The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-08
HoMAN,s CONTINUED PRoGREss.
A Brewing Ability to Defy Gripnen mat me
Can't subdue.

Can't subdue.
Tho cable car came on swiftly, the two women
waved their arms frantically, and the gripman
continued to look straight ahead with q fixed.
vacuous stare. Just before the car reached the
corner, though, q grocer's wagon came up
through the side street to cross tho avenue.
The boys who drive grocers' wagons are far
moro untamed than gripmen. and correspond
ingly reckless. This one showed o total disre-
gard Of the probability of q collision with the
cable car and its consequences, and therefore
the gripman was obliged to slow up Q little to
let the grocer's wagon pass. Gripmen always
will slow up If you stand in tho path Of tho ad.
vancing cable car and smile sweetly and make
the gripman believe you don't know enough to
care a bit whether the car hits You or not. As Q
rule, the only persons run over by cable cars are.
those who show symptoms Of fear and try to goD
out Of the way. and SO afford an opportunity -
gripmen to have fun with them
As the car passed with its slackened spend
the Brooklyn woman sprang light as q featnoe
upon the footboard. Then she heard o SCREAM,
and looking backward. saw the New York
woman still standing in the street. clRsping her
hands in dismay., So she, jumped OF the car a.
lightly as she had jumped on, and tripped back
Whats the matterf' she asked. swhy
l"Heweyer Could you do iti- exclaimed thu
New York woman.
"Why. jump on . moving carl, When I saw
you carried of my heart actually stood still, I
was 50 , sure = that ni.y you were going to be run oves
The brooklyn woman laughed,
On l. forgot. she SAID you're not used To
II should say notI" replied the New York
1T really all comes from tho bicycle, I sup
pose; The bicycle is the grandest emancipatos
'Rut / ride n bicycla ton and NV hicycle in,
strue oN never taught me anything about jump
where the difference comes in. Riding a bicy.
Gle is the first stage Of a woman's liberal educa-
ton, and living in Brooklyn supplies the I'm
Does it really I never heard anybody say
that Brooklyn was a-ae-poky kin q
place"
sometimes; but they viii never admit it In pub
Where, then, does the liberal education part
in the height of the steps of the open trolley
carr, You awe no idea of what we owe to the
How curious! We In New York know 30
little about Brooklyn that l had an impression
that the trolley cars were considered even worse
/, SO they are; as ears; but in other Ways they
d des moS' c! asnisi' to i tSss iiS aWgsrs pa eustom 60 1 to
the undertakers, and emancipation TO women"
YES. But 1T began with tho bicycle. That
taught women to get about, Before tho days
Of the bicycle women couldn't get about be-
cause the steps OF the trolley cars arc 90 high
that 1t required a great deal OF courage to try
to climb upon one. Sometimes they arc oven
higher than ones knee. Think Of having 70
take a step like that in the street,"
How dreadful
Isn't III Well. the bicycle made women
want 10 get about and reused them up and puo
ambition into them and made them daring.
They got used TO jumping upon their bicycles,
and that gave them confidence, and next they
learned how to jump on trolley cars. OF course,
they don't have TO jump on moving trolley cars,
for you know tho trolleys do nothing but stop,
But the steps are SO much higher than those Of
the cable cars, that it is nothing to jump on one
OF these even II 1t is moving. We hope that In
time all Brooklyn women will be able to climb
up the high steps OF he trolley cars and than
all will be able TO get about"
But wouldn't it be easier to make the stepa
OF the trolley cars lower than TO train all the
women In BROOKLYN
Oh no one ever thinks of getting tho trolley
roads 10 change anything"
Here comes another car. It's the seventh
that hasn't stopped for us. Perhaps seven VIII
bring VS. luck. No, don't shake your parasol 40
the T%riprnan. Let's try another plan, Lots
just smile ut him: that softens their hearts some
times. sec! Didn't ] tell you II would Oh,
hero are two seats together. Sit down and tell
me some more about Brooklyn"
Then the Brooklyn woman began talking
about her progressive euchre club.