The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-26

NOW, lSnC tndI just ike a WOfn-
an?" exclaimed tall, white haired,
soldierly looking man, with some i'm
patience, as he Owed under the theater
seat for his hat and held gingerly aloft
with his headgear dainty pair of op-
era glasses.
Whats just like woman?" grave
ly inquired his companion, big fell
low with brown beard.
why, some woman has gone and
just like woman. Can you beat
that?"
Certainly can beat it, replied the
brown bearded man, bristling a bit.
I've known one of our own sex to
leave railroad train at station, for
get his hat, grip and umbrella and not
think Of any Of them again until the
train was twenty miles away"
There's case on record in which
a woman went bargain hunting with
her baby. She found the bargains and
lost the baby; in fact, forgot all about
her two-year- until she reached
home and her husband asked where
the child was
"Say, colonel for the snow white
man was a former that's
an isolated case, and you know 1t.
am surprised at your lack of chivalry."
I'm just as chivalrous as ever, only
L
have few amiable weaknesses, and
losing things is one of them"
They repaired to a restaurant. The
colonel was the president of a mining
company. His companion, who was
the superintendent of the mine, and
whom the colonel addressed as
Hank" was on little vacation When
they reached the smoking stage of the
meal the colonel looked up with a
r{,,IyJ a u. oy,Ir
I feel sure that women are better los
ers than men; that is, they lose more
articles. I'm anxious to prove it. I
want you. to spend the best part of the
next forty eight hours under my direc-
ton. Most everything lost that can
be traced is left in theaters, street
cars, hotels, restaurants and depart
ment stores. s5s 1r
.'You can obtain much Information
from the Found and Lost Columns,
but am not sure whether you can de-
termine the sex of the loser by reading
the advertisements there.
Il will lay out a route for you. AT
the end Of two days want you to hand
In a written report"
"And what do I get out of 1t? Where
do 1 come in for all the work l do?"
asked the miner. with a dubious smile.
you will be well paid. In the first
a new phase of city life. Besides that,
when your report it written there will
be gold wal ch and another good din
ner coming to you"
It'll take you up. Meet me day after
tomorrow in the hotel at 6 o'clock in
the evening. and you will hear re-
. port that will make us both blush for
our sex"
What the Seeker Found.
Two days after. at the hour named,
two men were sitting together in a
prominent hotel lobby. One was read
ing to the other a written paper. And
that was what he read:
I'm re Do women lose more personal
articles than men?
"Answer-They do and they do not.
"Note-There are no statistics COW
ering the above subject. In making
this report, therefore, you will readily
recognize that the source of my infor-
nation must be obtained from those
places which men and women frequent
in equal numbers.
city that I could find. For instance, at
an afternoon concert or matinee
women predominant four to one. In the
department stores the ratio of women
to men is 100 to 1. 1t would be mani
testify unfair to women to include such
resorts in my report. On the other
hand, 1 have ignored the exclusive
haunts of the male sex-cafes, chop
houses, etc.
But I have found enough evidence
elsewhere from which to make con-
vincing report. Here it is:
cat the headquarters Of the Lost
Property Department of the street car
company 1 found a NOTES.-The refused
to permit the use of his name-and
chivalrous repres entatiYe of the COM
pany, who said:
"'Of course men lose more personal
property than women. / say this off,
hand, as have no record book near me
to base my opinion on, and l will ven
ture to affirm, however, that men lose
in our trains not only double the num-
Der of articles but articles of twice as
much value as WELL
"'But do not double the number Of
men travel on the elevated railroad? I
asked.
cat a rough guess I should say there
were only Is per cent more men than
women he replied.
"'What do men lose as a general
thing?''
Everything, from lead pencil to
the most valuable diamonds. of course,
male umbrellas predominant
Diamonds?
Eyes, diamonds! Didn't We have a
case some five or six years ago, when
one of our guards picked up $1,000
worth of unset sparklers that were
left on a car seat by jeweler?
There have been other finds" too,
on our road which, although not as
large as the one just cited. were large
enough in value to give two or three
families a good living for year.
What sex lost them?
'Men-always men,
What did the finds" consist Off
"'Oh, stocks. bonds. valuable manu-
script, ETC..
"'What do women lose on your
trains?
".The usual things. handkerchiefs.
gloves, fans, umbrellas: sometimes an
occasional purse. containing SO cents.
sample of dress goods. court plaster
and recipe for chocolate cake.
What Women Lose Most.