender of the car. A mail-carrier
seated in the last seat in the car arose
! and gave one of the women his seat.
The other lady had worked half way
up the aisle and with three other wo-
men chung to strap. standing up.
Eight men in this car had aisle seats
and kept them. As the car turned on
East Fourth South street and started
out the women were still standing, the
mother holding her DaDy with one arm
and clinging to the end of the seat near
est her with her free hand.
! Fifteen Men Sit.
| The last car tried was Poplar Grove
! car. No 20 going down Main street at,
/ $3.50 O'Clock. The car filled when it
! stopped at Second South street and
dozen woAnen with packages i'm their
arms were standing in the aisle when
the car reached Seventh South street.
At least fifteen men occupied seats, the