The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-21
~ THE SLEEPING CAR.
One Women Frees Her Mind a. Thousand

NV. Nan,eu so-Aii ituv Loo
Tho worm has turned at last. one wo-
man, VINO was Cul seu Dut hot eIuaAvu %
d sicvylus- car journey from Sai1AOi i'4h
TO New lOln, has IOunu Aci Nvi,e a.'~
stsvn,u Incto 10 plcnty ~ bc spvnei.
aDOuL Ash amy woman VI your aeA""iii.
aimee what she tnIuhs " SITE piie 1ais IA
general, anu OF the WOMAN emu "a d
sleepins car III particular, anu you IA
be aple TO give your vocal Oh bans plo-
traced rest WINE shc lcl9 SV~' A''"'
Is wnat the reporter ulu. nj.
DO [ nhe 10 ride in sleeping car
repeated a woman from Cnicabo VINO -
dining a week > shopping IN New lOik.
DO 1 nhc 10 rlue IN a sleeping cdi
this time with the accent on the 40
'tlnat was what asked the reporter
murirureu apOlOseucany.
The woman opened ner mouth. lutl
she smut IL again with KIM ol Hopo'e9'
air. ~, ,,..,t,.
do you know Pullman she suddenly
asked. laying her hand on the report
80. haven't that pleasure" apollo
"rieasGre! Did you say pleasure? Well,
never mind. You don't kno" niiii' 'heA'
cot any influence with Wagner
"Er-nOt much, I'm AFRAID.
Acquainted with Mann!
MOI yet, 1 believe. 80,
ION. well then. what's the use II
Just get an wrought up, ana II won 90
"Couldn't YOU tell me without getting
wrought up?" suggested the reporter
NO. 1 can't Why, for years We Wo-
men have been ground under the IRON
he, OF the OPDI essQr and YOU expect me
10 tell YOU about II calmly ahu JoSo"sIs
As If [ liked IT, Maybe l could be calm
n hadn't Just been through the mil, 80
I didn't have the lfDS-
pect of GOING through II again day al0e'
tomorrow. ....o,,
But what Is the matter. any way
you ought to get married. said tho
Chicago woman irreleNantly. r.l
You'd know so much more than you
do now. You'd know for instance, that
when "a Won al has been taking the way
| have YOU don't want 10 turn around
and say. But what's the matter Mat
ter Why don't the suitraglsts make OUT
"a list OF some OF the rights that women
really want? Give MS the ballot no
cares about the ballot? Give us basins
That's what we want. Wash basins ana
room 10 comb our hair and the rlsht 10
Kill the woman who gets into the tohel
room at A. VI. and keeps me door ioch-
ed on her suffering and unwashed SIS
ters until the train Is WltAlh lNe MINUTES
OF its destination. 90,
Wrought up. did / say Come mere.
And the Chicago woman cornered the re-
porter on a sofa. What right nave you
men To "a large and airy apartment al
one end of the car, wash basins galore
an uhmitable expanse Of mirror, and the
right Of entry without breaking the dooi
in2 What right have you, / say, 10 AL
that. when we women have Dy DON
AZ the other end of the car, with one
washbasin, no elbow room IN Wnlch "a
brush our hair, and somebody eise al'
hind them. Some OF the toilet rooms 90
NOT have this latter objection. The puill
ers have evidently heard rumors OF se
fish women who take their time 20 'nsii
morning toilet protected Dy i1to,il
bars. They have said In their idlou'
q" Wen fix that ,.,,o
the door altogether They nave substl'
tuted therefor a curtain wnlch sWss
with every motion Of the tram j. ui A.
aside nv every passer-by, and Whicn u
fsf saturated with the ! beg your par
done' of people. men and women. BLACK
and white. who are continually hitnB IT
nm IN sec what Is behind IL. and are en-
larrasssd when they find out.
The Chicago woman paused for breath.
Then she began again
..I1e 1rst thing / 40, and the first thing
almost every woman does when she sets
into "A sleeper for an overnight journey
il 10 count the number OF women ana
children I'm the car. For, OF course, lHe
children are hooked Tor the women loi4e'
box IN the morning. l shdll heFti ~
get" and there Was a dreamy sllue vi
me woman > face, an overland Journey
| once made from Chicago 10 san ran
CISCO II was at the time OF lue Cai -.s'
MIA boom and QUANTITIES. OF men 49,
going West. We'll, from Oseen c!e@ i.
fnroIIgh 10 san Francisco. was the onIy
woman in tie car. Think OF That! W ny
al night Ia wrap the draYeIy OF my
berth around me. and l oouldn bear %
"a IN -leep II was so nice 10 ne theIe
and think OF what good time l wou.u
have in the morning, 0oo i,, % loct
whenever | pleased. Not Soul 10 IN
the door on me. and my handbag "hei
We got ready 10 make my toilet
"Do YOU know" said the chicago wo-
man earnestly. what IS one OF the sdu'
dest spectacles IN traFehlnb ~
man who has got herself together IN .
nnokeshift fashion in her berth, ana theh
bag i'm hand has run the eanh'lSs Vi w
early risers only 10 ma the lole' ioo'i
closed against her. When she cones 80
the porter Is ALREADY d. WI ~ Win
berth There is no retreat TOT her, W ~
Iurntno checks and tumbled mar ana
baif.fastened gown she sits down 70 wall
her turn. g.. - ,/,n,,t,e
nolteness. too. tell you II doesn oo &c
p ~ &c Under the circumstances. WheT
can,e on from Chicago the other day
1ot mn a little late, hoping 70 escape tht
rush for the toilet room. You see, mos
women say TO the m nv erst So one. " JUDI
$50 | waited until We were about han
an hour out and then | made break
excuse me.-for the ladies end OF th'
car. There was some one ahead or me
Sha was a nice woman. though. Sh'
nnsred the door and said she would bt
through in minute. | politely said ina
would wait. and then deposited my
self and my bag in the nearest seat Sc
that I could see her the moment SIC
rame out Just then along came brft a.
dier-gcneral sort OF u woman-a tal'
commanding. kill-thc-nrst-one-wh o-vg'
ens-his-mouth sort OF woman Or
.ried the dor Of the toilet box, IL Wa.
locked. She knocked as II she were VI
dering a cavalry charge. The nice W.
man inside opened the door craeA;; cha
:" III be through in just minute sn'