The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-03-11
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THE GIRL OF THE EPERIOD.
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How She sACts In the Horse Cars.
wa .bavs elsstched In fbe f,,llovino
tho Young ~ Vd3raan Of The period .s she n
annea +. i.S's sstl,e street< ear. Sim. stauds
mon tha anfb. with = LITTLE .sprinuv I'M.
IA -down notion as e sha had snif,l
s;pri,;,;;,s IS, tba solas ~ her oa;tars AZ
tbe csr lisat,,tnr,af,,es che sticks sthe no;nt
AZ ber closed narssol in the 1direct ion.af
the driver Vim 3 small ierk The car
slohs' SIZE dives one or Two more lit,le
snrsn q 5anoltions before she Ieaves the
navemei,ts an neS md then dances 10 the car
As As she asess5nlsls the stem the conductor
seemssts iinsitler It absolutely necessa-
rv to- tSdfetvs to place one of his
hands 4 ke s;lliall Of her back, while he he
rings I'll oelIt;shs the other. She en-
Iters Che IA the spiral spsings still
Fbobbing her us and down; and, az alf
the seats are full, she stands holding her
hands in front of her, and gazing off
into illimitable space, as if the one idea
which never entered her mind, and which
never could enter it under any possible
circumstances, is, that some man will
rise and offer her his seat But a young
man in the corner does rise, and imne-
diately the fellow next to him moves
quickly into the corner, as. if the per-
torrance of that maneuvre had formed
the subject of anxious thought during
many years of his life. TO get cor
ner seat, indeed, would seem to be the
chief end of man, if we remark the
|avidity with which human beings in
street cars seek their object. :.
When the young man rises, the young
lady suddenly becomes conscious that
there is something nearer to .her than
the horizon, and She gives two or three
more little bounces, and SAYS: keep
your seatp The young man is embar-
rassed, and saws he is going to oct out
soon; whereupon the fair being dances
toward the seat, sinks into it, and pre-
tnnds that tho fact of the eyistence of
anv ponnc MON who onco occ,,n;ed. that
seot and 'wbo ia oo;no to oat ort has
ent;reIv f.dod ont of 6or oonsc;onsness
She smooths down her dress and it's
snnnlementa, fr;nnerv Aounces and ner,.
nants and aoa;n looks far bovond the
confines of The car into Emntiness She
knows she is exnected bv the other wo.
met, IA the car 70 remain unconscious of
their nresonca while thev study her
clotbos INV i;nmed;atelv baa;n -
Tbav stora a. il. dsasss bas ssodne h.t
hat her bock hair her ;ewelrv her
GLOVES bor hous and ribbons and her
m;sceII.ne1ms m;,l;nerv mill tho en,;re
costume il nbotoaranbed Il tbair Nom
or;os ond tho n1;ca ost;motoJ ana .
critical on;n;on formad with resoln.
tion to have q honnet Of tbe same kind.
~ .. s.hodvn an, ,,non Tho asns ra,tarn
when ,be yonnp ladv thinks that th;s
exam;nat;or q cnnclnJad Che becomes
oonan;ons oa aas;n 20 ~ and hao;ns ~, ,ooh
esronnd n .nd ssa how al, ,bs o,her wo'
met, are firessed She examines eact
one in detail. and in. few moments shs
| is in possession of all the necessary
information. Presently a Young mar
with whom she is acquainted gets intt
| the car. and he stands clutchine th,
strap and trying in vain to keep himself