The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
TROLLEY CARS POPULAR
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him, move his arm a little, pushing it
against the girls arm. Does the brute
want to crowd her? Not he He keeps
his arm pressed hard against hers for
AN instant, then takes it away.
Apparently the girl hasn't noticed 1t.
Certainly she doesn't look annoyed, for
her face is as Indifferent as his own
But a moment later she moves her arm
slightly and he is the one crowded. What
does it mean? Simply this: They can't
squeeze hands, so they're squeezing
armsi
Once In a while when the man is too
ardent in his looks his fair COM
panion thinks he may be overheard, she
tells him about it. You know 1t by a
little frown on her face and the change
can see they are talking of some ordi-
nary subject, possibly telling a story,
when they laugh outright, but generally
after the car gets well filled and they
are more or less screened from observa-
ton they look into each others eyes
and murmur.
~ sat close to couple like this the
other days and I deliberately caves
dropped-and I tell you I had to strain
my ears. This intelligent, well-bred
young man was looking straight into the
girls eyes and was murmuring Darling
sweetheart and she, with his ardor re-
hected in a pair of big blue eyes, whis-
pered back Deari' And that I con-
GUIDED after observing them for some
time, was the substance of their street
car conversation.
Objectionable? Well no. Nobody who
wasn't watching like a cat would have
seen anything out of the way or any
thing In the least offensive. 1t is prob
able that they wouldn't have chance
to see each other elsewhere, or that
every minute counted, and l venture to
say that there wasn't a soul in the car
besides myself who knew what was going
on, and I only knew 1t because I was
on the lookout It's the same in a sub
urban car. with the seats for two facing
front, only then they can do more in
the way of looks and whispers.
CAS- for the second class, they came
home a little later, somwhere about 6
o'clock. You can tell them at once. 1t
isn't that they aren't well dressed.
They're too we'll dressed The girl for
example, has the biggest Merry Widow
or the most exaggerated peach-basket
hat, while If fancy waistcoats happen to
be the style the young mans vest, as
he would call it, fairly 'hollers.'
"They sit close together whether the
car is full or empty, and the man has
that his elbow rests at the top of the
seat. his wrist brushing the girls should
err. He would put his arm along the
back of the seat, but the girl won't al
low it, not at that time of night anyway
and in closed car, with a lot of people
about. II he tries, although he seldom
does. she gives him a warning look, much
like that of her sister in the previous
class, and that is sufficient.
ITO speak frankly, their conversation
is much more intelligent, not to say
sensible, than that of the two first men
toned 1t is punctuated with I says and
he Cor she) says and their talk, which
is audible to anyone sitting near them,
is of the shop SLOPPY. She tells him of
the happenings of the day in the store
I says to her, / says, and SO on, and
he tells her about the boys in the Of
fee and how many he rolled that noon.
''They mention gentlemen and lady
friends. Who was Names gentleman
friend at the social Wednesday night?'
inquiries the girl, for instance. Love-mak-
ing? Certainly. She doesn't tell her other