Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-13

impression 1t makes on the average
| person.
Excuse me" often falls fiat vhere
"I beg your pardon" uttered In low,
| intense voice, goes over nagtcally. ANY
one may try out the effectiveness Of
these two utterances almost any day,
and will see at once the difference In
effect. Wo do not say 1t is right, but
| 1t Is so.
Cascading the newcomer on your
| right or left elbow, as the case may
demand, is one of the greatest tricks Of
street car or bus riding.
Suppose you are seated on the left
hand side, by the window. There is a
vacant seat, of course, to your right.
Here comes a large gentleman who
physically demands three-fourths of a
seat, and who, If one may Judge from
| his appearance, feels that he Is en-
titled to full seven-eighths.
We have even seen majestic ladies
| who plainly indicated by their very
presence that they felt that one should
get up and give them the entire seat.
When the would-be seat mate starts
| to sit down, deity elevate the elbow
slightly, not enough to attract his at
| tention, but still enough to make him
| sit on it.
The chances are that he will immedi-
ately move over without waiting to see
| just what he is touching.
Passengers aboard public vehicles are
a tremendously touchy crowd. They re-
| sent even the tickle Of a newspaper on
their necks.
Once the seat mate has taken his
proper amount Of space, the elevated
elbow may be lowered to its proper
| position.
One should always keep it ready,
| however, to give him poke in the ribs
in case he seems to believe that you
have hogged more seat than Is due you.
Another little trick which makes for
| great comfort in public vehicles is this:
Never in the first instance move over
toward a window as far as you can go.
If you do. when the aforementioned
| fat lady sits down beside you, you will
have no place into which to withdraw.
It Is not so much a matter Of satisfy
| ing the proprieties or the adjustment of
| two human beings to what they may
| regard as an insufficient amount Of
space as 1t is Of satisfying the ego Of
| the fat lady.
If she thinks that she is making you
move over, she will be perfectly salts
| 1ed with herself, and so with you.
So always keep few inches of space
| left, and when she sits down finally
move over. although not in too great q
hurry, so that she can in turn move
sideways q bit.
This pleases her immensely, doesn't
hurt you, and makes the world bright
and happy-a splendid result to secure
from so slight trick, every one will
admit except, maybe. the fat LADY,.
| " X X
To some these little problems of every
day life may seem too slight and trivial
for notice, but II Is the trifies which
make up life, as the old sundial says.
Many persons refuse to study their
furnace, with the result that home heat
| ing with them is simply a hit and miss
proposition Of ups and downs, too cold
one hour, too hot the next, whereas the
man who Is interested in everything
evolves a system whereby he reduces his
labor and. at the same time keeps his
home at a uniform temperature day
and night.
The street car or bus passenger who
does not find himself above the study
of interesting trifles of human conduct
soon discovers ways and means to make
his daily trips enjoyable and profitable.