The Washington times., 1921-10-09
EASY TOSTAND
IN JAMMED CAR,
EXPERT CLAIMS
Proper Position Of Feet With
Good Grip on Strap Pre-
scribed for Passenger.

scribed for Passenger.
Do you know how to stand on your
own feet?
II you think 20 just try to ride a
Washington street car during the
rush hours without hanging your
self from a strap or festooning your
self over some stranger.
Then when you have tried-and
failed-come back and read further.
Frank Hedley. the Horace Greeley OF
the New York subway, habitat OF
shoals of sardines and other poor
fish in human form. has recently
enlightened the public as to the
proper way to stand in a public
vehicle.
A copy of his editorial on this
important art, in that snappy sub
way publication. the Interborough
Bulletin, has been sent on to Wash
ington by q former denizen who lost
two toes in scrambles on local cars
during the war.
Despite the amount Of practice
Neutrality-suspicious. have been afforded,
t In astounding how few can stand
anywhere except on some strangers
new shoe shine. Some. exposed to
the benefits of college education,
have solved the problem to their
own satisfaction. They either walk
home or sit tight and watch the
dollies dangle from straps.
This One Is Easy.
But, to return to Mr.. Hedley. He
begins his editorial with a riddle.
This lends a pleasing, government
bulletinish effect.
| What" he asks. "is more I'M
pleasant than a crowded street carr"
| He doesn't suggest the answer, but
no good Washingtonian could hope
to miss that one. The answer, Of
course, being two crowded street
cars"
Passengers stand on each others
toes and the straphangers tumble all
over the place when the vehicle
rocks" remarks Mr.. Hedley with an
acuteness Of observation remarkable
In one 90 young. And then he adds.
consolingly. But II every one would
stand properly there would not be
any trouble"
Here he prints a diagram, the out
lines Of three earnest pairs Of feet.
| TWO OF them are wrong. One is
right. But after you have puzzled
over them for a time you are will
Ing to swear they are all wrong.
The car represented may be assumed
to be flat-wheeling It's way toward
the wilds Of Mount Pleasant. The
feet Of a stout lady from George
town are pointed back toward the
three luckless marble damsels under
the fountain in Dupont Circle. The
stout lady from Georgetown is all
wrong. She is baIling things UP.
Presently the car will strike a loose
Joint In the rail and she will flatten
that distinguished looking gentleman
on the aisle seat three pews toward
the stern. rr@- Z.
The Correct Attitude.
Tho thin man with his elbow IN
the abdominal region Of his glaring
neighbor and whose feet are pointed
que west toward Swampoodle. rs also
In error. The boy who is standing
correctly has his bunion boxes point.
er nor by west, by three
quarters west.
Don't stand stiffly." Mr.. HedIey
continues. IF you brace your
muscles against falling you are more
likely to fall than II you stand per.
fectly easy. letting your body give
little to the Jolting. II you hold
your feet apart you are less liable
to fall. About eighteen inches is the
best distance for the average per.
son and, unless your feet are re-
markably large, they won't be in
anyoody's way when they are this
distance apart"
This will keep your cosmic eso
alive. give your liver deligbtful eS.
ercise, and I'LL your kidneys with
lad surprise. Try II.