The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

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VIXEN man appeopriates unto himseli
somsfhing which does mot belong T.
him II = generally something well
worth the taking, while woman In
taking possession Of another's property
usually tAkes something entirely val.
ueless and not worth the risk run. Al
least that II the publicly expressed
opinion Of . good many men.
Last winter when the cafeterias and
help-yourseH lunch rooms were opened
the proprietors were horrified to hnd
that whenever shortage Of cash oc-
CURED it could In nine cases out Of ten
be traced to . woman. The ones who
would thus commit petty theft would
simply eat their lunch and help them
selves to q check fifteen or twenty-five
cents smaller than it should be, and sail
out In the most dignified manner. Atsev.
eral cafeterias number of women have
been requested to bestow their patron
age elsewhere, while one OF the best
'.help-yourself" lunch rooms, which was
centrally located, was compelled,
through the unusually large number
Of women who frequented 1t and neg
lected to pay the amount due, to finally
close its doors.
The women In charge of the comfort
able reception and toilet rooms which
most of the large Office buildings and
dry goods stores possess nowadays are
at their wits ends to find some means
by which soap may be kept. Many Of
the firms have their name stamped in
full on the cakes, but this seems, how
ever, to have NO effect; the soap goes
just the same. In many Of the toilet
rooms ordinary bath soap il used, which
il cut in small cubes. but even this does
not save it, for it, too, slips away.
Women who. though well provided
with this worlds goods and who GER
tainly should know better, have been
heard to boast that they never buy
towels. but keep their linen closet sup
piled with pieces from the hotels at
which they stop and from the sleeping
cars in which they have travelled. and
will laughingly tell how each one was
obtained. The pilfering of towels from
sleeping cars is decidedly the meanest
mode of all, ~ the porter Of the car is
compelled TO pay for all missing linen,
the same being counted before his trip
and also at the return. when he must
produce the original number of pieces,
either soiled or clean. The salaries Of
these men are exceedingly small. and
the payment for few dozens of "lost"
towels makes quite q hole In their earn
ings.
A society girl was lately heard to
boast that she had the largest collection
Of souvenir spoons she had heard of.
On being requested to show them she.
entirely unabashed. produced case in
which repoaed dozens Of spoons which,
on being examined, showed the names
OF well-known hotels. dining cars and
soda fountains. They were of not the
slightest use TO the girl and nothing
could convince her that she had really
stolen them. - they were ''only
spoons"
A very amusing story II told on a
woman who visited cereal exhibit.
She was well dressed and had an air of
respectability. On leaving one OF the
counters she suddenly exclaimed that
some one was picking her pocket. Her
pocket being examined, she discovered
the spoons she was trying to take were
tied to the counters by strings. Dur