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Show CHINS WITH 'EM ALL, PRINCE OR PEASANT, ; ALL IN DAY'S WORK . . By AL WARDEN ITov would you like to greet two thousand people dally? The number appears to be rather .large but J. A. Mathews, passenger director at the Union Depot says it J is a mere trifle Since January of the present year Mathews has 'greeted an average of 2,000 tourists ilaih during his period of duty which in round figures would total more than 460 000 for the first six months of the present year which in itself i3 more than the majority of us will lever have tbe pleasure of meeting, talking to. and chatting with during a lifetime. From hobo to king to presidents (and other notables. Mathews has I answered myriad questions during I the years he has been in service at the local station GREETS ROYALTY Only a few months ?.go ho greeted King Albert of the Belgians, while a fnur mnn t li nrevioili In thai hp C Y- i tended a hand of welcome to President Presi-dent Wood row Wilson and members 'of his party. Hundreds of people daily "oil I their does." start in the general direction di-rection of Director Mathews, and if it .is inlormation of any .source, from the price of a ham an' to the faro j from Ogdrn to tho North Pole, tho question will readily be answeied. ! But that is only a mere part of his every day's duties Union stations in 'all parts of the United States havo , men who call trains. In stations of 'the typo of the local union depot, tho ! director Is one of the main cogs In the progress of the depot. PERFECT PRONUNCIATION One. of the essentials of a success ful passenger director is to bo able to "beller" forth the departure of trains in such a manner that even the natives of foreign countries can iu some way tell just what the lips are saying. Officials of various railroads rail-roads who have passed through Og-dcn. Og-dcn. including President W. H. Sproulc of the Southern Pacific, praised tbe methods used by Mathews in calling trains. He is considered by local railroad ofiiciais as one of the most efficient end distinct train callers In the United States. During his period of service at the local depot Mathews has answered more Questions perhaps that any fifty people in Utah bave answered in a lifetime. Th;:t is placing his dulies to the extreme but ho has greeted more than 5.000.000 tourists during his period of service In this city. One of the chief duties of a pas-sensor pas-sensor director is to handle the foreign for-eign travelers. The majority of the foreigners including Italians, Chinese, Japanese Greeks and others are daily visitors on cast and west bound trains, some being unable to speak a word of English. But whether they sp'.-.k UngHli. It;:.', n. French, or any other nationality, .M:: t iiev manages to start them on their jojurnoy out of Ogden on the right train FEW MISS TRAINS Few people traveling In and out of Ofden miss their trains. Those who do fail to obey orders. All trains I departing from Ogden arc called be-' f I A. MATHEWS passenger director .it ( gdcrj union station, who greets hundxeds j ffaily to earn his salary L . j fo'o departure together tviMi ihe number of the track on which ihcy are located. If one follow - insti nrtions. i waits until said train is called and :irts according to instructions, all is well. But the majority of the passengers in any part of the country, no matter mat-ter whether It bo in (fcden, ChicaRO or any olher city becomes restless, the majority thinking they will be left unless they take It upon themselves them-selves to locate their trains. Thit 'human failing has to be contended I with daily here. FOOLISH QUESTIONS I Foolish questions are asked daily by tourists, in most cases however, ithe questions are expressed with real sincerity on the part of tho travelers. Ladled are said to be the hardest j to control. Iu most cases the women wom-en lolks persist in doing Just the opposite op-posite from what they are told, somo going down the subway whilo as a matter of fact their trains are located I on track 1. the route chosen by the women being altogether wrong. Thlu however, is but one of many which : confront a passenger director daily. The passenger director is the major donio an information bureau for thousands yearly, and a man who must at all limes be courteous, gentlemanly gen-tlemanly and kind to all who take , it upon themselves to "ask questions ques-tions " That is one of his official dulies. and one which is appreciated by thousands and thousands nf imuIm yearly, if passenger directors were Uddenly eliminated, lo and behold what would the poor traveler do with his many, many questions? oo |