Show IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS women passengers in mens laps C en n the street cars care years ago when electric cars were unheard of and when horse cars only for street travel were Iny in vogue ogue it wa was a a very common thing to see a woman riding in a car on a mans lap ji paid cald a man the other day during a discussion over the present lack of c acco accommodations on the local traction ia lines about forty years ago said the controller the streets ts were near ly all graded and it was rough riding in the horse cars there were then no straps to hold on to and it was as th t e g custom for the women who did not got get a seat se at to sit down in the near T t est mans lap ral although though he be might be a stranger nothing was thought of H it beca because use it was impossible for a woman or man to stand in the car yes a said another old timer in confirmation 1 I remember once I 1 was in a car and a woman who weighed at least pounds sat down n in my lap without even asking my permission when I 1 got up at the end of my journey I 1 was so badly I 1 could hardly move |