Neglect in Small Matters.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 292, 9 December 1893, Page 4 (Supplement)

Neglect in Small Matters.

jlt is really surprising, in view of the much ! vaunted attention bpstowed upon personal oom fort by those who cater tn the publ'c in any shape, how much neglect is shown in pmall details. Has anybody yet discovered, for instance, why it ia that the windows of railroad carriages, even '•■hemoH luxurious ones, are almosr, invariably *o constructed that when raised the lower sa«h comee athwart <he line of vision, and to see anythiner of the scenery you have either to duck your head beneath it or strain your neck to areb your eyes located above it. ? Then, again, what perverse ingenuity and disregard of common sense is it thai prompt* railroad men to keep on making tho catches' for raising the windows so preposterously small that one cannot pet anything like a decent purchase upon them, and thus it becomes well nigh impossible to raise a window that offers a slight resht> , ance wifchoub a vast expenditure of ■ muscular effort oub of all proportion to tha l necessities of the case and generally in- \ volving a lamentable loss of temper and waste of profanity ? Verily, there are some things in this world that ought to be a« clear as daylight that no fellow can understand.