The new South-news., 1908-08-01

A New York Correspondent Unveils the
Mysteries Of the Ladies' Waiting-Room
~ M. g.

human femlniuiiy shb and nov lu such
coaHclets tide aa in The Grand Gem
tfsi station. New YORK hnd ~ you
cherish any a pflofi concept of O. CON
tiaffni type az lovely women here 90
the place whore you descend beneath
the waters OF dialliuaiou 20 come up
washed and made clean
Death aa a leyeler is n hide-bonnd
blue code as compared with the FIVE
eu-bofore-train-fima revelations
OF Che Indies dresHng-room
Whatever Be- selfish or unfolhsh la
human nature. this mftiiuF for
trains. oihoving your neifhbor out
~ your way. croNdine into the line
out of gour turn al The Pullman
window brings 10 the front in wo-
mans manner moro than in mans.
because woman iOfed her aelf-con-
trol when she travels. She is always
nervous ana excited for no more
specific reason than that she ir caich-
iug trains and hes 20 run nn schedule
time She may have an hour and n
haif 90 wait before her train la called
snd knows that This So go by the big
clock iu che waiilnE-guom bat she
wears hurried. haraased look and
hfcaiheH ir short chest hrsntha Tor
fear she o. going 90 miss o. Now
man viii look 90 bis watch. fet 20
hy ihe railroad time and but that's
another ri0fv.
in iho outside general waiting
room a woman mny slt and appear
90 posaos5 her soul va patience. but
wifhlu The sacred precincts Of the
drcaslng-room she keeps the Record.
ing Angel busy. A woman can not
sscnd five minutes here without un-
hcing her innormoat character
In this burtling crowd nobody
knows anybody else. 30 II ia Just her
bed rock nature that comes out. her
manners after twenty centuries OF
civilization being rtill 40 thin We
ncor that the least BIT OF olbowing
ioatlos all courtesy out OF the reckon.
log.
II was long weary walt We had
settled down 10. but when the nve
hours were over we were as much
snddcr and wiser about our ser az n
lifetime of casual intercourse would
have left ~.
The curtain on this scene OF dinil-
insion was raised on the six-o'clock-
erH. These women were, on the
whole, a wcll-drcssed. interesting
looking lot. out-of-town shoppers for
The most part who had spent the day
struggling over bargain counters.
dressmakers and the supcrcillous
"saleslady." AN were tired to the
usSAsAsn. - ss,~ssssss. ssssne w~~rfrr ynriY
own counsel. but many frankly gar
ruloua over their trials during the
dav
Each woman as she entered the
drosslng-room paused n fraction OF a
second to locate the mirror, and thir-
ty-scyon OF the first thirty-eight wo-
men who entered made straight for
Il. Now the waves OF disillusion be.
gin 20 roll over you.
The soul of woman shines
through the way she does two things
SAYS her prayers aud does" her
hair. There were n home-going few
who seemed satisfied when they as
certnincd the iact that their hats were
straight--whloh meant being very
much awry -readiustcd a refractory
lock OF hair. gave pat 20 collar
and lab 20 a tie or a Jerk TO a belt.
Next were those Just coming into
the city. Here comes a woman who
walks up TO the mirror. puts her
foot ON a ohair--she lower rung
thereof--and takes from her stock
Ing powdcr-rag Glancing furtively
at her fellow-trayelcrs TO see II they
nrc looking. she dahs the rag at her
nose and each cheek. ruts IL down
hastily. readiusts her veil and. with
n satisfied though somewhat apollo
getic air, turns away and is lost In the
crowd
An increasing holdness as TO type,
we notice. runs through these vary
Ina degrees OF making up" The
next woman is younger than her pre-
decossor. and 10 her the tray.l-traces
are more Objectionable. She is bet
ter dressed. her hat Tits at more
aggressive angle. and her manner is
sHNlf an~AtNNt AA ~ tHQNI'HOt~
your-husiness" manner she walks up
10 the mirror and lays down her um-
hrella and porte-monnaie. There is
swish OF silk Innings. glimpse Of
open-work lisle thread. u French
hceled foot. and with due delibera-
tion this fair bird OF passage asserts
the stores in her stocking. These
are few banknotes. the inevitable
powder rag. a tiny comb, a pate-brun
pencil, and bit Of rouge sponge.
She takes on her hat and veil. hands
them 10 the white-aprored maid in
attendance. and into the serious bust
ness OF over-lay she plunges. She
has come from Bridgeport and is on
her way 20 Chicago. What does she
tare who Watches here With careful
fore,hought she dampens her fingers
with her tongue and messages cheeks
and nose just enough TO give the
powder a fair hold. Then on goes the
powder in generous dabs. Now quick