The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-10-31
OuIcK-WlTTED WOMEN.
Verbal Punishment They Infict on Ancoh'
siderate Members of Their Sex

Verbal Punishment They Infiict on Incon'
siderate Members of Their Sex.
The GOODNESS with which a woman
will punish a woman is only matched
by the celebrity of the performance.
saw Mrs. Blaine in this role lately.
She was passing down Broadway when
she met lady who returned her quiet
smile of recognition by the rudest oil
I-don't-you-know stares. Mrs. Blame
went on a few steps, suddenly wheeled
passed by her quondam acquaintance
and paused before store window TIL
the latter came up; then, advancing
with extended hand and a brlgnI
smile, she exclaimed: ooh. peg
pardon for passing you without recog-
milton a moment ago; l was LOST In
szthought till too late" The exquisite
assurance was irresistible, and the
| gloves of punisher and punished
touched for an instant, when Mrs.
Blaine snatched another laurel leaf by
| adding: 'Pray excuse me- am on
| the way to rehearsal" and continued
her leisurely walk down the street.
Quite as prompt and effective was
| the action of a thin, keen-eyed woman
whom 1 saw in the millinery depart
ment of big store. Spinster was
written all over her face, and defiance
of age was noticeable in the material
and cut of her wardrobe. She informed
the saleswoman that her bonnet must
be bought then and there. She was
too tired of shopping to go step FUR
,ther. The willing but inconslderate
clerk took down a bonn t of sober
character, with the remark: This,
!. think, will please you; it is very suit
able for a middle-aged lady" The
spinster quietly requested her to put
the bonnet on her own head, which the
unsuspecting woman, herself OF an I'M
certain age, promptly did. Then, lock-
.. ing her full in the face, the lrate ana
ancient maiden sweetly said: cit hts
you perfectly, perfectly; you were
right, it is just the bonnet for middle
aged person" The saleswoman bit
her lip and removed the bonnet In
speechless chagrin. She knew her
want of tact had cost her a customer.
k The bonnet was sought for elsewhere.
n Not less striking, and somewhat
p questionable as to good taste, was ar
l. instance of this verbal punishment
. that saw while lunching at fashion
10 able restaurant. Two quietly dressed
ladies, evidently strangers. were at
table near me, and both had chancet
to call for chicken-pie. Presently tw
stylish, busting ladies took the seat
.
of fare and glancing at the plate G
her vis-a-vis, said to her companion
Ibid you ever try their homeless chich
en-piep" ''No," was the answer, IAN
I'd rather not, if you please. Nobod
in New York but Delmonico can COO
n chicken. Pie here wouldn't be
to eat'' and her handkerchief SCI
a perfumed remonstrance to chicl
en-pie in the very faces OF II
ladies opposite, who continued the
I'M luncheon unmoved. apparently till I'll
newcomers had settled down to toma
soup. Then the blow came from IL
elder of the chicken-pie consumers
the remark to her neighbor: "By t
way, when you go TO Delmonico's aga
try Jnolr IOiHdUo oUuP' AhOA
aeo in the city like it, 1 never touch
ely since friend of mind saw sculli
drop his dish-cloth into the boiling
and then composedly fish it out, wi
no further comment than that it wou
color and flavor the soup" Two spot
were dropped, and the white-fac
creatures with handkerchiefs over tn
IN
the dressing-room. BEG your p'
don," said the punisher to her astt
ished neighbor. 81 beg your pardon
IPT addressing you SO Familiarity, as
crave your absolution from my CO
science for the fb / told. but Il
woman needed a lesson, and thi
rs in she has had it."-N. Y. Sun.
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