Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-24
A SCARED FEMALE.
a search for n Terrible MOuSe-aN
TIE Women Thrown Into Fits
what the Doctors Found.
TNeN York Iimes,


a search for n Terrible MOu~e-sll
TIE Women Thrown Into Fits
What the Doctors Found.
New York Times
IL Was Bottoms opinion that there exists
no more terrible Wild fowl than your hon.
From Bottoms point OF view this may De
true, bat had the matter been brought 10
MIS-. Bottoms attention she would instantly
rtbie than the lion. the latter can easily
Nil a defeDSeleSS woman, but hts enormous
size fOrDid5 him TO De guilty or the acts OF
stealthy and Invisible wlckedness in winch
the depraVed mouse dtiighJS. III a Ion
should be let loose in a room containing seg-
trdl women, they would KNOW that a vlOle ut
death threatened them, but they would have
no occasion to jump on chairs and 10 twist
their skirts tightly around Unem in order TO
guard against The tienGiSn tactics to which tue
mouse Is prone. The latter Infamous amin tl
inspires terror not so much because or as
lefoclty and strength as because or his Prone
ness 10 conceal himself among the foid5 Uf
dresses or In the TeceSSeS or large sleeves Fatft
10 olde his Time for surreptIious biLing, Or Tor
tne S'lf more terrifying process or ''ruunln.,
all over One.n Women may not like TO die un-
less. OIL course, they are JOrmented py longingS
lor unattaiDabie bonnetS or nearJslck for india
SndWlS deferred. but as rule almost any
woman would rather be torn In pisces by a
non than be confronted in pubic promenade
Uy al adventurous mouse. OF this a signal
Illustration Is afforded Oy the mouse cataS-
Irophe which occurred iii Boston last Monday
evening.
The circumstances were as follows:-On the
evening In question there were assem- bled at
the mouse OF d leading philosopher select party
OF people or culture. Among them was a
maiden lady who has been for many years a1-
dictod TO the Illicit composition or poetry, the
VagueneSS and uniHtellfgfbiiity OF which has
given her deserved local reputation as a
woman OF genius and an apostle OF progress
In addition 70 the anatomical pecuiiarlJie5
already Indicated. the maiden ,ady dresses with
much severity OF taste in black bOmbazines aud
SpectdcieS. aud Is fond or carrying With her
bottles or smelling salts and other medicinal
preparations, with view TO any sudden shock
winch her nervous system might receive from
accidentally meeting With people devoid VI cul-
ture.
While the leading philosopher was reading
aloud from recent concord philosophy a loud
shrek from the maiden lady startled the com
pany. IL was at frsU supposed that the poetic
dHldtuS mad suddenly aud unfX pecCedIy struck
her, and that she would presently begin TO re-
cite new poen- 1t was soon found, however
that the lady had been attacked 10y a violent
mouse For some time she refused to plainly In
olcate the locality In which the mouse Was pur-
suing his ravageS. aud continued to dance
wildly and to cry. Take t of. Take it off, but
after awhile she became caimer. and asserted
That The mouse had penetrated 10 her pocket
An ingenious womaQ Instantly proposed that
the pocket should be removed aud the mouse
Killed, proposal that net with general appro-
batiOn- All the men who Were present with
drew from the room, with the exception OF two
doctors. who remained 10 receive the pocket
and 10 punish the mouse Two or three ladies
OF exceptional bravery undertook the search
after the pocket, assisted by such Minus as TO It's
pFoDaoIe location as could be given by its now
nearly exhausted owner. The pocket was one
OF those cuTi0uSly concealed pockets affected
by tlInid ladies' which are intended 10 batfi9 The
potdeSt burglar, and have no immediate com
uluIlcdtiOn with the exterior OF The Wearer, but
can be reached only by a peculiar gymnaSJic
performance. which The masculine eye Is never
except by accident. permitted 70 witness.
A1ter much difficulty the pocket was found,
united and brought TO the two DOCTORS With It's
upper end tightly twisted 20 prevent the escape
OF the mouse. u was large pocket, and It was
tno0Sht pest to Kill the mouse without attempt
Ing 10 d1Sentangle him from the handkerchief
ana keys With which he was supposed TO be in
company. Accordingly, one doctor laid the
pocket down On the handicapped table and
The other doctor prepared 70 pound It with the
poker, While the ladies' stopped their ears to
avoid hearing the death-Shrieks OF the mouse,
and stood on chairs 20 provide against the con-
ttDgency or his possible escape
The doctor With the poker was an athletic
man, who had large family OF boys and ne
pounded the pocket with vigor which
smashed the top OF the table and Jared
japanese vase from the Inantelpece. A
strange ana pungent od0r filed the air. ana
the blood OF the mouse. which seemed to be
at times Jet black and at others pale yellow.
dyed the marole and drfpped down TO the
carpet. When it was certain that the mouse
was completely dead the two medical men
carefully opened the pocket and made an ex-
animation or the contents. They found Trag-
menJS OF an ink-bOUJle, bottle OF smelling
salts, and bottle Of cough mixture remains
OF handkerchief, collection OF keys and d
pair or spectacles. together WI b a yard meas
ure OF the kind which rolls up with a Spring.
There was however, not the slightest indl-
cation or mouse, and II was decided that the
accidental breaking OF the spring Of the yard
measure had produced the noise and move
meht within The pocket which the maiden
lady had mistakenly attributed TO the turtlVe
mouse.
That unhappy lady was stratgRtway up-
BRAIDED by every body for giving false alarm
OF mice. and was requested by the wife or the
Philosopher 70 take notice that her table AMI
caIpet We're trrefrieFably ruined. 1t her
feelings 1t is unnecessary 70 speak, and IL Is
doubtful If. In the whole range OF Concord
philosophy. there Is anything sufficiently
vague ana unintelligible to afford her any real
comfort.