Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02

Dear sir: Why is it such a pleasure
to ride the street car to of1ce In the
morning after having used q private
car over a long period? During the
cold spells when the fivver refuses to
start we turn to the street car. But
what a delightful experienced 1t is not
because the street car Is safe and de-
pendable. Maybe 1t Is the change.
However, have another explanation.
"A ride In an auto Is an adventure In
| loneliness; 1t Is travel often under ten
sion and strain; you are aware OF me-
chanical. depersonaliZing force that is
uncomforting; 1t presses all about you.
But in the street car is the atmosphere
of humanneSs: one is not aware OF or
forgetS the mechanical; 1t Is relaxing.
"The auto isolates, the street car So
cializes. The forces which bring men
together in the city are social. Parties,
clubs, dances, fraternities, banquets.
churches, ETC., are the fulfilment OF So
cial needs. If the street car could
speak it would say, I, too. help man
to get together, to escape from himself.
hold party "a hours day; it costs
not much of a talking or knowing
party, but you never feel like a wall
flower in it; you don't feel strange in
it. and you are never aware OF being
lonely in It'll. w. r"
X X \
AS the street car is to the private au-
tomobile, so the bus Is to the street car.
Compared to the atmosphere OF the
bus, the sense of social well-being in
the street car is not so hot.
Street car riding positively strikes
one as stilted. after riding the bus from
Dogville. This thriving community lies
on the edge of the great city. 1t Is a
small municipality in itself, chill
Summer and SHOWS in Winter.
Since the bus came to Dogville sew
eral years ago 1t has remained the
principal way Of getting to town. Many
who own cars prefer the bus, owing
to the parking problem. 1t might be
we'll to state, in passing, that the name
no longer fits the community-there
were plenty of dogs in its initial stages,
but they have given way to nice cats.
AS people become civilized they give
up dogs, except in the country, where
dogs A,long. In meadows and fields
good dogs lead good lives, but in small
back yards they are miserable, and
even the cats feel sorry for them.
The bus from Dogville 1--WE will have
to change this name) Is veritable
OLl1AhC UkAC OtACCb NthA AA
stanced by our correspondent, the Dog
willie bus deals largely In conversation.
The several buses, leaving the ter
minus at stated periods, carry their
quota of workers, each bus containing
about the same persons every morning.
Thus residents get to know each
other by sight, and come to indulge
In pleasant converse, one with the
other, on the important topics OF the
day, especially as they affect Dogville.
often the bus Is merely an overflow
meeting from the citizens association
gathering of the evening before. The
need for better lighting. the condition
Of some sewer, what 70 do with four
first grades In one public school
these are some of the absorbing topics.
The very fine calculations made ny
the manufacturers of the buses. IN
order to permit the examining OF as
many persons as possible In the small
est possible space, make for a most
delightful proximity, which breaks the
ice. as It were, and makes every one
feel at home with his neighbor.
When Miss Gerry Sweetheart Is
standing on ones toes, and Miss Mary
Youngfellow has her right elbow deity
pressed against the most sensitive spot
In ones collarbone, and Miss Oldchap
insists on holding sher buttery bag OF
lunch squarely against the shou1oer OF
ones suit. there can be no question OF
the chummineSS Of the occasion.