WOES OF A STRANDED GIRL.
lMlt
Slic Han a llitrtl Time Here,
Vorne In I.iiKlniitl.
"I've founu a place at Inst," said the
pretty English girl In the dove-colored
gown, according to the Now York
Press, "but you can't think whut it la.
Walking on the stage. Just walking
on and walking oft without saying u
single word. Imagine It. I, who in
England played 'Zaza' with great sue
cess, who was for a time with Irving,
who have played loading woman again
and again walking on and oft the
stage without saying a wordl
"I am going to take it as a huge
Joke," she smiled lightly. "I am go
ing to make the best of It. It Is very
hard for an English girl to make head
way hero in New York.' Very hard.
Many of my friends are without work.
They can't even walk on and off."
"Never mind," said the woman to
whom she was talking, "you will walk
on and off so gracefully that they will
give you something e3C to do. I will
wager that in less than a week thoy
will let you open your mouth, in an
other week they will let you speak.
What, if in a month they should let
you speak a whole sentence? Wouldn't
that be lovely?"
The English girl smiled as she
smoothed down the lingers of her long
jjray gloves.
"I do play a little something on the
piano," she said.
"What greater opportunity would
you have, then?" exclaimed the wom
an, for the girl was an exquisite pian
ist. "In a very little while they will
let you play more."
"I can't make my own selections,"
she sighed. "I have to play something
that belongs to the play."
"You can't toll me anything about
the dilllculty of breaking Into a big for
eign city and trying to help run it all
at once," mused the woman, remlnls
cently. "I know all about It. I aino
liorc to New York once upon a time,
not so very long ago, and did so well
with my work that I said to myself: 'I
will go to London and do better.' So I
went down to the sea in a ship and
eventually landed there.
"Talk about trying to get a place
on a stage in Now York! Try getting
something into a London newspaper or
magazine for awhile. I was simply lost,
There 'were a million newspapers and
It seemed more than a million maga
zlens, small, large and medium. The
editors were polite, they accepted some
of my stuff, but when they published
it I couldn't llnd It. Each editor ran
about seventeen magazines and it was
the rule to publish work without Uio
writer's name unless the name was of
some consequence.
"Fortunately, I had some money
left from the sale of my little Ken
tucky home, or I would have starved
1 got so disgusted I skipped to Paris
and spent my money foolishly, having
a good time.
"Hut the stranded girls I heard of In
London: Terrible. There was one
across from me in an attic room in
Russel square who killed herself
threw herself out the window on the
spikes of an iron fence. .She hadn't a
sou. I am not so very generous, but if
I had known of it, 1 certainly would
have divided up with her a little any
way. That's the trouble. You don't
know of it until after they have made
fiway with themselves.
"And there were hundreds of them
in those little old rooms up under the
skylights In the American quarter
You know those rooms. One big room
with a dozen paper partitions you can
hear the sobs through. Awful little
rooms," repeated the woman with n
shudder. "Terrible condition of af
fairs. Young girls without money In
that London whirlpool. Women with
out money. A thousand times while
was there I thanked my stars that
was not penniless, too.
"There should be some provision
made by the mother country for worn
en and girls who Invade foreign cities
A committee should lie appointed to
meet them at the docks and llnd places
for them. I mean the pretty, charm
ing, cultivated girls who llnd It dim
cult to get something to do. There Is
u demand for servants in all countries
There Is less demand for brains, cul
ture and rellnement.
"There Is one man in London Air,
Chamberlain who is a committee and
an eleemosynary Institution rolled In
one, so far as helping stranded Amerl
can girls to get work or go home
concerned. He'll go straight to heaven
when he dies for that If nothing else.'
is
ONE OF THE '49ERS.
Olil Fellow Tell of tho Gold Seek
th' Trlalx.
James A. Walnwrlght, of Oakland
Cal., one of the original forty-niners
who fought their way to California
luring the great gold rush, was in St
Louis for a short time last week. Mr,
Walnwrlght, who Is nearly 80 yean
old, came here from Philadelphia
where he had been visiting a grand
son. He was met hero by a nephew
Prank Rlalr, of Chicago, and tho two
dined at tho rianters and later do
parted together for Oakland.
Mr. Walnwrlght is active and ablo
to travel alone. Ho made tho trl
from Oakland to Philadelphia Mouo
and returned as far as St Louis,,
where his nephew mot him. Tho two
will finish tho Journey together.
Mr. Walnwrlght grow reminiscent
last night when he was seen In tho
lobby of the Planters.
"I can tell you," he said, "It Is far
liferent traveling these days than It
was llfty-slx years ago. That is a long
time ago and I am probably ono of
the few original forty-niners who has
not crossed the great divide. I was
vlng in Ohio when tho gold rush camo
on. l was working on my fathers
farm, and all the neighbors' boys had
caught the fever and I suppose I
caught it from them. I was only 21
ears old, but boys in those days seem
to me to have been much older and
arger than their years.
"There were no railroads and tho
trip would have to be made by wagon.
A large number of outfits wcro Htart-
ng from St Louis, and four of us boys
came here. It was a far different city
n those days, I can tell you, from
what it is now.
"Outfits were starting for tho West
every day and I Joined ono of thorn.
It was a strenuous trip and wo had
many an experience. Tho Indians
were cutting up high Jinks and we al
most had to light our way across. In
one of the Indian fights ono of my
companions who had started on tho
trip with me, was injured and died a
few days later. We buried him on
the plains, poor follow, and searching
for his grave now would bo like look-
ng for a needle In a haystack.
"California was reached after
months of hard work, and then tho
search for gold began. We were part
ly successful, but after a few months
of prospecting and hard work I made
up my mind that I could make my for
tune sooner by going Into business. I
nul made some money and with it I
started a supply store near one of tho
big camps. A few weeks convinced
me that" I had adopted the better
course.
"Justice In those days was rapid
and such a thing ns a small technicali
ty bringing about a stay and a new
trial was not to be thought of. As is
always tho case, a bad element was
attracted by the gold fields and this
element lived by robbing tho more In
dustrious workers. Robbery was pun
ishable by death, and the guilty man
was generally discovered and paid tho
penalty.
"I remember one incident that was
somewhat nmuslng and yet rather
gruesome. A worthless chap by tho
name ot Hillings, located near our
camp. lie had a pretty wife and two
children, but he was a brute pure and
simple, lie never did a bit of work
and yet ho seemed to have money
enough to buy whisky, and then after
getting drunk ho would beat his wife.
A committee of the reliable citizens of
tho camp took his case in hand ono
night and decided that it would bo bet
ter If Billings was out of tho way. Ho
had been suspected of several Jobs and
was soon brought before the committee
charged with the crime. His trial was
short and ho was sentenced to bo
hanged.
"Just before tho sentence was to bo
carried into effect one of the commit
tee spoke about the wife and asked
how she was to get along without some
sumiort. Another man said that tho
only thing to do was to get her an
other husband. ell, Hillings was
hanged and the camp was rid of a bad
man. Two days later Mrs. Hillings
was married to a thrifty miner who
had always had a liking for her, and
everything was as good as could be.
"Those things all happened many
years ago," said Mr. Walnwrlght, in
conclusion, "but they do not seem to
be so far back to me." St. Louis Re
public.
Ocean A n Kl Int?.
Every day through tho spring and
summer and autumn, add almost every
day In winter, a boat leaves one of tho
East River piers bound for tho deep-
sea fishing banks. Every passenger
on board is of that true democracy,
tho democracy of tho rod and reel.
Not death Itself Is more of a common
levoler than tho fishing rod, and who
crosses Uio gang plank of this fishing
steamboat leaves class distinction be
hind.
Tho professional man lleelng busi
ness for a day, tho clerk with a holi
day on his hands, tho mechanic thrown
into idleness by a strike, the invalid
who finds the city irksome and longs
for a sniff of tho sea, old men, young
boys and all ages anil stages of man
kind between, may bo seen In tho
stream of people that dribbles along
tho pier while the sun is yet dodging
behind tho Brooklyn housetops. The.
man who would go doer) son fishing
must bo un betimes, for It Is n good
three hours run to tho fishing banks
Four-Track News.
Itcnlly a Hot Snort.
Young Jay Green I toll ye, Lestei
Doollttlo Is a sport f'r your life!
Abner Anpledry I ain't noticed II
ncrtlckorly.
Young Jay flrcen Yo ain't? Why,
whenever a drummer or anybody give
him a 10-eent cigar ho saves tho band
off'm It and wears It as long as II
holds together on the fi'cent cigars be
buys himself. Puck. . . ,
Editorials
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
W
MISFIT NAMES.
nKN tho great Shakspearc was In tho throes
of writing his lovo lorn Romeo and Juliet ho
demanded to know "What's In a namo" and
went on to some futultous remarks that a roso
by another appellation would smell Just as
sweet.
Now that may he all right according to the
deductions of tho Immortal bard, but a namo cuts a good
sized figure In tho life of an ludlvldunl before he gets
through using it.
It Is a pity, n great pity, that bo few children now-n-
days are named appropriately. Of course It Is impossible
to Judge when a baby is named what kind of a man or
woman it will grow up Into. Tho name which fits to a
"T" when It was first Riven may not suit at all In after
years, and tho Httlo fairy of a girl for whom "Dotty" Bcemod
Invented will boar tho name very Incongruously In later
years when sho admits to 175 pounds weight and Homo.
Then there Is tho small boy whose frontal development
seems to call for such a name as Aristotle or Socrates and
who, when ho attains man's estate, has a hard tlmo holding
down a Job behind a dry goods counter at $0 per.
Thcso misfit names aro bad enough but thoy at least
have somo meaning, some force, and oven if they do not
lit exactly thoy have tho advantago of being tho names
of men admired and venerated.
Hut it is this senseless fashion of porpotuatlng a fain-
I'y namo through a non wlUch seems to bo on a perfect
rampago Just now that Is the most absurd.
The Johns' and James' and Henrys' even tho Earls'
and Percys', those names so dear to a romantic mother,
have given way to her family namo or some way back
connection of tho father If it happens to bo a nlco souuding
one.
We have James Hrown and Morgan Smith, Clarke White
and Atkins Hlaek, while Montgomery Grey and Woodstock
Green are given cognomens which Iaupji loud nnd long
at their unpretentious following. Marten Henry or George
at their unpretentious following. Martin Henry or George
.lames aro not so bad, but what can a mother mean when
sho burdens her son with Manning O'Hrien or Hcauchamp
O'Shaughnessy.
Every boy bom into tho world is entitled to a decent
name, ono of which ho will not be ashamed, cither as a
schoolboy or a grownup. The old-fashioned ones ought to
be good enough for any boy, and it is to bo fervently
hoped that this fancy of tagging a by with a foolish namo
will soon die out nnd those of their forefathers will como
In their place.
THIS THE DAY OF THE SPECIALIST.
S your boy learning to do something useful?
Is he a machine, a loafer, or Is ho preparing
to Join that great army that can do things no
better than Its follows? Tho greatest problem
In England Just now is what to do with tho
unemployed. Tho other day In London a des
perate man out of a lob killed his four hnvn niul
Thousands sleep In the parks at night and beg
The Salvation Army is arranclnir to soml mit.nf.
works to Australia and to Canada, where there is a greater
opportunity for unskilled labor. And at tho same tlmo
London Is searching and advertlslnc for eomnntont phi.
ploycs. In many linea there aro not enough sklllod men to
nu tno jobs that aro wultng.
It is a terrible lesson that should have woluht on both
sides of the ocean. The unskilled human Is a shin without
himself.
by day
a ruddor and It is only a question of tlmo when ho will (1
on tho rocks. Tho unskilled man loses Individuality. Hi
roprosonts only so much muscle, nnd when ho works his
employer knows him only by number. It is impossible tho
ho should provldo for his future or for old ago. All his llf
his Is a fight for bread, and at tho end of tho road standi
tho poorhouse.
Thoro nover was a tlmo when it was so essential to
teach tho rising generation to do something well, to Bpcclali
izo, ns now. Hard times may pinch the skilled worker. Buf
for the man who doesn't know, who has not learned, amj
hns only his uneducated muscle for Bale, they mcua
tragedy. You who havo sons should remember that U
England whllo thousnnds aro crying for bread, there la J
skilled labor famine. Kansas City World.
ON FOOD BEFOItMS.
TTY hntiROwIfn who U'lnlipt in rhnncn thi
H I dietary of her household should go about it dip
I I lomatlcally. The lleshpots havo a firm hold ob
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land of health and success cannot keep thotd
from turning about unless you aro mistress o
tho flno art of flnosso. First of all you should
learn to cook vegotablo purees and Boups. To cook vegotay
hies so they will appeal to palate and eyo requires no menu
skill. Nothing Is moro unappetizing than badly cookod
wator-soaked vegetables. Hogln by substituting a wollj
made purco for tho meat dish at tho supper or luncheon
table. Try eggs instead of moat for breakfast Reduce
tho use of meat to onco a day. Then once in a whllo havfl
eggs or fish or vegetables as tho principal dish at dinner,
It is a great mistake to ctnm any now theory down you
family's throat.
Glvo it to them a taste at a time, and they'll grov
enthusiastic. Chango all at onco nnd you'll arouso opposN
tlon which will make chango impossible.
Most people cat altogether too much meat. This Induce)
a hankering for stimulants. A well-known student o
sociological phenomena ventures tho opinion that tho ln
creased use of vegetables and fruits will do moro to pro
mote temperance than all tho arguments of tho Prohibition
ists. Harper's Hazar.
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CALL.
HAVE made a discovery a great many worn
en refrain from being neighborly, which in
nothing moro than courteous, becauso of their
Ignorance of etiquette. They aro conscious of
their shortcomings, naturally sensltlvo and dis
inclined to placo themselves at a disadvantage.
So they keep much to thomselves and onlv
make social Intercourse with those thoy huvo known long
enough to lny asldo formality.
In cities, friendly neighborhoods aro not common.
Apartment Hying Is a foe to acquaintanceship becauso tho
dwellers In these convenient homes aro a shifting popula
tion. Then we aro all prono to tho weakness of wanting to
know something of our neighbors before wo establish
friendly relations with them. Really, wo ought hot to
consider anything but tho fact that thoy aro human beings
who havo settled In our vicinity. Wo should mako tho first
call that etiquette requires, and if wo learn, later, of a rea
son for nipping tho budding acquaintanceship, wo can do It
with propriety. We have porformcd our duty, and in Jus
tice 'It should bo said that the nipping process is not oftoa
required. Philadelphia Rulletln.
v ai i thf rniirnarc nr imur
&
When Mrs. Hiram Porter had a sign
painted which bore tho words, "Cotter
Hrook Farm," and advertised In three
Hoston papers for boarders, sho knew
most of the trials which were likely to
beset her path, for before her marriage
sho had kept summer boarders In an
other town.
"Do you have the same folks year
after year?" asked one of her former
neighbors when Cotter Hrook Farm
had been in operation for five years,
"or do they chango so you keep having
new lots?"
"It depends on what folks want,"
said Mrs. Porter, decidedly. "If they
are satisfied with a good, plain table,
comfortable beds, all outdoors and a
mother's care, they keep right on com
ing; If they aren't, thoy don't."
"What do you mean by 'a moth
er's care?' " asked tho old neighbor,
doubtfully.
"I mean Just that," said Mrs. Porter,
firmly. "They've all been younger
folks than I, or If they're older they're
kind of childish In their Judgment, of
course. If one of my boarders gets a
cold, I put him or her straight to bed
with pepper tea inside of 'em and a
hot fiat outside.
"If they don't like tho treatment, I
put It to 'em that I'm not going to
havo Cotter Hrook Farm get tho namo
of being unhealthy. Most generally
thoy laugh and glvo In; If thoy don't,
It's their last season.
"So with other things. Wet feet I
look out for, and getting ovorhet on
the tennis or croquet grounds. And
sitting over the stovo In a shut-up
room I don't hold to for more than
about so long. And when I see tho
young folks all 1) -at out, I send 'em to
bed early.
"There's another thing. When tho
night mall comes, sometimes there'll
be a telegram or two with It. Well, I
never glvo those out till tho next morn
ing. I should If 'twas earlier In tho
evening, but Jake doesn't get round
till after nine o'clock. I Ugur.o it out
that If tho news Is good It'll bo all tho
better In tho morning, and If It's bad
they'll have their night's rest, any
way. I always send telegrams up
with tho hot Avatcr pitchers In the
morning at seven o'clock. Tho first
train doesn't go till nine, so Unit's lime
enough In any case. .
"There's been ono or two that havo
acted provoked about that, but I've
dealt with them promptly, and Unit's
been tho end of It. I've never had
any trouble with rensonablo folks, not
a mite." Youth's Companion.
POLYGAMY AS IT 18.
MorinoiilNiii I'M n (In Protection In Pact
AVholo Truth Cannot Ho Told.
Tho following Incident Is nctually a
fact, though on the surface It appears
almost unbelievable, says Marian Hon
sail In the Housekeeper. A certain
unmarried woman was 111 and was
thought to be about to die. nor
friends, fearing for the fato of an un
married woman In tho hereafter, went
hurriedly to a man of their acquaint
ance, a bachelor, requesting him to
be sealed to her immediately. lie
consented, being willing to havo her
for his wife in tho life to como. Hut
tho unexpected happened, and tho
young woman was restored to health.
The man to whom she had been sealed
continued to live as he had done, and
she lived at her homo as a single
woman. Some time after, tho young
woman married a man of her faith,
and lives with him and her children
to-day. In the meantime the man died
to whom she had been sealed for eter
nity but not for time. Ho was a man
Of considerable wealth, and on tho
strength of the sealing, tho woman,
tho wlfo for time of another man,
sued for tho former's property In tho
Utah courts and got It.
"It Is Impossible to grasp tho full
Import of the whole Mormon situation.
Its unwholesoineness, Its repulslveness
and Its general degradation are its
very protection. Tho whole story can
not be told and Insinuation seems vul
gar. Aud whut makes the situation so
Intricate, so almost hopeless, Is that
Individually tho mass of the Mormon
people aro sj admirable, so slncero uud
so earnest. Mormon women aro as
womanly and as lovable as other wom
en. Thoy look tho same, act tho sumo
nnd feel tho same as other womon.
And yet tho womon, who constltuto
tho only spirituality to bo found In
all Mormonism, havo not been tnkon
Into consideration in their religion, ex
cept ns they can assist in building up
tho glory of their husbands.
Our Grentcnt Arxennl.
During Uio Civil War Rock Island
was called Into unexpected service. At
the very outbrenk of hostilities tho
Island suggested Itself as a sultablo
place to caro for Uio prisoners of war,
and oxtenslvo barracks wore constructs
ed, with a hospital, officers' quarters'
and other nccossary buildings. Over
20,000 confederate prisoners were con
fined Uiero.
Horace was indeed wise when ho
counseled to prepare for war In times
of peace, but that advlco was disre
garded, and when, In 380S, war wa9
declared with Spain, It found us un
prepared, but tho Rock Island Arsenal
promptly responded to tho call. Tho
force of workmen was Increased from
r00 to nearly .l,000, and tho necessary
articles wore poured out In like pro
portion. Even then It wns 114 days
before the soldiers could bo mado
ready for action.
Had Spain boon in a position to tako
advantage of tho delay, our victory
might have been less decisive.
It is not tho object of tho arsonal
to encourage war, but to prepare for
It when it becomes Inevitable; In tho
words of Washington: "To bo pro
pared for Avar Is Uio most effectual
means of preserving peace." Four
Track News.
DlNaatcr ."Undo Anntlc Talkative.
A little girl being required to write
an essay of 2."0 words about a blcyclo,
wrote the following: "My auntie hns o
bicycle. Ono day sho went out for a
ride. When sho got about a mllo from
homo her dress caught In tho chain and
throw her off nnd broke the wheel. I
guosB this Is about fifty words and my
auntie used tho other 200 words avIiIIq
she was carrying her blcyclo home."
Kansas City Journal. .