The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-13
HE tARpENEo SEX.
Heart-RendIng Experiences of 8 We'll
 Bred Young Woman.

Heart-Rendins Experiences of 8 We'll
 Bred Young Woman.
 "Oh, girls!' exclaimed Susie Tnswiz1. as she rushed into the room and sank into a chair, ''you have no idea of what an afternoon Of it have had"
 Why, what was the trouble?" chorused the maidens
 "pve been shopping, you know. all of the afternoon.
 'Yes, yes.''
 ? Well, there have been crowds and crowds every where, and every one is so selfish and rude that I'm just worn out and sick.''
 5 ''You poor thing. Tell us about it. :" 7 ''l think it's just shame that peo- pie can't be arrested for being rude and mean. You know I started out bright and fresh this afternoon and rode down town in a street-car; and it was so crowded-ladies in every seat but one, and horrid old gray-headed man in that, who only looked up from his paper when I came in, and never offered me his seat 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 the seat, but he stood right in the way lowing that horrid old woman into his place. She was lame, too Wasn't it too meanP'
 :. Shameful! Shamefulr'
 5 Every body was so rude and self ish. You know there was a barea ain sale of lace handkerchiefs at Bait 6 Ketchum' and when got there, such a crowd of women as there was around that counter. I was so afraid that the best bargains would be gone, and not one of those selfish women would budge an inch so that l could get up nearer. I elbowed and pushed and squeezed my way into the jam, until l was almost crushed, and no one seemed to have the least censidera- tion. l hit upon the most novel idea forcing my way along. It was so funny. Some woman would be in the way and I'd want to get by her, sold stick my elbow against her side quick and real hard, and when she'd turn around to see who it was I'd slip into her place. 1 managed to get up to the counter before all of the bargains were gone, but such pulling and haul ing as 1 had to do to get there was terrible. l was completely tired out. l didn't suppose a crowd of ladies could be so rude and selfish and incon- siderate as most of them were in the crush around that handkerchief count CT. Then the vulgar hussy behind the counter was rude, and 1 only asked few questions and was quite a long time deciding, and she had the impudence to ask me if I would please make selection as quickly as possi- ble. as so many ladies were waiting. As though didn't have a right to take as much time as 1 liked after 1 once got to the counter. I stood there twice as long then just to spite her and the crowd of women behind me. '"
 "Where elso did you goP"
 "Oh, lots of places. It was just ss crowded everywhere. Women, women all around. 1 declare was actually ashamed of my sex to see the way they acted. At the post-office there were lots of people waiting, and when 1 stepped out of the line to try and crowd my way in ahead of a little snip of an impertinent woman, because I was in hurry, she wouldn't move a bit, and when tried to get back into my old place the line had closed up, and Ihad to drop back to the foot of the line. And the line was most all women, too, without a grain of de- cency or politeness. Isn't it just too awful to think that our sex can be so rude and hardened?"
 ''Isn't it''
 And each of the other girls told of similar heart-rending experiences, be- fore they all fell to discussing the life of it that that poor, dear MT. Wally- wally would lead when he was married to that snippy little Van Dander girl. -C. N. Hood. in Drake's Magazine.