The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-06

She had large ard rather rnournfuI
brown eyes, and she stared without a
flicker OF an eyelash. as if 1 had been
a curious insect, and all the while she
walked steadily forward. pushing me
with the edge of that beastly map. and
l walked helplessly backward like an
I lmbecile right into the gutter and If
anybody ever tells ne that there is not
| a freezing power in the human eye it
VIII be because they never met one OF
those tail Americanes and tried to
scraDe acquaintance with her on the
| street
A Yankee Spinster's Spirit.
"Of course you know that clearing
the way at crowded crossings for the
pedestrians is not one of the duties of
our well dressed policemen. They
seem to American eyes rather more for
ornament than service. and are on the
alert chiefly for the purpose Of arrest
ing the unfOrtunates who may be run
over by the absolutely undisciplined
and autOcratic drivers Of cabs and
carts Having adjusted some of her
grievances with regard to her claims
on life, liberty and the pursuit Of hap
piness in the streets, and having also
-tt+AANt !" 4tc-~ AAATfE " AL tA4EEhltAslkE me
mercilesS cab driver, / see the foreign
women in this town evidently propose
TO bring the policeman to a clearer
recognition of his duties.
so long as L have lived IN Paris
have never mustered I'D the courage to
ask one Of the stately officers Of the
law to assist me through the widest
tangle Of hOOfs and wheels, but the
Yankee spinster who proposes to cross
n Mt
ed hour, and Furthermore to cross in
security and infinite dignity, forces the
policeman to bend to her will. l saw
just such lady gain her point yes
terday. She wore glasses, she was fol-
lowed by a Boston bull terrier of aTis-
tocratic features and she carried in one
hand the tail Of her gown and in the
other her black lace trimmed parasOl.
1t Was perfectly clear that she feared
both for her own life and that Of the
fat terrier if she tried to cross the
wide boulevard, and she looked pretty
miserable until she sighted an officer.
Marching up to him she said in very
bad French: Kindly help me and my
dog to cross this street
'The policeman glared at her in
blank amazement, but before he could
object or explain that his duties did
not includs that Of plotting stout ladies'
she had lifted the weighty F'ido by his
gay harness, pumped him into the off,
GERS arms, pushed the two Of them
ahead, and with her parasOl furled and
her train high above the dust she swept
a grandly through that wild current
Of dashfng equipages, sc0rching bicy-
cles and rushing motor carriages as if
she had been crossing her own Back
Bay drawing room When she got to
the opposite side she gave thanks pO-
litely, but quite matter Of faCtly. which
left the policeman more fabbergasted
than ever, and ha stood beWildered IN
til another American woman, taking
heart Of grace from the Boston wom-
ans example, nabbed the officer and
made him steer her across in security
After that he actually seemed To find
the thing amusing, or something in the
pTettily expressed thanks Of the WOnl-
en- fired the instincts of gallantry in
his soul, and / hear he is the most
popular officer on the avenue
His example viii naturally tell on
the others, and it wouldn't surprise
me in the least If to that stout Boston
heroine viii not ultimately be due the
credit of having originated one Of the
most important and necessary police
refOrmatiOns in Paris.
Freedom Is Now Theirs.
1T takes time, you see, and it has
needed a great deal Of patience" said
the artist, in conclusion, but the quiet
determination of the AnglO-Saxou
woman to have her way has broker
down all opposition, and Americans
who come over for the exposition wiz
be amazed to see the amount Of lib
erty accorded women here. For eX-
ample, in which one Of our own towns
would d couple or trio Of smartly
dressed girls dare to sit at a table un-
der a sidewalk awning and drink beer
or lemonade, or iced tea, or any cool
decOctiOu their thirsty Dalates craYed?
In Paris during the exposition you viii
see them doing that every day, though
III confess the men did struggle hard
to prevent them. Smoking and drink
ing 1t the cafe tables on the trOttOir
used to be the exclusive comfort Of
Idle men, the gay, bare-headed girls
cites and the palmer working and
tradesmen and their wives Ladies
never dared sit down there, and French
ladies even now would die rather than
stOop to such a humble and public a
seat; but the American. cut off from
her soda water fountain, yearned
nightly after the CHEEKY cafes and
their glasses Of cool liquids.
so. from all points at one season.
the girls invaded the inviting little
tables and squelChed any opposition.
saw and heard only last week an ex-
trenely we'll dressed, well bred looking
FrenchmaD lay q wager with his friend
that he would drive off two Darticu-
larly charming young women VINO had
chosen a table and ordered cups Of iced
coffee. He went deliberately over to
where with profound interest they had
spread out a handful Of silk samples,
and with the most unsDeakable inso-
lence announced that he would join
them in their little treat. Girl No.
looked a little frightened, but No.
was equal to the occasion, for, quick as
a wink. into the hat Of the officiOus in
truder she dropped two pennies, and
with the kindly smile of one who loves
to bestow aims on the needy, she
turned back to her problem Of choos-
ing between a pink or a blue sample
It was a master stroke, and the girls
had their drinkables in perfect peace.
and if in time the Partisan gentleman
is not one Of the most dOcile and chly-
aIrous representatives Of his sex II
won't be because his American friends
have failed to show him how or fail
TO accord him in return consideration
and admiration for his courtesy.
EMILY HOLT.
A4a Shamrock for WafercreSs