St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-18

''This makes 'em fussy and they're fussy
enough, anyway They come out of their
house and see a car. Don't make no differ
ence how far away that ear is they make up
their mind they want it and begin to get
frustrated lest they wont get it. They'll
begin to swing their paras0l to hurry mp the
driver. The first time that was hailed by
one Of them | thought something was
wrong. aud that she wanted Inc TO put out
a fire or fire out a drunken man. When
l got up to her. after whipping up the
mules. | found she just wanted to get on
the car. Just as you get up to them some
body in the house wants To know some
thing about something what's on the stove
or ought to be. ard she yellS at them as
she gets on the car kinder slow Ike as if
she has half mind to get Off and yet don't
want Won to leave her.
If there amt anybody comes out from
the house she is sure to yell back at her
little kid and tell him or her to be good
boy or girl TIL she comes back. That puts
the kid on and he makes a break out Of
doors and for the car. This makes things
livelier and no woman likes 10 go away and
feel that It don't make 40 difference
whether she goes or STAYS. They'd a
darn sight rather have hid yelling for
the crying kid starts mp talk in the car on
the way down. | believe the women get
the kids TO cry ng inst to show how fond
they are of their mothers, and to make
other women in the car feel badly 'cause
they didn't do the same trick.
But if they haven't got any little kids,
and can't get up any talk with somebody in
the house, they want some woman to come
along and talk while they are getting on the
car. 4 woman can ask more questions
while ear is waiting for her to get on
than a lawyer can ask a witness. Ii they
amt asking how 10 make catSup or some
ether truck Ike that they are asking after
one Of the chidrenS health, or why some
body don't come over and call and be
neighborIy like.
If YOU happen to start up while they
are getting on you'll hear of it sure down
in the boSs's Office. She'll report you, or
her husband will, and then she'll tell all
the women what an accommodating cuSS
You are.
Sometimes they get TO talking on a street
corner, and one of them wants to go down
town. You look at 'em as you draw up,
but they don't notice you. After you have
got by them, the woman remembers that
she wanted TO 20 down town, and she and
her talking mates just yell. When she
gets up. after promising all of them that
she'll come and see 'em right soon. she
lets me know that Fin not up to my bust
ness, that | ought 10 see she wanted TO go
down town. If | talk back they think Pm
sassy. SO just let 'em talk. and don't
say nothing. Then they think I'm sorry
and forgive me.
Young women; they are worse than the
older ones when it comes TO getting on a
car. They are all dressed up. and their
clothes fit 'em so tight they can't swing
their arms even if they wanted to, but thew
don't. Not much; they want to do the
polite thing. You don't catch them whirl-
ing their arms or their umbrellas. They
don't even raise their hands when they
want the car to stop. They just kinder
raise and drop their eyes; that's their
signal, and if you don't stop,
they'll raise their hand kinder
appealing like. See it. Well,
it don't make no difference if | don't see il,
there is some young Teller on the car what
sees it and the first thing / know the bell
jingles for me- TO stop. She don't hurry
morn nothing either to get On the car, but
takes her time. She don't want to get in
looking warm, and she don't either. She
looks hurt like at the driver for skipping
her.
''But the woman with two or three kids
along with her is never left behind. She
sends out the kids to stop the ear long be-
fore it gets up to where she is standing.
They get on the car and tell you that their
mother wants to get on. And she gets on
She has quite time in getting the kids all
fixed. bat she does it, and then another
time comes when she starts to put in the