The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
PRETTYWoMAN,s MISTAKE
1t Cost the Well Groomed Man a Dou-
BILE Fare.
The New York Times tells this story

I The New York Times tells this story.
She is young, prosperous and
dainty married woman, and as good as
she is handsome-which is saving a
great deal Her code of morality and
personal conduct has had none of it's
| clearly-eut angle worn away nv the
world 1t has been a favorite declara
tioh OF hers that, while she had in her
ne zone and said wicked things. she
Hoped TO have it told of her tr11thfull1,
a1ter death that she had never been
guilty OF an act or word of meanness.
ohe was returning a few days ago
! from buying tour of the big shops-
| her code prohibits ''shoppine5' as in
Just ana wasteful Of time-and at
1Wehty-third street and Fourth avenue
tooh transfer and boarded an up-,
! town car. She noted with approvinp-
| eyes an unusually well-groonaed and
| ilnpresslYe-looking man, who climbed
| INTO the car as she did and oceuniad
the same seat with her. Then she
| resumed the calculation of exnendi-
lures, III which she had been absorbed.
IurtlVeIy counting with the fingers and
thumb of her left hand. -
| She was reused by the insistanca ~
the conductor. He was short Fare
| ne SAID He had collected but one from
| there. "e'0
She recollacted distinctly that she
had surrendered her transfer ticket
ana SAID so. The man on the same seat
SAID he had paid cash a
The conductor fingered One of +bo
! TWO was delinquent; he could NOT saw
Wnlch. lie inquired in an insinuatine
voice whether 1t was right that he
should lose the nickel from his wages
one teit that 1t had become a question
OF principle. There was indignation in
lhe glance she gave the well-groomed
man sac was determined that his ne
IarlouS attempt to secure a free ri5a
should not succeed at her exnense anS,
nef determination was expressed in her
race. The man flushed up and hesitat-
ca, ana with confused protest handed
the conductor a nickel.
Inc incident impressed her with the
ueptns OF meanness and depravitv 10
winch 1t Is possible for well blessed peo-
PIE 70 IaIi and as she thought of II put
suIInIul NIUE curve In her lips as she
prushed by the man when she left the
Gar. She was slightly vainglorious over
iler own trmness in defeating the Mot
ana Wnen she got home began to tell
her husband of the incident. while
she talked she pulled off her gloves.
from the right one a crumpled trans-
Ter ticket, that had been tucked against
W i't' uuIleteu 10 the carpet. 1t
was the one possible and understandable
thing that could have convinced her
tnat her memory had deceived her.
she has not yet discovered in the affair
the element of humor which her hus-
band finds When he suggested that
she should insert a personal in all the
morning newspapers asking the we'll
dressed, handsome gentleman who no
lieed lady in a silk shirt waist in a
r9urth avenue car to call at her home
aaaress, she was distinctly angry, and
remarked that when she next needed
sensible advice in most notifying
ana shameful situation, she would APP
ply to somebody capable Of taking a
serious view OF a serious matter. She
Is reluctant to go into the streets or
rae II on cars, for she honestly feels. that
II she should meet the well-groomed
man t anywhere she would die OF shame
before she could explain that she did
nos intend TO tel 4 lie and impose on
a strangers chivalry to save a Ave +
cent piece.