Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01

on our line with a transfer concealed
about his person. but where it is he never
busiest time. and he reads y newspaper e.
such an extent tn L it's a hard job to wake
him mp in the first PLACE
HE usually never looks I'D from his
PIPER. and when he gets Il tina: his fare
is wanted. he pulls out OF his pocket all
sorts of things. Once. ] remember, he
handed me out Il theater-seat check, and
then went into trance with his news
paper. I handed bacl, the check he took
il and went on reading. When | asked hin,
again for the fare. he looked up surprised
and told me he had given it to me- told
him to look what he had in his hand
Well. that's all right he says mad
like. what's that got to do with it"
'''s just what | want TO know. says.
that's what YOU handed me GU. just now.
with that IN he goes again and fetches
up business card which lie hands me
all the time getting more and more into
the paper. II took about a quarter OF an
hour that time to get the fare, which, as
it turned out. he had in his hat TO make
sure he could get at il easy. don't know
how many people have ridden free on
account of that mans absent mindedness.
You see from this why the pay-as-you-
enters have been put on.
Passengers upon cars may notice the
inscription. 1T is against the law to ex-
pectorate in this car and thereby hangs
a tale which came recently to the notice
of the scribe. There is. among the con-
slant patrons of one Of the street car
lines, certain distinguished member Of
the Supreme Court, who is much addicted
to the use of the Indian weed, which he
consumes in the form Of the classic
'chaw.'' Upon boarding his car the
learned judge is usually we'll plugged
up if the expression is allowable. and
the consequences are of such a nature as
to come under the ban of the notice quot
ed above.
Despite the reference to the law. this
eminent representative of the blind god
dess has been observed chatting with the
conductor beneath the very sign relating
10 eXpectoration. while lie literally bedeck-
ed the floor of the car with the salivary
process accompanying the use of the
'chaN. Thus is justice indeed observed
to be blind in certain modern instances :
Other conductors. however. are not so
lenient with the Justices disregard of the
legal injunction, and one of them was
observed to enforce the regulation upon
the representative of the Supreme bench.
The latter made no protest, but slbsti-
tuted for the floor of the car the slot in
the window
- :" "eiu ~ ~ eSiii eoi 1oHipdHs Jill
Gals that had the experiment tried in
New York of having cars exclusively for
women proved success in Gotham it
would have been instituted here. Now.
however. that the innovation has resulted
in failure. the ladies seeming to prefer
the mixed vehicles. the experiment does
not bid fair 70 be extended to this city
Many persons will recall the expert
ment. tried in Washington some twenty
years ago. Of equipping herdics with seats
on top after the fashion of the London
bus. This scheme likewise eventuated in
failure. The reasons why this apparently
attractive feature did not succeed are va
rious. One explanation is that the nu-
merous trees of the Capital city often
proved embarrassing to the passengers on
top of the vehicles. ladies' bonnets being