Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1896 — In Public Places. [ARTICLE]

In Public Places.

“When I was 10 years old,” a lady Is quoted In the New York Times as sayIng to some children, “I took a short railroad journey with my grandfather, a dignified judge, yet tender and affectionate, whom we were all most anxious to please. “I sat in the car seat just in front of him while he talked with a friend sitting beside him. Pretty soon, having nothing to do, I began to sing in rather a low voice, Indeed, but still loud enough to be heard two or. three seats away, and, as I was rather proud of my voice, I thought that my grandfather was probably thinking to himself that his friend must admire the singing of his little granddaughter. “By and by the friend got out at a station and I was called back to sit with my grandfather. He greeted me with a smile. “ ‘You’ve been lonesome, my dear, I’m afraid; I heard you singing. Now, you are a little girl, and it did not matter, but you will be a woman one of these days,-and then it will. Let me tell you just one thing to remember all your life.’ “ ‘Never do anything In a public place, like a car or steamboat or anywhere among strangers, that will attract attention to you.’ And, though I was deeply mortified at the time, for I saw at once that my grandfather had not liked my singing, I have always remembered his words and thanked him in my heart for them."