The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
A.Superior Woman Who
Has Been Disillusioned
September i. and moving day

and easy way in which she ovcrrides |
diTlculttes said in superior manner
several days before the fateful 1st
arrived:
ooh. no, i am not going to have any
trouble. The people who make the |
air vocal with thei routories are not
/, svstematic and careful in booking their
ARRANGEMENTS. shall Just engage
enough good helpers and give them
thorough instructions. l haven't any
idea of undergoing personal anguish
about so trivial an affair as moving.
The mind of q twentieth century woman
ought to be equal to the problem OF
transportation" And she settled her
self with an air that finally disposed
OF the matter.
On August 81, the rain began. An
intermittent patter because steady
and sullen downpour that seemed to
have set In for forty days and forty
nighte. Consequently the world was
dripping next day. The pavements ran
rivulets. Drivers of moving wagon
teams were cross to profanity and
reckless as to the handling and mis-
carriage OF Goods. Antique mahogany
and box mattresses were not improved
by having to be piled on the side
walk. while the .sagon was packed
according to the ileas of the magnih-
cont parsonage engaged 10 supertntend
the carriage of goods from one place
OF abode to another
The superior woman was confronted
by circle OF painters. carpenters and
che good helpers she had systemati-
cally hired. They looked at her dis.
inheritingly. one and all, and demanded
the keys OF the apartment that she had
rented and was about to occupy. The
woman said:
why / gave an order to James go
that he might get the keys at the
Office and be here with them first thing.
All here he is now. James. give me
the keysD
James took off his hat apologetically.
The gentleman at the office says,
1ma'am, that the Keys amt been turned
In"
An impatient thrill stirred the paint
ers and the helpers. The woman sent
one after the outgoing tenant, to
whose forgetfulness the failure OF
tinding the keys was ascribed. Il am
sure the keys will be here very soon,"
she said Il Will jus, go over and
get my breakfast. BY the time come
back everything will be all straight"
She ate with dispatch and returned.
An empty handed messenger awaited
her. Well" demanded the woman
little sharply. didn't you bring me
those keyg?'
mfr. Black says he aint got EN-
He say he done lef 'em at de Office
yistiddy.''
The painters whistled softly, picked
up their cans and prepared to depart.
The helpers moved restlessiy. and
looked at the woman for sign.
Her cheeks were flushed and she
held her head high. Il never heard
OF such trifiing.'' she broke out angrily.
cn Hnu, Ia ha
get those keys. Just wait here until
get back"
She reached the Office at white heat.
The clerk met her with urbanity.
Keys. ma'am?" he inquired. Certain
~. ma'am. They've Just come In" And
he handed them to her. She gasped.
What she thought and felt was too
deep for words So she turned and
fled back to the car, and. by way OF
the car, to the helpers who comforted
her with the assurance that "the
painter mems is gone
Well, let them go" said the woman.
Take the keys and remember what
told YOU
AS she turned to leave. she was asked
to remember in her turn, that she must
have the gas and water turned on at
ahe City Hall. Thither she bent her
steps She went into an office marked
j"Gas and Water" After she stated
her case. she was referred to two
other clerks of the other departments.
In each room where these men Lam
Iguidly looked after applicants and their
wants, there was a lengthy procession.
Persons stood-no seats being pro-
Ivided- one after another. in single
lille and. as they were permitted, APP
Iproached the Lord High Executioner"
of the day.
The superior woman's heart sank.
Water and gas We're essentials. She
,of the procession before her. and ITO
await the lofty condensation of the
most leisurely of clerks was no part
or parcel Of the systematic arrange
ments on which she prided herself.
,Rea1izing that moving day could be
interwoven with unmaginable diff
iculties. she left the procession and
the departments and afresh employed
ia competent wrestler to stand in her
place and fulfil the red tape require
hents of getting gas and water.
Alas! even. these requirements were
inefeetual in the matter Of gas. AS
1.-THE shades of evening drew on, the
superior woman tried to secure
1nodicum Of comfort with book and
"a droplight. The Jet flared up and
went out. Realizing that she was
about to be left in darkness, a servant
was hastily dispatched for candles
sWhen the next morning came and
reasonable request was made that gas
be supplied as ordered, the information
Icame back that she must wait until
the gas man got around to her.
The superior woman is waiting STILL
.And she no longer has illusions re-
tgarding the 1st Of September, The
lessons she has learned have taught
her to find her level In the community
bn whom the moving p.ague has de-
lscended. She no longer looks loftily
down on others who nave cried their
slif1culties aloud. She keeps her own
dips shut, but she knows how to SYM
kpathize with these unfortunates,
VIRGINIA MISSIONER.
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