Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

To The Honest People Who Call Their
 Attention To The Fact That They
 Have Dropped Something-1swo
 Cases Which Came Under a Report CTS Eye.
 The women folks may talk all they please about the horrfd men. but, after all, it is hard to see how they could manage to get along without them. Half the intended shoppers that come into the center would be running here and there looking for their pocket ! books Were il not for the fact that the men keep an eye out for them and once in d while it requires good deal of cOaXing to induce q woman to pay any attention 10 you even when such an important thing as her pocketbook is at stake. for most of them are so l taken up with what is going on around ! them they don't heStOw a thought on 1 their money until they want to use ii. 1 Several instances have occurred about l town during the present week which 1 show that many people do not take 1 proper care of their pOckeJbooks 50 | that if there are not more losses re- | ported it is due to the fact that, after all we hear regarding the tendency Of | this age towards dishonesty. the aver 1 l Yesterday forenoon q woman was | passing along South Main street and | stopped to look at the articles in the 1 show window of the Boston Furniture 1 Co and while thus occupied
 she dropped her pocketbooll and walk l ed away in blissful ignorance of her | less. Quite a respectable appearing
 man called the Woman'S attention 10 l what had happened. but she did not 1 in understand "a
 said. and giving him Il look of scorn, which seemed to imply that she took l him for d maSher, she passed on and and had reached q point opposite the i undertaking rooms of Martin Bergin
 X Sons, when the gentleman hailed her again and actually compelled her
 to accept the pocketbook. Of course
 when she found out what was up she
 felt very thankful and was profuse i with apologies for not having stopped 1 when the man first addressed her. In
 the afternoon, John w. Gaffney, the l cOntractO came near having a Simi-
 lar experience on Bank street Mir l GaTney was hitching his horse part ly opposite Pollak'S art studio when
 bevy of young girls came along and | stopped to look at something in one
 of the windows. All were full of life
 and filtered at some remark as they
 started off towards the center. leaving
 Il poclietbook. and apparently q fat
 one at that that, behind them. Mir
 Gaffney saw it and when the girls.
 reached where he was tieing his horse I he tried to call their attention to the
 pocketbook. but the crowd was still
 bubbling over with laughter and took
 no notice of the contractors excuse
 me. ladies' Finally, seeing that he
 was likely to be left alone with the
 pocketbook. he yelled at the girls and
 then pointed at the prostrate form of
 the wallet on the sidewalk. One of
 them stopped and picked it up and
 started off without even thanking Or
 saying a word one way or the other.
 To q reporter who watched the little
 incident MT Gaffney stated in that
 droll way peculiarly his own: ''I sup
 pose they'll feel angry at me for
 stopping them. but 1 can't help that
 Shoppers should be more careful of
 their money. for once they lose it on
 the public streets it is hard to tell
 whose hands it will fall into.