The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-10-07
LOOKING AT. PEOPLE.
What One Woman Saw on Her Way Down
Town.

Town. r
| saw great many things on my way
down town the other day. saw a
drunken father under convoy of his lit
tie daughter. He sat in the car with his
head dropped in maudlin Sleep upon tho
shoulder Of his child, while, with bushes
that came and went across her face like
shadows on the slope of a hill, she
quietly sat and 'bravely bore the bur-
den of her childish shame. saw a
young hoodlum lash. his horse because
his own awkwardness came near col
liding his cab with cable car. saw
policeman spring to the rescue of an
old woman who stumbled on the street
crossing, and | saw him bruised and
trampled in the discharge Of duty
I saw a pretty girl reach up with her
daintily-gloved hand to undo the check,
rein of a tortured horse, | saw beat
ell dog turn and fawn beneath his mas
ter's brutal anger, and thought to my
self, where is more fond and forgiving
friendship found? saw a little golden
headed boy at the window of a house
as Ipasseds by, and when 1waved my
hand he kissed his in return. i, a,+ ~,
I saw "a tired mother stoop to caress
the. child who fidgeted at her knee in
the depot waiting-room. and I'saw an
other viciously slap her baby because it
sought to fondle her cheeks with it's
sticky fingers ! saw a little girl get
up without suggestion from her mother,
and proffer her seat in the crowded car
to an older person. saw lamed and
dying bird brought down by a small
boys slingshot. s.f .gg.a att #
saw rd-faced, labor -grined man
step out Of his way to protect lost
dog from a band Of young street arabs
saw eleven out of fifteen girls i met
with laced waists and powdered faces
] saw a small boy furiously beating his
mother with his fists because she sought
to carry him over a crowded and dam
gerous crossing, and so, thought, we
treat the tender providence that some
times seeks to lift us against our will
from evil ways. s
/ saw little coffin in an undertaxer's
window, waiting empty-ah, for whom?
What cardle bed keeps tonight the
precious head destined so soon to,slecp
upon that satin pillow? l saw crowd
of prominent politicians come out of a
liquor saloon. and saw dead swine
hanging near by on a butchers sham
BILE. I said to myself, which of the two,
the man or the defunct pig, is the most
truly dead, if life counts anything for
bravery, purity, chivalry and the ability
to command respect? If we mustlave
porcine qualities, either in two-legged
or four-legged types, let us have them
inactive in death.
saw a nurse girl wheeling baby
backward in perambulator, the sun
meanwhile, darting beneath it's tender
eyelids. | saw number of well.
dressed men spit on the depot stair.
way, and / wanted to throw stones at
them. ] saw a homely girl transformed
into beauty by a simple service ac..
corded to a stranger. saw a woman
lean out gof q public conveyance te'
laugh at and deride another who wore
shabby clothes and old boots. ;,
/ saw half a million Tor less) of hui
man faces, with only one here and
there that was clean and sweet and
true. saw Chicago astir with the
clash'a and turmoil of its sordid greed
for grain i!p osa,@ f..3ti 9aS
saw a great many other things; but
how does the balance strike already?-s
Amber, in Chicago Herald