The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02
The Street Car Conductor
Tells Of Signs of Spring

THAT poetry about the young mans
fancy turning to thoughts OF love In
the spring may be true" remarked
the street car conductor as he punch
ed a transfer. but there Is absolutely
no doubt that hts mind turns lightly
to thoughts OF a new suit. This talk
about going to the country TOT sig
Of spring Is all rot" he continued.
"Of course, going to the country is
ali rights, for II helps the railroads
and baggage transfer companies.
Sure, spring Is to do with the renewal
OF nature, but isn't nature In Its high"
est form human? Yes. say, and that
makes the city pretty likely place
for signs of springs awakening.
Just take look here" the con-
ductor insisted when his car was
caught In a tie-up at Broad ana
Eighth streets. That's what ! call
manifestation that spring II here.
OF course, Mother Nature presents her
trees and flowers with new clothes
and gives the birds and animals new
feathers, but pipe her human chill
dren.. AZ he concluded he pointed
a grimy forefinger to pedestrians, the
younger Of whom. male and female,
| were bedecked. though probably not
| arttsttcaliy, nevertheless. such as
Dame Nature requires at this season.
Board. yelled the conductor as
| his partner on the front platform
GLANCED the gong. He turned to the
passenger: "Os course. the high
brows win tell you that this desire
| to bedeck oneself Is merely pre-
ifmtnary act. the object of which is
| TO shine in the eyes OF your beloved
one. They will point to hundred
examples In the bird and animal
world, where nature provides gay
coats TO dazzle the eyes OF the pros
pective mate.
but these here sntashers what og-
gle the kiddoes amt ace high when
IL comes to the clothes of woman.
| You know. a dame ain't content wit
| the greater beauty bestowed upon her
by the Creator but Is bound to have
| regaiia. the like OF which, Solomon in
I ali his glory was never arrayed In.
They Jump on NORM my car and J
| can hear silks a-rusltng. Sometimes
| / hear 'eln inside gushing about Chan
| ttily laces, chiffon. fouiards. but. man
alive. my nut fairly spins when II
comes to talk about all that stun.
s"You know that feeiin' what you
| always have at this time OF the year?
I Wen, all OF US sons, anu uausn.ers'
too. have II. and there are Various
signs right mere Among ene p,'ck
| houses and asphalt streets that tell us
! that they all hear 1t, just the same
| as III II was the note Of that pie-eyed
| piper or the guy what chased all the
| rats of that burg. Read IL In school.
y.understan.?"
! Returning from fare-collecting
| trip, the conductor began TO sum up
his observations
| ..ra,k ahouf signs of sprinx. Even
~. raiIroa Al show signs OF the times.
a,,nches ~ handbiIls have blossomed
~ rrnnt "a the downtown ticket Of
! acas telling folks 70 go to all kinds
~ places. since / have been here
~ the lanes river doing duty on
the hack end OF a street car have
sa,,nd ont q lot of things. They talk
~ srrinr why. thar bird can't touch
/, az human robin Ever notice him ?
what No? Well YOU take a stroll
| through any or these breathing spots,
as they call .em-parks---any warm
/ day ana look at .en roosting on the
| benches they don't do nothtn. but
sonat there ali summer. pick up old
Newspaper and growi among them
selves that II somethin. amt done
\ nratty soon to get e ma lob America
/ will be in a greater state of up
! heayal than Russia ever dreamed OF.
They. come every spring and make
\ winds Of the fan begin 10 tickle their
i WHISPERS.
\ "And right now "A the time that
/ the moor married man goes home at
i night and gets out his box OF assorted
4 saed and garden catalogues and