Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-06

more honorable put him in the way of pos
sessing a large fortune. The writer of this
essay after-dark street manners had an
adventure on Wednesday night that probably
is of so frequent occurrence that nearly all the
women who read it could match it with much
better one.
1t will be remembered that it rained SO hard
on that night that no one who was not COM
PEELED to go out. either by stern necessity or
some villainy on hand, would have braved the
storm. The woman in this case represented
the stern necessity and the creature who logged
her footsteps for four or five squares IN the
nelghborhood of Thomas Circle down to L
street would do anywhere and under any cir
cumstances for the villain.
She trying hard to keep from being swept
down the sewer by the torrent pouring down its
mouth, so the best plan seemed to be to walk
in the middle of the street. But whether she
walked in the street on the sidewalk big
burly figure, comfortably arrayed in long
dark macintosh and carrying an umbrella
pulled down over his brainless head. kept steady
pace with her. Reaching the Portland the
writer, knowing that there was more light on
14th street than on Vermont avenue, selected
that street, hoping in that way to get rid of the
gruesome shadow. She did get rid OF him, and
had forgotten his existence, when all of a sud
den he reached her side again. having evidently
kept only in the background until the lighted-up
stores were passed.
STILL DoaG1NG HER FOOTSTEPS
At L street the mackintoshed masher re-
sumed his attention, walking with the even
tread that suggested the lock-step at Sing
Sing. There were two or three little breaks
in the step, which the writer devoutly hopes
VIII be corrected when he gets back there
again. The situation now became positively
interesting. The two figures had the street all
to themselves Every now and then the shadow
hro1l and oil Iaar
smile to escape. Was she getting scared? Nota bit
OF It, But she was just mad, and getting worse
every minute. Her maldenly indignation so
completely overcame her that she forgot it was
raining. and she skipped along across the little
lakes and pools of water Just as calmly as she
would have done any day in the sunshine. Her
speed was great that when she commenced
to cross street to 18th the shadow was giving
signs of being winded. He had made no re-
marks up to this. but he was probably doing
some thinking. So the writer.
If HE HAD ONLY CONTINUED.
She had revolved a little scheme in her mind.
but having almost landed her fish she could
not resist playing just bit with it. She
slackened her pace when the lights from her
own home sent welcome rays across the side
walk. She passed it by. The masher by this
time got breath enough together to talk. What
he said is of no consequence. The pursuer and
the pursued had now reached the steps Of a big
hotel, where everybody. from the proprietor to
the bell boy. knew the former She went into
'ne aosei anu .he souia nave enjoyed the
to have presented the shadow to the assembled
clocks, porters, &c, and have had him kicked
into the middle of the street she would have felt
which no ia in ali likelihood reneatinc in J;t-
ferart LEGALITY every WIGHT mi. styio % Ioasar
does not like the light any more than any other,
and the mackintoshed masher skunk away in
The chances are however. that WASHINGTON ia
nov crrsoJ in a yorv ,oarLoi aaar.a e., ,,;s
cIoss ~ criminals ~
ihh Ne" SHE VI STREET LoAfEh
has new methods. He walks up to any woman
he meets. who may happen to have her hands
40 encumbered with bundles that she il not
II, IL, ,o,. g. a.. -. -
ber He Genarallv succeeds in ,brow;no h.
down. because he runs against her roughly,
and then scampers away BY the time the lady
regalns her teet, II she Is 90le 70 90 SO, ne Is
oXoo,orated hnt has honnenod In Tho or;otast
80 81 tho Wost Ed roI;donce saot;o,f 49, :"
month 400 and 70 a lady who Mt the moment
wos not move than a HUNDRED yor5s sron, hor
ow, door II woulJ he .bout as easv 10 ca,cb
all the moth f,ies v,u see these DAYS os 70 ex-
meet the nol;ce 10 arrest this stvIe of offender
--... -
"o"hN VIM 'NN iAnh '"' w L'hs'
oome people get 'nroush ine "tnout any
adventures at all and some others find their
DAYS and nights strewn with them. As years
40 nv tho rnmbor If womon MAKING their orn
living and exbibitinp a comnIete ability 70 t,La
Gov. of tha,.selyes under nrettv mnch INV sort
| Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ia manirestlv nm the increoSo
| Tho All o1,oo that "a wom,n,s work l. ,avar
| dnna" "a no iess trre now than II was ~
| - - 80, Consoaror,ir IL 10 Sor,..;,sn.
uaoossar,. thst women Sbpnld he ont az ,inht
60, g., ,aa '. o,r, ~, Enn,;sh Svo,,ar ,n, .n"
| born o,ts,i,in@, tSo ,xom.n's cnngross M uh'a
I'D Iii 80, ,,,,i,nl taIas 81 wb,t ,;ht 60,
on ,bo S,r.nd in I'nnaon meant MADE n c;rcn;,
| 81 .ho dnwn ard tho untown strcets ~ This civ
- 49, ;,ht co. ,bo SaLo oF r,,kimr ,hn 49,,
,"n;sn,, bo,raon tho conitais Of Encland on,
ttha Tn;,.d Statas She aid that Wssb;no,nM
, WIZ tba safest citv 1T NIGHT that She had ever
| seen in all her travels
| THE SAFEST NIGHT HOURS.
The writer has had at least ten years Of ex-
perience to reach the same conclusion. She
| has often been required by the exigences of her
| businoss IN he ont alone even after midnigbt
| and not always on n car line. That ia tbe
home ioprnev not often of moro than five or
| -; - u H. ,,.,,o,t ,rorI1 bo 80 4, -.