Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-18
WOMAN GOSSIP.
Methods of Hailing Street-Cars Refi-
able Index to Woman's Individuality.
The Preservation Of Womsn's Beauty
Mania for Tea-Drinking.


HOw WOMEN HAIL HORSE-CARS.
The different methods women EN-
ploy to stop horse-cars would make
very reliable index to their individual
character. writes Gertrude Garrison in
the Pittsburg Dispatch. Attitude, gest-
ure, facial expression. all are pro-
nounced in action of this kind.
The severe, long-faced woman is at
the corner while the car is yet afar off.
She has deep-grounded belief that it
will do its best to 60 by without taking
her on, and that belief makes her as
grimly watchful as a sentinel on duty.
She raises her arm almost as soon as
she can distinguish the figure of the
driver, and with her forefinger 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 energetic.
Palmer than words her countenance
speaks. 1t says: Pass me by at
your peril"
On some drivers. the new and ner-
yous ones, this method of calling their
attention has q shattered effect. But
the stagers mind it not. They pull up
their horses without moving a muscle
of their faces. The woman who COM
manded them to stop, SO far as they are
concerned, might be an angel or q
demon.
The idea that the car will pass with
out stopping is latent in the majority
of women's minds. This accounts for
ond
energy of accosting it. The lack Of
confidence in horse-car management
has cause for its existence. of course.
Women who make overmuch haste
gesticulate with both arms, much as if
they were signaling q locomotive to
prevent destruction. Anxiety, even
terror, paint their faces with the colors
of alarm. When the car does stop they
are certain in their minds that q single
gesture less on their part would have
failed to bring it to a halt The fact
that the driver is employed to stop for
passengers is something they would
scout as wild and senseless assertion.
Very young and very pretty women,
who have faith in the potency of their
personal appearance pose on the cor
ner and merely incline their heads
gracefully toward the driver, certain
| that he, as well as the world, is eager
to serve them. They carry this at
mosphere 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 find out later on.
The timid woman, young or old, al
ways has her heart in her mouth when
she orders car to stop. She feels
that she is asserting herself beyond the
usual bounds, and the thought makes
her uncomfortable. Timid persons are
prone to se.f-consciousness, and for the
| life of her the timid woman can't rid
her mind of the belief that everybody
is looking at her because she is so self
assertive.
The very stout woman has the worst
time of all. She is not constructed for
exertions of that kind. and as her move
ments are of necessity slow, and the
driver always affects haste and makes
her feel impatient. she is apt to get
aboard little out of temper.
1ut tucdlIlCdl "OLudu- pal llCuldIly
the beginner, who moves and has her
being with imaginary footlights all
around her-bids the car to stop with
a ..Halt-there-ye-slave' gesture, which
surprises even the horses.
The humble woman of the basket
and bundle is sometimes pushing and
sometimes hesitating. She knows that
by reason of her appendages she will
be unwelcome to conductor and pas
sengers, and the knowledge makes her
shy or defiant, in proportion to the
sweetness or bitterness of her nature.
If life was less desperate with street.
car drivers they would see comedy
lurking on every corner in the person
of some woman.
BEAUTY AND ITS PRESERVATION.
Grief. as well as all agitation of the
writer in the Sacramento Record Union.
Too much excitement Of the tear ducts
dims the eyes, and traces of the work.
ing of the passions are left upon the
face. Those persons who are happily
gifted with an equable temperament
grow old much less quickly than those
whose disposition are the reverse.
Girls sometimes bite and suck their
lips in order to make them red. 1t is
foolish habit which may injure their
shape. Dryness and cracking of the
lips, as well as .'fever sores," are
usually due to disordered stomach.
Persons liable to such troubles should
apply to their lips every night a salve
of glycerine mixed with lard, which is
the best application known for that
purpose. A fever sore begins as hot
and painful lump on the lips, soon
changing into blister. 1t is both an
noying and disfiguring. The sore should
never be rubbed or scratched. At the
very outset it should be touched with this