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Show OPTIONALCOURTESIES. Conduct of Persona in Publio OonveyanoeB One of tho Numerous Optional Oonrtiieis. HUNTING LIGHT AT A CITY HALL. He Might Hare Gone Down Into Indiana. But Preferred First Going to the City Hall. Among optional courtesies may be ' enumerated that which governs the conduct con-duct of persons in crowded public con-vej'ances. con-vej'ances. South of Mason and Dixon's line no man would brave publio opinion by remaining seated when a woman maintained a standing position, even were she the humblest of her sex. A foreigner would argue in such a case that he had paid for his seat, and that there could be no more reason for his rising in a street car than if he were occupying oc-cupying a seat at the opera or at a hotel table. In New York, which is too cosmopolitan cosmopoli-tan a city to be cited as an example, street car etiquette is decidedly variable, and whether or not it is necessary to vacate va-cate a seat in a lady's favor is a much mooted question. One thing is certain, and that is, that youth and beauty appeal ap-peal to both high and low, even the most boorish individual being willing to relinquish his rights in favor of a woman wom-an with a pair of bright eyes and a stylish styl-ish figure. The poor wage worker, in her faded cotton gown and with fingers showing evidences of toil, is rarely the recipient of such courtesy:,- The man in broadcloth, broad-cloth, who has been seated in his luxurious lux-urious office most of the day, keeps his seat without a qualm of conscience, and holds .his paper before his face to obstruct ob-struct the view of the appealing eyes and worn figure. ' Women in publio vehicles often exhibit ex-hibit a remarkable selfishness and a total disregard for the comfort of others. Many of them accept a seat to which they have no legal right with a saucy toss of the head and without recognizing the courtesy by as much as a bow or a "thank you." An audible expression of thanks is the least a lady should offer in exchange for the sacrifice of a place, and this should be tendered as freely to the threadbare clerk as to the dude in tine raiment. Jenness-Miller Magazine. |