The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04
SOME VIEWS OF AARRlAGE.
A Philosophical DrunneR's Opinion
md q Shopgirls Experiences.

A Philosophical Drummer Opinion
nnd . shopgiri's Experiences.
TIE frank talk heard on railroad cars 10
conducted generally on the principle tina;
every enc in the immediate vicinity is
stone deaf. On suburban train q few
DAYS ago young woman who had entered
al one station was Joined a, the next by a
young man, a drummer and an old ae-
ouainsance. Without delay both plunged
into intimate personal "reminiscences Said
the girl:
you heard Jim was married. didn't
your
$50 a Teller told me-"
Say, now. that Teller ran into q great
cinch He went West TO Uncle Georges
and got took into partnership on the ranch
and then married girl with 5000 They
live perfectly elegant. She's only is. too
they marry real young out there. ] wish
ia got married at 49,
What makes you wish that?"
"Oh, guess I'd be a sight better on now
If I'd got a Teller with plenty Of money"
well. / don't know about that. You
amt always better or
Why? Don't you get along with your
wifeg'
"oh. yes, but then amt home much. I
go back on Saturday night and leave on
Monday morning: 80 We don't have much
chance 10 scrap ! tell you IL you marry
a travelling man you get along pretty well:
but 1t amt in human nature for two PEG.
pie 70 live together without gettin' to nag
GIN and jabbin' at one another, and If YOU
want a peaceful home you'd better be on
the road. tell you, there's been times
felt like fyin.''
We'll. ! guess It's better than being to
work, anyhow. / suppose you know I'd
been workin', didn't your?
You don't say.'
Wen. now, that's what everyone said
I was workin' in a dry goods store. and
no one would believe 1t. People just came
In to see IL 1t was really 30. Why, some
times thered be four or five fellers to see
how l was gettin' along. and il It hadn't
been for that I'd never have stood 1t. The
manager was awful mean about 1t, too.
1t seemed to make him mad to see me say
a word to anyone, and after a while made
up my mind that wouldn't stand his sass
any longer. Twas this way. Some genP-
mn friends of mine came in and wanted
me to go to the theater with them, and as
1t was the busy season. the girls was made
to stay till o'clock. and il was goin' I'd
have TO leave at 6, SO 1 spoke to the floor
walker-a real pleasant genrm'n-and he
said he'd try and fix 1t. At noon / went
up TO the desk and he was talkin' to the
manager.
This is the young lady I was talkin'
about he says.
"'Oh.' says the manager and doesn't
she know that we are takin' on girls TO
work overtime and are rushed at that?'
Well says the fioorwalker, she's got
an engagement and wants to go at g.
All right says the manager. she can
go at G, but she needn't trouble to come
back
II wasn't going to take none Of his sass,
SO i says: I'm not wait till 6, and you
can give me my time and I'll go this min
ute. for ! won't work in a place where
we're drove like slaves from mornin' till
night. with never a chance to talk to a
feller that comes in to see you ard kept
in over hours out Of spite. So came
away"
Well" said the drummer, 'maybe
you're right. It's better to be married. for
then you can boss things yourself and
your husband foots the bills and II you
never see him you can enjoy life your own
way
The train at this moment stopped at a
station and the couple parted.-New York
Sun