The Jewish advance. (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-12

oHO Ha"J0oOtS AuuAiHdIy, IeuCCCou Uuo
light which was SO generously bestowed
upon them. Apropos, it occurs to me
that the generosity of the sun is of the
most egotisAcal nature. Wherever her
light reached, itrefects in her own form.
She must be- awfully conceited. But I
am speaking of the ladies now and must
not meddle with the sun, notwithstand-
ing the whimssof the German language
has made ofita female. The idea, how
ever, to makesof the Sun a female and
of the MoonSa male strikes very near
home to the conyentionalities of society.
This is precisely what am driving at
May the readersexcuse the digressions.
1t is nature, you know nature
of the man who endeavors to catch
thoughts as they fly through his head in
connection with the principal subject
which engages him. eas
The car was full There were the
nicely fixed up.business clerks who had
done good warm days running about
and talking tocustomers and was now
repairing home for respite; the bent
necked secretary who had been pent-up
in the close Office confined at his "Dia-
ry," Ledger" ETC.; the well-to-do
wholesale merchant who had been wor-
ried the whole day about the important
subject of ninety or only thirty
days credit" or no credit at all the
laborer and mechanic who had exhaust
ed their strength with manual work and
with a cold luncheon in the noontime; the
lawyer who had soaked three handker-
chiefs with the sweat of his brow in
pleading a case before an intelligent
jury Of blockheads who would not un-
derstand his me points" there were
many, many md eof such toilers in the
car. All seats NV taken. The con-
ductor pulled d ear topped,
In came Mrs. E
ing daughters, ]i6 fhrce ladies
been out visiti1 Che forenoon q
had spent in don some fancy wafE
e., wasting silk MH w0fsted or eleg
things which, when put On the chairs
and tables serve as a sign that no man
tired out with practical labor dare use
these commodioas articles,) playing pi-
ano and dressing themselves. In the
afternoon they nlst took stroll to see
their dear" friends. They were now
repairing homeI Up jumped three tired
out businessmen, offering their seats to
the three idliIg ladies. Fashion is
whimsical and MoVides appendages for
the ladies dres8s which make an ordi-
nary seat too marrow for one lady. The
fourth man, Veary laborer, felt him
self too tightly Aqueezed by the three
ladies who had Mken the offered seats.
He stands up tof.
The conductd pulls the bell. The
car stops. In came Ms. Highnose,
Madame Regart rtezmoi and Freulein
Marzipan. The& had been out shop
ping and viewin the fashions. In the
morning the elel int Miss Taffy had been
around to their Muses and told them
that Choice, Sanick, Schnack & Co.
had an exhibition Of the new Partisan
styles. Of coure, they would not be
behind time. They went to view
what was to be zen, and to purchase at
the utmost ext4nt of their husbands
and fathers meals. At their entering
the car, three wa5ry merchants, book
keeper whose brXIn was swimming with
the columns Of Mures he had computed
during the day I'D type-setter whose
legs were stiff rms heavy and eyes
dimmed with Siding the whole day at
the case, setting type and reading the
hieroglyphic Scr lches Of some philo-
sophical author The four arose to offer
their seats to th6Ethree fashionable la
dies. And so continued. The car
became crowded. The seats were mostly
occupied by ladi The gentlemen
stood up as best Eey could.
The car stopp1 again. Entered Mrs.
Gossip, lady "a highly respectable