St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-11
HOW WOMEN RAIL HORSE CARS
The Secere. the Timid. the Pretty, the Fa
and 'hLe TeairicGL WOnpn

The Severe. the Timid. the Pretty, the Fat
and 'hhe Tea'ricaL WOn.en
Gertrude Garrison in Pittsburg Dispatch.
The different methods women employ to
stop horse cars would make very reliable
index to their individual character. Atti-
tude, gesture, facial expression, all are pro-
| nounced in action of this kind with most of
them.
The severe, long-faced woman is ut the
corner while the car is yet afar off. She has
deep-grounded belief that it will do its best
to go by without taking her on, and that be-
lief makes her as grimly watchful as senti-
mel on duty She raises her arm almost as
soon as she can distinguish the figure of the
driver, and with her foretlnger takes deadly
aim at his eyes. Her face is written all over
with the workings of her mind, which at that
moment are peculiarly determined and ener-
getic. Palmer than words her countenance
speaks. 1t says: pass me ut your peril. -
On some drivers, the new and nervous
ONES, this method Of calling their attention
has a SCATTERING effect. But the old stagers
mind it not. They pull up their horses with
out moving muscle of their faces. The
woman who commanded them to stop, so far
as they are concerned, might be an angel or
a demon.
The idea that the car will pass without
stopping is latent in the majority of women IS
minds. This accounts for their extraord-
nary earnestness and energy in accosting
it. This lack of confidence in horse car
management has a cause for its existence, of
course.
Women who make overmuch haste gestic-
ulate with both karms much as If they were
signaling LOGON olive to prevent destruc-
lion. Anxiety, even terror, paint their faces
with the colors Of alarm. When the car
does stop they are certain in their own minds
that single gesture less on their part would
have failed to bring it to halt. The fact
that the driver is employed TO stop for pas
sengers is something they would scout as
wild and scnseless assertion.
Very young and very pretty women, who
have faith in the potency of their personal
appearance, pose on the corner aud merely
incline their head gracefully toward the
driver, certain that be, as well as all the
world, is eager TO serve them. They carry
this atmosphere Of self-satisfaction into the
car, where it is felt by the severe and the
nervous women, who are already in. They
sigh as they silently reflect that there are
some disagreeable things for that young lady
to lind out later on.
The timid woman, young or cid, always
has her heart in her mouth when Sue orders
a car to stop. She feels that she is assert
ing herself beyond the usual bounds, and the
thought makes her uncomfortable. Timid
persons are prone TO self con ciousness, and
for the life Of her the timid woman can't
rid her mind u the belief that everybody is
looking at her because she Is so sef-asser-
tvs
TIE very stout woman has the worst time
Of all. She is not constructed for ezertions
Of that kind, and as her movements are Of
necessity slow, and the driver always affects
haste and makes her feel bis i'm patience, she
is apt to get aboard little out Of temper.
The theatrical particularly the be-
ginner, who moves and has her being with
imaginary foUtlighLs ali around bcr-bids
the car stop with 'Hat-there-ye-slaves'
gesture. which surprises even the horses.
The humble woman Of the basket and
bundle is sometimes pushing and sometimes
besitating. She knows that by reason Of her
appendages she will be uDwclcome to con-
ductUr aud passengers. and the knowledge
makes her shy or defiant, IN proportion 20
the sweetness or bitterness Of her nature.
II life was less desperate with street-car
drivers they would gee comedy lurking on
every corner in the person Of some woman.