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Show Japc.iese Courtery. A country where courtesy Is a business, busi-ness, and business but a gentle avocation, avo-cation, reflects its peculiarity in the most trifling details of conduct. Such a country is Japan and such a detail recently came Into notice when a o3ty electric bureau of Tokyo aBked the patrons of its street car lines how they preferred to be addressed when It was necessary to urge them to "move up." Out of the 2,719 suggestions sugges-tions sent in the Independent selects and translates six, as follows: "Those not getting off, to the middle, mid-dle, please!" "The middle is more comfortable!" "I'm sorry, but all move on by one strap!" "There's a pretty girl about the middle of the car!" "A pickpocket has just come on board!" The municipal authorities frowned somewhat upon the last three suggestions, sugges-tions, but the conductors will be taught to use some of the other forme. Is it possible that the Japanese hope to enjoy an efficient traction service on such terms? Apparently they hope to, and we pass along the Japanese idea as a helpful hint to the gentle- I men who jerK a gong on ine rear 01 our own street cars. |