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THE WAGEVVQRKER
By W. M. MAUPFN
-'NEBRASKA
At the present rate or growth Man
hattan Island will have a population ot
1.500,000 In 1932.
The wages of women In Asiatic Tup
key vary from ten to fifteen cents a
day of ten hours.
England reports an enormous de
mand for second-hand Bibles. Got any
mii'va niitffrnvnf
In the population of New York city
there are 187,000 persons who are
stockholders in corporations. '
Pu Yi, the emperor, has 30 nurses,
and Is hollering for his old one. What's
the use of being an emperor?
The Pittsburg Press says that wealth
kills. Well, we'd far rather be hit with
u tnan witn a suck or aynamue.
- English newspapers say they are
sorry for the kaiser. That Is an artis
tic way of piling on the punishment.
Canadian physician says our high
school boys are being "effeminlzed" by
women teachers. Noticed it, this fall?
Philadelphia has established an all
night bank, and its 'citizens no longer
need be afraid to go home In the dark.
Mrs. Girard Banckcr told a woman's
tocn in New York that all wives
grovel to their husbands. Say but
her sex protects her.
We are still waiting for some scary
German general to rise up and explain
to an awe-struck public how easy it
would be for a British army to devas
tate the German empire.
The man who lent Mr. Rockefeller
that $2,000 to go into business with
would have made a good bargain if he
had stipulated that Instead of Interest
lie should have half the profits.
A young woman in New Jersey was
scared to death at the sight of a
mouse. This will reassure those pes
simistic persons who fear that the
woman of to-day is losing all her es
sentially womanly qualities.
The Vermont papers are busily dis
missing the Question who shall be
elected governor in 1910. Already
there are several candidates in the
field. - Politicians in Vermont are
prompt.
Dr. Parkhurst says the wearing of
big hats is un-Christian. But that will
have little effect upon the devout fe
male sex as long as big hats are
stylish.. The reverend critic is singular-
c nature If he. does 'aot know
feoplo are talking of undertaking to
teach women how to get off a street
car without imperiling their necks.
Which suggests an alteration of an old
proverb: You can take a woman to a
street car, but can' you make her get
off in any other than the woman's
way?
According to Dr. Marv Patrick, nres-
Ident of the girls' college at Constanti
nople, the Turkish women have thrown
oft their veils, and are lecturing in
different prominent cities like Con
stantinople and Salonica, and are also
forming woman's clubs. Now watch
irkey boom!
Tdv avoid misleading ambitious
rhymesters, perhaps we ought to say
that thn lato Rlnnriirnnri W Pntttcr tVin
et of Kittle Neck, L. I., who left an
estate of leSS.IOO. of which more than
50(vf00 was bequeathed to the Amer
ican OTb'e society, did not make his
money witng pootr.
The shah oTPei'3'a declares he will
protect the rigTHs of his subjects
against the wickedNdebJi of the evil-
awn m uu vv uu i a uui.
a v. . n a i ' itii.n Ilnf
mean as much aB they us84 to signify,
and the shah's anxiety to prcAet his
subjects from the evils of a constitu
tion will be fully understood.
They ought to get some policemet? j
show signs of almost human intelli
gence, says the Baltimore American. A
man was arrested there lately for vio
lently resisting an officer in trying to
break through the fire lines. His en
tirely Inadequate excuse in the eyes
of the policeman was that the burn-'
ing house was his own, his wife and
baby were Inside and he rated their
nfntv n )iri7 a nff1fn1 rpil tnnn
A test of the soot-laden air in Chi
cago shows that 7,000 pounds of or
ganic and mineral substances are de
K8ited on an acre of ground in that
city from the atmosphere. Now let
anyone dare to say that this condition
of the air Is not injurious to health.
As Indianapolis is hardly less afflicted
with smoke than Chicago, the deposits
Ijably as heavy there. No won
der every" one complains of the diffi
culty of breathing and of keeping
clean.
. A new method of protecting safe3,
says Popular Mechanics, is to arm
them with a grenade which explodes
when the safe Is blown open, and
fills the air with deadly fumes, so that
the burglars cannot proceed with their
work.
Carman Sylva has just contributed
to an Italian journal an article in
which, under the title of "The Reign
of Women," she declares the advanced
Tlews urged In certain quarters con
cerning women to be Utor!an, and re
nounces her connection with the move,
meat without regret
- FROM THE o
HOUSEKEEPER'S
NOTEBOOK
Inefilons Arrangements for
Small Apartments.
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Many persons live in small quarters
from .choice. Others do so from ne
cessity. The business woman chooses
them for every motion counts in
strength and the time required to do
her housework.' In cold sections of
the country, they help solve the ques
tion of heat. It is a fact that com
pactness saves time, expense, and
many steps in the course of a day.
Though we may, sub rosa, long for the
spacious rooms and large houses con
sidered necessary by our forefathers,
reason tells us that many and large
rooms make more work.
Many devices have been adopted to
aid the housekeeper who must live
in compact quarters. Among them is
a bed which pulls out of the wall and
can be pushed back when not in use.
Generally, it runs back into a closet,
the floor of which Is raised to the
height of the bed. In this way it is
completely out of sight and takes no
room In the day time. Ventilation is
secured by openings which let in the
air in various places. People who have
tried this bed consider it practical and
sanitary. The clothes are placed in
a chest during the daytime and this
also serves as a seat.
Another labor-saving device is the
kitchenette. This is a small room,
usually six feet by four feet, much re
sembling a closet and built In the
apartment, where it is desired to go
without a kitchen and the sitting room
is used for a dining room. This kit
chenette holds a small gas stove, usu
ally two burners, a tiny sink, and a
small refrigerator. The walls behind
these are lined with shelves and clos
ets to hold dishes. It is remarkable
hdw much cooking can be done in
these small rooms. Some "cliff
dwellers" get their three meals
in them, and they are primarily
Intended for persons who wish to cook
their own breakfasts and luncheons
and go out for dinner. These kitchen
ettes are usually found in apartments
consisting of two rooms and a bath.
Life in apartments simplifies house
keeping in many of its forms. Stairs
do not have to be climbed, rooms are
tew and conseqnent work lessened,
but the servant problem still remains
In some modified form and new prob
lems arise in place of the old. .To
meet the demands of the modern ten
ant all kinds of apartments are erect
ed with aids like the kitchenette, some
practical and others not. So far as
known no such absurdity as a stove
which serves as a folding bed has been
invented, but many Ingenious devices
have been placed upon the market,
among them a set of springs which
can be .placed over the ' bathtub at
night, and made to serve as a bed.
Some inventions are not to be adopt
ed for sanitary reasons, others are
worthy of consideration. Many of
these fixtures and appliances that re
lieve housework of much of its drudg
ery have been patented, others are
not and can be tried anywhere.
It may surprise many to know that
some of the most novel inventions in
the way of reducing living space to a
minimum, and at the same time plan
ning apartments so they are comfort
able and in many cases luxurious,
come from California. The latest fea
tures In the best apartments are so
novel and sensible that they deserve
wide attention. A handsome new
apartment consists of parlor, living
room, kitchen, private hall, private
bath and storage closet. As space is
desirable, the parlor and living room
are made to serve a double and triple
purpose. The parlor is both parlor
ana bedroom, and the living room is in
turn dining room, bedroom and sit
ting room. So unique are the arrange
ments that when used for one purpose
there is no indication, cf their having
ever been put to another use. Waste
room - in every form is avoided, and
doors, mantels and other architectural
features are arranged so they can be
converted into a double feature.
Oft from the iivins? room and con
nected with it by doors, which not
only separate the rooms but areseful
In other ways. Is a tiny kite hnn. Thls
Is complete and arranged so that an am
ple meal can be provided In a short
time. The sink has an attachment
whereby the holes in the drain ran be
closed, thus making a pan which can
be used for dishwashing. Other pat
ents simplify work in a similar man
ner. Undoubtedly the mo3t uninue
features are the uses to. which the
doors are put. On the inside of one
of the doors opening into the kitchen,
a gas stove is hung, on the other side
Is suspended a dining table top, four
by six feet In size. The small center
table In the sitting room is wheeled
to this top, fastened to it by means of
clamps and returned to the middle cf
the floor. This makes a dining table
for six persons. This convenience Is
eclipsed by the wonders of the other
door, for this swings on a central piv
ot so that the stove, with gas still
burning, Can be turned into the dining
room and used as a hot buffet to warm
dishes during a meal. Thus the ac
cusants of this unique apartment have
living room, kitchen and dining room
provided in a simple, up-to-date man
ner, and few steps are required to
accomplish the work which la reduced
to a minimum.
"; "A prtt feature in
inese Biwiaia
. - - - a.
Is '-a combination .book case
ing desk.' ' This la statlqned to the
left of the mantel. -.To all appearances
this is the only object 'but it serves
another purpose as well, for it is also
a'door which leads into the storage
"closet. This closet is arranged to hold
the bed clothes as well as -wearing ap-.,
parel. The bed itself is in the day
time a handsome mantel. A spring at
tached to the top shelf of this mantel
lets down the front to form a bed
when desired. This turning of the
mantel into a bed is a sanitary ar
rangement for the back of the bed
opens into a well ventilated closet.
Clamps are fastened to the four cor
ners of the bed to hold the clothes.'
When the bed is turned up in the
day time these clamps keep the clothes
suspended, and as there is a space of
an inch and a half between the various
crticles the air can circulate freely
all day. Nor are these all the Aladdin
wonders, for the large cheval glass In
the parlor, like the mantel in the flit
ting romm, serves a double purpose
and turns down to furnish a full size
bed with sanitary conditions like the
other.
Here, then, are living room, parlor,
two sleeping rooms, kitchen, bath
room and reception hall, with practi
cally nothing but two rooms to care
for. In some of the new apartments
where added room is needed, a Vene
tian blind is suspended from the ceil
ing so that it cuts the room in half.
This can be rolled up to the top of
the room in the daytime and at night
it forms a protection so that the room
is divided into two and thus gives op
portunity for an extra couch. In oth
er apartments screens are fitted on the
reverse side to hold extra clothing. A
new patent of this kind consists of a
screen with hooks on the back which
are concealed when hung with cloth
ing, by canvas covered doors. Dres3
boxes are utilized for seats in the day
time and beds at night in other apart
ments, i
Many of these plans to minimize
space and economize labor are worthy
of consideration. Space in the kitchen
can always be saved by using a kitch
en cabinet arranged to hold cooking
and eating utensils. The best of these
cabinets are costly and an old book
case can be converted into one at
small expense. The newest kitchen
table is made with the molding board
under the drawer which holds knives,
forks, spoons and enough dishes for
a meal. The hoard slips under and
can be pulled out when needed. Hooks
are placed at intervals down the legs
of the table to bold pans and cooking
utensils that must be hung up.. In one
small apartment where there Tas' no
kitcben the hoHgefceeper had a stand
made the right height for washing
dishes. A large hole in the top allowed
the dish pan to be inserted and a per
forated piece of tin the exact size of
the bottom of the pan made a false
bottom which prevented particles from
settling in the pan. The water in .this
way was free enough from, sediment
to throw down the bathroom escape
pipes. The cooking utensils were
hung on hooks around" the legs of this
impromptu sink.
How much can be accomplished In
small quarters if the housekeeper has
ingenuity and is on the alert for new
ideas! One of the latest inventions
for apartments of small space is the
sectional chiffonier. It is really a
drawer containing two boxes over
which another drawer the exact coun
terpart fits. A detachable mirror rests
on top, and the whole is an attractive
and serviceable piece of furniture to
hold clothing or anything one desires.
When more seats are needed in the
room, the two sections can be taken
apart, the mirror placed out of the
way, and the top and bottom sections
make seats against the wall. In this
way there are seats for four guests
who never imagine they are sitting on
what was once a chiffonier.
ALL "HAVE HAD TO TIP.
Petty Extortion It Seems Impossible
to Eradicate.
More suggestive of the book's title
than the topic of libraries Is the all
important subject of tips, to which Mr.
Russell devotes a chapter. Like all
wise people, he has given up the strug
gle against the tip, admitting that you
"might as well try to poultice the
hump off a camel's back as to cure
mankind cf theso little corruptions."
Besides, from time immemorial, every
body has had to tip even George I.
"This i3 a strange country," said that
king, according to the report of Hor
ace Walpole. "The first morning after
my arrival at St. James' I looked out
of the window and saw a park with
walks, and a canal, which they told
me were mine. The next day Lord
Chetwynd, the ranger of my park, sent
me a fine brace of carp out of my
esnal, and 1 was told I must give five
guii.fias to Lo'rd Chetwynd's servant
for bringing me my own carp, out of
my own canal, in ray own park." Eut,
after all, Oeorge's little perplexity
wa.s nothing compared with the grim
irony' of William Lord Russell, as he
discussed the question of the tip while
under sentence of desMh. "He asked,"
sayB Bishop Burnet, "wjat he should
give' the executioner. I told him ten
guineas. He said, with a emffe, it was
a pretty thing to ?ive a foe to hfive
his head cut off." T. P. Loion
Weekly. d
Originality.
The most original modern authors
are not so because they advance wlaat
is new, but simply because they knpw
how to put what they have to say I as
If it had never been said before',
Goethe. '
Man.
' Some men not being satisfied with
their naturally ugly ftces Insist upon
whistling on the street. Atchison
Globe.
and Tlrft-
BROUGHT THANKS
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Copyright bj WaMon Fawcett.
Tang Shao Yi is the special ambassador of China who came all the way
from his country to Washington to thank the United States for remitting part
of the Boxer indemnity. He is one of the most brilliant and capable men of
the Flowery Kingdom. Before going home he will observe and absorb all he
can of our financial and commercial systems so that his country may profit
by it. .
THE HELP
HOW ONE SOCIETY SOLVES THE
SERVANT QUESTION.
German Housewives in New York Give
Rewards to Maids for Faith
ful Service to Its
Members.
New York. The managing director
of the German Housewives' society
which, at its receBtrrsalaeeting
awarded premiums to 40 servants for
-faithful , service,, declares that the
members of the society know nothing
of the difficulty of the servant prob
lem which is driving suburbanites
from their country homes and- city
householders into apartment hotels.
The Hausfrauen Verein does not
belong to the City Federation of Wom
en's Clubs and Its members are
not long on social uplift or economic
progress. Equal suffrage is barely a
name and the glories of the Daughters
of the Revolution have hardly been re
vealed to them. 1 -
Instead they are a band of women
who cling tenaciously to the idea,
rapidly becoming obsolete, that the
eternal job of woman is to make a
comfortable home. It is a just con
viction, but so deep that they managed
to strike at the roots of the servant
problem, while their sisters who es
teem themselves brilliant and intellec
tual confess themselves beaten.
The Houseiwives' society is versa
tile. It acts as an employment agency
for its members. It gives free services
to employes in various ways. It en
courages servants in all the domestic
patience and tact. Mrs. Theresa C.
Schmidt, the managing director, Is
full of help for the servants who come
to her seeking places.
Twelve years ago, before the days
of employment agency reform, a few
German women arose in revolt against
the ways of employment agencies and
formed a society to serve the same
purpose in a more satisfactory man
ner. This antedated the days of the
servant problem in, its present serious
aspect, but these careful housewives
recognized disturbing influences be
low stairs and built their society to
meet them.
According to Mrs. Schmidt, the se
cret of happiness among the German
housewives is a deep seated objection
to a continual change of maids.
DOG CUSTODIAN OF JEWELS. .
Boston Bull Takes i Gems to Mistress
Every Night.
New York. Persons at the Plaza
were surprised the other day to see a
Boston bulldog leave the office in that
hotel with a Russian leather jewel
case held between his teeth, and, fol
lowed by a maid, walk to an elevator
and enter it. They were more sur
prised when they learned that the
jewel case contained gems worth sev
eral thousand dollars, the. property of
Mrs. Benjamin B. Kirkland of Phila
delphia who, with her husband, is
staying in the hotel.
Mrs. Kirkland has found that Cap
tain, the bulldog, is a faithful mes
senger, and has intrusted to him each
evening the task of going to the office
to get the jewels she is to wear at
dinner. "
Captain came to the Plaze with Mr.
and Mrs. Kirkland from the Hotel
Ritz, Paris. A Russian leather jewel
case is the only article he will carry
in his mouth, and while he is the cus
todian of the jewels he makes no
stops on his journey. The maid who
accompanies him as a measure of pro
tection seems to be superfluous, be
cause the dog goes directly to the of
fice safe, and, having received the
cas5, goes immediately to Mrs. Kirk
land's apartment with it.
OF CHINESE EMPIRfe
PROBLEM
"The comfort of the household de
pends more upon keeping servants for
a long time than upon anything else,"
she said, "so we reward the maids
who stay in their places. When a girl
has worked for one of our. members
for two years she is presented at the
annual meeting with a handsome gold
brooch in the form of a bee."
Mrs. Schmidt displayed one of these
emblems .pf industry, which was en
graved on the" -back with the stamp of
the society and thelJ-JiP16 of the prize
winner. After a servanTiSSaUtleJ-tff
wear the golden bee she receives addi
tional premiums every two years if
she still continues in her place. - This
year $3,000 was spent in prizes. Rings,
bracelets . and ten dollar gold pieces
were presented to the older servants.
"You see, a girl will work very hard
to earn one of these," Mrs. Schmidt
said. "It makes her very proud and
happy. It is a recommendation in it
self. It is like a diploma from a train
ing school. The girls make a kind of
fraternity among themselves." ,
"You see, I impress upon my girls
that it is the steady ones who make
most in the end. You can see for
yourself. .Rose Hahn, our oldest golden
bee, who got the 12- years' premium
this year, began at $18 a month and
she is now earning $50 In the same
place." . ,
Mrs. Schmidt admitted that it Is not
always possible to place a girl satis:
f actorily the first time. , .
"They are very human, like every
one else," she declared, "and they will
do well in one place where they will
fail . In another. I always give them
three trials and sometimes more.
"When a girl Is in a strange coun
try without friends to help her it goes
to my heart and I do my best for her.
It is not always the girl's fault if she
does not do well. Sometimes she is
too sick, or if she has Just come over,
too homesick to work."
Once a girl has1 earned a golden bee
she has a recognized standing with
the society.. If after' that she has a
grievance against her mistress she can
bring it before the board of directors
for settlement. This privilege , is
granted once a year, but according to
Mrs. Schmidt it is seldom claimed, be
cause the girls come and talk about
it to her first and usually settle it out
of court.
Will Care
Philadelphia Nun Leaves Hospital for
. Heroic Task.
Philadelphia. Fulfilling a.- desire
which has long occupied her' mind,
Sister Marcella, for many year3 head
nurse in the accident department of
St.' Joseph's hospital, has left that in
stitution to devote the rest of her life
to the unfortunate lepers, who have
been gathered together, at New, Or
leans. Sister Marcella goes first rto the
mother nurse of the Sisters of Charity
at Emmitsburg, Md. Under their aus
pices a leper colony has been estab
lished at New Orleans, and Sister
Marcella, volunteering for a 'vacancy
caused by the death of one of the sis
ters, was selected for the heroic work
by Mother Margaret, superior of the
order of the order at Emmitsburg.
There are 36 lepers in the home, at
tended by six Sisters of Charity,
headed by the Rev; A. V. Keenana as
chaplain. Five years ago Sister Mar
cella volunteered her services for the
lecer home, a state institution ot
Louisiana, but at that time hrr g
periors decided to assii
pital work in this city,
sn-i- 'Hie I
-iN&LOGS FLOAT DOWU 8ACO.
River Not Largest, But Is Center of
Ma ine's Big-Lumbef-Industry. '
SacoMe. The Saco river, although
not one of the largest fivers in Maine,
has floated more pino logs -this season
thn any" other stream in Maine.
Ini fact, the; Saco has had this rec
ord for several years. Pine Is becom
ing scarce in Maine and is becoming
more valuable every year. Up among
the upper tributaries of the Saco
which extend into New Hampshire and
through the White mountains and In
many of the towns in Maine bordering -on
this' river some pine is yet to be
found, but the lumber "cruisers,' as
they are called, the men who scout
through the country hunting tor pine
timber, find it more difficult each year
to buy sufficient pine to supply the
needs of the manufacturing concerns
which demand this kind of lumber.
Last year the Saco floated to Its.
mouth 15,000,000 feet of pine, together
iwith much spruce, hemlock and other
umber. The men who buy the pine
re obliged to purchase at the same
ime all the other kinds of lumber
ith which it is mixed, and such of it
can be used is floated down the
co to be manufactured Jata-aras
whatever else.ltrcan be well used
he Saco is not large, but is known
a one of tne most ' picturesque : of
Mne rivers, and is the scene of Kate
Do-iglas Wiggin's "Rose of the River."
It is also a busy little stream, and in
its ay to the ocean does a good deal
of v,orjj. perhaps the Saco contributes
m0I to the prosperity of the state
tnanJany other river in- it. Every
Wherff. ifo xkthv fa fottAroH 'hv rinma
ter 'wheels, and just before it
ts . final plunge to the ocean
makes a grand-stand finish by
enercv to three of the largest
cotton aiHia in New England.
TAIEs LONGEST CANOE TRIP.
Ben Missel Makes Journey from Mln-
neapolis to New Orleans. :
New Orleans. Ben Gissel of New
York ii; in the cltyjafter having com
pleted t,ne 0f the most novel trips ever -taken
Jii this country, coming by canoe
from al-noat the source of the Missis-'
sippi to Crescent City, a short distance
from thij mouth of the Father of
Waters. , '-',-
Gissel ieft Minneapolis, Minn.,, on
August 2 anfl arrived In New Orleans
50 days later, most remarkable time,
considering that his canoe measured
17"ifeeM?d Was loaded with over 110
pounds, counting the clothing . and
cooking utensils which Gissel' carried,
not to mention his own weight at 14S
pounds.
Gissel said that the trip was an
admirable one and that he was treat
ed royally by every one with whom
he came in contact at every cityvand
town and at some of the plantations
-where he stopped while on' his way
down the river. -;
The i only unpleasant Incident of
the trip was when Gissel was In Don
aldsonville on Sunday, October 4.
While he was looking in a show win
dow one of the sheriffs of the town at
tempted to arrest him for being a dan
gerous character. . ;.''.. .
LOUD SOCKS EXPEL BOY PUPIL.
Youth Refuses to Conceal .Footgear
and High School Ousts Him.
- Middletown, Conn. Young Augustus
Marsh, who was a tackle on the Mid
dletown high school eleven, left that
institution of learning in some hast
the other day. As a consequence the
other students have ceased to wear
their trousers "turned up." They have
been rivals in the splendor of their
hosiery. " :
Augustus bought and wore socks to
school thati were so loud his young
woman teacher could not hear herself
think; they drowned the sound of the
noon wihstles so that recess was late.
They were Nile green in color, em
broidered in a vivid red. Better to dis
play . their glory Augustus made a
double roll in the end of his trousers.
"Augustus," said the teacher, blush
ing asTred as the clocks on her pupil's
socks, "pull down your trousers' ends."
... Augustus only grinned.
The teacher reported him to Prin
cipal C. H. Woolsey, who suspended
him indefinitely. "
for Lepers
in the service for 15 years, but Is still
a young looking woman. ,,
The lepers in the New Orleans col-
onv Hvr in semar.G tent--aad
dressed and fed by the sisters,
03cupy a separate community
'jy themselves. The work is
cus in the highest degree, and
constant contact with the pitiful,
cast creatures. 'Living with
nearly always terminates- In
and death.
Street Swallows a H
Wilmington, Del. John
driver lor u. S. Marvel; a
thought an earthquake was J
when the earth opened ' an
one of the horses he was drj
The more the horse, stni
deeper it sank until part of
also' went down. A 1 big
under the street had burst a
away the earth, leaving, J
crust of the roadbed, which
horse steppLaSn it, col
allowed- to' drop
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