Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-03-02

| BASKET.
Women are PECULIAR" said the Trav-
cling Bag, .'therc is no use denying il.
She has opened me twelve times in half
an hour; what for. can't see. She does't
always take things out. believe she
likes To hear my catch snap"
Perhaps. "said the Lunch Basket; "but
watch her with me-two sandwiches. two
apples. four cakes. one orange and ono
banana since we started, beside any guam
tity of chocolate creams. l am rather
new. YOU see this is my first journey
with lady. DO they always eat like
this ?''
"She does il 10 occupy her mind, sup
pose," said the Bag. II have often no.
ticed that people cat when there is nothing
else to do. l saw il on the steamer when
we went abroad
well. hate it, said the Basket. ut
looks so greedy. eating all the time. !
don't think like travelling with ladies,
anyway
Like il, ~ said the Bag. II should
think not indeed! They are never quiet y
moment. A man, now, .justdumps us down.
and that's the end of us until the tram
stops. when he snatches us up again and
rushes off. But woman. First she gets
into the Pullman ear. and wonders where
her seat is; can't find the number, and
won't believe the porter; so looks over
everybody's head or under everybedy's
feet until she sees IL herself"
"Well. really" laughed the Basket, IL
don't much blame her for not finding the
number. OF course. have travelled very
| little yet but il seems to me they try to
put il Just where people can't possibly
see it."
| Perhaps" said the Bag, "but wo-
man always has TO fuss so much; the
cause doesn't make any difference"
81 hope she settles down now," said
| the Basket.
"Mercy!r said the Bag, "how much
YOU have to learn, poor thing this Is only
the beginning. She takes her seat. but
| finds ii sunny. and wants all the blinds
pulled down; then she tries TO wedge her
bag between two chairs, and when the old
gentleman in front of her wants to wheel
his seat round he can't, because the bag
is in the way. He looks TO find what Is
the matter but the lady thkes no notice Of
him. and he makes some exclamation to
himself. which we don't wish to repeat.
Then my lady wants footstOol and the
porter cannot find one for the moment; SO.
of course. she must have it directly and
cannot travel another moment without II.
At last. after making the porter poke un-
der everybody's chair, she gets up and dis
covers il under her own, where II has
been all the time.''
.What women want footst0ols for
can't see." interrupted the Basket; zone
is always stumbling over them in dark
drawing-rooms, am told.n
"Oh it rs notion.'' said the Dag, land
ladies' notions are very obstinate things.
That is the reason they get their own way
SO often. Men have not time to bother
about whim, and so they give up TO II.
1t saves temper.n
$50 it does" says the Basket. ''Well,
20 on. After the footstool p''
Then" answered the Bag, ''shc takes
out her novel and scent-bottle and is quiet
for while but pretty soon she feels the
dust coming in from the open ventilator,
and although the thermometer was ninety
in the car. it has 10 be closcd--the poor
old gentleman I'm front Of her red as a
boiled lobster Then she eats her lunch
and wants the window opened to throw
away the apple parings. BY this time the
poor porter has wisely disappeared, so
she tugs and tugs in vain. At last sue
looks around, in an injured way, and
says: viii no gentleman assist me ?'
Women never do understand catches. -
said the Basket. $50 men say explain a
lock to them dozens of times, and they
will always pull the wrong way.''
"Quite true," said the Bag; "well. one
of the gentlemen in the car gets the win
dow open for her and shuts II
afterward. Then she is thirsty and
wants drink of water. so she
goes to the ice-cOoler, swaying into
Everybody by the way, and comes back
with her cup full of water, spilling plenty
Of it and waking the old gentleman ont ol
a sound sleep by q small deluge on his
bald head. Presently the conductor comes
for the tickets, and hers can't be found,
although she has shown it before. She
looks for it in her purse, in her bag, In
her lunch-basket, In her pocket, and al
last, when the conductor loses all pa
tience, finds it inside her glove very much
smashed, where she had put it for safi
keeping"
Good graciousr' said the Basket
don't say any more. You make me fec
faint. We have journey of ten hours be
fore us. Why don't women stay at home ?
|: dear me r' said the Bag; "yOu tall
like proverbs-women don't stay At homo
any more that's exploded long ago
haven't you read The papers? They art
trying to be like men, and so. of course
:they travel to see the world, you know
s'How can one see the world by openin|
windows, eating bananas and botherinI
conductors? ?''- said the Basket. "Now, q
sfhov looked al tho scnunrv 6,ouId urndGr