The Springdale news., 1889-08-16
THE HARDENED SEX.
Heart-Kending Experiences of We'll | Bred Young Woman.

| Bred Young Woman.
 "Oh, girls!" exclaimed Susie 1nswim, as she rushed into the room and sank into chair, you have no idea of what an afternoon of it have had"
 Why, what was the trouble?" chorused the maidens.
 live been shopping, you know, all of the afternoon.
 "Ycs, yes.
 "Wcll, there have been crowds and crowds every where, and every one is 50 selfish and rude that I'm just worn out and sick.
 You poor thing, Tell us about it."
 'l think it's just a shame that peo- i pie can't be arre 5tcd for being rude and mean. You know I started out l bright and fresh this afternoon and rode down town in d street-car; and it was so crowded ladies in every seat ! but one, and a horrid old gray headed | man in that, who only looked up from l his paper when came in, and never 1 offered me his scat nor stirred, until miserable old Irish woman with two big baskets got on, and then the old man got up and tried to slip into l the seat, but ho stood right in the way lowing that horrid old woman into his place. She was lame, too. ! Wasn't it too mean?N
 shameful! Shamefulr'
 Every body was so rude and self l ish You know there was barc ain l sale of lace handllerchiefs at Bait X | ketchum' S, and when l got there, such a crowd of women as there was around | that counter. was 50 afraid that the ! best bargains would be gone, and not | one of those selfish women would ! budgc an inch so that l could get up | nearer l elbowed and pushed and ! squeezed my way into the jam, until | l was almost crushed, and no one | seemed to have the least considera- l tion. l hit upon the most novel idea | forcing my way along. It was S0 | funny. Some woman would be in tho ! way and I'd want to get by her, so q ! stick my elbow against her side quick and real hard, and when she'd turn | around Co sec who it was I'd slip into ! her place. l managed to get up to ! the counter before all of the bargains | were gone, but such pulling and haul | ing as l had to do to get there was l terrible. l was completely tired out l l didn't suppose q crowd of ladies l could be so rude and selfish and incOn- sidcrato as most of them were in tho ! crush around that handkerchief count l cr Then the vulgar hussy behind l the counter was rude, and l only asked q few questions and was quite a long time deciding, and she had the 1 impotence to ask me if would please make a selection as quickly as possi- l ble as so many ladies were waiting. As though Ididn't have d rightto take aa much time as liked after l once 1 got to the counter stood there twice as long then just to spite her and the crowd of women behind me. T
 "Wherc else did you go2"
 "Oh, lots of places. It was just 8 crowded everywhere Women, women all around. declare l was actually ashamed of my sex to src tho way they acted At the poet-onicc there | were lots of people waiting, and when ' l stepped out Of the line to try and ! crowd my way in ahead of little snip of an impertincnt woman, because | was in a hurry, she wouldn't move ' bit, and when | tried to get back into my oid place the line had closed Up, and had to drop back to the foot of \ the line. And the line was most all women, too, without a grain of de- ccncy or politenoss Isn't it just t2o awful to think that our sex can be 50 rude and hardcned?"
 'I-n't it,'
 And each of the other girls told of 1 similar hcart-rcnding experiences De- 1 fore they ull fell to discussing the life of 1t that that poor, dear Mr. Wally- wally would lead when he was married to that snippy little Van Dandcr girl -C. IN. Hood, in Drake'a Magazine