The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

These days of holdups often make
me wish I had Minerals courage and
absence Of nerves." said Augusta. II
shouldn't so much mind losing my
purse, for never make practice of
carrying much money, but I should
hate very much to have fright Of that
kind. Still, I am not sure that would
be so much worse than the nervous
ness and dread of it caused by hear
ing SO much talk about women being
robbed on the street."
The fear Of being held up and wor-
rying about it seems to me as tnex-
cusable as anything I know Of" put
in Helena with decision. "Oh. I don't
mean that there is no danger. but
what's the use Of thinking about it? It
Is not a case Of forewarned being
forearmed, for don't think any Of the
would ever think of really arming
themselves and, If they should, they
couldn't and wouldn't use the
weapons. The only use In thinking
about 1t at all is to apply the ounce Of
prevention by not carrying the wear
Ing valuables at night"
Did you see what a Pittsburg de-
tective told some Of the frightened
suburbanites there who had been
robbed?" asked Rebecca. 1T ap-
plies equally here and our police Off
GERS say the, same thing If they are
asked. He told the victims that they
were IN part responsible for that kind
Of crime because they put temptation
in the way of thieves by carrying
purses and bags in their hands. The
prevalence Of this kind of robbery af-
fords a good and timely suggestion
that pockets would help to lessen
purse snatching. And you know
there really is q chance for pockets
nowadays, for the return of full skirts
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a dressmaker's refusing to give us
deep and capricious three-cornered
pockets, set into the skirt seams I'm
less times and people have changed, a
man would be courageous who as
sayed to find a pocket like that in a
hurry
Don't I remember the exasperating
dress sl1trts?" put in Cornelia. Girls,
of course, learned, the trick and could
do it, but it took time. Even the
owner Of the pocket, while she might
know it's. approximate location, was
obliged, to slide her fingers carefully
down. two or. three seams before she
discovered the opening, which was
is intended to be invisible. Almost
the only feasible way to find a set-in
pocket in a volumtnous skirt, when
it was not in use, was to turn the skirt
wrong side out, take hold Of the
pocket and then slip the hand down
the inner side of the opening"
At this description Of pocket
search we all laughed reminiscently.
Zone of the funny things about the
footpad scare is the women who sue
cumb to it," said Helena. There are
plenty of the thistledown kind OF
women that you always want to put
| an arm around to shelter and protect
who go about their several ways un-
| conscious or unheeding any danger
| and, on the other hand, women with
whom, you cannot connect the thought
Of fear, NEW themselves up and won't
go out without a man. had such
a surprise the other night. I knew
| Miss Lyon had tickets for one of the
concert courses, and the concerts are
given just a few blocks from her
| apartment, so I asked her how she
enjoyed the last. She replied that
she didn't go; that there had been
so many holdups early in the evening
that she dreaded to, go out even far
enough to get some one to go with
her, and had stayed at home. MY
mental comment was that you car
never tell what a manufactured shirt
a waistcoat and severely plain chew
lot coat may cover"
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