The sun., 1908-07-19
AS TO KEEPING TO THE RIGHT.
women's ways About This and the ways. of
Men-An Unexpected Happening.

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Men-An Unexpected Happening.
Women said the philosopher. you
can't tell anything about; apparently they
have no notion whatever Of the customs OF
keeping to and turning out 10 the right;
they seem to be governed in this simply
by their own fancy at the time, and they
are as likely to keep along on the wrong
as on the right side Of the walk. When
you meet them they keep their own course
whatever 1t may be, and expect you to turn
out for them, which Of course you do, nc
matter which way you have to turn.
But while women in walking thus, az
they often do, on the wrong side Of the road
seem TO be governed simply by their own
sweet wills at the moment. with men II may
be different. Men often take and keep the
wrong side Of the walk because In such
cases the wrong side happens to be the
particular side on which they prefer to walk
Thus there are men who like always to
walk on the fence side Of sidewalk and
who keep on that side In whichever direction
they are going, whether 1t brings them to
the right or the left, and then there are men
who like the curb side. And when you
meet a man going thus on the wrong side
il is always a question whether you shall
insist on your rights and keep TO the right
and make him turn out, or whether you shall
turn out and let him keep his way.
"As rule turn out for the other man.
Occasionally get stubborn and make him
turn out, but generally turn out for him,
and let him stick to the eide he likes to walk
on. I know IL is said that II we surrender
our rights in little things we will surrender
them in big things, and that we ought al
ways to fight for our rights. but / never
Ia tn otNt,l line Iiss l.
thing. do think that when man has taken
up a fight, little or big, he ought to fight
it out to the end, but I don't believe In
squabbling over every little thing that
comes along, and 30. as rule, when meet
a man walking on the wrong side Of the
road let him keep it.
But my turning out doesn't always
work precisely as had expected. For in
stance:
.As was walking along a sidewalk in a
orosstown street this morning, keeping
we'll over to the right, as Is my usual custom, |
colored man who was keeping to his left,
and who therefore was walking on the
same side OF the walk that was, and OBJ
yiously II neither Of us turned out we should
soon meet.
sIn these circumstances he started to turn
out, and did; he to give me the right OF way
and to let him keep along the way he was
going, and naturally we met, and then
this was at about IL O'Clock in the morning
he held up in front Of me between the tips
of the fingers Of his two hands fountain
pen and said:
az want you TO take this fountain pen and
give me 10 cents. haven't had any break
fast
Il said didn't want the fountain pen, but
/ fshed out dime and handed II over TO
him.
"Now, you take the pen. he said, but I
said No, I don't want II, and when he again
didn't want 1t, that didn't use q fountain
pen anyway, and I laughed. and In fact we
both laughed q little at this stage Of the
conversation. and then he said:
81 thank you very nuoh,' and went his
way and went mine.
Certainly an unexpected ending of a
meeting that a minute before had seemed
to involve only the question Of who should
fiirn out