The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-03-23

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The ticket leI@covered the plies OF
nickels and pennies and swept them to a
safe distance. There's heaps on 'em .
lie was genial old gentleman withal,
and as the crowd had well nigh ceased to
surge through the entrances he gave the
reporter hearing.
You might do a little calculation.
Let's see. There's six boats on each
route every hour, commencing at six
O'Clock in the morning Between six
and eight o'clock every boat is jananled
on both the .Desbrosses and C0rtlandt
street routes. That's twelve bouts on
both routes and twenGy-four boats in two
hours Each boat will carry ], 100 pas
sengers. The majority Of passengers are
women Well, now multiply n by COO,
an l think you'll strike somewhere in
the neighborhood of line total number
You see, I've got no actual statistics
TnataH give you, lets see'i--and the ticket
seller made mental calculation-s.ne nearly
fifteen thousands women. You see, there
are between fifteen and twenty thousand
commuters who pass through the depot
from suburban residences, and the
majority OF these are also women =
Have you noticed any material in
crease of late in the number of shop girls
who live on this side and WORK in New
York;
Eyes. Within the past few years the
number has jumped forty per cent
can't explain the cause Of this That's a
question for the social and political econ
omists to study
ALL WELL BEHAVED
What is your opinion OF the deport-
ment OF the average shop girl or sales
woman who passes through this en-
trances' asked the reporter.
Young man. / want to say a good
word for tile working girls I've been
here nigh onto thirty-five years l want
co..
cerned, that the department of the aver
age working girl is something thar re-
fleets credit upon her home ffainlng It's
actually surprising. She rs q clever little
woman. You know, as TEe1i as do, the
difference between the circumstances
surrounding her life and that surround
ing the home girl Sometimes | think
her experience in contact with the world
only teaches her how Co be true to her
self. You very seldom see her in com
pany with a male escort on her way TO or
from work. If you do, you can set il
down In nine cases out OF ten as natri-
monial catch. You usually see
girl. Ii one shows Maynard
or giddy tendency the other usually holds
her in check. a woman IS always more
afraid Of her own sex's tongue than that
of the opposite sex. OF course. there are
occasional parties on their way home
with whom some would-be Washers have
tried to make impressions on the way
over the river. At such times a crowd
may grow a trife boisterous but the
young woman usually give the men the
slip IN the crowds, and that's the end
of it.
mo. You very seldom see any Of 'em
tired and WAN after the days work They
always remind me OF troop OF rompisg
hght-hearted school girls just let loose
from school
Ii you calculate the number of women
toileTs VINO cross over the Pennsylvania
the Central. the Erie, and the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western ferries. you
VIII lind some interesting statistics
THEY MKT on THE BOAT.
As a fitting conclusion to this hasty
sketch it may not be aIniss to relate brief.
ly the courtsnip of a rising young business
man now living on the Hill, and his mar
riage to one OF the prettiest women IN J err
sey City. He met his fate on Il ferryboat
Two years ago his attention was al
tracted white crossing the river on the
home trip by n tail and elegant young
woman who sat directly opposite him in
the ferryboat saloon. She possessed an
exquisitely moulded figure, arched eye
brows and soft black eyes that glistened
like twin stars when she raised them TO
the lights overhead. She WAS not osten-
tatiously dressed. Both dress and led
spirit.
Like a man, his first impulse was to at
tempt Irritation. His first advances
were met with an imperial glance OF
seorn that nettled MIN, yet only Increased
his admiration for the beautiful woman
before him.
Several nights in succession he found
himself sitting opposite her. He dared
not, after that first repulse, make an
other attempt at Irritation Once or twice
he fancied on raising his eyes he detected
hers swiftly moving away from his, as
though she had been studying HIM unob-
served-and was IL faneys Somehow he
felt there was no shadow of reproach III
them.
The more he studied her the more he
became entranced.
Thus several months sped on. On nE-
merous occasions he found himself IN q
position that enabled him TO gailanrly
open a cabin door for her TO pass through.
At such times she acknowledged the gal
lantry by graceful but distant bow
quite an appropriate notice for astranger
showing her courtesy; but beyond this
he was puzzled to find he had made no
advance in the direction of acquaintance.
IN DOUBT.
He was not sure of his own intentions
all this time. Was he affected BY any
earnest feeling, or was it mere curiosity
Ut plquc luSSb tlilo 0PpSTHlo5l
his niinds lie tried TO avoid her He
sought a seat in the gentlemen's cabin.
Only occasionally did he catch a glance
of the Queenly form moving toward the
door OF the ladies' cabin whIie ne crossed
over TO the other side. Several times he
fancied he saw her eyes following him,
and on one of these OCCASIONS dark
foggy eveuing-he turned in obedience to
some irresistible impulse and followed
her into the ladies' cabin. BY peculiar
left after she had seated herself was di-
rectly by her side.
He stood a moment in embarrassment
upon him. Then he sat down A deli
cately gloyed hand gathered up the folds
OF the skirt. A crimson fame shot into
the cream-rose cheeks. HI caught only a
side glimpse, but he saw it, and imagined
the liquid eyes sparkled more brilliantly
than ever. He felt as though he was
dreaming. His wits seem to desert him.
A CRASH IN NIDsTREAM.
The boat was near midstream, when
suddenly there was loud crash. Glass
and spllnters few in every direction
That side of the boat was momcntariiy
reared several feet, then lowered An
ominous splash was heard, followed by
streams OF water that came dashing
through the broken windows. Passengers
were preeipitated from their seats, aud
some sent rolling upou the floor. Screams
OF men, women and children were half
drowned by the hoarse screeching OF
steam whistles ana the Changing Of bells.
There had been a collision in the fog
Panic and nandenannif1m relenpn