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NZ Truth, Issue 540, 23 October 1915, Page 7

The morning was rather warm nn<l the working house-mother, after tidying up, had been too tired probably to bother about "getting cleaned up" personally before,, going out for summat for Dad's dinner. The heat also led her to discard the usual petticoat, or underskirt, but, sensible that her dress was none too clean, she had donned a raincoat as a coverslut. She boarded a car, and, as the conductor approached, made tp.get her fare penny ready. Sho lifted up the coat to slip her hand into the dress pocket for her "munny." Dive •went her hand and missed. It dived and dived a^aln, and .still it missed. Then it suddenly seemed to dawn upon her that hor hand was skating up and down: m too close proximity to the fleshy part of tho thick end of her pedal extremity m Question. She looked down, at the same moment catching tho oyo of her travelling neighbor opposite on tho some mission, and discovered her hand Insido her bloomer placquet. all of whrch was beautifully displayed to the public at large. In lifting the raincoat sho had Inadvertently lifted the light overdress as well. When aho made the discovery. Instead of blushing a violent vermilHon, sho merely laughed immoderately, and It seemed to "Crttic" that that giddy young thing of forty was disappointed m that the passenger sitting opposite hor was— a lady!