Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-04
MRS. NOODLES RIDES IN HEROIC.
Her First Venture I'm That Kind OF Con-
veyance is Unsatisfactory.

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Her First Venture i'm That Kind Of = Con-
veyance is Unsatisfactory.
ssNoTHING WILL EVER PERSUADE
A>me to ride in he-dic again, said young
Mrs. Noodles at the last meeting Of this season
OF the Georgetown Sewing Circle.
There CHANGED to be "a pause in the general
gabble at the moment she spoke and everybody
cried, ''why not, pray?"
simply because Of horrifying experience
that had in one the other day." abe replied.
as she began TO rip q wrong seam in q garment
she was preparing for some infant and elee-
mosynary African.
DO tell US about itI' exclaimed the otheu in
chorus
well" said Mrs. Noodles, dropping her
work In her lap, II must explain. 20 begin
With that, until came TO Washington, had
never seen herdic nor ridden in a vehicle Of
That description. NV first attempt TO use one
was made last Tuesday afternoon, starting
from the Capitol for the Department Of State,
where my husband is employed in the diplo-
matte furnishing division, which supplies neck
ties and fancy underwear in court patterns for
United States legations abroad. went TO get
aboard the conveyance, which. a moment be-
fore reached IL, suddenly started up. gave
chase, and, when it paused again, I nearly
caught it, but it was of with q Jump.
The same thing was repeated FIVE or
SIX times, TO my great evaporation,
because a sad-looking man on the rear step,
whom took TO be the conductor, paid no al :
tention to the frantic wavings of my parasol
When at length j overlook the vehicle aud got
IN L asked him sharply what he meant by not
waiting FOR me. In response, he gazed al me
In mournful way, and said solemnly:
Madam, am not an employe of the herdic
company
Il would have apologiged for nv mistake.
but at that moment lurch Of the herdc threw
me squarely into the lap Of n man who was
about to rise and give me his seat.
Pray excuse met / said. regaining NV feet
Don't mention it, he replied. Il like it,
II could have stabbed him through with nv
parasol for his inipertinence. but took the seat
he offered instead, bowling slightly in recognition
OF the civility. Trying 10 seem as little en-
barrassed as could extracted 25-cent piece
from my portemonnaie and passed il along by
the hands OF other passengers TO the front O Z
the stage where, after a fat baby had seized it,
nearly swallowed ii and been induced to dis
gorge, pallid man with dyed whiskors poked
It through a slot marked change and an
envelope was returned to me: Surprising
that this concluded the transaction I put the
envelope In my reticule and proceeded TO think
OF other things. Ayoung and pretty woman got
| in square further on and sat down beside me-
but at the time took no particular notice Of
her or Of what she did.
Presently heard the jingling of a bell up in
front, but paid no attention to that Then
there was more Of it, and the offensive person
who had given me his seat spoke to me. asking
me If had paid my fare. / replied coldly in
the affirmative. 1t was the driver who rang the
bell, and two or three minutes later he began
juggling IT again, knocking violently also on the
m of fyta hah1 ind fhrs, oh hal Id
angry, and it seemed evident that the young
woman next me was the delinquent. Curiously
enough, she looked entirely composed, paving
no attention to the disturbance, and it flashed
across me that she must be deaf Isn't il too
badn said to myself. She has forgotten to
barrassing situation
Just then the driver opened his little win
dow with a slam and cried, Amt that lady goin'
to pay her nickel'
The pretty young woman still took no notice
whatever. but looked as calm and undsturbed
as if nothing unusual was happening. felt
really sorry for her and was just getting ready
to shout in her ear when the vehicle came to a
sudden stop. The driver jumped off his seat,
came around to the rear door, and, mounting
upon the step, fairly yelled:
This herdic don't go yard further until
that passenger pays her farei 1t amt any use
to try to swindle this company ont of a nickel.
I'M talkin to the lady in the sky blue dress with
the pink canary bird on her hat
MY dears, it was myself he meant Hooked
around and every eve fixed upon me. A
word of explanation from the pretty Young
woman, who WASH any more deaf than l. con-
WINGED me that should have opened my pack
age OF tickets and put one of them into the box
As it was had not paid. Unfortunately. in NV
embarrassment forgot about having put the
ticket package in my reticule and had TO grope
In my portemonnaie. while the stage was at a
full stop and the driver swore impatiently on
the step, the pallid man with the dyed whiskers
making some remark about keeping seventeen
people waiting and the fat baby selecting that
moment to begin bowling vociferously.
Finally managed to get hold of five copper
permissible only money had left-and offered
them to the driver. He indicated that should
pass them up to the box, and handed them for
that purpose to the offensive person whose
former seat occupied. Surprising that was
rendering him a nickel. he let four of the cents
trickle through his fingers and fall upon the
floor of the herdic.
"'Oh, DAM exclaimed the driver disgustedly,
jumping on the step, mounting his seat and
starting the conveyance again.
81 could never see why the floors Of all pas
senger vehicles in cities should be so constructed
dropped well-nigh impossible. The offensive per
son managed to get hold of one of the pennies,
and poked out another with nv umbrella
Two remained unbound, and had not another
cent with me, imagining that 1 had lost the
package of tickets. One of the missing coppers
spied near the door. Just as / half rose TO
secure II the stage came to sudden halt
grabbed the handle of the door. which swung
open and landed me in the middle of the street
Hurt? No; did not even tumble down, but
merely skipped out in a fairy-like, though in
voluntary manner.
Finding myself thus deposited did not
pause a moment, but ran with all nv might TO
dry goods shop opposite, jumped into an ele-
vator that was going up, got out at the top
floor and sank into a chair exhausted A bottle
of smelling salts, lent me by one of the sales
women, revived me, else do believe should
have tainted. But from the demon driver and
the crew of his abominable vehicle was safe at
last. l suppose that still owe the herdic
company a nickel, but it will never get the
money, nor any future fares from me, though
as an alternative should be compelled to de-
pend for transportation in Washington on such
means of locomotion as nature has nrovilied me