Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1885 — How a Woman Crosses a Street. [ARTICLE]

How a Woman Crosses a Street.

The funniest thing is a frog, but the next funniest thing is a woman trying to crosss the street in the rain. There are certain things to be done. It is desirable to keep the bottom of her clothes dry; also her feet She stands on the edge of the curbstone and gathers a handful on each side. She gets hold of the waterproof only, and lots ifall, and raises again, and shakes, and tries again. This time the skirt is all right, but the dress drags; gathering in the dress and skirt, again tries. The instep of one foot shows; all three are too high, and the dress is too high, and shows the skirt. Lets fall one foot. She gets discouraged, and grasps firmly on each side, and starts across the street on her heajs, with one side of the dres3 and the waterproof trailing in the mud, and about a yard of the skirt Visible on the other side.— Providence Journal