Show RAILROAD HUMAN NATURE A Woman Who Understood It and Used Her Knowledge Now and then iJDe finds a person who understands railroad human nature as exhibited by the gatemen in the depots Their orders are to pass no one in without with-out a ticket and it is the easiest thing in the world for them to wave back old age youth beauty and anybody else who wants to pass in to meet a friend expected expect-ed on that train One of the surliest offi daIs I ever saw has a gate in the L and N depot in Cincinnati and I have seen him turn stiffly away from desperate men weeping women and howling children To every protestation he had bnt one answer Cant pass thout a ticket The other day while J was watching him a little blue eyed woman came gliding glid-ing into the throng waiting at the gates Of the two tenders she selected this one to operate on aitnougu any one could have seen that the other had the biggest heart After several people had been turned away she slid forward in a graceful grace-ful way and inquired Beg pardon sir but ami speaking to the president of the road uNo maam stammered thrown on his beam ends by the query All you look so much like him Are you the superintendent No maam not exactly i Then you must be the manager Hardly maam Dear me but how could the people be so mistaken she went on Half a dozen of them said you were ono of the high officials and I am so disappointed to find you are not Perhaps though youhave the general managers powersjivlienheis not here IIThar is it maam1 My sister will be in on the GCO and Iso I-so want togo inbf lo the gates and help her with the children As you must have the authority of the manager in i his absence ab-sence 1 make bold to Certainly maam walk righttfn he interrupted You are so kind Dont mention it But all leading railroad men are ever courteous she said as a parting bit of taffy and then she made a bee line down the depot Wo turned to look at the gatcman and the change wassurprising He had braced up until his height was increased by four inches his chest thrown out and he was standing as stiff as a crowbar while a man pounded him on the back and offered to lick the stuffing out of him if he would come off the perch The little woman of all had found his weak potNew York Sun |