. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . nsideration for others, and disregard oftheir comfort and of the universal laws of comity,l^roduce—brass. Brazen impudence may be the re-sult of the atmosphere, influencing the growth of theyoung, or it may be a by-product of self-sufficiencyand assertiveness. Here in N. Y. we are so used to itin our daily commingling with, the world that we do notpay much attention to it. We call it nerve. Somener^-el is often an exclamation of surprise mixed withadmiration. Of course, if we are brought face to facewith it ourselves, personally, it is different; then
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . nsideration for others, and disregard oftheir comfort and of the universal laws of comity,l^roduce—brass. Brazen impudence may be the re-sult of the atmosphere, influencing the growth of theyoung, or it may be a by-product of self-sufficiencyand assertiveness. Here in N. Y. we are so used to itin our daily commingling with, the world that we do notpay much attention to it. We call it nerve. Somener^-el is often an exclamation of surprise mixed withadmiration. Of course, if we are brought face to facewith it ourselves, personally, it is different; then wefeel aggrie\-ed and resentful. Upon all who have travelled, and observed, theodious comparison has most convincingly forceditself that nowhere in the wide world is this acquisi-tion so well developed and coitimon as in our beloA-edNoo Yowk, where the art of how to behave is nearlyas lost as yesterday. Politeness is subjected to ridiculeand derision. Ever\^vhere in public this impudenceasserts itself. Pushing, elbowing and clawing for. niiiiimiiiiiiiiiingiHiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii ])recedencc, to obtain an unfair advantage over others,is resorted to by everybody; hence nobody has a rightto complain; and hence the often remarked and btjastcdgood nature of the New York crowds. The fellows that sit in the cars with legs outstretched,allowing us to step over them, and those that expecto-rate out of the windows of moving cars regardless ofthe passenger at the next open window, are commonnuisances. But there are worse examples of have seen a young woman in a car, in close embraceof a male companion, and both of them resting theirfeet in the vis-a-vis seat, regardless of the fact thatseveral people were standing, until one, with less patiencjthan the rest, pulled the legs down with the crook ofhis umbrella. On the sidewalks in the market district, where thecommission merchants own them, I have seen a coloredgentleman run a handtruck loaded with bags of onionsov
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