Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-28
SIZE SMASHES BAGGAGE.
A YOUNG woMAh WHO IS A RAIL
ROAD STATION AGENT.

the Sells Tickets. Takes Care OF Express
Matter. Does the TeIegraphing and
Checks and Unchecks Bageage-The Re-
porter Didn't Have to Ask QuesfinnA
The only woman ticket agent on Long
Island Is at the Sea Cliff station. Her
name is Miss Margaret Daley She is
twenty three years old: she has blue eyes
and gold-red hair: she doesn't care much
for country lads. and she's boss OF the
shanty," as she says with pride, and If you
doubt 1t just try to fool around the station
for few minutes She is New York
girl, and she has ideas OF her own on every
subject Imaginable. from baggage check
ing and the management Of railroads to
universal suffrage aud dress reform
reporter went to Sea Cliff to have
chat with this interesting railroad EN-
ployoc. He arrived just before the train to
New York was due and found her busy
When Miss Daley is busy she Ii very Icy
"A long line was waiting III front of the
ticket office, and the reporter stood in the
middle Of the room and watched things
When the last Of the line had disappeared
through the doorway, and the train had
whistled before starting, Miss Daley sat
down in an armchair and with her chin
on her hand looked reflective The re-
porter said Him This startled the
young woman. She turned, jumped up,
and with one hand on the box where the
tickets were, asked
Where tor
The reporter explained that he wasn't
going anywhere Just then, but that he had
come to have talk with the ticket agent
Anything the matter with your bag
gagef"
The reporter explained still more When
she understood. she said, 'Ohr'
Yes" said the reporter that's what |
came for"
Didn't VAST TO BE PRINTED
Then Miss Daley invited him into the
cage. and after saying. 'For heavens sake
don't put me in the paper" composed her
self to answer questions
'ln the first place, Miss Daley. how do
like the work."
ooh. IT'S too lovely for anything The
people are very cranky sometimes. but
know how to manage them Now, please
don't put anything in the paper about
this Oh. you newspaper men are just
dreadful
You wanted me to tell you something
about the work here Perhaps you had
better ask me questions and l'll answer
them Otherwise ! don't know what to
tell you. Yon see there's so much to do
here I'm ticket agent and telegraph
operator and freight agent and express
agent and haggage master all in one, aud
sometimes ! really think my heads going
to split. I'm that busy 1t took me A long
time TO learn ali about the work and 10
tell you the truth. don't know half yet
4 ,.4pte hara Last Nav and ,f,Jp,f II pn.v no
first thing about 1t Before that | was
telegraph operator at the Peoples line
dock IN New York That's where learned
to write left handed Can you write left
handedr It's awfully handy The men
used to come rushing in there while was
busy sending messages and wanted me to
check an invoice or something like that
and | had only one hand left to do it with.
1t comes in very nicely here When get
tired OF sending messages with my right
hand begin TO enter up my books with
the left. That's the worst part of the work
here-the books Every mouth we have tc
make report to the superintendent, and
he's SO frightfully particular about it
They won't let you make a single mistake
! Oh, how hate the end of the month";
| Il first came to Sea Cliff for my sister:
health, and friend of mine helped me tc
get this place | learned telegraphy in
Cooper Union, and you always meet loi
of girls there. just dote on sending.
don't get chance to do much of 1t here
because this isn't the regular station
| There's another one up in the village. But
when do get chance to send long mes
sage just delight in it. It's more fur
than answering lot OF idiotic questions
that some people ask.
WANTED TO SWEAR
Zone day man came in very angry and
said, Where is the ticket agent2' | said
4 Here | am. He looked surprised anc
said, Where is the baggage masters Tn
baggage MASTER said Well, who rep
resents the express company heres' 1 do,
! said. He looked astounded, and said
| Pardon me, miss, isn't there man arounC
here somewhere | told him that my
father usually came around at 6 O'Clock t.
| fix the lamps for me. Then he laughed
and said: ] found my trunk broken, and
came around here to swear at some one
I'm awfully disappointed. | had to laugh
and told him that if he didn't use any very
very bad words he could swear at me
little Then we both laughed, and now hs
sometimes sends me some flowers. But
they amt all like that. Some of the people
are real cross when they don't get theil
baggage as quickly as they expected it.
Next summer am going to ask for an
assistant, The work is growing bigger and
bigger, and can't afford to make any mis-
takes have to get here at o'clock in
! the morning for the early train, and then
| I'm busy clean mp to noon. After lunch
enter my books, aud then sometimes have
little leisure time. I'm reading THE
| Moonstone' now-have you ever read It'll
It's beautiful story and so awfully mys
FERROUS. I'm very fond of reading when
ever get chance, but don't have much
time. Sometimes | bring my needlework
down here, aud pass away leisure hall
| hour at it. Then the afternoon train:
come in, and I'm kept busy until 80
when the last train gets in After that
! I'm off There's very little to do here
though, in the evening It's an awfully
dull place, nothing like New York, and
you find it hard to kill time, The young
men here are regular country lumpkins
They're good natured, and sometimes they
come down and help me with the baggage
and run errands for me. but they cant
talk, don't you know. and they re SO terri
bly, quiet
The people that live here all the veal
round are all right When | first came
here had some trouble with them The
last ticket agent used to let them run VI
their bills for tickets and express but
wouldn't allow anything of the kind. be
cause it isn't business. aud then 1t means
so much more work So | put my foot