Evening star., 1924-07-13
AROUND THE CITY
-By Mamie Lancaster

of boy keep his seat while women
old enough to be her own mother
stand alongside.
Another mother. with a crumb Of q
child for which she has not paid, will
let 1t stand on the inside seat 80 that
1t can look out of the window, while
another passenger entitled to that
seat by right of purchase il compelled
to stand.
And nave you-oh, have you ever
noticed the young woman with an
escort who takes possessive hold of
his coat sleeve if he shows symptoms
of rising for some other woman? You
know you have!
When you consider the time and the
WEAKNESS saved by one small token,
YOU feel rightly thankful for so good
a serviCe-nevcr mind the impatience
that comes with some delay--but
there is one just and helpful thing
that might be suggested to the man.
agement:
Post notice that no free admi ssi Oh
child shall be allowed to occupy a
seat while any pay passenger stands.
That Is business honesty. Also, an
other above the side seats stating
that that The. the space ace is s Intended for
in front Of three selfish passengers
who sit sideways, or lounge, as if
they were in easy chairs at home, Gre
ates smartish bit of wear and tear
on one s immortal soul.
Otherwise, street cars are all right.
once women realize that business is
business, q and social Difference
something else again.
1t is man doctrine that curiosity
Is OF the feminine gender, but-just
to show that man may also possess
the quality that killed the cat-one of
him took trip to Baltimore by boat
the other day.
ha cfa
assortment OF summer voyagers-city
families swarming down on farm rel
atlVes; summer boarderS for river re-
sorts and men and women on their
way back to the country after a
scraping acquaintance with the bricks
to be going home. One man, young
enough to grow wisdom later on
CHANGED to be seated at dinner next
| to plain sort of woman who knew
him any dish near her that he might
want. 1t was courtesy that he rec
| ognized by comment or two regard
ing the trip, the weather, and SO on.
At supper. in the same seats, he ex-
| tended his remarks to politics and as
she responded with intelligence he
tried her on psycho-analysis. She ad-
mitted to knowing the usual thimble-
full. and later on, when the moon was
making a silver track across the
her on deck, and in the course Of talk
spoke of his fession--reporter on
Baltimore paper-what flair he
had for detective work, and his really
uncanny gift for mind reading-"or.
in other words psyche o-analySis--''
I'm not saying this to praise my
self, you understand, but after talk
ing to stranger for, say, an hour, ]
can read his mind like an open book
what he does for living, what he
is most interested in. and
Myself. for instance" suggested
the woman.
He smiled with the kindly su-
periority Of a wise old man to a
sh hedding- child-never mind the
fact that she was older by a decade,
and. maybe, more-
You are easy-domestic in taste
/ judge that by the knitting and
novel in your lap. You have an in
keep in touch with the topics of the
day. You have dear sons. I can tell
by your maternal friendliness to me
and to those children you were with
this afternoon. I'm always on the
lookout for character-tips, you see.
One has to be to keep the reading
power on the alert-just as my news
paper faculty keeps me on the jump
for good story. And would be
willing to bet big money on it that
you are a first-class housekeeper in
your happy home, and are thought
fully careful of the comfort of your
family-that was easy to tell by the
way you helped me at table instead
of letting me wait to be served or
go without-moreover-
I'D advise you not to gamble on
your mental urges, so far as / am
concerned, son-though l must in
honesty admit that you have sized me
up all right. except that I am an old
maid: never had a home nor expect
one: eat at cafeterias where there is
nothing to pass except the salt, and