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SOCIETY NOTES. 
Plans are being made to put on the ‘‘Dude’’ train, 
so-called on the 9th of May, as usual. There is some 
talk in this connection, however, as the Publie’ Service 
Commission is making some investigation as to the 
legality of the train being run for private use. The 
Transcript last night referred to the matter as follows: 
““Dude’’ trains have come under the scrutiny of the 
eye of the Massachusetts Publie Service Commission. 
They are the exclusive trains to the Cape and the 
North Shore ascribing to them the characteristics that 
have given them their commonly accepted name. In 
official transactions they are referred to as ‘‘elub 
trains,’’ implying that they are for the exclusive use 
of some men of social distinction who live on the North 
Shore or down in the Cape district during the summer 
and subscribe to the privilege of riding on them. The 
Boston & Maine railroad has one of these ‘‘dude’’ 
trains, making a trip to Montserrat and way stations 
to Magnolia every afternoon and returning to Boston 
every forenoon. This train consists of four cars and is 
patronized by about a hundred club members. It has 
been running for a dozen years or more, and for the 
season beginning May 9 this year the club members 
have subscribed a guarantee of $13,000 to the Boston 
& Maine Railroad, to cover the fares and freigh privi- 
leges. If the amount of the tickets from the sub- 
seribers who use it daily falls below the $13,000 the 
subseribers have to make good the deficiency, but. if 
it exceeds it the railroad benefits. The New York, New 
Haven & Hartford Railroad has a ‘‘Dude’’ Train that 
goes down the Cape every day. The conditions on 
which these two trains are operated are similar in 
many respects, and the feature about which there is: a 
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question are the baggage car provisions which are op- 
erated on.a basis that is said to permit of discrimina- 
tion against that part of the traveling public that can- 
not afford to provide itself with special trains, and 
there -is:‘also a questionable element of comparison. be- 
tween this baggage service and the service performed 
by the express companies under contract with the rail- 
roads. The contract relations between the subseribers 
to these ‘‘Dude’’ trains and the railroads establish a 
somewhat indefinite service for a definite sum-and, un- 
der the present tariff laws, definite tariff schedules 
must be filed with the ‘Public Service commission. 
Hence the Public Service Commission has taken. up 
the matter for consideration, but whether it will find 
it neeessary to abolish the ‘‘Dude’’ trains or to pre- 
scribe new regulations for them, or to leave them as 
they are, is for future determination. How these 
‘‘Dude’’ trains. originated, almost a quarter of a cen- 
tury ago, is interesting history today. In the days 
of the Old Colony Railroad, some gentlemen interested 
in real estate developments on the east shore of Buz- 
zards Bay who realized that the tedious ride to and 
from. Boston descouraged development of their terri- 
tory, took up the matter of having a private train run 
at a satisfactory hour at the fastest speed which the 
railroad would undertake, and agreed to contribute 
a lump sum. toward the expense of the train, which 
the- railroad naturally recognized would tend to build 
up a heavy business. Not only was the train run at 
the hours preferred by the subscribers, but it was not 
stopped for any other business,.and the comfort of the 
passengers was increased by furnishing some parlor 
cars owned by the road. 
Mrs. Prescott Bigelow gave an Easter dance Mon- 
day night at her Boston residence, on Marlboro st. 
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