Show v IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS W women in me mens ns laps on c the street cars care years ago when electric cars were unheard of and when horse cars only for street travel were in vogue it was wao a very common thing to see a woman riding in a oar car on a mans lap paid a man tho the other day during a discussion over the present lack of accommodations on the local traction lines about forty years ago said the controller the streets were ne nearly ar all graded and it was rough riding in the horse cars care there were then 0 no straps to hold on to and it was the custom for the women who did not get a seat to sit iown down in the nearest mans lap although he be might be T it a stranger nothing was thought of 1 I it because it was impossible tor for a woman or man to stand in the car yes 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 in my lap without even asking tny my permission when I 1 got up at the die end of my journey I 1 was so badly paralyzed I 1 could hardly move s |