The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-13
1T HAPPENS EVERY DAY.

l H6FFENS EFEn1 LAY.
She goJ On the I4l.no.s central express
IL ttaIi4Olyn st4eet Just DeIOIe ciocs
~ the eyenln7, anG Just as the IRAN :. =
| tremDilns Tie start she was Guns
ana lgO-ed rs II sne mignt nave Know
DsteeI. DIT siIe nad green p4sIeGOaTu
box aD0uI tour feet Ions, Two IeSJ wiz.
ana ii loot deep. she haunt tune Il
| choose her car, - she sOJ mo the neares.
one anu fOunu ti3aJ every seuL was cccU
pied. she edged her way IA between IN
seats which lace forward anu Dackw ara,
ana held her 0ox SO that It scraped gentis
but firmly against the WHISPERS of an e.
DERBY man VINO really meant 10 be read
Ing his evening paper. When ne began l.
notice that everything else was lmposs4
bic in the presence Of The green box
suddenly was seized with a sense Of rare
chiYalry, and said:
Have my pace, madam"
oh thank you, she smiled, anl
swooDed into his place. Then she set he
box dow IN the narrow aisle. At Van
Buren, street a man looking eagerly ahead
for a possible vacancy fell ever the box.
and the nettled young woman glowered a
him muttering. Such stupidity" Sew
eraI passengers coming from the other
end. expecting 10 pass through the whole
train IN search Of seats or comfortable
standing room. were blocked By the for
n..dabie green bcx and shuddled in the
head end Of the car.
Along about Douglas Park the conduc-
tor came in crying: Tickets pleasei' He
brcked the center and ran around the
erds till ne came to the green box. over
which a man WAS standing Colossus
IKE.
Take that trunk inta tn baggage end
o III smoker please, said the cOnduc-
tor. punching his ticket
oh, guess not said the man.
IN do it for you. then. srowled the
man with The punch, this amt freight
car"
The demure little woman said nothing
but coyly thrust her ticket, and smiled.
oh so sweetly, at the conductor. Pretty
soon the latter. having finished his col
lections, came back and grabbed the
green box.
"Oh. please don't exclaimed the ex-
cited creature who owned the box; please
don't take it. don't shake IL like that; its
anew party dress And she simpered
with many bushes
"oh, it's yours. is it," exclaimed the
conductor; ali right miss, Excuse me-
And he glared dercely at the nervous
man astride OF it,
one night the theater train, coming to-
ward the city, filed up at Hyde Park SO
that there was but one vacant seat. a
fasEionab ly-dressed woman with a very
Distinguished looking escort made for it
with all the speed consonant with de-
corum. She was one of those unctious.
plump. ratheG short on stature and long
or jewelry Of the most expensive ana
authentic kind. Her hat was marvel
ously becoming thing-a ballade in blue.
The tOppiest little seal coat you ever saw
Struggled about her pink ears The white
gloves. which she was still fitting 10 a
nicely with dainty polzes that displayed
most acute sense of the fitness of things,
We're brand new. Her dress was of blue
very blue-cloth of a particularly dressy
and yet patternless fabric. 1t fitted per-
fectiy.
While this picture of pretty prosperity
preened herself she began to glance pat
rouizinglv at Der neiehbors in the car
But the took Of sef-satisfed delight up
CT her face faded when her eyes rested
upon the attire of the girl next to her.
The girl had a hat that didn't look any
better than 81, and-it had evidently been
made over. Her astrachan jacket was
cut of date and lacked a button She
had pink ribbon around her scrawny
neck, and her veil had been darned. Her
Stoves were very soiled-the dainty cTea-
ture next TO her shifted as though she
smelled gasoline. Doubtless the gloves
had been cleaned, and needed another
cleaning. They had been mended and
the hands that were in them were neither
small nor shapely. The exposed wrists
We're red. and the whole carriage of the
girl was that of an awkward, hard
working. different young creature who is
dressed up and feels that way.
The uneasy manner of the Hyde Parker
beside this ungainly maid increased mo-
mentarily- At restless intervals she
would run an obliQue glance along the
garments of the girl. and, as I watched
il suddenly occurred to me that the dress
worn by the awkward one was of ex-
acty the same material as that in the
We mans well-ftting suit The exact shade
and tezture-but. oh, so different in make
in trimming and in fit. As different as
the department of the two wearers-as
probably. as their respective
stations i'm life.
Walter" said the lady of fashion. sud
denly laying a whte-sloved hand on her
escorts arm. its entirely too warm in
this car. Let's try another" He looked
a bit mystifed. but they swept down
the aisle with a rustic Of silk skirts and
a breeze Of vaguely sweet perfume.
! took the seat vacated just as the
awkward girl In blue next 10 il turned to
.he girl with her and said:
Did YOU sec the stuff in her dress
Aiaggie? Its zactly same's nine
Sure. I seen it said Maggie locks
swell on her-6ts so good
les allus easier to 1T fat people" said
The gawkish girl in blue, and them gloves
and saalsldn sets her off too.
Then. after pause and q sigh 1
'Taint fashionable 60 be fat no more /
Maggie. TIL Delineator says slim ag-
lres IS all the go" And as there was no
reply she looked down anprovingly at her /
own fat chest and angular knees
CHANGING along into the next car. 7 saw /
that my HYDE Park couple was standing [
there IN the aisle
Puzzle, WHY did the woman in the seal /
,7at prefer TO stand up in one car in f
stead Of sitting in the other2-John H. I
Baftery.