The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-05

portation Coupany, which operates 500 public motor vehicles and taxa meters cabs. is from 8 to 10 o'clock in the morning. This Is heaviest on Mondays and most of this traf1ic starts from the depots or the dock of the Newport boat. Some of 1t is MT Mcneybags returning from his -coun- try place after Sunday, and anxious to be whisked downtown to Wall street But the larger part of this rush is made up of people who have been at tending house. parties and have come into town to take some other. train to their next visiting place, or to meet some steamer. In this rush, however, are also large number of women who have been giving weeds ends and who come in on Monday to go shopping and lay in their supplies for the com ing week. Many of these are taken direct to the fashionable stores, the swell grocers. ifruiterers and caterers, and after luncheon at the Colony Club or some stylish restaurant, go back to the depot. This rush is lighter in winter than. in summer. though 1t takes jump because of skating par ties after cold spell. Strangely enough, the shopping service Of cabs Is lightest on the days when the stores advertise their bargain. sales, so the New York Transportation Com pdny Q experts eVerS.
 The next rush for the taxameters and monthly service vehicles is from noon to three o'clock. This is one Of the woman's rush. hours. Very few men use thes cabs at this time, but the wealthy women begin to go downtown to luncheon engagements or to the homes of their intimate friends for bite"
 There are also dressmaking trips, shopping in the stores, and on wednes- days and Saturdays the matinee is off ten the objective.
 But the real rush hour for the wo- men is between three and five or. half past five. This Is the calling hour and the time for driving through the park. The calling service is particu- larly active on Wednesdays and Thurs days. because there are a number of we'll known society people who are at home on these days. To show how the cabby is dependent upon society the starter said that if the leaders of the four hundred changed their receiv-' ing days to Monday, the public con- veyance people would feel the differ ence in a week and Mondays would be heavy days Still. he said, there are many people who call on other than calling days when Mrs Hauton is "out" merely to leave cards and then have time for a little bridge at the house of some really congenial friend.
 The heaviest rush during the winter day, however. begins at o'clock. Cabs are called then to take people to dinner, and fin most cases, are or- dered to wait and later take them to the theatre or opera. The rush on ordinary theatre nights keeps about 1,500 cabs busy and on opera subscrip- tion nights as many as 2,000C are some times engaged. There is a let up in this rush while the theatres are actual, ly in session. but during this time there is much rushing around from cafe to cafe and hotel to hotel. while not few take a drive up and down Broad way to enjoy the crowds and see the sights and get little air after coffee and cigars. After the theatre or op- era, the passengers commonly drive to some hotel or restaurant for supper, or to supper or dances at private houses. But generally by f2:30 o'clock most of the cahs are making their way to the neighborhood where the wealthy sdleep. At I o'clock most of the great restaurants begin to close. with the exception of the lively ones which so nearly all night. The cabby who cruises ID and down Broadway looking for a fare. commonly gives up his search shortly after 1 o'clock.
 The idea that the cabmen are par ticularly, busy on all sortz of Bohemian errands after 1 o'clock, Is. acording to the records of the New York Transport tation Company, not at all accurate. There is very little trahic after this hour, except to catch late trains at the depots. There are very few calls. and most of these come from the sporting clubs and the actors clubs. The actors. after the play, go to the Lambs. Players or Greenroom for sup CT and to spend their evenings, which Is about six hours behind the evening of the average man. They reach their clubs about 11:30. and may stay there until or o'clock theirgreat social time.