Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-14 | Page 12 | Rest Seat Hog Makes Debut in Salt Lake City

Rest Seat Hog Makes Debut in Salt Lake City Robs Tired Mothers and Weeping Babes of Comfort Com-fort on Corner. AT THE southeast comer of Main and First South streets is a settee of generous length with a j restful, high back. Jt bears a placard in shouting type that warns men that the se,at is designed as a resting rest-ing place for women and children. Patrolman Pa-trolman W. E. Jukes, traffic autocrat at the intersection, has become interested in studying the sort of man who makes use of the seat in spite of the placard. "In the first place, cripples respect the notice, never presuming to appropriate appro-priate the bench, whether there are women and children standing about or not," said the traffic officer. "But there are men who have to be driven from that seat, and I delight in driving them. They will crowd in among women or children and remain indifferent indiffer-ent to other women and children standing stand-ing in the hot sun waiting for street cars. ' ; "What kirjd of fellow is he who insists in-sists upon this special privilege? " was asked of the policeman. "Well, he is of the sort that I used frequently to be called upon to arrest for wifebeating when I wag working on the night shift," answered the traffic traf-fic regulator with a world of contempt in his voice. Then he gave his attention for a minute to directing three automobiles, automo-biles, two street cars, an ice wagon, a moving van, a nurse with a baby baggy and numerous pedestrians across the intersection. in-tersection. ' ' Just watch for yourself some time when no policeman is watching watch-ing the seat," he resumed as the congestion con-gestion cleared up. "You will see the sort of ttian who is willing to accord women equality with men to the extent of standing if they can 't beat the man to the seat. His face usually wears an expression about as inviting as the withered end of a cucumber that was i spoiled in the pickling. Aleo, I am sorry to say that he is usually bis enough to oceupv the room of two on the seat-You seat-You can't look at him without thinking of his wife as a brow-beaten little woman, who ha put in the best years of her life fetching and carrying for him. Pure, he is a married man in every ev-ery instance. See, there is one crowding crowd-ing in bv those little children now. Watch me bounce him." and the policeman police-man left his post in the middle of the street to stride swiftly to the bench. "f I ever fee you sitting on that bench again I will arrest you," said the traffic officer as the man slunk down the street with an expression of countenance coun-tenance that suggested that he would be bad company for the family when he should get home. But the other men who were standing about ioined in the remark. " That '9 " right, officer; serves him right! ' '