New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
HOME AND SOCIETY.
THE YOUNG WOMAN OF THE PERIOD
AZ ADVENTURE IN A sTAGE-THE STORY OF
cHECK-CAR ADMINISTRATIONS IN

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teer his own equilibrium. as well to hold to
~ hcvcle and gof bag full Of clubs. as hN young
,,s,ress whisked the cart around the circle and
.ar,ed down the avenue at smart trot. or for
.,-,nicht's visit 10 Lenox. The little mother looked
sfte- her rather wisttullN.
.tsoO different IT is from my young days she
,s Il feel SO ont OF touch with the young woman
- tho period My daughters and their friends seem
rse other beings from the contemporaries of my
youth The girls very good TO me and pet me,
~ caD ne their dear little mother; but their lives
~. co different to what mine has been, | am Ike
an ola hen that has Matched out brood of ducklings
,rd stands on the waters brink cacking and miser
.he while the happy little things swim off in the
.rsnee new element where she cannot follow. and
would not II she could
To see Edith go Of just now with her golf clubs
ans hcvcle and maid. in such an independent way.
.,.,ssd of being surrounded with the adylike I'm
,.din1enta used carry my travels has set me
ro-aizins" she continued with a laugh "Bu'
mus. 20 now and order the carriage. for ] HAY"
nor,.so1 Adele that would go with her TO hear the
a,s- on the political situation which she is TO read
he,ore the Society for the Dissemination Of Useful
knowledge this afternoon
H.rs IS the true story OF an adventure In Fifth
Eve s:are-one of which the police had no cog
-i,arce hut which is told with laughter and with
r.tle envy perhaps. by the young friends Of the
heroine:
She was & stately and graceful grl, and the two
,on,en and the one man already seated in the stage
looked al her admringly as she entered it, She
,.is her fare exhibiting she did 80 a pretty little
rsa tx -ee dinghy well filled This fat purse she re
,-ned o her pocket. and half-turned as she sat
aovn 10 look out OF the window. The other women
after carefully examining every detail OF her
EARNING blue costume from throat TO hem and
.nnrsisirg its 10 the remotest fraction OF a
dolar-as &c the way OF women In stage and car
,r-nad and looked out of their own windows No
al ia who well-dreSScQ, Dut
o,he-vise insignificant in guise. save for a mag
n,Acent diamond his finger.
But the man. who not far away from the
s,s,elv Girl was not so absorbed IN the passing
show o, the sidewalk Slowly ne edged nearer and
nearer 10 the flowing blue skirt with the line OF the
nocks, f,st revealed by the white tip OF handker-
chief The Girls mind had wandered from the SIDE
walk and was lost IN plans OF her own but she was
not TOO dreamy TO be conscious OF hand gently
cropping in her pocket. Nerved by indignation, she
turned and gIasred through the cloth the hand OF
the well-dressed man which was taking the purse
~. ~ the pocket and even as she d!d so ne re-
leased his hold OF the purse wrerched the hand
.-o-a her grasp and fed from the stage. leaving
three astonished women TO stare and exclaim
So ,a- this is not a remarkable or unusual story.
w, one cant say the same OF Its conclusion. The
safely Girl went home and to her dressing-room
=, rreos~c for dinner. AS she pulled from her
pocket the purse and handkerchief something fell
out Of the folds Of the latter and tnkled on the
floor II was the would-be thiefs diamond ring
q very beautiful stone. which the Girl afterward
rad reset and occasionally for a whims
sake The ring loose for its owner. and as he
wrenched his hand from the Girls hold IT had
slipned OF Naturally he failed TO claim it-and
for that matter It had probably cost him nothing
save the exercise Of little ingenuity.
Many are the funny stories related with an az
tec.ionate amusement OF the inexperienced ways
of petted girls who have become brides with little
knowledge OF the practical ways OF life and the
MANAGEMENT OF a checkbook Particularly pleasing
is he tale OF Ethelinda. sweetest of young wives
who mas been taking 20 delighted an interest I'll the
heautfynC OF her new home.
..Dea-est" saId she 20 her Alonzo as he came
into the drawing-room the other day-and she
tw!ried tho end OF his mustache for him ana de-
posted butterfly kiss upon it as she did so
Dearest. that perfectly booful piece OF old Spode
: ordered has come See. isn't IT lovely? And. by
the-way Lonny the boy was stupid and said ne
wanted the money: so remembered where saw
YOU Put your checkbook. and how you drew that
check yesterday" Cshe his knee as he did 1t.
happy manD and so drew one and gave ii 70 him.
You don't know how well Aonzo r. Tompkins
looked in my handwriting"
What exclaimed Alonzo. and graspng his
hat he darted down 70 the shop Of the Messrs.
Wardour a wildly excited man to recover what
was certainly the most innocently issued forged
check ever seen.
IIere IS an episode which revives time-worn
subject the difference between the treatment whi,h
almost any public official renders TO man and
that which he renders a woman: but no matter
how Old the theme is II has got be discussed
until something is done. The thing happened IN
Broadway cabe-car. Two ladies' sat together
nea- the front door which was open. A chilly
draueht swept through the car and one OF the TWO
asked The conductor smut the door. She asked him
with as much courtesy as she would have shown 70
a friend; she asked him with unimpeachab po
likeness. The conductor uttered a grunt which no
one not OF porcine nature could have hoped 10
understand and then he retired 10 the rear plat
form The door remained open until the lady who
had asked 10 have IL closed got up and closed II
herself.
That was picture No :. Followed picture No .
Il was in the very the front door was open
IN The same way the draught was just as keen
Young man felt its GOODNESS and looked up from
his paper at the conductor. three or four feet
sp.av Conductor" he said with decision. ~ wish
YOU would shut that door" 1t was shut without
nurmur Now. what is the explanation? Tndt
there we're two conductors in the case means MOTH
ing They are all alike. The Incident described
is typical That sort Of thing Is happening All
the time Is n because women are too polite and
their requests fall on that fail 10 even remotely
Understand? Or is ii that the conductor expects
when = man gives him order TO be kicked AZ ne
deserN es n he does not obey?
IN tho light o. a new experience. sometimes an
Ordinary sentence in familiar book. one which has
FOR years conveyed particular meaning TO the
mind suddenly becomes Illuminated ana acquires
sgrihcance which Is quite striking. Somebody read
lex aloud scott's Red Gauntlet. the other DAY 10
a family % enthusiastic young golfers was senced
BY Shouts Of delight over the following allnsohs'
The situation was like teed bail. "A tramp COM
fortaoy asleep In a sand bunker The reader. VINO
lifelong admrer Of Sir Walter. ana VINO
thought knew her Scott by heart. was oohgeo 10
acknowledge that the expressions had neNsr struck
her before Golf Is the par excellence thls
summer A great wave OF enthusiasm for the game