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Show THEY ALWAYS DO IT VVR0N0, Met One Woman In a Tknaanno Knows How to l.eove Nlreet Car. "Pern these womenl" Thu ejaculated a Metropolitan treet car conductor In th presence or a Washington Star reporter, as ha gave the bell rope vlclou double pull to algn.il th motorman to go ahead. A reporter who knew him expressed siirptlsa at hla ungallant remark. "I' didn't mean anything disrespectful," said tha fare taker, wearily, "but sometimes some-times I hav to let Inoa. The women set m crasy th way they get off cara. Now, lhat one nearly got a fall by getting off backward, the way she did. If thnre had been the littlest bit of motion lo this car when ah stepped off with I er face to the rear end shs'd havs gone kerthump down on the concrete. con-crete. Not ona In a thousand women," wom-en," h continued, "ever alight from a street car right Instead or taking hold or tb handle bsr on Ihe upright toward the front of the car. he grab th one back. If you don't bellev It watch thla push and see If I'm not i telling you a true one." The reporter aald he'd watch, and ha did, not only on that car, but several othera ha rode on during the courae of the day. II watched men and women alike. Out of alxty-aeven womon who alighted Ixty-flveof them got up when their corner cor-ner wa reached and carefully selected the wrong handle bar to assist them In alighting. Out of 114 men none took other then the proper clutch contrivance. contriv-ance. Seven of them, however. Invited the fiKilklller' attention. They Jumped oft while th car was speeding rapidly. Any Waalilngtonlan can prov ths truth ot Conductor 9999 s nsaertlon by keeping eyes peeled whru street car riding. |
