The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-27
FEMALE INDUSTRIES.

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Since crynoIInes has gone out OF
fashion, however, continued Dunn,
them big pockets is no use, and now
they use long, narrer pits, shaped like
a pillar. Since these limp dresses
have come in like what our grand.
mothers used ~ wear there's lots of
women who Just carries things of be-
tween their legs.
How?
How? Why, easy enough. Here's
the counter and here's whole lot of
things on it-laces, ribbons gloves and
so on. The clerk turns his or her
back, and quick as a flash the litter
rakes something off of the counter on
to the floor and then stands over it.
In little while she drops her pocket.
handkerchief, and STOPPING down takes
up the wipe with one hand and with
the other jerks the swag up above her
knees and holds it there while she
walks for blocks or until she comes to
some place where she can drop it.
You'd be astonished to see what some
women can pick up AMI carry away in
that manner.
In what other way are women
thieves successful or useful
Oh, in lots of ways-carrying the
Gosh, working the rattlers, working
the funeral, going on the dip, playing
fence, and helping in gopher-blowing.
All that is Greek to me, said the
reporter.
suppose so, said Dunn, but I'll
try to make them plain to you-only
| should tell you that carrying the
Gosh is sometimes called picking the
greeny, or tripping up, or carrying
the stick. A woman's always wanted
in this racket, and here's how it's
worked and how it will continue to be
worked, no matter how much the pa
pers may give it away.
CARRYING THE STICK.
To properly carry the stick woman
has to be young and handsome and to
look that innocent you'd think butter
wouldn't melt in her mouth. There's
two men always goes with her, only
they foots it on the other side of the
street. A good place for working this
racket is in the neighborhood of the
daypots, and the man who's selected is
a greeny or countyman who's just ar.
rived. As soon as she sees him the
woman begins to take on as though
she was awful cut up, and walking up
to the countryman she begins to
whimper and asks him could he d.
rect her to some street the other side
of town. Of course he can't, and then
she says, says she, whatever shall she
do, as her aunt lives there and she'd
come into town to visit her and she'd
had her pocket picked of her purse
and all her money and her aunt's ad-
dress was in the purse, and whatever
shall she do? You may not believe
it, sir, but in nine and three-quarter
cases of ten the greeny will offer to
find her aunt she'll tuck her hand
under his arm quite confdin' and away
they'll golike Darby and Joan. Bime-
by one of them will say something
about being thirsty and they'll 60 into
the family entrance of saloon and
the old man orders drinks. The
woman'll only drink lemonade, for,
oh dear she never took anything
stronger in her life, but the greeny'1
generally keep on drinking till he
feels pretty good, and when they come
out he'll propose that she shall 90 to
bis hotel with him. If she has seen
that the greeny has no sack She'll see
her aunt right across the street and
make break If he's got a purse
she'll keep the old fellow on tender.
hooks and then propose that they
shall walk down this side street while
she thinks over the dreadful invitation. |
AwoRKED CREEPY.
As soon as they get down there
she'll ask chat she's going to do next
lay without any money, supposing she
lon't 60 to her aunt's that night. Up
IN that the greeny'll take out his
purse to show her that he's able to
axe care of her, and as coon as he
loes that she grabs it and gives
cough. Quick as winking the two
nen1l come running down the street
One of them cries out that there's
somebody foolin' with his wife and
ellis the other to 60 back and get a
while the woman runs off
md don't forget the purse, you may
,e sure. Then the man that's left
avs the greeny like pic kpocket, and
'retty soon he says, says be, that his
rem is long time getting police
nan, and he guesses he'll 90 and get
me himself. 30 offhe runs, too, and
he greeny is left alone and mighty
lad to get off with a whole skin.