The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09
BY HARVEY p. RHODES,

TO 0bNftNt ana NihNN tnf
predictions of human nature than
y those men who operate street cars.
once From early morning until late at
aoto night. as they travel over their runs.
iet; they are constantly coming IN con-
* tnct with persons Of various ooi)ta
one dispositions and Temperament. r.. one
cont passenger may lac an irnsctble oid
SUBJ eodger who is sourod on tho wo.ld,
reiN who has long since forgotten the
.Sln Fundamentals OF civlity and court
tnat eousncss and who looks upon 'he
lMtun M street car operator as q pHrt'y hu-
Ns'V MIN servant. while tho next tnny be
prominent business man or woman
FoH who greots the operator with a
1@nu @ cheerful Good morning" anl thus
1,,N wipes out his uucXprcgsr1 feeling ~
WI disgust toward the uncivi old duck
~ that regards every wngc cirn'r US
.mh, his personal lackcy
Fecl optlmists In the Majority.
Han Happily tho pleasant faced ana
napc pleasant voiced patrons arc far In
tcns The majority. just as 'hcv nr' iu
man every othcr line OF cudcnyp- II this
PERI were not true. lfc to the ppiuuisis
Rob would be o drosry existence. Ana
" Ftroot car operator must be- an opti-
rom miT. He must always hold his tcm-
;.ss ner. regardless ~ thc prc"o.at!ga
eide Tor anger AZ an efficient cmployo
turs ho must overlook tho SHORTCOMINGS
sha of othcrs; he must always benr il
!dea mind that there is no uniformity -
ton human nature, which vgries with tht
ta.ci individual posscssnr of that Oft de-
iho ucptvC commodity.
tnc lie has learned from experience
eout that while thcro are some chronic
Hiru Cranlts and habitually abusive kick
that rfa most mon exhibit an undcs'r-
the able temperament only when fhtr|
he wives want n new hat or gown or
cate when business i1 rotten, and they
n have got over 10" I'm a few hourg
raf Then agtin. the operator ~ uSu-
natl ally the first person outside ~ his
,Vlti own family with whom patron
lie comes In contact In tho morning as
aay he leaves for his office, and the last
tutn person he secs as he returns home
logi in the evening after strenuous
cvei day at the office. No matter how
"a good naturcd they arc most OF tho
uor timc. few men arc ns even tenn
ss pered whom they start out In the
Ina. morning or when they qa!t In the
ides evening ny they are bowen those
the Periods Frequently they "slccp on
site the wrong side OF the bed" and arise
20 with n dnrks brown taste In their
mouths that is conducive To lrritn-
The bihty And after a hard days work,
with its attendant problems and per.
The plexities their minds are likely to he
preoccupicd as they wcnd their
The weary way homcward Az result
they are more easily irrltatcd than
The they would he II they we're taking
Tha their vacation and were not weighted
down with business cares and MP
LIN pointmenta
Statistics They Believe.
'rhs II might be parenthcticaly stated
Bla an business men do not own high'
powered automobiles, In which they
shh nre taken to and from their places
real OF business by llvered chautfeurs.
oln a few OF them still cling TO street
sica cars as II means OF transportation
uer Statistics indicate the less one uses
mo Ibis car the fewer repairs and the
me me less gasoline Il necds-and few
li2i business men believe these STATISTICS.
toIl These are some OF the observa-
tss' lions made by the writer after inter-
"uu viewing u number of street car oper-
~ ators. and. through the courtesy OF
~ the management. riding for several
~ hours over the various lines of the
Tulsa Street Railway company. Most
80 OF the time In obtaining Information
ara was spent near the motormen and
at% conductors, convcrslnE with them on
on. Their opinions OF street car patrons
~ both as q whole and as individuals. |
tard ~ was only natural that during these
~ conversations the writer ". 'ld also
hes obtain few facts about the oper-
No ators themselves and about the his |
49, tory % TulsR's transportation sys-
en- tenn
Fa, Careless and daring motorists are
clio, the bane Of street car operators
,,h Existence. Operators were unanimous
~ In this declaration. It TX the man ur
bro woman driver who da she's wildly In
not front OF street car as Il starts
Tor across an Intersection that keeps
ho the operators nerves ragged. for he
Mo nus hecn tauHht that he must use
ant tho same precautions In preventing
prc accidents that he expects from the
4 n. motorist. Many drivers knowing
ten eois. take advantage of the knowl-
tina edge and eNnoCt tho operator to
DIRE avert accidents for both Of thoui.
which the operators try to do
the All Women Not Errntc
die 7 Most persons believe women driv-
lie rvs are less skilltul than men, and
prt that They take moro chances that
En- arc likely TO result In accidents. Yet
as street car operators DO not find this
the 10 be true. Women drivers they
ton say, as e rule are more cautious aud
! careful and are not likoly to get into
ella dangerous predcamcnts unless they
ana Become nervous ana close their
gA beads," which IL only occasionally
LOG Once In a while there is u woman
eu who, when she sees signa Of danger
at becomes hystcrioal ana loses control
un 5of hor car when In fact IL she had
OF "kept her head" the danger would
W. have been greatly minimlzed
or one reason why street cars get of
cA their schedules and behind time was
shown twice within n few minutes
Dl - IN" writer while riding on n Mort n
NJ Peoria South Frisco car, ana again
II while or Kendall car The North
ou Peoria car was on time on this par.
ac .tcuiar trip until II reached Hodge
M street. There il got behind n large
10 truck which was driven st a provoke
az ingly slow rate of speed. Hair OF
IN the truck was on the track, which
prevented the car from passing, Al
1t though the motorman changed his
~ bon repeatedly Gud voolfcrousy the
ariFer refused 20 get Off 'he track.
once. when the mOtorman sounded
o. the bell unusually loud and long.
the driver glanced back over his
m Iisht shoulder and smiled impu-