Show IN THE GOOD OLD women passengers in mens mans lapa lap on the street cora cars years ago when electric cars were unheard of and when horse cars 0 only n y for travel in vogue it was a very common thing to see a woman riding in a oar car on a mans lap paid fald a man the other day during a discussion over tho the present lack of accommodations on tho the local traction lines about forty years ago said the con controller abe the streets were nearly all graded and it was rough in the horse borse cars cara there were then no straps to hold on to and it was the custom for the women who did not got get a seat to alt down in the nearest e t mans lap although be might bo be a stranger nothing was thought of it because it was impossible for a woman or oi roan man to stand in the car yes doyes said another old timer in confirmation 1 I remember once I 1 wai wa in a car and a woman who weighed at least rounds pounds sat nat down in my lap without even asking my permission when I 1 got up at the end of my journey I 1 was so badly paralyzed I 1 could hardly move inave |