The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-09-23
Subway and L Riders Nap as They
Journey.

Mapping on the subway and the ele
waited has become habit with many
city workers who use these systems OF
transit in getting to and from then
work An old subway guard has made
some observations of these sleepers,
Few, IL any persons, he finds, doze on
their way to work, but many tired men
and women fall easily to sleep on the
homeward Journey.
Some, through force Of habit, are
able to sleep when the subway rush is
at its height, end il is seldom that any
oversleep and are carried beyond their
station. One old fellow boards a
Broadway express late in the afternoon
at Wall street He picks out seat in
rear corner of car, if he can find
one. and then he proceeds to fall asleep,
awakening punetually at the West
l45th street station. Women like to
nap as we'll as men. Most sleepers are
restless and doze lightly. There are
few really sound sleepers among them.
Some get but few winks Of sleep, and
men or women who can sleep for 10 or
20 minutes al stretch are rare
There are many types, and fake
sleepers as well as the genuine. Some
men on seeing a woman straphanger IN
front of them pretend to sleep, believ-
ing il will excuse their lack of gal
lantry in not relinquishing their seats
An annoying but by no means uncom.
mon type is the man who likes to use
passengers shoulders for a pillow
Neither rebuffs nor angry words have
much effect in correcting his habit. Dc.
casionally the snoring type makes an
appearance TO the annoyance or smuse-
ment of fellow riders.
The early morning hours present the
best varieties OF sleepers. At such
times northbound trains are filed with
tired and dropping spirits from Coney
island. Exhausted children sleep sound
" on the shoulders of their parents,
and frsyed and worn-out pleasure seek
ers have troubled dreams of shoot the
chutes. Virginia reels and humping
witching waves Another type is the
Broadway idler carrying home with
him the earmarks of a rough but pleas
ant evening. proclaiming by his
musscd-up appearance that despite
prohibition he has had a night with
the boys
In summer, especially on humid days
or nights. the elevated roads are more
popular with the citys mapping popu
lation than the underground trains, for
tired and troubled souls, If they are
fortunate enough to get a window seat,
may doze comfortably from the Bat
terry 10 jerome avenue, the Bronx
Many men who are employed in the
big downtown produce houses and mar
kets have 10 be ION the job" early, and
il the heat has spoiled their sleep dur
ing the night they manage to make up
for it little by slumbering on their
way 10 work
type of sleeper that is particularly |
TO employees Of the roads Is
The person who attempts to make . |
subway or elevated train a lodging /
house He gets on a train somewhere
in the Bronx and sleeps all the way TO /
l4th or Chambers street, where he |
lwakens and transfers to an uptown /
train, repeating this performance so
often as he thinks he can get away |
with IT," His deception is usually dis
covered before he has travelled a great /
distance Some such sleepers on awak
ming at Borough hall Of Atlantic ave
hue. pretend to have been carried be
sond their getting of place. New York
Times.