The Clifton clarion., 1889-07-31
OUICK.WlTTEl WOMEN.
Verbal Punishment They Innict on Incon.
 siderate Members of Their Sex.

Verbal Punishment They Inhict on Incon.
 siderate Members of Their Sex.
 The coolness with which a woman
 will punish a woman is only matched
 by the celerity 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 of
 l-don't-you-h ow stares. Mrs. Blaine
 went on few steps. suddenly wheeled,
 passed by her quondam acquaintance.
 and paused before store window till
 the latter came up; then, advancing
 with extended hand and a bright
 smile, she exclaimed: ''Oh, I beg
 pardon for passing you without recog-
 milton a moment ago; I was lost in
 thought 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 mel am on
 the way to rehearsal" and continued
 her leisurely walk down the street.
 Quite as prompt and effective was
 the action of thin, keen-eyed woman
 whom l saw in the millinery depart
 Inent of a 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 mus, sa hnnCht p1 too tired of shopping to go step fur ther. The willing but inconsiderate clerk took down a bonn of sober character, with the remark: This, I | think, will please you; it is very suit | able for middle-aged lady" The | spinster quietly requested her to put the bonnet on her own head, which the | unsuspecting woman, herself of an un- certain age, promptly did. Then, look ing her full in the face, the irate and ancient maiden sweetly said: "It fits 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 speeches. chagrin. She knew her want of tact had cost her a customer. The bonnet was sought for elsewhere.
 Not less striking, and somewhat questionable as to good taste, was an instance of this verbal punishment That saw while lunching at a fashion able restaurant Two quietly dressed ladies. evidently strangers, were at a 1a ab'N ram T,,n o.,I Io4b b,J oL.1 1 to call for chic!zen-pie. Presently two stylish, bus,ling ladies took the seats oTposite. and one reaching for the bill of fare and glancing at the plate of Ter vis-a-vis, said to her companion: Did you ever try their boneless chick en-pie?" "No." was the answer, "and I'd rather not. if you please Nobody in New York but Delmonico can cook Pie here wouldn't be fit to eat" and her handkerchief sent a perfumed remonstrance to chick en-pie in the very faces of the ladies opposite, who continued their unmoved, apparently till the had settled down to tomato soup. Then the blow came from the elder of the chicken-pie consumers in he remark to her neighbor: By the way, when you go to Delmonico's again ry their tomato soup Ther's nothing n the city like it. l never touch it ince friend of mind saw a scullion lrop his dish-cloth into the boiling pot md then composedly fish it out, with f 10 further comment than that it would olor and flavor the soup" Two spoons Tere dropped, and the white-faced reatures with handkerohiefs over their nosths disappeared in tho direction of - he dressing-room. Beg your par on" " said the punisher to her aston- shed neighbor, T beg your pardon for ddressing you so familiarly, as rave your absolution from my con- cience for the flo I told. but that -oman needed lesson, and think he has had it"-N '. Sun. [