Kissing on Railways.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 June 1910, Page 4

Kissing on Railways.

1 A C.U'SF OK DKIiAV. Witees, writes an journalist, are the lir.st notices in meet ;i. l>ii»v.njj;erV. eyes in ii French Jai Iv\:i \" .station. II you look lor t'lio time n!' .ii train. "It is forbidden itravel iirst- with a third-class ticket, is all yji.i lind posted up. It you look l'( r your platform. "This platform is forbidden to the public,'' is the (.illy apparent announcement. A now interdiction is now to lie placard:! in >t:itioiis of itiie lines n'aiyi.ned liy the State. The next time you hunt for the the proper banking oflice you will road: ''Defense de s'enibi asser." As maybe yen hid net at that particular instant intended kis-i nu; anybody, though i f c;;;irse i ::e never knows wdi :.t- may net come into one's head, vci will proliahly he suiprised iiavin.'i; at last. o;nt your ticket, i'aitud til-.* ri'jjit platform, and disei \i re:l your train, you will read i.nce more in wnite ui blue ground : "Kissaip;" striculy forbidden." Why should be forbidden ? Why this infringement upon the I:i>■ rt!i»( !' ill:,' citizens in a free. I'epublie? Is the Stale turned unco' iiuid. or has it caught the i seare of bach rial ii:le:\t ion P SureI ly the n;:--.-1 respectable Slat:' in the I world need not mind .just cue kiss, I md the most <>Tandin<.'therly lejjis- ! I"tioii need net, assume respnnsibil- | ity for nieasLs eauuhit by >a pa.s- ---] seller throiHcli c-eulaiicn. Hut a circular o.'liciaily explains th:> purpose (if the vet:). "Defense de s'einiiras>er." The |)roiiihiti( uis not vet placarded, but invpiy-tois if Ihe State railways recommend t■' m* measure. When t'ae niJ;.ice is finallv p-'t up it will run somethiii'j; li'ke tin's: "De.feps-,- de s'Finbra.ssfr. It is ! >'t.riH ly forbid/den to excli-'nir:* ki.-ses up ::i th.e pi 'tlerms i:r in itlp> waiting rooms, !ir upon the >i'eps ( f th:> carriages of the State i.iilways, <mviii'i la the :!•. lays frequently ocea.'■Jened by the prevalcnce ( f thisdilat".ry piMc-ti'-e. which i l -' cleelHted to j disturb the proper ruini'in'j; id' the frallic i:p;ni the system by let-ard-in.fr the departure of brains, and which is thus l'i with iuec-n- ---\ < iiiriicc a 1!'! even- daiiLi;'r iia ),h" puwlic. as t!ie |irs\t condition (fsaie trn.vellin.c is punctuality. lVrsons (lis avered I»'i--imj; will he> liable- to ]| ": ution." | .Y'<v ne I." 1 ;i\' whv every'train ("i | fit • French State railways is always lei l . There \vs so much kissing when if was de > to :t'hat it i could no! 0.,* (ff in lime. I!ut the. idea then c-"i>rs to cne wbe.ihor it 's enly ( n the St.a'fc railways thaih 1- < r j K lii-iiciise:'. Wha' ( ccni'' mi is thei" between Sta.'e nianajronu'iik and On certain • ' ':er railways m iit.-iby private ct)iri:iniies l f >ains are. as a rule, up I a 'time. Onis driven to the ecn- <! ": : cn (hat, on ire X' rHierii lie..', fcr inst-Miee. pn one ki''. c Ts .anvbodv, ]fi +, hurr'es up :d;out it. The d" ;, e(iv"rv made by the iesn.'ct'irs ,'lie FreP'-li State i" 1 ilwarq ""iv t '>!•(,u- settle liehh on the workin '.I of I'aiid'-h lines ah". AY p. have always wcp J "r:'d i\hy (he up treios oil soli 1 " railway systems iirvaria.hly reatdi T,on;!io' late, f; 1 lifts are tMinc+iial. The explanation is iluiit People a\-}io l>:iss o'ao-fl-bye. always travel by the sime company's trains.