The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-15
LTCINDrS EXPERIENCES.
she Encounters q Large and Husky LADY
vino Asks Yer 10 Make ROOm.

she Encounters a large and Husky LADY
VINO Asks Yer 10 Make Room.
more experiences. said Lucinda; -let
me tell you
u was late coming home this afternoon
! had been shopping. and didnt want
20 stand up. because ! was tired So
went 10 an elevated station where even
az that hour knew I'd b. likely to get a
seat. and got on and was grateful.
Al tho next station up a crowd came
in and az the next a multitude. and at the
next still more people. and then the car
was packed. damned and glad was that
| had taken the precaution TO get on
further down and secure a seat. but
didn't know what was in store for me.
when the people came in al that third
station mp from where ! got on there was
crowded in with tho rest. 20 come % a
halt jammed IN there square IN front
Of me woman. She was not fat woman,
but she was big and large and husky;
and there she stood; and pretty soon she
began TO look down on me and then
knew what was coming. arm not a
thin woman. you know. but / am not
thick. and don't occupy a great amount
of room. and pretty soon this woman says,
after looking 10 one side and the other q
me:
Cant you move up little and lee me
sit down. and then II was up 10 me 20
decide what TO do
I was sitting square In my seat. 20
which I was entitled and right where
belonged. and on ono side q me sat a
man and on the other side Of ne a woman,
each occupying one seat squarely and
fairly We three sat IN our three seats,
a. we had a right 10 do. and now the big
woman proposed that she should 10 per-
mitted 10 crowd in there and make those
three ssats do for four. putting ma three
20 Inconvenience and annoyance 10 give
her a chancs 10 81 down.
II she had been 80 or something Of that
sort would have gwen up my sat 10 her
willingly bat she wasn't She vas hig and
strong and she was taking advantage
Of me because ! was thin and could move
up a little, and I didn know what % de-
FINALLY did move. / guess not very
much. and then shs sat down between
me and the man on the edge Of the seat.
I know II couldn't have le@n very
comfortable for her. but she didn lot %
remain uncomfortable long With every
lurch and twist and bounce u he car she
wedged herself further in until At last
she had got herself pretty well back on
the seat. but AZ that time where was J..
She had crowded the man On the other
side Of her On half his seat and me she
had crushed 10 wafer
There ! sat. hattened Out and pinned
in. for a dozen blocks uT - until
/ thought I couldn stand u any longer.
and then ! made up my mind tu grf up.
but first ! debated IN my mind what 1
should cay 20 her when did ct up. ana
finally ! decided that this would h.
| Madam. you arc welcome 10 the seat
| this 10 be said Il course, very quickly ana
very politely
Then pulled myself out from hack ~
and under her and stood up aud took the
strap that she had held but httls time
! before. but ! didn't speak Either nv
courage failed ~ my better sense pre-
vailed / don't know which, bat / inst
stood there and looked down on her aud
said nothing
What do yoI think she didi She
didn't even look up she ignored me- com b.
! pIetslv. she just ssttlod back comfortably
/ into the rest II my seat and began 10 real
la paperl-
/ with that Lucinda paused. still much
wrought up. but she smiled when she,
saw reflected on the faces ~ her listeners
/ her own just Indignation