Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-21
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O'Clock Atlantic City train on the
Philadelphia snd Reading road pssssl
P.easantyille, Conductor Johnson end
Brakeman Frank Doughty begiu to take
40 interest in their passengers snd
collect tickets. Ii Is q digni6ed, almos
sol mn procet diDgs and innovations are
frUwped upon.
An Innovation WAS aboard the train
yesterday morning, 8 most striking in
noyati0D; an innovation about twenty
years old, wesnng large picture hat
trimmed with purple feathers and violeis,
a dashing tieh.. fitting. purple tsilor made
suit and a dark red vest with the cu6 ST
polka dots any woman could wish for.
She wss pretty, sbnor ually besuteour,
| and she TOOK sea: in the smoking car
" bile the fast train was humming across
the meadows she settled herself down in
! the cushions, rested her dainty head hack
against the dark green plush until the
color scheme WAS perfect, elevated one
| foot on the top of the steam pipe at the
side Of the Car aud, yawuing comfort
ably, picked fiat cigarette out of her
silver purse, lit match and sent q curl
ing jet of smoke floating of towards the
thermometer which hung from the bell
rope.
There were four man in the car, OBJ
serving men, meo who looked IS though
they had fam lies. Each tried to look
scsndslizsd; yet they looked where scan
dal might be found and they smiled. The
pretty little innovation die not seem 10
mind them.
Brakeman FfaDk Doughty, whose a.
cestCr' once owned pretty much all OF
South Jsrseg entered the car. Ga all
well regulated railroads it would b.
breach OF eiiqnet tor the conductor 10
demean himself by entering fra. Any
gay DJughty entered. He gave the Gus
tomsry double shuttle with the ventilstors
and hammered away at the steam cock
which regulates the heat thing.
de caught sight Of the blue smoke that
played ring-around-the-ro y With the pur-
pie feathers. He took a step forward,
say he wss confronted both with an 10
nJva'ion and sn emergency, snd dashed
TO nj, doom.
"Mlss, this is the smoking car"
"Thank yon, us awfully nice for you
to tell me-"
"Ye essum, not at all | assure you; but
this is the smoking csr-Shere men
smoke"
$50 | see," and the purple feathers
jiggled.
"But you can smoke here" Doughty |
was getting fl ,bbergsSted.
'N ? But ] am smoking; don't you
sei?"
There wss no answer under the sun
to that, and it was hen that Conductor
JObuson entered. Doughty made run
or him, whispered his worst fears aud
'tood aside. Now, johnson is tall,
iigul6sd conductor and he wore his
most pm d expression when he said:
"Msdam, this is the smoking car"
$50 the brakeman just informed me-"
"Women do not asa rule smoke here"
lis there place for women to smoke,
Won't you tell me where can find ii?"
But smoking by women Is not allowed"
There was twinkle as the girl replied
al am not smoking aloud, am very
uiet." And she sent great big wreath
{ smoke toward johnson. 1t formed a
slo around his head for second and
'sfted away.
"Put her out, - shouted ore the fam
y men as ne winked secsnlY al the
urple and violet hat. "rnios ber Cfi!
nd his words were supporieJ by snotner
Imily man who. asserted: TAint right,
amt right"
johnson suddenly got tangled up in
1e legal phrase OF the case, rights of
{ women and eli that. Then he
sw the innovation wink back at lhs
and he wandered away as
man stricken.
And the purple innovation tripped
sintily from the car at Camden, and the
nsmeless thing Of it all was that she
imly, but kindly refused any help from
be family mer, or 10 tell them VINO she
as.