Show affectation A young man whose battered suit case was red and pink and yellow with the labels of european hotels boarded a street car and said to the conductor 1 I go six blocks how much ob only a nickel the conductor answered but the young man handed over 15 cents saying buy yourself a glass of beer and n cigar on me the conductor gave thanks for the tip and added just back from europe hey and to his interrogation the young man nodded assent out on alio back platform afterward the conductor described the episode to a coup leof passengers he asked me what the fare was for six blocks he said and alien he gave me a tip it was a case of fake eie has just returned from europe where you pay by the distance on he street cars and where you tip the conductors duc tors and he pretended to forget he in europe still ho thought td question him about his strange conduct and I 1 would have too it the trick an old one to me here and in new york especially in new york you are constantly run up against people who forget and work european customs on you they do it so know they have been abroad philadelphia record |