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AMERICANS AND THEIR GIFTS
' Women, Especially in London, Spend
Money in Lavish Manner.
SOME TAKE CHRISTMAS EASILY
then Devote Murk Time and
ThoaM, Well M 0.,4(
In selection Society
(lOSSln.
LONDON. Jan. 11 (?pec1el I No rlsss of
TpU In English society spend money so
?ly n ChrtBtma r resent at do the
...... . .... wumrii who nave isiten up eneir
j permanent residences here. The financial
depression tn the other side of the At
lantic, ofnvhlch the cables tell ua so much
. does not seem to have affected them. At
this festive season there have been no
algns of retrenchment among: them. And
they never haggle over prices as do their
English sisters, wherefore they are great
favorites with West End shopkeepers.
Mrs. Bradley-Martin la regarded as the
most generous giver of presents In the
A merles n set. From one establishment
, aha ordered one hundred levelled bags.
I jT-.ese varied in prices from Ub for tiny
ones to 1360 for those of lsrger dimensions.
', One which aha gave to Princess Christian
! gemmed with turquoises and diamonds
jand nu priced at 1500. In the center was
duck of a watch no larger In circumfer
ence, than a dime, yet It was guaranteed to
keep good time.
This year there was a great Inclination
to order dozens of the same article. Thla
dodge saves trouble, and as several society
women remarked to me. "It allows one to
devote many hours to bridge that other
wise would be spent on selecting presents."
How ffc Women Choose Gifts.'
The duchess of Marlborough brought all
her Christmas gifts for her friends and
most of those for he.r children from Amer
ica. Gorgeous boxes of candiesspecial
kinds which cannot be obtained here were
among the things she gave away to her
friends.
Mrs. Marshall Field proved herself more
conscientious than the majority of women
who bought by the dozen or the gross.
All her friends were thought of Individually
and their tastes considered, rt Is estimated
her outlay. In this respect, exceeded ,7.600.
In one shop I saw the cheek she gave for
the bulk of her purchases. It amounted to
oyer I5. In American money. Thla waa at
a great jewellers and the gifts selected In
cluded all sorts of quaint charms of the
lucky order; gold and silver picture
frames and a variety of fantastic odds and
ends.
The countess of Craven (Mrs. Bradley
Martin's daughter) whose hobby is poul
try, gave Jewelled birds to her friends. She
had a hundred Jewelled blue and red
enamel roosters made to her own design.
Thore were also birds of other species In
cluded In the order.
The Coletorookes are most anxious that
the duchess of Roxburghe should buy
Stratford House, which, it will be remem
bered, she rented last season. The Rox
burghea are not over keen on a town man
sion, though of late the American duchesa
Is beginning to realize that she ought to
possess such an abode, thla fact having
been constantly1 Impressed upon her by her
I mother, Mrs. Ogden Ooelet. This lady
considers that her daughter does not, by
any means, do her duty towards British
aoelety and declares If only she had "the
opportunities of May" she would lead It.
8 he once undertook to lecture her aon-ln-law
on "Mayls" Indifferent attitude towards
society, but, I am told, aha came off second
best in the controversy. - Perhaps the brav
est action of her. life was when ahe tackled
M d" dour Scotchman. For some time after
, vtards there was a. distinct coolness be
tween Mra. Ogden Ooelet and her ducal
son-in-law and daughter, but last season
when the ducheaa took a big Ijondon house
and Invited her mother to atay with her
that lady relented and alnce all has gone
well.
Miss Dodge Spends Money.
"Will Miss Dodge be a success as a
London hostess?" Thla la what Is being
aaked on all aides. As you are probably
aware, we have never been keen on the
spinster hostess, possibly because we are
ao Insular and old-fashioned. One thing In
Miss Dodge's favor Is that she has a royal
capacity for apending money. Anyone who
sponds money galore should "go" here.
Of course, there are other attributes es
sential, but the moat Important Is the pro
miscuous use of the almighty dollar. From
all I am told about her, I ain inclined to
think she la 'a little too aelf-rcspecting and
Independent to be an out-and-out success.
If you want to "bounce" Ixndon society
you must begin by making a door mat of
yourself; that la to say. of course, unless
you have, like the Whltelaw Relda and
the Vanderbilta, an already assured posi
tion. Dodge Is an unfortunate name.
Think of how badly It will look and read
on Invitation cards. If she had been a
wise woman she would have altered, as
ahe was advised, some of the letters.
Dogge would have made all the difference
In the world and would only have meant
substituting a "g for a "d." I know a
clever woman who suggested this to her.
but ahe lndi-nently declined to do such a
thing. There-can be very little social hope
for a woman who won't, as my friend put
It, "take valuable advice."
Every effort was made to patch up the
Vivian quarrel before It came Into open
court. The ciueen, who has a special re
gard for the Vivian family two of the
baron's Bisters having been her m:-.lds of
honor for several yeara-actually called In
person upon the willful woman and ip the
kindest possible manner put beforel er tiie
error of her ways.
Lady Vivian promised
to "think over" all her majesty had said
to her, but a day or two laujr wrote ana
said in effect that siie believed In a
woman living tier own life. Men did this
kind of thing every day in the year and
no one thought the worse of them for it.
etc . etc.
The queen was thoroughly disgusted
and, it Is said, told Lord Vivian that there
was "no help for such a woman" and
that "the sooner he got rid of her the
better." lt waa after this that the divorce
proceedings were instituted.
Danitnter "eta Merry Pare.
YiMl should see the vulgar, common little
cad for whom aha deserted ier huaband.
6ho haa told peopl that In time probably
she will "rt a'"" of u,te peron-for she
haa not the remotest Intention of marrying
hlm-and will find someone else. A grest
heiress In Ikt own right, her large fortune
was conaldcrauly Increased by her step
f st her, the late Colonel McCalmont. who
was one of the richest men in Kifland.
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LONDON, Jsn. 11. (Special. )-M1ss Mabel
Kstelle Long Is a yojng English, wotihh
with a purpore In life nr rather two pur
poses. She wants f lend the simple life
and she wants to wed an American.
Mirs Long Is a remarkable young woman.
She has youth sh; is cr.'.y three and twenty
brains, good-looks, courage, robust health
and plenty of muscle. Her father. Prof.
Long Is a well-known agricultural
writer. He is said to be a relative of the
American naturalist of the tame name on
whom PresMont Roosevelt laid his big
atlck for writing stories about animals.
From her father Miss Long Inherited her
taste for the thlnga of the open-air and
out-door life and from her mother or
some other ancestor she got Imagination.
She studied hortlcultrre In the countess of
Warwlck'a school and subsequently became
a teacher there. The closing of Lady War
wick's school had meanwhile deprived her
of her position and her Independent spirit
chafed against a life of dependence.
She decided to do something on her own
hook. In the vicinity of the old Manor
house was-gome eiphteen acres of waste
land, overgrown with trees, scrub and
brush, with ono or two little streams mean
dering through it, which belonged to her In
her own 'right. Here she resolved to start
a poultry and fruit farm, and carried out
her resolution despite, the protests of her
family. There waa no building on the place
and with the aid of a village carpenter she
conatructed. for herself a primitive little
two-roomed bungalow in tho midst of a
dense copse. Here with no other oom-
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Although a past mistress In the art of get
ting through money she will be unable to
exhaust her fortune in consequence of the
manner in which It la invested. Lady
Vivian Is a woman of the same type as the
ex-crown princess of Saxony, only, aa her
acquaintances put It. "more ao." She haa
started, too, to make history far earlier
than the" royal lady. Everyone is wonder
ing what her. next move will be and no one
dreads it more than her mother, whoae ill
health haa for years been attributed to the
"dance" led her by her amazing daughter.
At the moment London la over-run with
unrecognized talent, much of it brilliant of
Its kind, no doubt. Every other boarding
house In Bloomshury possesses ome
"genius" who is frequently an American
upon whom all the Inmatea would stake
their last sovereign that there Is a great
and glortoua future before him or her.
Encouragement Is all right In its way, but
It not Infrequently brings disaster.
Gaining- n Hearing:.
The artist at all times la peculiarly sus
ceptible to flattery and is ready to risk
everything If injudiciously encouraged to
do so. He Is told "if you only could get
a hearing at Mrs. X's parties you would
simply bo made." Earth and heaven he
moves to do so, but finds It Is Impossible.
The woman to whom he has by now writ
ten. aaklng her for "the privilege of sing
ing to her guests," replies she would be
delighted for him to do so, but for the mo
ment her programa are so full that it Is
quite impossible for her to invite him. He
tries again and again without success.
Other excuses are made; she Is leaving
town.
or .he I. Ill etc. TI,, truth Is she
wants neitlier htm nor his music unless be
la able to pay a handsome fee for being j
heard at her house. Of course, this fee Is
not put. down In tire usual commonplace
way. ItLhaa to be sent, most Judiciously,
usually through a friend at court, who
takes her own commission. It is a cose of
wheels within wheels. Eventually he dis
covers the correct mode of procedure and
by scrambling and scraping gets the fee
together.
The great and auspicious dcy arrives.
He la presented to Mrs. X . who gushes
especially over his volco, which she finds
possesses "ifiost distinctive qualities;" she
cor.sideis Its flexibility "astonishing." and
so cm. The linger minus nis toriune is
I maiJe Bnd hc eoeB uvay ,-rowing. In all
likelihood he never again hears one word
from Mrs. X.. and all he ever gets for
tho t or Wit he has paid Is the honor of
having sung for her guests! And this Is
a woman who Is spoken of as "oh, such a
good friend to American art'stesl"
LADY MARY.
AMERICAN TEACHES CHINAMAN
Lt China: Kuna, Adopted "on of
HansT (hang, Amfeaosador to
England.
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LONDON. Jan. 11. I Special. -LI Hung
Chang's adopted son. IA Chlng Fong. who
has Just arrived in London as Chinese am
bassador to Ureal Britain, le interesting
perhaps more becauso of the fame of his
father than because of . any achievement
of hi own. Nevertheless, as the inheritor
of the Immense wealth of China's greatest
statesman and as the premier grandee of
the hermit kingdom, he is an Individual
of importance. He 1 reputed to be one
of the richest men In the world. Just how
much he Is worth it is impossible to say,
very probably he does not know himself,
for by far the larger portion of his wealth
1 represented by mines and tndj atrial en
terprises upon which one cannot put a tag
of value. A conservative estimate, how
ever, has roughly calculated his loose as
sets at not a cent less than fcJCOuft.Ci and
his Income at tS.je.'Xi a year. That surely
entitles the new ambassador to stand In
the front rank of any company of
"mtiltl."
Although Bron LI never ha held any
diplomatic post in the I'nited Slate he
ha some vivid recollections of that coun
try, for ne accompanied IJ Hung (liang
on his famous tour of the world, which
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MISS LONG HARNESSING HER PONY.
panlorr then a mongrel terrier she kept
house by herself. The surveyor knew that
no plnns e.f Mif MnR! rmnpunw r.aa
paFS'd und; r his viligant eye. So he went
to look ft over and see If
Hometl ing wrong about It.
there wasn't
He found a
t long by ten
structure about twenty f'
wide, constructed of n-ateh-boarding and
roofed with felt, divided into two rooms by
a fllrrsy partition.
Just how i.i-ny ov-iws ne said It violated
I forget. Rut there were a' lot cf them.
It had no watersupply for one thing,
for Miss Ivong has been content to get
that necessity of life from a near-by spring.
Also It lacked those modern conveniences
and appliances without which, according to
P.ural Councils, noboby has the right to
live. And above all the girl had been
guilty of the awful crime of treating the
Dorking Rural Council with contempt by
putting up a dwelling without obtaining Its
consent. It mattered rot that Miss Long
was in ruddy health, and that neither she
nor her makeshift house constituted a
menace to the scattered community's phy
sical well being. There waa not another
house within a mile of her bungalow. Rut
by-laws are by-lawa and must be rigorously
enforced without dlscsetlon or discrimina
tion. So the machinery of blind Justice waa
set In motion and she was fined.
It waa before this happened that I had a
talk with Miss Long. It was n casual ob
servation which led to the discovery of her
strong partiality for Americans and further
questioning elicited the frank and unblush
ing confession that one of her chief alma
Included a 'trip from New Tork to San
Francisco. The civic and national authorl
tlea of the United States on that occasion
laid themselves out to provide tho party
from China with enjoyment and LI Citing
Fong and his Illustrious father had the
time of their lives. .
This 1b not his first post In London.
Eighteen years ago he served aa first sec
retary of the Chinese legation, the same
establishment to which he now returns aa
ambassador. At that time he astounded
the English' diplomatic world by hhT mas
tery of English. He had been taught at
home by his father'a confidential Ameri
can physician. William Pethick. at one
time In the consular service of Cnclo Sam
at Tientsin, and he spoke better English
than the natives of London.
But although he adopts the language of
tho country to which he 1s accredited.
Baron U still sticks to the national dress
of his own country. Both In diplomatic
and social Intercourse he appears in mag
nificent flowing slik robes, ornamented on
chest and back with the large figures of
embroidered swans, the sign of civil. In
contradittinctlon to military, rank. He
also retains the queue, which hangs
straight down hi back.
His first diplomatic position was the
secretaryship at -London. Then followed
an appointment as minister to Japan.
When his father was planning his trip
around tho world the Chinese govern
ment appointed LI Chlng Fong chancellor
to the "Grand Old Man" and together they
made the now famous Journey.
Baron Lt Is a man of great culture. He
riy ' ..-.vu. ..u r
I nisiory ana ir .
1 In some respects he offers very little re-
usual
Chinese
officials. He eschews both garlic and opium
LI CHINC. FONG.
and in both disposition and temperament ;
ia very modern.
Although Ma august father was a reac- ,
tionary Baron LI la a progressive of the :
most pronoanced type and he will be the ;
first Chinese ambassador to Great Britain '
mlth a taste for the newer methods, lt is
said to be largely due to the early Influ- '
ence of the same American physician who '
taught him English that Li Chtng Fong !
has forsaken the ways of his ancestors.
Chinee Government Alert.
PEKING. Jan. 11. The government has
taken steps to prevent any further dis
order at Kia-Ksing-Fu. in Che-KJung
province, where recent rioting resulted in
the destruction ot the residence of the local
magistrate and some of the property of
French and protestant missionaries.
LONDON, Jan. 11. Bullion
amounting
to Ctit.OuO was taken into the Bank of Eng
land today and 698.000 waa withdrawn for
shipment to South America
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in life is to marry a-man of that national
ity some lay.
"When 1 was a little, girl." ahe said, "an
American once plekrd me up in his arms
snd fondled and petted mc. I have long
since fnro"en bis mime. . hut his kind
voice, his strong nnd manly face and fine
fig-ure have haunted me ever since. And
to wed some such man has teen my am
bltion ever since well, a wom:m would un
derstand when. I don't ask Uiat he should
bo. rich. . In fact, the type of American I
have In mind would not be apt to be a rich
man. From what I have f ead about them
and the way they make what they call
their "plies" your very rich Americans are
anything but a credit to their country. My
Idea! American Is a very different sort. He
ta strong, fearless, trutliful. , looks the
world In the face, understands nature, can
work with both hards and bra'n. scorns
the shams nrd humbugs of conventional
society and values most in life the things
that are really most worth living for. That
tyie of mnn I am convinced Is moro often
found In America thnn 1n England because
conditions there are more favorable to the
making of him."
Miss Long had already heard that the
Dorking Rural district council was after
her. "If they succeed In preventing me
from living here," she said, "I shall pack
up my traps, burn the place down and skip
off-to America."
"And rind your Ideal husband?" I asked.
"Perhaps," she answered with a gay
laugh.
ELLIS ELLS EN.
EX-FIRE CHIEFJ-EGLESS MAN
fir l;re Manser lhavr at Seventy
Klgat t na tile to Direct
Men.
LONDON.1 Jan. 1 1--(Special. ) Sir
Eyre Massey Shaw, who for thirty years
waa chief" of the-London fire b.-lgade, w'U
have to pass the remainder of his days
as a legletta man. Nine years ugo he un
derwent an alteration which deprived him
of his left leg. The amputation was ren-
SIR EYRE MASSEY SHAW.
dered, nneeswry because bis iife was
threatened by u blood clot which had
lodged In one of the veins. A similar
source of danger in the right leg lia Just
compelled hlai to part with that limb also.
is marvelous vitality is shuwn by the
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fact that although he Is TS years of age
his physicians reported the day after the
operation that he Is "well n the way to
recovery.
yplr Kyre waa the most popular man
that ever commanded the fire laddies of
the metropolis. He possessed a cool head,
tireless energy and added to the qualifi
cations the chsrm of a magnetic person
ality. All London swore by him in those
days when he was still only r"aptaln
Shaw. This Inspired Ollbert and ShilltVBn
to Introduce a verse about him In a song
sung by one of the characters In "lolan
the." It ran:
Oh? Captain Shaw.
Type of true love kept under,
C.iuld thy brigade.
With cold cascade, '
Quench my great love. I wonder?
Rut this was a compliment which Cap
t.iri th.w was far from relishing, for
desplto his popularity he never sought to
thrust himself Into the limelight.
He took charge cf the London fire bri
gade In 1861. resigning for that purpose
the chieftainship of the Belfast fire bri
gade. He retired In 1&31 wh-n 62 years
old
thirlng the thirty yesrs that he was
in control he dealt with 173.SS4 outbreaks
of fire in the metropolis, increased Lon
don's fire stations front thirteen to fifty
nine. . and incressed the number of fire
men from 113 to 70S. He also- found
time to write six books, treating the f'rrs
and how to deal with tbem. A character
istic story told of him which reveals one
of the secrets of the devotion fell for him
by his men.
' A fireman, terribly Injured, wss brought
In at 11 o'clock one night for an immedi
ate opera t lo ti. The first words the fire
man subsequently uttered were: "Has the
governor come In to inquire about me?"
The officials doubted If he would at ro
late an hour. But the Injured man knew
lila chief better, and sure enough, n few
minutes :ater. Captain Shaw arrived in
evening dress. He had hastened away
from a social function to comfort this
suffering unit of the force, and tho in
jured fireman, althousth In great pain,
struggled to salute his chief.
BISHOP WILL LEAD CRUSADE1
Famous London Prelnt- Hopes to
Combat Vlr In felted
Klncdom.
LONDON, Jan. 11. -(Special. England's
4 mortil tone, which long has b-en the de
spair of Its clergy and public spirited clti
lens. Is to be elevated.
The bishop of London, who recently re
turned from a tour in America, has placed
himself at the head of a great crusade for
uplifting the morals of the men, not only
of his own diocese of London, but of the
whole country, and early this year an
agitation the like of which never before
hss been seen In England will hecln.
The bishop has grouped around him In
his hew crusade, a notable company of
clergymen of all creeds and of "men and
women who have distinguished themsMves
as workers for the elevation of humanity.
The objects of the campaign may be set
out as follows: ,
The morsl education of children.
The moral education of men.
The raising of the standard of moral con
duct. ...
The. elevation and purifying of public
opinion.
Tho stimulating of the national conscience.
The keynote of the whole crusade Is the
appeal to the men and the children. Xhe
bishop and his helpers are convinced that
the work of rescue among the women vic
tims of men's immorality Is almost use
less. What Is needed is work among the
men themselves and among the children,
who will become the men and women of
the future. They are convinced that tbey
can do much 4to remove the demand for
immorality and that by doing so they
will take tho surest' course to rempve- the
supply.
Meetingr. for men are to be held In every
town and village in the kingdom at which
men' of national Importance will speak on
ihe evils and dangers of Immorality, and
In !.ondon alone niore than a hundred
meetings have already been arranged for
tho first two or three months cf the year.
A groat conference of lenders In social
and religious work throughout the "king
dom will be he'd In Lor don enrly this year,
at which tho plana for the crrsade will be
mapped out In detail and errati'Tients
inadn for Its financial F't"rort. A spe-lr.l
effort will be made to secure fie attend
ance at thi?i conference of heOn'csiers
of the public schools and ether jur'nlii- 'if
educators, and an nopc ij he ma to
them to undertake the moral education of
i tl.o young people under their care. The
bishop of Iindon Is strongly of th opinion
that Jhe suhjct Is one that requires philn
talking, and which is reldom spolten of
except In whispers and paraphrases. He
will personally urge the schoolmasters to
take it upon themselves to talk to their
boys, explain to them the dreadful phys'ca!
and moral ccraequences of vlca, ami to
teach theni the proper care of thsir bodies.
An appeal will also be inndo to parents on
the same lines and a periodical entitled
Prevention" will be published and an
effort will be made to niace It In the
hands of every parent In the country.
Much of the work In London will be done
by the ortranlration of the Iondrn Council
for the Promotion of Public Morality, of
which the Llshop is chairman nd Mr. K.
Fox Butlin is secretary. Mr. Butlin said
the otlvtr day that the ne.v organization
I would not concern itself with the sjppres-
ticn of existing vice.
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ENGLISH WOMAN CARPENTER
Bomantio Story of Mrs. Jackson,
Formerly of New York.
HUSBAND LOST IN SPECULATION
T Reeoan Fnrtsaea, Wife Takes to
Manafnctare of Pretty Kalek f
Knaeko llovr Work Is . .
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LONDON. J.tn. U. 5-eclal. In Ham
mersmith Road. Hammersmith, one of I,cn
dan s oirgiest suburbs, is the home of the
oqly professional woman carpenter In the
Vntfed Kingdo-n. Her name is Mrs. Wal
ter Jackson. She is not an Eiglishwoman.
but vns n l:i Ne-jr York of American parents.-
and la married to an American. She
s a pretty little woman, with snowy white
hair, a face thin and pale, and the pluck
wry ',.,"
MRS. WALTER JACKSON AT WORK. r
and grit of a thousand women Jammed into r chair, and 5 o'cloc k tea tables,, work
one.
"8ure enough," said the rlttle woman on
the occasion of my visit to her home, "it's
hard -work. Is this carpentry business, but
there Is a little money In It."
I gleaned this Information In about the
queerest back room I .have evr clapped
eyes on.' The sun has never been known
to peep for' a moment through the few
square Inches of window, and a ami-d;i.rk-pess
reigns ' perpetually. everywhere, too,
am shavings, rhlpa. and half-finished ar
ticles, and signs of many a heartrending
struggle to earn a few pounds.
Mrs. Jackson la not cf a talkative dispo
sition; a feverish anxiety ever seems to
possets her to make the most of her health,
strenisUt- and tune. Notwithstanding, lt
was not long before I learned how she came
to be a carpenter. It appeared that nt one
time her husband, who In also in the trade,
6wrtcd a 'very lare and flourishing car
pentry biifiiK-ss in the West End of Lon
don, from which he derived an Income of
over JS.i'.O a yr. and which he built up
with a. capital cf Jf) given him by his
father on hie leaving New York with his
wife over thirty years ago.
Woiuaus First KiTort,
At the time ho owned the business he
naturally also owned many tools. The
business 1s but a plcvi&ant dream of the
past; it was the old, old story of a specu-
latlon tl-.ht turned out badly and a wild,
i ".ad plunge to try and recuver the lost
money. Mr. Jackson has to no out to work,
but many of the tools remain. Some of
i them arc hardly worthy of the name. The
majority, however, are slill in go.d condi
tion. Well, after the crush had come, and
a pretty residence in a pretty suburb hud
been left behind, and her huxband. with
j a dln.ier bucket on his buck, be gan to go
r :i: u. ..oie as a Jobbing t arpc r.ter, It
I occurred to Mrs. Jackson that if, ahe tried
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16lh and Howard Sis.
just arrived for Mon
day's sale, values up
opportunity to get a
great
very hajd she might be able to turn the
tools to good account.
She tried, and although at first she
made little progress, by degrees she ac
quired proficiency and besn to build up
a little connection, which has been grow
ing ever since. A quh k. careful worker. It
Is nothing at which to wonder thst the
woman's work has found favor. Whole
months, she explained In a quirt, cul
tured voice, have passed since she began
earning two clear pounds $10 a week.
Her anibltton la to earn and s ive suffic
ient money to enable lurself and her hus
band to spend their old age In peace and
comfort In New Tork City.
Hoaak Work I'srhevte!.
On the subject of v. ho her and her hus
band's pa vent s were, the little woman
prefers to remain silent. Suffice it ti say,
t.n-.holh sides they were of some Im
portance and of a good social status 1ft
the land of her blrttv All rough work Is
eschewed by her. Rut those little knick
knacks which go to make the home com
fortnble. pretty and coy. she turns out
by the score. Cosy corners, book shelves,
tobacco, cigar and stationery cases, fancy
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boxes, card cases and letter racks nre her
speciality. "All these articles," she told
me, "sell readily, for the demand for them
Is unlimited. Hut, although they are not
so very hard to make, it is fatiguing mak
ing them. latle-nce is the chief essential,
but ' you must have the proper tools aa
well and keep them In good condition."
"Don't work for the trade." Is ono of
Mrs. Jackson's mottoes. Apparently, lt
does not pay to cell to the trade at the
sweating prices the trade pays. Only
private orders are remunerative. "Do the
work promptly," she went on, "and to the
very I eat of your ability, and you will
never lack good orders. A start may be
made by making such i;!mple artlrles a
brackets and book shelves. But proficiency
and quicknesH are aea In coming at
U.u.t so It seemed In my ease. Customer
who. first patronized ni" years ago are still
SiviuK me work, although some of them
are no longer in London, but thousands
of miles nwuy, in New York and else
where. They nave been so pleased with
lay work that when they have taken up
their aliodi out of England they have
recommended others to me, and often I
have mure orders In hand than I e-an cope
with. Still, remember, I am not afraid of
hard work. I am up between 5 and 6 every
j morning and with brief Intervals for my
meals i am at my Dunen until laie ai
night.'
At this moment Mr. Jackson wrinkled,
gray and bent arrived home from work.
In fcpltc of hid misfortune., he seemed
fairly happy as, smoking a short clay
I ipe he at In his wee, "tumble down cot
tage by the sidc of his wife, whom he
described as an angel from heaven. But
he yearns t i bo back again In busy, bust
ling New York City.
If you have anthing to trade advertise
It in the For Exchange Columns of The
Bm Want Ad Page.
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