The sun., 1910-06-19
RlRIT N STREET rIRs.
Manl MeR. Fewer Wsmen, so AMI ays IN
One Plaee one ENeeptl8n.

One Place One ENceptlon.
Men are more apt than womrn.- said
a woman who notices things. 10 ohooss
ssats In car aud they are also more likely
q sit always In the same scat II they can
get u. This comes from their regular
travelling 20 and from business. They
form a habit Of sitting in the same car
and in the same place. notice that they
may sit IN one car gong down town and
in another car coming up but they stick
to thess two cars.
1t Interested me 20 observe that !
fell into the same habit myself when
working aud going down and up town
daily at regular hours. Then ! boarded
my car in the morning 10 find about ~
many people often | struck the same car
and tho sams people and then ! ch1ss
what waa the beat seat left according O.
nv Judgment and always made for that
seat and usually ! got II. Then when
I came up town ~ my regular hour
always sat in exactly or spproH imately
the same place.
AN this did by force u habit; bHt
NNlHHM u NENAAN NAAANHNAHA NAN" AH"ANN NN W
find that when ! stopped work Tor my
long vacation I gave up the habit of NV
working time a. - my choice of ssats.
Now ! went IN and sat anywhere. finding
IN doing this a senae ~ freedom and
pleasure II WIS pleasant q M - walk
in and 80 down anywherr. as ] now did:
nni that 10 what women de- generally
when they enter car.
In q car with crUss seats q woman NAV
take a Cruss scat and even take a seat in
which she has - ride backward. taking
the cross srat ~ ~ o. have room IN the
air f1r her big hat ~ that Il wont o1llide
wl,h the side of the cur ~ when she Is
sitting in a side seat; bat generally sp.sk-
ug wumen 81 wherever they find a
sat not bsing c,,ntrnlled ~ men are by
habit in their --ieCtiun. Mhih there arc
nowadavs many women WIN work and
travel at regular hours 30 'he cars aud
l'noRg thcs~ perhaps not few who fall
iito a habit ot choosing seat as d.
" hen work .nE. yst the ma jUr.ty uf WuII,-n
do not travel " regularly aud the ma i.rty
st whore they can
Men have told me that they have
seen woman come into a car and w
down In a scanty space. cr0wdinS in h.-
tween two other women 10 the incUn-
ycri-nCs of all. when Just beyond there
might be two Or three Vacant SEATS to-
geth-r. anpl. room. and they have won.
drred WHY a woman should do this. why
she didn't keen on till she had come 10
those empty seats instead Of crowdinE
in betWesn the two women The simple
reason 10 that unless she il seeking a
cross seat On aCeOunt Of her hat a woman
usually takes the first seat she comes to
In a car.
Women do a curious thing Ia steam
cars You may walk into a car on a steam
railroad on sunny day and find the
seats on the shady side Of the car all or
nearly all occupied by men: and then
YOU may see a woman come in. and though
there may still 10 two or three vacant
seats on the shady side. you may ses the
woman walk along on the sunny side Of
the car where all the seats are empty aud
deliberately choose and sit down in a
seat on that less desirable sunny side
Possibly she dOes that because on
that side Ahs finds a choice of seats. but
guess the real reason for u all h that
men travel more than wOnen do and 20
are more keen 20 tho real advantages
OF the shady seats in the car and 20 always
sit on the shady side when they can get
there. ~ fancy women do az they become
more experienced In travel.
-Here is a curious thing which ! have
often noticed. suppose ] 90 down town
on q subway express train and get on
at FOrty-aecOnd street 70 transfer 70 a
local train 70 get into tho shOppina
district Many people do the sams
thing. the majority Of them az this
hour women; and then ] notice that |
when they transfer from an express to a /
local they are very likely 10 take in the |
local car aeats IN the same situation a.
those they occupied IN the express car.
! do this myssh and more than once I
when | have thus seated myself In the /
local oar ! have found sitting opposite ,
me here the same people 70 whom aat .
In ths express car. can account /
Tor this only on the auppOaitiOn that '
here We arr obaying the Impulse Of a /
fifteen minute formed habit