The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-02-11
An Adventure by Rail

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The young woman with the red hair
clicked her knitting needles indus
triously.
There's nothing more delightful"
she began, than proving something to
man--especially something that up
sets one of his theories. I've just had
a lovely experience Of the kind with
my husband"
The other women in the group rust
led expectantly.
'Tell us about it." they urged.
"Well," began the red-haired young
woman, "you know Jim has always de-
clared that women were more UNI
friendly than men-to their own kind,
that is. He said he couldn't see why
women always sat and glared at each
other in trains and places, where men
usually talk. He actually said he be-
lieved we were jealous of other WON
en- who happened to be well dressed
and attractive. He talked about it SO
much that 1 thought I'd do something
to silence him. However, waited
for the right opportunity. 1t came
last week.
1--WE were on the train coming
home from our trip East" she con-
tinued, land there was a very attrac-
tive young woman in the Pullman seat
ahead Of me. That is, some people
would have thought her attractive. She
thought SC herself. She had uncon-
ventionally blonde hair ana remark
able complexion. She smiled vam-
pirish smile that was very fetching
with her fair coloring.
81 decided to make friends with her.
$50 after Jim had gone into the
smoker I engaged her In conversation.
She was very pleasant-that is. II you
liked her-and we were quite friendly
when Jim came back at lunch time. /
introduced Miss LeClaire and re-
marked that she was going In to the
dining car with us. Jim didn't say
much. put don't think he was pleased
exactly.
miss LeClaire-I think her name
was Genevieye-quite put herself out
to be fascinating. But somehow she
didn't fascinate my husband at all,
and he kept getting grumpier and
grumpier. Men are so hard to please!
/ It developed that she had forgotten to
bring her purse into the diner, so of
course Jim paid for her lunch.
"She seemed to want to keep on
| 1.,,t T;x,, I,s1rrfad Off fn the
smoker and never turneC up again I'M
til 6 O'Clock. Genevieve and were
really intimate by that time; shed
| told me all about her love affairs and
the millionaire who was going to
commit suicide if she didn't marry him
Immediately. OF course. there was NO
question about her dining with US,
that was understood. She ate very
expensive meal, too, and Jim had to
pay for it. Somehow she never
could remember to bring her purse.
"Afte1ward Jim dragged me out on
to the observation platform and asked
me how l ever happened to pick up a
woman like that.
"Why, thought you wanted me to
make friends / defended. You're al
ways saying so. / did it to please
YOU
'He didn't have time to say any
| thing, for just then Genevieve Joined
us. But he didn't look as happy as
he should have looked, considering
that l was just trying to please him.
well, we got rid of Genevieve for
the night by going to bed early, but
never hoped to escape breakfast with
her. However, got up awfully late
on the chance that we might avoid
her. and Tim was waiting for me, glum
as an OWL
".Your friend Miss LeClaire,' he an
nounced, has left the train
"Ieft the trainl' repeated. Why
/ thought she was going to Chicago
I'm very sorry
"T should think you would be- he
remarked. She didn't pay for hel
breakfast-had it charged to me. She
told the waiter was her brother!'
"And So" finished the red-haired
woman, "Genevieve had gone. Thai
was the end of that"
How perfectly awful" murmured
the specialized girl, who was knitting
a helmet. But it really doesn't prove
anything. You really could make
friends with women on the train ant
enjoy them. If you'd picked anothel
sort of person"
"Oh, wasn't trying to prove any
thing the red-haired girl declared
emphatically. "All wanted to do was
to make Jim stop talking all the tim'
about women being unfriendly. Ani
may add that he nearly has stopped