The Washington times., 1901-12-22

Men Merely Paymasters Bundle
Wrappers as Detectives - The
Saoplifter Problem-Santa Claus
Mail.
'Pfim girls, trim girls. girls OF every size;
laiT girls rare girls. girls with angel eyes:
And the girls OF comic opera, with a naughty
ffudc girls, rude girls bashful girls. and shy:
AMI the girls OF comic opera, with a naughty
little eye.
Il grew faint, and weak and Thirsty,
ind my back was bent with pain;
felt strange sensation
At The bottom OF my brain.
had waited sixty miuutc-.
With my luckloss brain aWhirl-
Jus4 waiting for gil.
Pale girls. frail girls, girls Of siend-r waist;
blonde girls, brunette girls, girls Of paint and
paste:
Gibson girls. ChFisty cils, girls rno,i mild and
rash.
And the supple -limbcd. athletic girl WHO always
cuts dash "
But what are the woes Of a man waiting
TO meet her" on a street corner TO those
OF one who makes an appointment in
department store during the holidays!
Men still do that. You see the poor crca-
ture, abashed, spiritless. awkward, wait
ing in every store.
Women have lost their respect for him;
he is so much matter out of place; they
shoulder him about. He leans against
The ribbon counter. then against the lace
counter, trying to look intelligent and
Contented.
Why did you come?" asked one miser-
able victim last week, grinnius at a
friend. They were caught in a grand
rush before the candy counter in a big
store
An Old Dodge.
Well, my wife is so much troubled
these days. She thought could help"
sighed the man addressed He had been
trying for an hour to buy a pound of
candy. His wife would have procured it
in ten minutes
Irouble-bosh, shifted another. 81 get
that tale Of woe every year They're not
troubled; they delight in this scrimmage.
~ positive joy to them. They drag me
Gown 10 help. they say, but it's only for
The purpose Of overawing me and having
g man around who watches them with
amazement. Lock at that crush at the tie
counter! There was a cut in price there
ihis morning. Talk about college cane
moment later out of the crowd ., 4
women Indicated By the speaker a tan I
so0d-locking lady pressed her wav. mill /
ing after her boy whose ewes were STAR 4
ing ana frightened. The woman had /
nought her tic. The boy pulled his rat
,'shtly down and looked ruefullv al The /
hanging threads where button had been |
torn oil his coat
say. mamma. he gurgled. Say. don't
~, NJ "Ay you cant let me play football
lou take me shopping"
Getting Experience.
some OF the men martyrs wait for their
women or girl friends in the vestibule or
on the street. one OF these men was be-
ing advised one bitterly cold evening last
week by younger attendant
AW. come on in-no harm. Were NOT
IDS that we should be afraid of women
nat u The hoorwalkers do watch YOU so9
itaughty girl clerks? Pshaw-I manage
mem All right. In the way? Never; al
ways keep moving. that's my principle"
But the older man would not 20 in. He
waited half an hour, then his friend burst
out upon him
Gee whiz,"- cried the younger man
knew. and was the fool Catch me in
there again. Why the girl clerks are
NOT me same as they are in ordinary
times"
No Time for Flirting
He was right. the girl clerks are not the
same Courteous and obliging and sym
pathetic with mans ignorance alwavs {
they have little time TO spare for him in
this hurried hour. The poor fellow who
tries to relieve the monotony of waiting ,
or to conceal his foolish out-of-place /
feeling by flirting VIII quickly meet his
punishment. The girls are busy-busier
than bees. ants, OF any othe; known ami
mai ever was.
Man is not loved at Christmas times: It
is the child who wields power. and his
armies are made Up chiefly of women .
Still ihe man has his place he j. needed
as an escort OF admiring spectator And
II might be good idea for the DEPART
ment store to give him recognition and
shelter.
Merely Dream.
One slave 70 a woman who waited by !,
he doors OF many shops last week and
Is now nursing bad cough. caught a g
manager by the arm one afternoon and. 2
holding him with the spell Of the Ancient I
Mariner "a glittering eye" impaired to
him a dream.
u fell asleep here by the door where l a
always wait FOR Hettie" he began. "and a
dreamed 1t Was next Christmas I came
aith nay wife and expected to stand here p
nd be showed about and stepped on and Il
iwofn by women's eyes. and cnd-as
.lway By catchiu cold G.
"Weil sir. you me; Us at the door in ~
.tcal OF lettln' me fail back like a foot b
nan. You Invited me to come with s.
fou. You spoke word TO my wife Il
vas in dazed state. You led ne TO a
title smoking room that you had set n
part for the waiting men. There was an p
nieroom where The ladies came when n
when oar ladies asked. u
The Bleak Reality. L
'Y0u -you-furnished cigars, believe. n
thinls-in my dream-there were drinks
on; for: and oh, it was lovely / wasn't
sleep long but I've caught bad cold.
Dreams are good things to follow some =
i.les. A'r. s, eh?" -
The cold-hearted manager replied: y,
= see that while asleep you knocked yc
own rieee OF 5ric-a-brac. Never mind
ever miad. Y,
= wonder" he muttered few minutes
ater. why men cant use the waiting m
ooms have" Then he glanced up at ca
he crowded little space for tired women si
40. ] don't, either he admitted Il un- te
erstand." Ell
Al these things are suffered IN the el
arc OF Santa Claus. The children wait.