Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-18
SOME woMen's WAYS.
now They rsaspcrsie rasseneers b
Their rrconsidefate Conduct.

now They Itaspernfe fascnEert ~
Their Irconsidcfate Conduct.
Woman, with child, asccnds tho frat
flight Of stairs Of the IL" road station at
one Hundred aud Twenty-ffth street and
Eighth avenue. Meets coiorcd porter
sweeping the stairs In search Of nickel,
with firm determination not to kick at
anything Of larger denomination.
Woman to portcr-To which side should
go 70 take n downtown traini
Porter 10 Woman - The uptown side.
na'am--thls way.
Woman 20 putter--Wcll that's queer;
train.
Porter 20 Woman urloua, sho', maiam,
dat's what folks all says, nam: but
Woman 10 porter--Are you surei
Porter TO Woman-Sho'a I'm n niggah.
She eyes the porter scru,inlzingly
Woman 20 Child-Guols tho man must
b. right Come, dcary.
Woman and "Dcary" ascend the second
flight Of stairs. "Dvnry" Is but a tot and
must wait till he has both feet on ona step
before putting another foot forward. They
block the stairs. Several men IN a hurry
they abound In llaFlem) try TO dodge and
pass them. Fools that they arci They
can't have Travelled much on the IL"
roads. Woman and "Dcaryr eventually
reach tho door Woman hollis the door
for "Dcary" 10 get In aud slams II on next
mans nose. Il all goes. She goes to tho
ticket window and asks
"is this the right way 10 10 down town."
"ies'm," answers tho urbAue and gar
rulous ticket agent.
"wcll, that's queer"
Then she gets out n search warrant for
her pocket IL reminded me Of the search
for the DOODLE aldermen Of isSi. but sho
finally Accompllshoa feat would never
attempt She finds Il. She delvcs Into Il,
inserts her entire plump forearm into Il.
To her amazcmont Il Il empty. She Is sud.
denly struck by an idea which II whispered
To her by m impatient man IN = hurry, and
becomes conscious of the fact that she
holds her pockctbook In her left hand.
oh, dcari How stupid Of bert shc opens
her pockc,booii. dolc- out four pennies 10
the ticket seller. OR At a time, but TO save
her soul she can't nnd the nth one. She
finally gets y two dollar hill changed. She
has no sooner received her ticket than she
finds that truaut penny aud wants 10 get
her bill back. Tho urtAne and Rarrulous
ticket agent pays no attention TO her ~.
quest, aud exchanges ticket for a nickel
] Win tho next man IN hurry ruo uhhlil
reaches the ticket choppers box.
"is this tho right way 10 40 down town.
sho prudently asks before putting her
ticket Ia the box.
"Yos'm"
"comc. Deary. This mans mighty curt"
/ (lolIloqnizlngl
/ A train IA AZ the station. Scores 81 men
In u hurry shove or jump over Dcary's
I head aud STAMPEDE for that train. The
| gong ring.. the greatest stakeholder u the
road slams the gate with grin, aud score,
I Of men In n hurry ret lcit and hAvc 10 wait
/ ZOE ~ least quarter Of minute Tor tho
next train. which they employ In bcstow.
/ Ing blessings upon the heads Of Dcnfy
! and hia ciccronc The woman finally
/ reaches the man who owns the station
/ platform nnd lnqulr,ai
"ls this the right way TO 80 down town.
"Yc.'m."
Another train thunderi by. ThowomAn
| and "Dcary" soon Mud themselves opposite
/ the gate, blocking r. To make assurance
douhly sure she inquiries Of the conductor
"is thistle right way 10 go down town.
"Yes'm-bc llyely-both gates" Il the
Official reply. In Susan Nlppcr style
Woman aud "Dcary" are bundled Into
the int car by tho impatient passengers,
aud N she takes her seat hcsltAtingly
hear her hollloqulxe. "Thnt'a queer"
II was-NUw York Herald