The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-25
IN WoMEN's POCKETS.
Revelations Concerning the Most
Mysterious Of All Receptacles.

piled her bundles Oh seat in the waiting
room Of the Jer.ey ferry house, and then
giving skirts just the right shake with er
hCdy i'll the N 1s6 artistic |" list with one
hand. at down. Instantly she bounced up
and exclaimed in a frightened voice:
tMv purse has been stolenp
Nonsense sail her companion.
''On, yes, it has"
'But YOU have not looked
locked" exclaimed the young woman
vciththe scared voice and face. II guess |
don's need to LOOK. I've got on my new
d es e"
The other lady was perfe thy satisfied
with that expla alton, and the woman i D.
charge Of tue room was called in. After
much discussio male lde official of the
ferry company took part in the exciteme t.
why on ca IN don't you feel in your
pocketW be a-ked.
A singular exn 'ession settled on the faces
of the three women-an expression of mys-
tery Dieuued with pity for the man.
but why don't she feel in her pocket2n
the laundering man persisted
"She's CO. on a certain kind of dress and
doesn't need to-" said the young woman's
companin 1.-The idea" she said after the
man had gone. GLOW could tell hun that
in a direc ORE dress you always kno what
YOU have got in your pocket, because you
sit on your pocket, and if you do i sit on a
certain thing YOU know you haven't got it.
How perfectly absurd mea al e.2
But, to return to the man. His face
showed that he was resigned to the mystery
Of the certain kind OF dress" then it
lighted up with brand new idea He
tur cd to the companion Of the girl who
had lost her pocketbook, and he asked
"Why dome you feel ia your pocket? Per-
haDs she las LAID it do va somewhere, and
Won have picked it up, mechanically, you
know"
Lord, man." said the lady addressed,
Don't YOU see, Pge got on q ailor-male
dres5. l have no pocket at all to put any
thing Excuse me, sir; but if, iuste ID of
standing and prylng into the secrets Of
dressm king aud losing all this time, YOU
would step out and seize the pIckpocket
before lie gets away you would do US a reat
favor. He is probably out in the crowd
now picking pockets"
The ma went out and very wisely disap-
peared. The ladies waited for him.
Did you have much in your pocket
bo7kF' the woman of the waiting room
asks of the one who lost that article.
Il had over So, she replied. 81 know
hal my pa So in the cross town car, be-
cause--because had to put up my foot to
sit on so as not to feel it so plainly. l was
robbed between that car and this room.n
Five doliarsW exclaimed her companion.
Nv Y, Lillian, how can you be SO care
less2 never had IS in my purse in my
life. l never keep anything but ferry
ticzsts. and cards atd a ne IciI and small
change in my purse. Whsn have bills 7
nut tnem-wel, I put them where no thief
can ever get them. that is without doing
uurle y
Il y. ur ST. ckino57n in0ui,.red the Gtrle
woman charge OF the room.
MY stacEi e" the lady peated, with
eyide anaz meat. "Of course ,3ot Who
on earth eve ard of auvb DIV mn III o
money in their stockings? No. When 7
want to keen anytniu., like m ,nev sofe
put it ~ here keep my watch riglt here.
and she tapped tie to- of her corsars.
When these adde's went ont the yyo nan in
Charge If the waiting room talked about
w0rnen's D0cIz-ts
''You ow all about them. y thew said
"Deary me, I sh uId ,ay [ did said she.
"Ha f If nv time is spe { a-fu sing with
ladies' DOC cts. I've been told that man
when he has his Overcaat on ofta ba
TWEEN v-one pockets. If them twentv-o q
pocket gave men as muca trouble as Iadie5
has 81 it'll their one, all the men would be
insane, The reason is a woma Is one
pocket olds mo @ than q mans twenty.
they're always coming in here a d going
beaIud thai screen and dumping out their
poke 5 TO search for someu hi Y thew can't
ma.
"Sametimes they remind me Of the marie
fellows the theate n hich pull SO many
thi. qs out Of a hat. Oftentines vou'n see
Monau ping things on that table till
YOU would i b-lieve she cou d get 'em all
back again if her SIX rts were taken off and
SO I'd at tle tom and the things we
piled in. When | look at what is in
laly's pocket I ca tel at once if she's mar
red or single. Single girls' pockets are
always full Of letters, ibbons. ca dies. and
these little colored pictures gwen ont on
the str els. Married womeu's pockets have
eycrythi q in them-t ing thew have
picked III In going thro gh their houses.
BITS Of string, tacks, always two or more
hand, rcuiefs, tradesmen's cards. scissors.
samples of aress 90 Dis, buttons. spouls of
cOt,on-oh, | uldu't begin to ell you
what all is a married woman's pockets.
have seen the full a peach BASKET a d
the weight of four pounds emptied on that
table DJ a married lady.
THE greatest surprise I ever had ;" i
the woman, was when A lady faiuted here
one da and her hasband sud If I'd fee. in
her pocket I'd find bottle Of salts. While
/ vas hunting for it | found sne as a shop-
litter, IN gh sue was weal1ny ID re poet.
able / found a lace fc u, with the price
tag on it, and some lace handkercuiefs tied
up IN ribDo jus1 as thew h . the IN tie
stores, and som .ilk stockings. There we're
o'aer things that | have TO 90 ten, not in
herrtguia p ckrt, but in a klnd of a big
bag.jSe thing she mad sewed il thu fro OF
her Dir IS Her husband as there, and he