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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1900)
December 30, 1000. THE ILLUSTRATED 1JEE. 7 Women as Successful Bill Collectors Much of this pot-hunting Is dono by ne groes for sport. Tho robins nro also fl but tho slaughter In this way Is small compared with tho wholesale destruuth n of tho torch and tho club. Carpenter's Letter (Continued from Sixth Page.) "And this man," said tho young woman, sat in his prlvato office talking to a client, referring to tho last namo on tho list, tho door was opened suddenly and a tow- w U glvo mo a check tomorrow without headed llttlo boy stepped audaciously Into nml f y(JU ent t,0R.8 flesh on tno llny cnllca 2 , , , , , , ...... lh0 rooll'" , Sut tho spirit of tho dog will haunt you. Tho manager shook his head doubtfully. 'Say,' ho said, Tin 's boy, an' my lho ' slmn you nlU9t novoP wec foP I don t take any stock In his promise," boss wants to know why. that woman ain't ,,onJ or vou wM1 havo 8rrow upon 80r. ho said. Ho Is tight as the bark on a tree been over for that $1,250 ho owes you.' rmv nm, .. nmko gauco on lho dn Ho nover pays "I positively refused to call after that ,, Blln ... ,,n .natpipB,,. Thorn nro and slippery as an cel. anything till ho has to. Ho's been giving and wo never did get tho money us mat samo old gag about paying tomor row for tho last six months." "And ho will keep his word this tlmo," br I'd the young woman confldoutly. And ho did. The next evening when sho reported at tho ofllco tho young woman turned In a chcok for tho full amount owed Uut you don't como ncross many people like that." Robin on a Tear ten days called Male days and twolvo which arc called Fcmnlo days. If you wear a now suit of clothes for tho first tlmo on tho day called Chow you will bo Buro to dlo away from homo and It you buy land m a . .. II. tt .. ...til I . many 01 ins iiuimum .. uU ,,.,,,,. M ..,, ...m ,, iPk,. shocked to learn that Hobln Redbreast " 7 . . V." ' " ", 1 UlnU lIlL'aU lilUlO liuill iiitmiuivuii vji w book on China, which Is long slnco out of leads a double Hfo. Well dressed, Jaunty, hv Hin (Ifvtlt Individual Tim altnnllnn wna hrlinmltiif n'ir wltli I'nml lint 11 m. llnVflttul bo extraordinary that tho manager to his wlfo and babies, ho Is a model of I""1"1, scratched his head In perplexity. "Well," respectability. These superstitions as to luck extend to ho said, "you cortalnly aro a remarkably It's true wo do not like to share with him tho conllguratlon of tho country and also flno collector." our very earliest peas nnd choicest chor- to tho legends connected with localities. And after tho young woman had oaten rlcs. t 11 fllV0r"0 A ,,la Somo l,m n n w"8 1oJocn!.c1'' her dinner and had taken tlmo to digest thieving Is carried on with such calm as- between Canton and H.-ng Kong, lho both tho meal and tho comnllment. relates surauco that wo readily forgive. He Jiai scheme was bitterly opposed, tho chief tho Now York Sun, sho came to tho con clusion that sho was Indeed pretty good at tho business. "It took mo a long tlmo to find out what I was good for," sho said. "I tried my hand nt teaching, stenography, amateur gardening, dressmaking nnd pho tography successively, and was a falluro In each. Then I turned my mind to col lecting. "My first employment was with a omall publishing houso uptown. Tho owners owed everybody and everybody owed them. They paid nobody and nobody paid them. It took mo just nbouut two days to demon strate to my own satisfaction that I had nt last struck tho level of my abilities. I began straight off to tako In money and when, at tho end of tho first week the manager footed up his receipts and found that I had collected subscriptions and ad vertising bills to tho amount of $1,000, which, considering the slzo of Individual accounts, was n Bum as high as Tike Peak, ho fell on my neck nnd cnllcd mo blessod. Tho firm wns too deep In tho mire, how ever, to bo pulled out oven by tho hand of a heaven-born collector. Their liabili ties an fnr nvrnmlnil fhnlr nRBflts that their onlv salvation lay In bankruptcy nnd this no enemies but tho family cat. All this objection being tho bad luck which It was .nm nt hnmo. euro to bring to tho two cities. Tho Chi collected 09 cents on every dollar coming When Hobln goes south for his winter neSo said: "Canton Is known to us as the to them. I do not tell this In a spirit of vacation ho Is tempted and fnlls, relates city of Itams or Sheep and tho mouth of vn..iv hut aimniv tn rnfntn thn statement tho Detroit Freo ProBS. It happens In this tho river whero tho telegraph lino Is to that a woman couldn't earn her salt at way: Bo Is known as tho Tiger's mouth, while nnllntttrwr T 1nmif n r1n?nn Wnmnn In Ml I ft In December and Janunry tho robins the district opposite Hong Kong Is Kow find on tho KUir coast a cniimiu mm. dui.o oon, or mo iino urngonH. vnui cuu yuii them. They also find an ornamental tree oxpect when you put up a tolcgraph lino to bearing a hard, yellow berry about as largo cai tho sheep right Into tho tiger's mouth as a small peaChina berries or win " nnd nmongst tho nlno dragons?" FRANK Q. CARPENTER A OAMDLINO GAME PROHIBITED IN HONG KONG AFTER 11 P. M. town who nro so employed and each Is con sldcrcd a gem of great price by her cm ploycrs. A West Sldo furniture dealer who has cm wnmnn collector. "There was a time,' ho said, "when I vowed that I wouldn't havo a petticoat around my store in any ca pacity. My attention was first attracted to the subject by tho quick way ono wo man collector made mo pay a bill. Phys- Used Up Six Tickets "I mado a hort trip Into tho country the A wesi oiuo iiiriuiuru utnuur wuu uuo uiu- - , . ,., ri,lln ployed a woman collector for several years thoy aro mnJ nZVa ce f ' a said that if there was any ono thing ho berry, while nnont In W.cnrnnce. M could tako tlmo to talk about oven In his very dangerou food for bln-. It n busiest moments It was tho merits of tho "--"' """':;.,' man. it . I ,( 1L IUIIIII JUOl " ' makes Hobln drunk, nnd when ho is drunk other day," Bald Jones to tho Detroit Freo ho acts precisely llko a drunken man. Press man. "There were six of us In tho hllcratcd at first, ho dances about and pnrty and when wo were ready to ko sings In a "We-won't-go-home-tlll-morn- homo there was somo doubt nbout whether lnir" Hort of way. This happy condition is 0r not wo would bo nblo to catch our train iin...,i in. n (lriinUon Btunor tho t lcally, tho work for this Btoro is nara. ljr g Rrow du)i tho head ur00ps and ctB but tho trnln arrived thero before my Thcro Is much walking to bo dono anu ... . HCnso of dnnKOr. While fri many stairs to bo climbed. Moreover, many m Btu ,d 8lnto tno ncBro boyB cnsV w,th flvo extrft Uckcts , x h (1 no th, m a 1 .1. mi ran ml n s-l n T HO .... oi uio pcopio wim uu, uu. p,ck tho l)lri1f) from th0 :ow uranencs wnoro uso for 80 i rcsolved to amuso myself nt th installment piau are ui w thoy nro perched. expenso of tho conductor. Tearing up tho ith when It comes to collecting. But tnat Aftep a UUo thQ brds rccovcr( but oniy chcck thnt ho Rnvc mo when he t()ok up Is whero I find tho woman collector in- jo hjnt mora ch,na bcrrlcSi Aa lonB ns my tlcket( T wnted for hm (0 colno nroUnd vaiuauie. ner iuhu oi ,miicu .o thenj nro chma bcrrlcs nobIn la consist- again haustimo, anu sno is invuuuvu uuu cnU nnfl per8l8tentiy drunk. Ho npphr- "'Tickets,' ho said shortly on his next sourceiui to n uegree. n bhu uuuui b enU cntf) th(J berrC8 for th0 single purpose round, seeing thnt I had no check. around a creditor ono way sue win uu , tinn- rlnink nnrt beeauso he 1 kCH It, "I unvn nn nnnllinr iMmi mlllinnt n wnr.l other, and, what is best of all, sho never Ho ,an,t hunBry( for ho Is gorged with tho and promptly toro up tho check that ho gave gives up. borrles to such nn extent that when, as m0. It is a curious thing that It is not in BOmetlmes happens, ho misses his drim"-"! 'Tickets.' ho stnrtod to Bay when ho tho field of distinctly fomlnlno labor, such noia and falls to tho ground, ho bursts camo around ngnln, nnd then ho Itoked hard as dressmaking, millinery and tho UKo, tnat open, so stuffed Is ho. at mo and I handed over another ticket tho woman collcptor, seeks to win her Now lt mU8t not bo thought that oven a without comment. laurols. When asked why this was so robn can un,urgo this sort of debauch for "Seo hero, whero is your check?' ho do ono successful collector replied that It was ft month or six weeks without its havlm mnnded on his next trip. a enso of tho refutation of tho theory that 80mo effect on him. Robin soon loses his "For reply I handed over nnother ticket llko cures like. "It may tako a thief to solf-resnect. grows ragged, neglects his "Tho next tlmo ho pnssed mo without a catch a thlaf, but It doesn't tako a woman Datn, and appears generally disreputable, word, but I managed to boIzo hold of his to mako another woman pay her debts, ij0 B a Vory sad-looktng bird, and northern coattalls and dotaln him long enough to sho said. "I am tho manager of a largo visitors who don't know about China bcr- hand over nnother ticket. collecting agency. I havo both men and ries can't understand what has caused tho "When ho camo around ngaln ho lookoil women in my employ, nnd when I have a change He reforms when ho must that Is, at rho In a startled manner nnd I heard bill against n woman I Invariably send a when tho China berries are all gone, hut him glvo a sigh of rellof when ho passed man to collect It. Women who owe money until then ho apparently never thinks of It. nnd I had mado no sign. I let him go untl know well enough that another woman sent With tho dlsnppearanco of tho China ber- ho was nenrly to tho door and then I ycllc to collect a bill can see right through their ries tho birds begin to think of their north to him that ho had overlooked mo nnd subterfuges, no mntter how flimsy or how orn homes, their fnmlly duties and a more frantically waved another ticket, nlauslblo. They do not care a straw for prosaic hut healthful diet of strawberries "Tho next stop was mlno and ns I pas?e her opinion, howovor, but thoy don't want nnd angle worms. In February thoy gather tho conductor on tho outsldo I handed him to bo found out by tho men." In countless thousands in tno canenrnKes another ticket with tho romark that h A Nassau street lawyer employs a woman f Tcnnessco nnd Alabnmn, appnrehtly overlooked mo. waiting only for warmer weather before "That conductor has nn Idea that ho hn her sex and the calling. "I don't always beginning tholr migration. At this season becn worked by somo sort of a new game collect tho money I sot out to get," she Bald, ln visitor irom mo norm, wu wuu... but Is unnblo to figure it out." whon complimented on hor achlevemontJ " "" "l and consequent reputation. "A year ago I ca nnds "robin plo" a common d sh on sot out to collect $1,250 from, a client of my employer. 'Go up to his offlco every day,' wore my employer's Instructions. Don't jjjvo him a mlnuto's peace. Hound tho vory llfo out of him till ho pays. Just walk right In, no mntter who Is there, and demand that $1,250. Ho can't turn you out becnuso I did for him what no other lawyer In Now York could havo dono, and It be hooves him to bo humble.' "For thrco months I obeyed those In structions lltorally. I traveled up and southern tahles. On Inquiring ho learns that tho robins nro slaughtered by the thousands. Men with torches and clubs visit tho roosts by night and knnv tu dazed birds off their perches In great num bers. Thoy nro brought to market In grain sacks, Tho writer heard of ono mnn bring ing Into market at ono tlmo 180 dozen, n single night's murderous work. Tho roblni nro sold on the streets for from 20 cont to 30 cents a dozen. There is no Inw against tho wholesale slnughtcr, but man' neonlo In the south are interesting them- down tho elevator so often that everybody BeiVcs In securing such legislation ns will In tho building camo to know me ns 'fl pt a top to It. Ono reason for tho In- dun,' and tho man hated tho very sight differenco with which our favorite Is ro of mo. Ono day I was Blck nnd couldn't, warded Is thnt ho Is only n winter visitor rrn ilnwn A Rftpnml rlnv T ntnvnrl nwnv and jt 1 . . . still a third. About 2 o'clock on tho after- tho cardinal nnd tho mocking bird, both nr.lfDfin I lift IIIIKT Pill P,fl KP.ft iloon of tho third day, as my employer which are common nnd great favorite I ntUU 1 ,,V MHUUrtl UVV Mm. 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