The evening world., 1892-02-13
WOMAN'S WORST SIDE
Why Does She Exhibit 1t to Hel
Sisters in Public2
Careless Of Others Comfort, but
Jealous Of Her Own.
What Shopgirls Have to Say Of
Their Fair and Proud Customers.

Whatever under the sun is the matter with
Ively woman that She Is 80 unluvelY to her
sister III pubic!
When sh" can be angelic at home, why does
she assume IA war-horse atti, ude he moment
she comes IL contact with the woili7
Why Is she forever setting her teeth, draw
Ing herself up aud trowning down people?
Mhy rs she never unbend, never thaw
out and never see anything to smile atl
What ails her that She cant be u little
gracious when asked q civil questi n by Il
member OF her own sex' Is 1t Jealousy, ig-
norance, se!hshness or suspicion7
dog viii wuy his tail appreciatively and
a cat viii purr In response to the cnressing
touch OF Kindness. smile In the lace of II
bundled up baby and he sweet little mouth
and eyes viii laugh back at you.
But Try the same innocent, however ad-
miring glance on the well.bred Ci) beauty.
and Il thunder cloud Will not be more forbid
ding than her face.
Meet her In the blue-tlood stage comm.
down Murray Hill, and she will freeze you
with stare, anu scorn TO even notice the
nickle that must go into the box and can't be-
reached with confident grace.
1t doesn't make u parI icle Of difference how
great the crush Is In the street car she Will
not bulge an inch The other woman may
fall ard 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 nursery maid or n Salvation
t,.,t "a t,t no,
And can't she LOOK dagsers at the conductor
when he tells herto "move long littlef'
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 IerrybOat and steamer, in
the theatre lobby, the hitting room and even
In the churchman's inhumanity to man Is
nat a comparison to the frlgldity OF her polite
ness, the lash oI her tongue or the supjugu-
ton OF her irOwn.
Formerly the ladies' dressing-room on the
palace and parlOr cars were secured b. 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 till the
jumping on place was reached, but until her
hair was curled 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 way to secure equal rights for the
sex.
Ask the girls in Broadway candy shop
whose customers can AFFORD TO pay q dollar
for box OF chocolates. what they think OF
their fashionable sisters, and the answer will
be:
| "Horrid!" |"
| "Whyy"
"Well, they are not nice TO Us. 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 u 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 ounces short Of n pound, and In
that way u rude woman pays FOR her ln-
science"
The groom who stands at the carriage step
OF Broadway dry-goods store says he has
lots OF run "watching the ladies' slap the
storm door In one another faces as they sc
In aud out OF the building"
A rcIined young woman employed In thu
restaurant OF home Tor working girls hat
to give up the position because ur the unkinu
ness OF the women In charge and The dom
ineering manners OF the working women WHIT
patronized 1t.
- would rather go into laundry run by
man and starch shirt collars for less pay thar
have business dealings with women who con
slider themselves above me-"
Little girls and assistants In millinery ant
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