The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-25
WOMAN AT THE TICKET WINDOW.

vantage, 1t she can only see it,"
WOMAN AT THE TICKET WINDOW.
Ibis One TOoI Her Time while Fifteen
waiting Men Counted the seconds.
This Is simply another version of The
old, old story of the woman and the ticket
agent and Ii waiting, inpatient men with
no means of redress. 1t WAS at the Curt
landt street station Of the Pennsylvania
RAILROAD one morning last week. Time,
9 O'Clock, and the Long Branch train was
to leave in 10 minutes.
Four women rushed into the station,
brcathlcss, but chatterng away at a lively
rate.
One of the quartet, tall, angular wOm-
an with umbrella, last summers hat and
gown made over and rctrimmcd II parcel
evidently containing lunch and other in
cidcntal articles essential to the makeup
of a mature spinster of the conventional
type, was conspcuously the leader Of the
party. She surveyed the interior Of the
waiting room critically and then spotted
her victim in the window, with the sign
''VickCt Agent over it. Flouncing up to
the window, she began the attack
What time is it?' She snapped in Il
tone that caused the ticket seller to drop
some papers and assume n defensive aUti
tudc.
"Nine-onc exactly, madam, " was his re-
ply, dclivcrcd.in firm tone.
'A1e we in time for the $40 train?"
"Oh, YES, madam
Thanks. The reason | asked was be
cause l did not know whether the time
table meant the train left from here or the
IL 81 e t.,g
tables are So unreliable unless you get new
ones right along, and the one we looked
at was one we had last year, so we were
not sure, you know"
The agent simply bowed and smiled sar-
donically. The other women were Conv1rs-
ing quietly in corner, and several men
entered and formed in line behind the
woman at the window.
"Oh, now that l think of it, l wish you
would give me new time table. | may
not uso IT, but then it's n handy thing to
havo around if l should happen to want
it."
The agent handed over one of the pam
phlets and looked down the line of waiting
men, who were becoming impatient.
| There were eight men in the line now,
and they all looked anXiously at the WON
| an. Every moment watches were pulled
| out and replaced with increasing anger on
'nc P',' VI 'no ""h ino "1"'''''
| satisfied.
You'll have TO hurry, madam, if you
want to get that 9:lO train. It's 800
now"
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