The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-28

box in pale-gray livery, their boots having
pin}ish-gray tops; the women in this are one in
yellow tulle and silk, and the other in pale rose
colored crepe de chine Pretty? Well. of course
it looked pretty, but everybody guessed who the
women were, and everybody knew that it was
wretchedly bad form. There is one English vir-
tue that American women are gradually learn
ing-that is, that MS far as beauty and appear
ance are concerned it is wisest to reserve them
for the people who know you well, and not to
tlaunt them on the highways and byways for the
benefit of Thomas Richard, or Henry. who think
that all women, being free and equal, are all
alike. OF course these three gentlemen are
likely to be mistaken, but when all women dress
alike they find it difficult to decide between them
DROPPING SUMMER AcQUA1NrANcEs.
The pleasing task of dropping summer ac-
quaintances now falls to most sociable women.
book lent a flower offered new stitch in
fancy-work shown has caused the darling of
your heart to become acquainted with woman
who If she had been met in the city and seen
with eyes not glazed by the summer sun would
have been marked "undesrableH An acquain-
tance once made especially with woman of
this sort, is very difficult to unmake. She had
her object in seeking you, and now she proposes
you shall help her during the winter, | some
times get so disgusted with women and with
their utter lack of sense that wonder why the
laws of the United States do not insist on their
being allowed Just so much rope and the other
end of it being tied to man to guide them.
HOW WOMAN CUTS A "FRIEND.o
a tender-hearted little woman will permit
herself to be dragged into an acquaintance
which will cause her hours of weeping; she has
not the moral courage to deliberately cut the
woman, and the woman, being an intrigdnte,
does not mean to let her. At last, however,
she does get up enough courage to strike the
blow, and the way she does it is very funny.
The chances are she meets the undesirable
when she is with some man to whom she has
told her tale of VICE. or else with woman who
knows the world better than she does, and
either one of these will give her courage. She
looks at the creature (for she has gotten to
call her that and stares vacantly, as does
French doll; then she turns to her protector and
says: "You see, l could do it, but do you sup
pose she will write me note about it ~ That
she can leave the note unanswered never enters
her small head and the creature likes moth
ing better than to have a lot of letters from her
victim, that she may display them to her own
circle and show how intimate she is One of
these women went into well-known photog-
rapher's here and announced that she must
have her pictures taken at once, as Mrs. Dash
was worrying the life out of her to get it. The
chances are that Mrs. Dash never asked her for
it, but the men who heard it all concluded that
they We're bosom friends, and poor little Mrs.
Dash will suffer from the stigma of such an ac
quaintance. Nobody to blame but herself.
WOMEN AS TELEGRAPH OPERATORS.
am great admirer of women, but there is
one position in life in which think they would
be cheerfully missed, and that is as telegraph
operators. A small district messenger boy, who
had a large heart and who was less busy than
l am, told me that there was some good ones
among them and this has given me little bit
of courage as to their future: but it is pretty
hard to be treated woman is by the young
lady who manages the key, whose white frock
is immaculate, and whose blue beads are things
of beauty, and who is so lofty that you finch
before her. She has sent telegram for me,
signed with the name of the person to whom it
was directed, and for three days very busy
man did not know who in the world it came
from. She has been out when | wanted to send
telegram, which, by the bye, thought was
against the rules of the company, and in an
other form and another frock she has taken
dollar to let me know three hours before the
steamer arrives, when that very steamer had been
in for six hours, and 1t was her business to know
it. 'Tis true the company returned me sixty
cents of the money, but missed meeting a
friend and missed arranging some important
business; and yet there are people who approve
of women as telegraph operators Deluded
souls 1t may sound little ill-natured in me
to say this about any woman who has to earn
her own living.
HINTS FOR WORKING WOMEN.
But think there are some things woman
must remember when she goes out into the
work-a-day world.
She must leave her personal affairs, Charlie's
letters, and her fine frocks at home.
She must remember that in not doing her
best, as far as her work is concerned, she is not
only cheating her employer and the general
public, but she is lowering her own character.
She must have patience and be cheerful
both, perhaps, are little difficult at some
times, but pleasant manner and willingness
to wait a little will mean success in the future.
You know she really oughtn't to be working
at all The good Lord did not build her with
any intention of earning her own living 1t
was distinctly stated to Adam that he was to do
all the work, but guess from Adam down there
have been men who nave shirked what they
ought to do. When I!think of that blue beaded
telegraph operator, get into sort of white
heat. If she were a man, would have made
a complaint against her. But / don't like to
it-because-shes woman. And so is
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