Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1894 — An Embarrassing Experience. [ARTICLE]

An Embarrassing Experience.

Most American women have had emIni r.iss.ng ox •erie.Ku.s in social emer go .civs, i o Imps mine was ever more trvliig th.-i.i flie advenlure of a lady i. ted in o.v . ork society for her lO irtesy ; nd suvoir fairo. < no wint r day he > tar ted on the ti a n (or i I i xtelphiu taking kor seal in what she npimscd was an ordinary pur.or ca . 'L'nure w; s but ore other i ceupan , r. wmiowhat stout man, who rat with hi-» bamt to her. I rosently h, lighted a ei/ur and began to smoke. Tne lady c ughed and moved uneasily, b;.t her hints had no enect. She raid at la t tartly; “You probably a-e u foreigner, sir. i;n I d > n t know that there ia atm >kn car attached to the train. Sucking is not permitted here.” Tiie man without reply throw his ►-» _ar out of the window. A few moments later the conductor entered an 1 stared at her in dismay. "How did you coma here, madam?” he inquired. "Why, where am I?” "In Gen. Grant’s private car." The mortified lady’s usual tact failed her here. She looked at the dumb immovable figure, and retreated without a word.