The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-29

FAAhisA's --latest PaAelsS.
He was an apple on tree;
A dainty little maid was she,
a wlnsome lass;
And neer were redder roses seen
Than on her oheelsi but no was green
AS green as grass,
''oh, apple, apple, all divine,
] greatly would that thou vert mine"
The maiden said;
Descend from on thy tree so high,
And be the apple OF my eye.
Good sir. instead"
This Is foolish, idle dream,
Things are not always what they seem,
Sweet maid" quoth he
so, prithee. pluck me not. or
Shall have 10 whisper by and by
Sad truths TO thee,
The maiden stood beside the tree,
But the green apple--wher0 was he?
His fate he'd met
He'd gone where all good apples. 20,
But was bis work complete? All. no;
Not yet, not yet
Bright were the drops that did arise
And fall from that fair maiden's eyes,
Dinilning their blue;
At frstYN she whispered, tesrfully.
-Plck-Me-Up
The street car behavior OF women In
winter could be materially improved,
says a writer In the Philadelphia Press.
but in comparison with their conduct
in summer, the rudeness of the cold
weather months becomes gentle cour-
tesy, for with the advent OF the open
car. 1t seems as though the fair sex
should be dubbed the unfair sex and
their demeanor severely commented on,
though In so doing we know, OF course,
that We are counting a deluge OF ana
themas for our holiness In taking such
n stand against our sisters.
Though one swallow does not constl
tute summer nor oae woman typlfy
the whole SEX yet II is the single exam
pies that bring dlscredit on the general
ity. and II a little talk 10 the hefe-and-
there ones will benefit the great major
ity we are willing to run the risk OF be-
ing called otflcious and horrid-if moth
Ing worse-by those who know that the
shoe fits,
To begin with, did you ever see wo-
mansmove up from the end OF seat to
let another one In, even though that
other one is loaded down with q baby,
bag and an umbrella? Not bit OF 1t.
She has secured the choice spot and
there she viii remain II the heavens
fall. to say nothing OF the woman with
the baby, the bag and the umbrella. She
not only will not move, but II possible
makes 1t harder for the newcomer by
sticking out her feet or SO adjusting her
parasol that the desperate mother must
take the improvised hurdle or fall back
ward into the street. II is all In vain
for the conductor to suggest, PLEASE
move up little, madam" She won't
do II. and the incoming passengers have
to reach their seats as best they can
with no aid from the stony-vlsaged In
divldual who undoubtedly regards
herself as the aggrieyed party.
That Is one type; then there Is the
second who revels in attempting to get
out fully O block before her corner is
reached. In all probability because she
enjoys standing on the toes OF the per-
son In the end seat and dlsarranglng the
hair and couture OF the one In front OF
her as she rides In an upright position
to her destination. She thinks she Is
Doesn't she say Excuse me" every
time she walks on a pet corn or knocks
q hat sideways. or course she does,
but SO does the Frenchman relterate
Pardon, madame" the while he goes
right on trampllng over you until you
begin to think that Gallo pollteness Is
a myth. And then the woman who
stands and sizes up the car, choosing
h.. al as. Nah 0has elf
while the motorman looks back in i'm
patient inquiry and the conductor does
his best to shove her In willy nllly II
she is not suited, however, she will not
get in, and after an annoying wait the
car will 20 on, leaving her TO express her
indignation to the lolterers. who always
take q fiendlsh 10y In these scenes. And
then there is the abnormally fat wo-
man who knows how many each seat
should accommodate and who never
takes into consideration her extra adj
poslty, 80 that when she notes four
where Ave are generally allowed she
squeeEes In, with the appalling result
that the end ones have to hang over
and drop of entirely. Such catastro-
phe does not disturb her, however: she
continues to smile blandly in her fat
and benign way. severely conscious
that she knew what was what and
acted accordingly. And then there is
but why enumerate? II seems mean to
20 on tearing our own sex so ruthlessly
to pieces, so let the pen rest and each
one Of US resolve individually to be
little more consldernte, little less SELF
fish. a little more womanly. little less
2 assertive and there will be no occasion
for any one to crltlclse our conduct in
either the closed cars or the open ones.