Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-06-09
SIERRA COUNTY.
WOMEN IN 4 sA.A.r.su cAe.
Most of Them Don't Make the Best Of tho
Sitnutinn-Tha Woman Who LEI.

Most of Them Don't Make the Bost Of tho
situation-Tha Woman Who did.
How many women are there who under
stand the successful com binstiol OF com
iarative comfort and q sleeping carr Tho
commercial drWnmeF will say none; tie
,nan with an ingenious wife may say one
IN hundred; the truth probably lies in q
middle statenent--about ono il q thou
sand.
asa rule the spectacle OF woman en-
deavoring to arrange herself for the night
in sleeper Is either ludicrous or pitiablo
according to the nature of this observer.
II she is unaccastomed TO travelling By
rail at night, and Is a person OF ordinary
sclf-possession, she goes at it with an owl
dent belief that she can make all neces-
sary changes of toilet in the berth; so in
she climbs laboriotsly. Then she skoots
around while, knocks her head against
the upper berth several times, and gets
her skirts wound tightly about her limbs
in a most iuextricabe fashion. Ii is only
when she finds herself cleaning her muddy
overshoes on her new spring saeque that
she concludes the thing impraoticable.
Then she climbs out again, stands fec,
ing the berth, buttons the curtains behind
her, and resumes operations. The porter
comes along, aud, ignorant of her pres
ence, 1ostles her rudely, while other pas
eengers bang their valises unceremoni-
ously against her. To add to the displeas-
tire of the situation. the curtains slip
apart at the most inopportune moment.
II she Is not a very strong minded per-
son she IL apt to give up the fight in dis
4 l.. r. u i
all, only to lie awake two thirds of the
night, indulge in nightmare with smash
up trimmings the other third. and rise
very early with G splitting headache, bal
temper, and ferYent wish she had never
left home.
This Is the rule, and happy the man
who encounters the exception, for he will
treasure her ever in his memory as the
paragon OF her sex. sss4~a-~sss-,,s ~s--
The exception was encountered one
night last week. She was alone, and
passenger on the Chicago express which
lest the Grand Central depot at 6 o'clock
y. NJ. Her quality was not made appar-
cnt until about fiFty miles of Albany.
Then it became egident that she regarded
comfort as superior to the propriet.es
every time.
Her berth being prepared, with look
OF quiet determination she stood up and
drew the curtain behind her; not close
enough however to embarrass her move
nients.
Of oame her waist; then she stepped
out of her dress skirt, and folding both
neatly, slowed them away. Next hsrcor-
sets came off. Then she pinned shawl
around her shoulders, threw aside the
curtain and came forth. Reaching her
bag, she secured brush. comb and hand
glass, and proceeded coolly TO arrange her
hair rs WAS her wont in Ler own boudoir.
Thus far the men in the car had done
their whole duty by looking the other
way; bat they gave it mp when she deli5-
erately took out all her hairpins, removed
an elaborate switch, attached IL to the
hook ut the side OF the berth and ooinbetl
It out carefully. This done she folded II
mp, put it away, got iato bed, took off
the shawl and in ten minutes was softly
snoring.
Then the men went into their own COM
partment, lighted fresh cigars, passed
round flask and wondered who might
be the fortunate possessor OF such
womau.-New York Sun.