Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-01

The average Pine Bluff street ear conductor is naturally q 9essimist. f f he was not ole before going into the employ of the Citizens Light and Transit Company. he becomes one af- Ter few trips. Occasionally an op- tmist is found among the blue uni formed men who collect fares but these are SO scarce that tAey az worth looking at when found.
 The work of q conductor is such lhat it tends toward Dessimism In the first place he meets with all kinds and conditions of people; he has got to try and be decent to all. keep his eye on the cash register and look out for "spotters. There is probably ID vocation in Pine Bluff 50 trying as that Of conductors, for he comes in constant contact with the public. and that means a whole lot.
 The night conductors are more apt to be optimists than the men on the day runs. This is because they meet with a different class. The midnight cars carry the midnight topers, who are jovial, good souls and then those who travel early in the mornings are
 generally anxious for conversation to while away the time. These things tend to make conductor more ehee"- ful.
 There are hundred and one reasons why a conductor should never smile There are a few, however, who disre- gard these reasons and smile. Per- sons who must needs hang onto ] strap for thirty or forty blocks, and others who are allowed four square inches on the back platform, with combination of pipe, cigarette and ci- gar smoke thrown in, are not inclined to be the meekest citizens in the world
 Crowded cars breed kickers It is not the fault of the conductor, and yet it would not be surprising some day if a hundred or so sardine-cit- izens took the con off the car and hanged him with the trolley rope,
 The tile of the popular song, The Umpire Is Most Unhappy Man might we'll be changed to The Con- ductor Is a Most Miserable Man The umpire has a chance to get back by ruling players out of the game and putting others off the field, but the conductor has no sueh opportunities, he can but grin and bear it. No mat ter how the conductor may be riled, there is always a crowd of men, and women. too, ready to take sid IS against him.
 Then, smany citizens consider it the smart thing to beat the company anl the conductor must ever be on the lookout with hawklike eye to detect these tricks. Should he demand an other fare when a chree-hour-oid 1 transfer is handed to him. he meets with abuse This fare is paid re- luctantly and with scowls, and the ] conductor is given abuse from which l he has no appeal.
 \ stout old lady misses her corner. She wants to get off at Beech street and wakes up when the conductor bawls out Cherry street" The re- suit is that the badly hustered and ! angry old lady proceeds to fay the conductor with her tongue while he, poor man, must mutter some excuse and help her off the car all the while she is ready to take a whack at his head with the family umbrella. The rest of the passengers laugh at the conductor. He is good and sore, but he dare not express himself, That is against the ethics of the company.
 The conductor has a counterfeit quarter passed on him during the course of the day. He knows that he will not be able to turn t in at the office a5 the end of the day, so he i tries % pass it off on the public, wh.ch passed t on him. He slips the money into the lynx-eyed mans palm and continues on his way through ] the car
 l Not do you take ae ter be- howls voice and the bad n}oney is rendered the con" He sees thai it can't be worked this time and gives a good quarter in exchange. Then he has to hear some unpleas-= ant things about his ancestry in general A con" has as muci family lxdde as any other man and