WHY SHOULD AN ENGINE BE “SHE.”
Recently a. correspondent who signed herself “Japanese Lady.” sent an amusing letter to an Ameriean railway magazine, stating why she thought an engine was always given the feminine gender. ■‘‘Borne time ago you published in your voluble paper artiele on female shipping steamer. T have thought to write to you about female engine on train. Yon know why? Yes. they enll she for many bemuses. “They wear jacket with jokes, pins, hangars, straps, shields, stays. They have apron also lap. They have not only shoes but have pumps. Also hose and drag train (passengers and freight) behind ; behind time all time. They attract men with puffs and mufflers and when draft too strong petticoat goes up. Sometimes they foam—refuse to work when a such time they should be switched, They need guiding—if: alway require man to feed them. When abuse are given they quickly make scrap. They are steadier when coupled up but my cousin say they hell of expense. “Is not enough reason?"
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2749, 24 June 1924, Page 1
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170WHY SHOULD AN ENGINE BE “SHE.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2749, 24 June 1924, Page 1
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