The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
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THE ACCOMMODATION WAGON
rs EyERYB0DI''S FRIENR
II Carries You siy Miles for 10 Cents snn
HAits for Ven to do Pyramids 81 hen.e
--Aecommedntien Tukles' Cr'ors
Try. n ttsinter Grpnts. Sieitoys Purr.

here they produce o forminapie he' -
objections. TO many Of which you PROD
ably have no answor.
Even II you have q you don't bother
with IL. That sort Of thing may % al
right In less favored spots, but IN p
incetown what o the use OF botherins
with arguments when there Is the ao-
oommodation wagonp
SO you merely smile indulgentiy ano
cay nothing until you hear the rant
jingle-jingle Of q little bell somewhere
down the street. Nearer and nearer u
comes, you listening meanwhile with o
praotised BAR, until sudd .nly you break
right In on the newcomers caustio oom-
ments on the peculiar dearth oil bathrooms
LII Provincetown.
Lets take a ride ON the eccommoda-
tion wagon you say.
"The accommo- =.
But you are already ct the sidewalk-n
you happen to be on the sidewalk side Of
the street. There IL only o II you are
on the unsidewalked frontage you are IN
the roadway itself--and have lifted q snil-
ing hand In a signal to tho approaching
vehicle.
A smiline hardI Precisely. There's no
other way Of expressing II. Those 10
something about tho accommodation
wagon, something 90 gracious and be-
euiling, something so chcorful and do
voted, that tho worry flpgertips with
which opo Welcomes its approach Tool M
II they wore smiling. =.
Never was q namo botter deserved
than IL that Of accommodation wagon
by tho vchiclo into which you row mount.
IL 10 a long affair with -four roomy soafs,
a canopy top and two narrow steps, or
running boards. extending along oach
side from tho front wbecls TO the back.
Attached to the dashboard and pro-
jecting ovor tho tongue 10 o porch, upon
which tho driver takos rofugo whom
passenger trafac is &C heavy as to ill all
the seats. AT other times be occupies
a corner Of tho front coat wherce by
slightly turning his head no can direot
his amiablo conversation throughout tho
length and breadth Of the company be-
hind him. =,
Thore is Just one roal. erowrup street
In Provinoetown. For three miles 1t
meanders along In gentlc windings which
follow every ourvo Of tho beach borderis-
the hsrbor. This stroot 10 wide enough
for two wagons to pass. That's, all. 1t
makes one think of the tape or gimp
op tho edgo Of fringe. for from 1t there
run back a multitude Of tiny lanes not
more than ten or twelve foot wide. 4,
They lead TO an intermittent sort Of
street in the background. but rs this gets
rather mixed up with the sand dunes
now and then 1t doesn't really count any
way. Everybody makes straight for. the
o and only thoroughfars. from end to
end Of which Jog the stout horses which
draw the benevolent institution above
mentioned.
Fastened to the under side OF the 40
oommodation wagons canopy top there
Is q printed notice WHICH ID calculated TO
cause some u~neaslnees In the mind Of
the stranger. II announces that this 10
an accommodation wagon and that par
.senKers will be carried on short tripa for
FIVE cents apiece. It further states that
no stops will be made except to take on
or leave passengers.
That very much capitalized word
abort gives the unlnitiated person o
rather fdgety feeling. He wonders Just
what 10 the local Interpretation Of abort.
and he is on the alert for symptoms OF
diamissal on the part Of the driver.
He need not sorry, For s csnts be
can ride every foot Of the. route. He
ban ever get 90 the accommodation wagon
Keep HE place the whole three miles TO
the other end, return thence to his orig
inal starting point and On DESCENDING
there pay 10 cants for his SIX mile }auht.
A for that warning about not making
stops except for taking OF leaving pessen.
gers 1t need not cause q single qualm.
e not this The accommodation wagon!
q Spf T. cannot ride far without having proof
sMr. Young calls d young person from
the middle seat. -just stop at the cost
ofice a minute. won't you, please,'
The driver pulls up with q Jingle. the
young person hSps put and passengers
stamp and licking the same on to the
.All rishtl' she cries oheerily ne she
climbs aboard ono more. MI. Young
waits to see that everybody ID all right,
then jingles on again.
mother Of three children, all Of whom she
is taking out for a ride, to stop at the
grocery store. She does hot kst out, but
inquiries in a shrill voice whether the
store harbors any bananas. 1t does. She
takes half a dozen.
Pail como 10 and pay you, > she says.
sAl right, Mr.. Young; no ahead
Or there appears In the doorway Of the
millinery shop an ample form who waves
her pudgy hands wildly. The driver fails
to observe her. but the passengers call his
attention TO the signal. He pulls up.
Say. wait just q seconds pleads the
woman. Cant you wait just a half a
ssure,' says the calm driver. .Kes,
your hair on. Mis- Smith. Wen wait"
Mis- Smith disappears and It Is a GOOD
minute and a half before abe COMES out
with her hat. as we'll hs her hair, on and
ASSURING the milliner with her partins
breath that she wants roses ON the ieft
side.
Occasionally the passengers are inclined
to rebel at q .pie,o Of 10 ofnnodstiSf,
which secms to them excessive. Soma
grumbllng ives heard q day this summer
when a woman got the wagon to wait
while she went into the library and en-.
changed her book. Even the driver cast
eomewhat anxious .glanccs toward ths
doorway. and the horses shook cs,t an
admonitory Jingle NOW and then.
She's stopped to look Mt the last paee
and see how II ends.' remarked a man,
but even he laughed with the fost whcn
the woman finally came out fun Of apolo-
giles. ~