The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-01
SHE DAZED A CONDUCTOR.
WESTERN WOMAN VINO RESENTE 4
"STEP.LIVELY" INSULT.


A woman who had come out of the West
where she had been a COW girl on a ranch. was
boarding a car in this city recently. She had
just placed her foot upon the step and was
preparing to take another step to the upper
platform. when with "A furious Step lively!'
the conductor pulled the strap. The car ierked
forward and the Western woman swaved back
for u minute. then just caught herself in time
to prevent a bad fall upon the cobbies.
She confronted the conductor with angry
eyes, ewes that had looked undsmayed into
those Of mighty horned monsters Of the prairies.
What do you mean by starting the car be-
fore ! was on IT," she asked.
Cant wait all day for you, lady. the con.
| ductor snarled. Just step inside there"
In a moment the Western woman with .
backward golf sweep Of the arm, lunged for
the conductors head, He lodged. The blow
sent his hat spinning back into the track. Tbs
was flushed but dignified. While the. other
women passengers were rather startled. the,
MI knew just how she felt, Then the car stopped
while the conductor went back for his hat
The Western woman rode free that time.
Women feel tina. companies should instruo1
! their employees to be more civil TO women.
The printed slip directing passengers 10 report
incivility fails in It's object, which is presumably
that Of preventing impoliteness. Nine women
out of ten will suffer silently. RETAINING through
charitable motives from endangerlng the place
Of the uniformed bully, who may have . wife
and family to support. The tenth woman
will sputter ont her indignation audihly, bus
she wont report the man. Men are dtnerent-
They not only reprove the conductor. but they
take his number and that of the car u, we'd
a. the hour. and they send in a complaint
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for their imrertinences because they, have
found II so safe. tirtpmen carry their cars
at full speed past groups OF tired working
women often waiting IN the rain Tor ten minutes
at a transfer corner, while they will halt the car
II there is one man waiting to board II.
The high side steps Of the open cars are an
other menace 10 women's health, Not only
Is there a constant danger of sprainins or turn.
ing the ankle. righteousness Of which danger
causes women TO dIsmount from cars in ths
awkward fashion they do. but the strain upon
the body is extreme. The greatest gap il
between the step and the floor OF the car. and
while the woman passenger l. practically
dragging herself up into the car, II invariably
starts. throwing her violently backward or
else forward between the seats Car archi-
into their consideration when they built the
| open cars.
Stay-at-homes need not stife amid the uphoL
stored furnishings OF winter il they are wise
| during the summer months. Chairs and couches
| can be covered with the CAV French chintH
now in the shops patterned with red roses and
| their foliage upon a white ground. Rice cur-
tains that come in ga tints are admirably cool
| door hangings for ummer, svaying unsteady
| with every breeze. But the browning glory OF
| the summer bone Is the hammock-cool green
| 90 ,chTta rith fripyad SidaS and cusNiopS ~
| linen in the same refreshing colors. This can
| be swung clear across a room and may be un-
| hooked and hung up when not in Use. Wthe
ie. seasonable touches OF ms sort, a gehe,aI
| graphic clutter. the city home becomes a Plea .
anti aliurlng place for summer tlme,-ona that
the average summer boarder may well sigh Tor.
great many OF tho students Of causes and
effects. az applied to the human snecies. ask
| from time to time the rpasc n for the perpetual
youthfulness Of the women Of the stage. whose
! faces are constantly bcinc pictured in the onnl-
| present h~alf-tone publicat ons Of the dav. each
tune seemingly more attractive and Young than
before. MANY learned reasons are given by
those who aay they know, Some say that the
keeping .up-to-data Of the life professional Ia In
itself a tonic. Others say that the portrayal
Of stage emot on leaves the face nnseared by
the lines Of real care. But the women Of the
stage are no more youthful Of face than many
Of the best-known women OF society. The true
secret Of the continued youthfulnass Of the
modern woman Is that she has discovered the
virtues Of face massage, now acknowledged
az one Of the only healthful, natural methods
Of preserving the fine texture OF the skin and
the contour Of the face and now part Of the
toilet OF every woman whose means affords the
luxury. The daily manIcurlng and hair dress
ing are now augmented BY the half hour or
more c! careful rubbing Of the face with edu-
Gated fingers.
Fer thin faces the movement Of the masseur's
10 harden tho muscles and develop the cheeks
to becoming %plumpness. For faces inclined
TO stoutnsas the rubbing is harder. the extra
adipose being fairly melted awav in the process.
Every lady's maid must understand this new
art NOWADAYS in It's different branches. The
;Se fase. While slsT FOR rs ,b ssf bS sdnee espe @ns N IN nSc case, ,es
81 rheumatism or for reducing, the Japanese
system has many adhercnts. One OF the most
of Amer can education. His clientele is in thu
fashionable uptown districts.
New York is almost fowerless in summer.
the season Of flowers. All he tig florist shops
move to their various branches at Newport.
Saratoga and Long Branch. and the city shops
are left to clerks whose chief work is the send-
ing out Of boxes for der arting steamers The
GuSlOIl " w h'NFfF - % NIL khS
lost its vogue for several stasors but IL Was
renewed this year with added elaboration
IN the way OF boxing and basketing. FIuit
is almost equally POPULAR as an .ofsrirg for
sailing friend, and some Of the boxes made
up by Broadway fruitsrers for rec.n Mt steamers
have cost more than a hundred dollars ench
owing to the rare scarce Nari. tics used in their
composition. But the seRrchsr for flowers
in shops finds the sweet PEA blossom the only
are very. dinicult to obtain, for the general
demand for them cpasss with June in the city
and the dealers will not risk putting in q large
supply.
The twentieth century baby will only have
a bowling acquaintance with its parents. The
baby OF to-day is quite independent Of its
father and mother. This is shown by the
young COUP e OF the Long Island colony who
The same week an equally. Prominent atf
arrived from Paris in a yacht, their youthful
son and heir following In a steamer. OF course
these fashionable children have a retinue Of
servants, nurses. and goysrnesses IN atttrd-
ance on them, but the manner in which they
bear separation from thsi kinsfolk speaks
volumes for the new education Of children.
Gradually New Workers are discovering
during the warm evenings. Within the next
decade our roofs will be specially built with
the idea OF summer gardens where the cool
breeze- that sweep high above the city may
be- enjoyed after the sun has sci Brooklyn
oan boast the most beautiful "Irivata roof gar.
Am. aDp,a ,f tbA highest .ra-trrapt l,,,...