The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-09-10
A CAREFUL OF WOE.
Six Children Encounter a Fat wom-
an who Had Good Intentions, Hut
She Was q H@ealoo.

A busy-looking fat woman with an
amiable smile brought confusion to
the passengers on an open boulevard
car the other morning, though her
intentions were good. She hustled
aboard at Seyenty-second street anil
crowded herself into seat whose
other occupants were tired-looking
mother and four small children. She
made everyone uncomfortable by her
search for her pocketbook, while the
conductor waited for his fare She
examined each fold of her big skirt un-
til in the last she found her pocket
and subsequently her pocketbook.
This is a hot day. young man." she
said to the conductor as she gave him
the fare, and then addressing her re-
marks generally to the other passen-
gers, she added, but | dunno as it
Is as hot as yesterday. was awfully
het up yesterday and declare l most
felt as II couldn't stand it,"
Everyone in the car was too drowsy
from the, heat to take up this chal-
lenge TO discuss the weather, and the
fat woman mopped her face and
beamed impsrtIslly on eyeryoueswhe
would look at her, The mother Of
the children in the seat with her had
closed her eyes. when the fat won.
an gave her nudge and asked;
"Are these all your children, menu
"Yes," said the mother.
"Little dcars, every one of them.
do love children. How DIDO, children"
Up to that time the children had
kept quiet, As the fat woman glared
at them the youngest, a girl of about
three years, began TO whimper In a
frightened fashion.
''Nice little girl. nice little girl" said
the fat woman.
The child drew back TO her mother
and the fat woman turned her atten-
tion to the others. She patted them
on the head and she asked them their
names. As the car came down near
the elevated road at Sixty-sixth street
the fat woman grabbed one of the
children, a bey, by the arm. and twist
ing him around violently, she asked;
"Want to see the chu-chu carsP Nice
chu-chu cars"
The boy didn't want to see them,
and he evidently did not understand
the fat woman's attempts to interest
him. He burst out crying and the
other children Joined him. Several
men on the back seat swore, and the
fat woman turned around and glared
them into silence. Then she mopped
her face and remarked:
81 dunno but after all 1t is as hot
as yesterday. Heat does make chill
d-en terribly peevish."
The mother was doing her best to
quiet her children when the fat wom-
an again turned her attention to them.
poor little things" she said.
Don't want to see chu-chu cars, II
you will be good I'll give you penny
for candy, II you battle them, mum,
in milk and water that rash will dis
appear. I've had children of my own,
and / know. When they get het up
there's nothing like milk and water.
That's nice. Stop your crying. loot
sey-tootsey. tootsey-tootsey-" and her
voice was again lost in the combined
cries OF four children.
"For heavens sake, leave them
alone, madam" said q man on the
seat back.
"SIrP" said the fat woman, turning
around TO face him.
The man tried to look as II he had
said nothing. In the meantime two
children, who had been sitting quietly
on the seat in front of the fat woman,
got up on their knees and peered over
the back of the seat to see what all the
crying was about. The fat woman
bSamed as she saw them and dangled
her purse, which was OF the chain
variety, before their blinking eyes.
One child settled back in her seat cry
ing. The other held her ground until
the fat woman began to tickle her un-
} der the chin, and then she became
frightened and cried. Added to the
discomfort OF the heat, the passengers
now had six crying children. When
ever any one OF the six stopped her
sobs the fat woman would beam on her
until she cried again. Such carload
of woe since the fat woman boarded II
had not rolled down the boulevard for
many a day. At Sixty-third street the
fat woman, with farewell pat to each
child and stern remember what
said, mem, milk and water" 20 the
mother, Hlighted. The car started
ahead, and before 1t had gone two
blocks the children had ceased crying.
= THAT fat woman was nuisance,
said the man who had advised her to, let
/ the children alone, land IL ever see
her get on my car again I'll get off,
and the other passengers agreed with
him. The fat woman's intentions, how
ever, were kindly, Y, Sun.
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