The evening world., 1892-02-13
WOMAN'S WORSTSIDE
WHY Does She Exhibit 1t to Her
Sisters in Public2
Careless Of Others Comfort, but
Jealous OF Her Own.
What Shopglrls Have to Say of
Their Fair and Proud ustoIners.

Whatever under the sun Is tho matter with
lovely woman that she is 80 unlovcly to her
sister In public'
when she can be angelic at home, why does
she assume warehouse attitude the moment
she comes In contact with the worlds
Why Is she forever setting her teeth, draw
Ing herself up and rownng down people?
why does she never unbend, never thnw
out and never see anything to smile atf
what ais her that She cant be n little
gracious when asked civil question by II
member OF her own sex is II Jealousy, ig.
norancc, sclnshncss or sispicion7
A dog Will wag his tail apprccatirely and
cat Will purr In response to the carcssing
touch Of Kindness. Smile IN the face Of II
bundled up baby and the sweet little mouth
and eyes viii laugh back at you.
But try the same Innocent, however ad-
miring glance on the well-brcd O. beauty
and thunder cloud Will not be more forbid
ding than her face.
Meet her in the bluc-blood stage coming
down Murray IIii and she will freeze you
with stare, ana scorn to even notice the
nick!e that must 20 into the box and can't be
reached with confident grace.
1t doesn't make a particle OF difference how
great the crush Is In the street car she Will
not bulge an inch The other woman may
fall and break her neck, but that Is her look
out; and the little child with her may have
his toes crushed under foot for all she cares.
Take him IN her lap for humanity sake!
You must be mad
She is not u nun Sery maid or a Salvation
Army girl to be interested In the masses.
And can't she look daggcrs al the conductor
when he tells hcrto "movc ,long little?"
and doesn't she give him Nts for taking her
past her street,
1t is the same thing In the dry good store,
on the train, in the ferryboat and steamer, in
the theatre lobby, the hitting room and even
In the churchman's inhumanity to man is
not II comparison to the rrigidlty OF her polite
ness, the lash Of her tongue or the subjugn-
tiDn OF her frown.
Formerly the ladies' drcssing-room on the
palace and parlUr cars were secured by lock
and key, and the first traveller who went IN
held possession. The rest Of her sex might
rap on the door and rattle the knob TIL the
jumping on place was reached, but until her
hair was curlcd and hands manicured the
President himself could not disturb her.
Now the doors have been taken down and
heavy portiers put up In their place. 1t was
the only wav to secure equal rights for the
sex.
Ask the girls In q Broadway candy shop
whose customers can AFFORD to pay a dollar
for n box OF chocolates, what they think Of
their fashionable sisters, ana the answer will
be:
"Horrid -
"Why?"
"Well, they are not nice tous They think
that because We ARE clerks We haven't any
feelings. The swell men are lovely to us.
They always know how to treat n girl de-
Gently. But the stuck-up ladies' who put on
airs and order us about as II we were born
slave girls don't profit by It. We can always
stack the candy In the box and make It weigh
one or three ounc,s short OF n pound, and IN
that way a rude woman pays for her In
| science"
The groom who stands ut the carriage step
OF a Broadway dry-goods store says he has
lots of nun watching the ladies slap the
storm door In one anothers faces as they go
In and out OF the building"
A refined young woman employed In the
restaurant OF a home for working girls had
TO give up the position because ot the unkind.
ness Of the women In charge and the dom
ineering manners OF the working women who
patroniled II.
81 would rather go into laundry run by a
man and starch shirt collars for less pay than
have business dealings with women who con-
slider themselves above me-"
Little girls and assistants In millinery and
dress-making establishments patronized by
the most exclusive women complain bitterly
OF unkind treatment at their hands, and a
ladys maid employed IN the New York cen.
trail Depot gives II AS the result OF experience
| tln,t the better dressed II traveller is the less
likely she is to be courteous.
Close observation In the highways OF city
life frcGuentcd by the better half OF the
human race verifcs the sad fact that woman
is not womans best friend. NELL NELSON.