The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-20

tried 70 get them to you. The guard
grIns. This is his happest moment, up
10 date. A man with square-top hat
and square-cut Jaw Is one of those
WHO set aboard. He marches In and
pulls down the blind back OF hi, seat
another; Wonder what that guy thinks
sunshine Is for anyway" The deter
mined looking citizen llfts his eyes from
his paper and faces the critic, Were
You speaking 10 Te?" he asks. "Oh.
no." says tho other. whiting. The big
man sets his shoulders further back and
returns to his paper. The baby with
The Guard Doesn't Mind"
10TH STREET-A sallow young man
with foolish Little side whlskers has an
argument with the guard because the
suit him, Vel, you S got on. aidnt
y0 SG, "a asks the guard Got 3, on! sure
my fare and fresh i guard n Thin think, he he
can keep me. from getting on. he's got
another think coming. Say, don't you
want me to ride on this carr "Oh, I
don't care who rides on the cars" says
the guard, Cuttingly, ''as long a. the
company don't mind 1t amt up to me
10 bDJtCl.
SD .sTREET--A gentleman with the
top OF his neckt!c pulled down from his
collar 40 that It's Just Impossible to keep
from noticing his diamond col!ar-button
gets on with q penny paper and the
same priced cigar. which has been al
lowed. 20 demise. The ilttle fat man with
the pig eyes calls out to the guard to
open the windows In the ceiling, as the
i'r is something awful. quietly.
lrnEgai I'D 10 M ,l
one turns and stares the offender full
IN the face, but the man with the late
cigar never notices. Finally. the quie,
gentleman. with sniff, gets up and
walks to Tie platform, Mr.. Diamonds
s SEQ y, ;, and m2ves his foot Clumsy
foot" The quiet gentleman is speaking
20 the guard, who answers; The rule
says smoking or carrying lighted cigars
into the cars IS forbidden, and that fel-
low wasn't doing neither" but the
smell, man. the SMELL points out the
director. The guard shrugs his Shout
ders,
A Cruel Blow.
SYST STKEET-The platform Of the
station IS crowded. Three men. each
wearing tan shoes in the winter time.
get nimbly aboard a girl, tall anu
div.nely fair, with q great wealth OF
red-gold hair piled on top Of her head
and eyes that shine like the face OF tn.
sun. starts toward the entrance gate
and your correspondent prays she may
choose the seat beside him. Horrors!
She changes her mind, and 10 not go.
Ing TO take this train! or all sad
words!
72D sTREET-The.e 10 a one.act
comedy staged on this station. The
guard has thrown open only one gate.
as there are not many to take the train
at this stop. A portly man, wearing
to the financial page, moved UP TO tho
closed gate. The guard motions him
to step aboard through the open side
open this gate" says the portly per-
son IAN aboard" shouts the guard.
and reaches an unwashed hand for the
signal bell. Don't pull that bell" says
the solid citizen. He looks firmly at
the train hand. and tho latter suddenly
swings the gate In with a force that
holder OF principle passes maJestically
through the entrance, and the guard
mutters horribly.
Haokett W. Oleott.
9th STREET--Here we rest After
tho cars have been filled with tn. new
passengers and emptisd Of those who
carry on the campaign In the Lincoln
square section. the guards get of and
stretch themselves on the station plat
form. wouldn't you think they'd be
able to get their running time straight
after all these years, and not hold up
people at this station day after d, : 90
asks dyspeptic looking woman OF a
girl who Is reading Lies Shop Win
switching her gum to the other side Of