The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-17
HER MATHEMATICAL MIND.
A WonrAN WHO zrlDB 10 o1NTs a.
EASY As ANYTHING.


The Oaer MADE BY a Yoeukh Srsn whe Esep,
q BnrEatu stere-Aiso tie nira Cage she
sousht cheap ana the Doz or Oigars su,ug-
SLED By = Cuban without . Copsciepce.
'of course abe said assertively. those mon
who say that women cannot comprehend math-
ematics because their minds work kangaroo
| fashion instead OF logically don't know what
they are talking about" b'
'Cortainly not" he said.
II suspect that they are the same men," she
continued, "who think 1t smart to say that wo.
men are lacking in a sense Of humor because
they cannot throw stones or drive nails or for
some other reason equally convincing.
Smart men say foolish things sometimes" he
said wisely. because 1t was apparent that some
remark was expected from him.
DO you know Bargains great emporium in
New York; she asked abruptly.
Never heard Of It,"
"well, neither did 1 until yesterday; but 1
hope now that you will remember the namo and
that you will use It to refuto the next man who
says that women have no minds for mathe.
matics." .
Shall I simply say Bargains great empor-
ium to bimi''
snow, how would that convince himl" she
asked seriously. 81 am going to tell you about
Bargain, and then you can tell It to prove that
at least oneswoman has q mathematical mind.
You are, OF course, aware that the excursion
rate from hero to New York and return is 30
cents. 1 went to New York and back to-day at
bargains expense. I would have preferred
staying here to-day, because it was sloppy In
town. but the opportunity was too good to lose.
This is the way it happened. ! received. u cir.
cular from Bargains emporium yesterday, aud
what. do you suppose the foolish man .offeredi
You have toe high an opinion Of Your own sex
he would pay the railroad faro to New York and
here and md 6 ;Ss, s. worth q Foods: His cir:
came from bore it was merely necessary to show
MOI Wei, bore it is. I Vent in to Now Y5rt
on my oommutation. ticket, which meant that
return ticket for 40 cents, making a total Of IS
cents f Sru the round % trip p Am ! giving you too
Leaf he said. opening q book.
Il had planned the whole thing out. you see.
amount to 1910. Everything. that / got was
e esetip { Dal[sHTiRhs eSS 0f I f toOE n a9d ;e che sha sSsw Tss
the amount that ! had purchased and my return
tisFst m sO 90 o to the 70 G psR mr wi, wind 10 .nS sp oh b
Really, you see, It only cost me SO cents SO that
l made n Just 70 cents on the operation, Now.
bright business man. would have }oreseen just
exactly. that point7 He didn't, though. and I
ing to take advantage OF mis- offer"
..WsI1 f qua ia you buy" he ss ASKED saspiciiously.
W haven't got a bird" he interrupted.
NO, not now, but we may have sorne time,
s saia t tha. E i wa such snar 4 saff aown to ID D cs sns G 'front.' II
$i:5o' and you must admit that is very cheap
II IL ia ass You h s,ni hf5d w St;A a broad grin.
"Why,,er-er-this.cigarette, you know at 10
s!a ming In sHnch a funny manner. What else
She looked at him. susplc.ously fer a moment,
and then, as IL her suspicion had faded, said:
with any Of those 81; foxes about women wSo
box. is pretty. i Know ali ssbout that. / didn't
DO it. IT that non wy; The t1e man man Ct the cigar counter
snail sD1a P So sesh fos saie 1t 's 3 ere Ga h bsar hflf b 8 eezss
no had bought them Of q Cuban Who had not
paid any duty. The boxes were. very plain. |
sHow VIM @1uohf he asked. 00A
Just $I.50 a box. Now don't go and ten the
custom House 3ifcers about u, please"
ment in that fashion2' he asked severely.
i, az was the Cuban who didn't pay duty who
, HIN. / will have to quiet my conscience
before ! can smoke any ofthose cigars
You can give them to your friends who don't
why, of course" he said cbeerfu1ly.
had found which brought her Gill up to 1910,
and she ended with the statement:
80 you can see from the figures that I made |
just Is cents out of the trip, and If any one SAYS |
to you that women have not mathematical
And l Will give him one of those struggled
why should you2" ...,
oh, Just SO that the poor man won't be cast
said. and then he laughed foolishiy at the way
his cigarette was burning.
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