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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1906)
THE OMATTA DAILY BEE: KUXDATV MAT fi. m. IS WOMAN BRAVER THAN MAN Conduct Considered When Lost of Employ meat Trioi the Oourtei. MEN ARE APT TO BE DESPONDENT Bat Wnasea ram an Ritri Feather la Hrr Hal Ml C,es Bravely la Seareh of taer Jab. "I man more lurking In nymif than woman hm out of job?" n the- qm tlon two women fell to discussing the other f afternoon when crossing the park. Row of men were lolling on the park benches; In fact, every bench practically waa filled with men only. Not more than half a doten women were visible, either walking or Kitting, In the park. : "I Imagine," said one of the two women, I "that moat of these men are out of work." "I don't see how they expect to flnil work J Bitting hare," returned the other woman. "They don't expect to. They are Hit tin ' hsrs probably trying to acrew up their courage to go aak for another job." "Vm! How about the women who are j looking for work? Why doesn't one see J row of women alttlng here?" "Because, ai a rule, women have more courage than men when It cornea to the 1 point of asking for employment." "Well, it la doubtful If there la a man living; who would agrea with you." "I am not ao aure about that. At any rata. I mean to put the question point blank to aoma experienced business man and jet hla opinion," said the other p:uslng befora croaalngr Broadway to Blanco back at the park full of Idlera. Th flrat man to whom the question whs put haa been Identified for twenty-four years with a department stor of which he la now ona of the heada. "Speaking of men and women employee as I find them today," said this man after a full mJnute'a thought, "I am Inclined to think the former show leas courage in the face of dlsmiaaal than the latter. "When I started my business career more than thirty year ago the number of women employed by buaineaa conoerna waa com paratively small. Cashiers, bookkeepers, auditors, wera , almost without exception men, whereas now many large dry goods concerns employ women only to. do auch work. "Therefore a man's chances of getting work when I was a young man were, if anything, better than they are now, for tha reason ha had leaa competition lp feAr from the other sex; but even in those days some men I knew were inclined to show the whita feather whenever they lost a Job. Gattlnsr Oat and la. "I myself have been through the ex perience of being discharged. That waa be fore I came to thie concern, and I remem ber that for several months I was out of work, mainly because I didn't have the courage to make application at placea where I mlgtit have been taken on. '? had a feellns; of disgrace at being dis charged, although my offense waa nothing mora serious than a hasty. 111 advised answer to tha head of the department In : which I sold goods. 1 was never a favorite I with him, and that answer cost me my place. "Talk about courag-e! Well. I'm wllltnt ! ta confess that It was daya afterward be i fore I coulL, acrew up enough to enter a business office. I don't remember just what I did with myself those days, but vary likely I sat around In the parks I some. "Fortunately I waa not yet married, so I didn't have to think of any one but my self. And that reminds me that the mar ried man is generally more downcaat than an unmarried man at losing; a job, and the mora downcaat a man ia, the leaa likely he Is to show pluck, and consequently the less chance he has of getting another job ' te his Ilkln'. , . "At auch tunes a man may even forget to polish hla shoes or brush his hat.- He is oisouraa;ed. humiliated, and he ehowa It. Of course there are lots of exceptions to this rule. I am describing the average man who earns $15 to S2S or $30 a week. "I can't say tha same thing about the average working woman, who, married or single, generally takes her discharges more r leaa serenely. Naturally I don't know how these women feel, but I dp know that Instead of sitting down and moping most t them stick an extra feather In their . hat. put on a becoming veil and start out the very next day on a hunt for a new " place. Leaking; an tha Brlabt aide. "I'nder such clrcumatancea there la a hopefulness and cheerfulneaa about a woman seldom, seen la a man. One reason for this may be that men applicants are usually put through a stirrer examination ihun women are. "Wher.. for Instance, a woman with a tens of her head telle me she quit her last , Job because the floor walker was a tyrant, ar because her fallow clerka treated her -.'real mean'- from jealeusv, or for some other equally feminine reason, I am more Inclined to believe the yarn than If a man told It to ma I don't cross-question a woman as rigidly as I do a man. "When I teld the reason for my dls- Firs! Aid to Weak Eyes Glauses. If worn when first needed, will save a heap of tr ble. You may put It off and put tt off; if the eyes need glasses, the sooner you know it the better, for both your eyes and yonr pocket book. That which helps you to accom plish more is an investment not an expense. It will require an investment here of $1 00 up. depending on your individual requirements, se lection of frames and mountings, to fit you with glasses. The first cost ia the least coat; there's noth ing gained in delay. Think this over carefully. See us right away. ItUIESOV OPTICAL CO. 211 South 16th Ktrvt-t. Factory on the Premises. charge., when hiuitin. up, a new employer, t did not toes my head or take any par ticular p:ilna to find out if my n'-cktle was becoming. I felt myself cowed and I have no donbt acted a good deal like a criminal. "My twenty-four years experience In thla store, which I suppose is a good deal like any other concern emp'oylng l.flrt) or more men and women, leads me to think that men don't chang their Jobs so often a women do. and that they are less willing to tnke risks. There are men In this store Who. t believe, would have done much bet. ter for themselves had they left here years ago and struck out for something higher. Were eotre of them to be dischsrged now I seriously doubt If they would have the pluck to get another Job. "The best if our women employee, on the contrary, don't hesitate to leave us on a day' notice, provided they think ther can do better or get on faster elsewhere, ana especially If there ia a bait of a couple of dollars' raise In salary. A young woman of whom we thought a great deal came to me a week airo and said she had been offered a raise In salary by a rival firm 8nd t hat she. had accepted It. I ofered to pay her a like amount, but off she went, giving na a reason' tha xho saw a chance of getting on faster In the other place than with us.' "She wanted the excitement of a change, I think. A man In the same position would nine times nut of ton accept our raise and prefer to ettiy In the old place. More Jaba Tha a )ae. "Women whom we discharge, and others who discharge us, so to speak. In a fit of temper, walk off with their heads In the air and within the next forty-eight hours maybe we hear of them over at Brown's or Blank's or Green's In an equally good place. A woman Is seldom or never discouraged when shela discharged ; a man la seldom or never anything but discouraged badly dis couraged at that. "It Is the same at the top as well as at the bottom. Recent events have shown that men at the head of some of the big gest corporations, when put out of a Job or when dismissal Is Impending, have nerv ous prostration or else give up and die, and there have been hundreds of cases of mun who when overtaken by business disaster have put a pistol to their heads rather than brace up to meet tha disaster. "Under similar circumstances I am al most certain that a thorough-going busi ness woman would defer having nervous prostration or dying till she had . steered into safe waters again. I don't pretend to understand why this ia so; In fact, I am at a loss to comprehend it In contrast with the lack of physical courage and self-possession women In general show In time of physical danger. "At one time I waa living In hotel where a business woman I knew also had rooms. That woman had worked her way up from cash girl to the head of a de partment and waa one of the smartest, shrewdest business women I ever met. "One night the hotel waa threatened with fire, and the watchman went around rousing (he gueata. who had plenty of time to dress, even supposing the fire should make rapid headway, . I got Into my clothes In a jlfty and went out In the hall, to find the competent, clear-headed business woman making her way toward the stairs In her nightgown and bare feet, a seal skin jacket hum; over one arm, her watch in her hand. "She hadn't the least idea what she was doing, and when f Inaiated that she should go back to her room and put on a dross and shoes she obeyed like a child." "Not long sgo I attended the funeral of a women assistant college superintendent whose life had been shaped by the lack of courage of her father in facing business disaster," remarked a college president apropoa of the relative moral courage of man and woman. "Her father was a baker with a prosperous business, a shop of his own. money in the bank, but befora his oldest daughter was quite 16 he failed In bualneaa. hia small fortune was swept away, and he settled down with hla head in hla hands, Incapable apparently of making another move. "He never did make a move which re sulted in helping to support his family. His wife took hold and did her best and at 16 the daughter began to teach and from that time on practically supported the. family and" educated her younger hrothef and slBters, showing an amount of pluck at which I often marveled. "When 1 first assumed the duties of col lege president a young woman came to me and asked for work aa a special Instructor. No, she had not taught before, nor had she expected to teach, but she must begin at once. " 'We are poor and iretttna poorer every day,' ahe said simply. "Thoroughly equipped for the work she wanted to undertake, before long ahe was earning $' a week, every dollar of which was turned over to her mother, who ono day told me this story: "Her husband, throueh tin fiiult of his, lost a position paying something Ike $K,tM a yeai with a financial concern. 'The blow almost killed him,' said his wife., "In an aimless, half htarted way he began to put In bids for other work and for a little while tried to get a foothold wgain In the finarcial world; but he wanted to tart where he left off and when plnea lower thsn the oni- he had lot were of fered he refuaed them. " I am not going to be a cheap man,' he told hia wife over and over again. "Sjon lie ceased seeking for work at all and began to haunt the saloons and th rest may easily toe guessed. But for the braverv of his daughter that family must have starved or begged. "Many tlmts I have noticed this fuel: A nint her seldom loses courage when she has children depending on her. (the will put up a brave fight nearly always for hr offspring. A' father, on the other hand, la quite aa liable to turn a despairing fa.e to ttiu wall when lie suffers business losses aa is an unmarried man. "There is no question In my mind th.it woman's moral rouragq is of a higher order than man's. And. in the case of parents I Jm not at all convinced that miini physical courage Is higher than woman's. "I believe that the uupiiiullcd udvaiid made by woman in the last smrr of yenrr In the face of countless business discour agements is due to her persistent, indomi table courage a courage which overtop that of man." New York Bun. fC3D LL 39i 01 ul mm 1315-17-10 FARNAM STREET- KITCHEN CABINETS "tiigj :-J04 IKS y- ''L 1 "" j :',tUl,JU.ylvl f" saaasZT ' ai We are eirluslve agent for the celebrated Mc noVOAL KITCHEN CABI. XKTS. "which are now rec ognized as the 8TA.MIARII OF THE WORLD. 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ANTLERED BEAUTY ROPED AND CAPTURED Frlahtvaeit Aalaials Chased lata Snowbank and Coraltea An Incident of the Old Ranee Days. . Sabstltnta fur Quinine. According; o reports fnmi Kjrnr-, a Bpanlxh profrssur has diacuvervd lli.it the sunflower yields a splendid febrifuge, which can be used as a substitute for quinine. The common sunflower Is orljrlnftllv hii American plant. Its original hnmi' is slated by botanists to be Peru and Mexico. The Russian peasantry seem to he con vinced that the plant possesses iroperttos gainst fever, and fever r. ticnts sleep upon a bod mode of tun iowrr leaves Slid also cover themselves with them. This use has recently Induced a Russian physician to experiment with a coloring n. alter prepared from sunflower leaves, and It Is stated that he had good results with It l;i malarial fever caaea F)r. Moncorvo has also had good results with the coloring matter and with alcoholic extracts of the flowers and leaves. With luo children, from 1 month to U years old. ha he. in the majority of raaea, eflVeted aa upeedy a cure as othrtwlse with quinine. Geala Wine Final Rannd. IXXrTN, May .-In the final round of the court tfuiiua ctminpioaship ut Greut rirltain at the Queen's club today Jav CKiuld ot Lakenaod. N. J., beat H. J IIIU by -. Over In Virginia City. Mont., a few days ago there was a reunion of the old-time riders of tha Madison valley, having gath ered from various parts of the county, and, as the boys were waiting In the jury room to be called to testify, many talcs of range life were told, this one being among the most interesting: "Of the days when the horse business was the leading Industry of the Madison valley, when grass grew in profusion on every side hill, when there was only an occasional band of sheep eating off the country and when forest reserves were un heard of, this narrative deals. Then it was the custom to allow tha horses belonging to the V. F. ranch to range just as tar back in the mountains as they cared to venture, for the feed was the best in the highlands end In this manner the range in the lower valley was saved for the winter time. "Among the other pluces where horses could get far back in the mountains was In the Wall Creek park, an immense nat ural basin, eomposed for the greater part of rolling hills and surrounded on all sides by heavy timber, the average altitude be ing 'about !. feet above sea level. Here It was the custom, as almost any part of the park could be reached at any season to allow the horses to remain until wel nlotiK In the winter before they were driten down Into the valley. "The time the Incident I am about t" relate occurred was earlv In February o a date more than twenty years sen Hoiser In various other ptrt of th' rann had got Into serious trouble and I was necessary to lock after them first The Madison tver. which usd to aura and send a new channel around the horser which had come into the willows along th river bottcm fur shelter, had given us s areat deal of troiih'e and when we flnsll' hnd tlir.e to Mttend to the horses In Wl' Creek park the ak seemed almost e boneless one. for the mns waa nearly iw f-e rfe ,n the level l the tinner vslle'-1- eiM'tion " hlrh wted wa racing ' the thermometer i bel.iw the sero mar A Winter Chase. "However, the pair of us who Intended driving the horse out of the park were courageous, and we went after the Job with a' will. We left camp soon after day break, as It was possible to pick a trail through the snow, and in the course of two hours were under "Red Kidge." as it la called, ready to begin the ascent of the mountain Into the park. This ridge Is al most perpendicular, but it waa free from snow, although covered with fallen timber, and big. loose lava-burnt holders. It was impossible to lids our saddle horses til its steep sides, ee ws stripped en" our fur coals and began to climb. As I said be fore, the weather was below sero, but with our wallowing through the snow, climbing over fallen timber and dragging our saddle horses after us, long before we reached the top of Red Ridge we were bathed In a per spiration that would have done credit to the hottest day in July. But, like everything else, the Red Ridge had its end, and ws finally gained its top. Then we found a gulch In the white pine timber lnto which the snow, had drifted fully forty feet deep, which we were obliged to cross. Fortu nately it had packed so hard that our horses did not sink Into it deeper than their bellies, and after a hard struggle, we suc ceeded in gottlng across. After that our trip was comparatively easy. , "WiM Thompson, as good a hunter and a genlul coiiipatiton and as faithful a man as ever worked on a horse ranch, was with mo on the trip. He had his doubts about the expedition after the horses being a suc cess, and wbs not slow In saying so, tor when we pulled out of our camp that morn ing he explained himself: 'Partner, you are boss. I will stsy with you till the tall of my saddle horse drops off. but I think we are going on the biggest wild goose chase two men ever ventured upon. It ia my hon est belief that every horse in Wall Creek Is a caroass before this time. But I am game, and will take turns at breaking the trail with you until the cows come home or our horses play out." A Great Herd. "Will was agreeably disappointed. We had our troubles, but still they were such as could be surmounted with courage and conviction and pluck, snd when we finally 1 rounded Into the second Wall Creek park, J Into comparative peace and quiet, after ex periencing the wind which fairly made the ridge on the outer wall of the park sing j and tremble with Hs fierceness and inten sity, our eyes were rewarded by seeing ibout head of horses pawing around in the comparatively shallow snow upon the sunny southern slope which stretched be fore us. " 'flood luck. Will.' I said; 'all of thej horses are here toaether.' "Horses, hell:' he retorted, scornfully. 'Half of these animals you see there on i that side hill are elk.' " 'Come off the perch and chase yourself down the creek.' was my answer. 'Every anlnml in sight Is a horse, and nearly every one Is a V F. Iet us go over on the Horse Creek side, see what Is there and then drive the horses all home. We will be lucky If we get out of here by dark.' " 'But there are a lot of elk In that bunch of animals on the side hill not more than half a mile from ua, and I am going to get one or two of them,' Insisted Thompson. " 'If they are elk how ate you going to set them?" I queried. "Neither of us has a gun.' " 'No, but you have a rope,' he said, pointing to the grass excuse for a rope hanging to my saddle. 'I can catch two or three of the animals and tie them down with our bridle reins until we cut their 'broats.' 'Why not try to bring them In alive?' I quailed, getting somewhat excited st the proapeot of the sport. " 'Well, ws might do that,' he said. 'It' try it, anyway.' rrtchlened Animals Bait. "So wa did. We sneaked around the hill Sides and throurh a number of necks f timber, and finally we were within loo yards of the elk, which were grazing srcos the horses unconscious of danger. Then we made a dash at them. Ns'.urslly they were startled, and the half hundred In the band uttered snorts of alarm and conster nation and bolted In a bod;'. Our horses were grain fed and hardened and we headed that bunch of elk directly toward Wall creek, whete tha snow was of un known depth and tha bank on the opposite side Impossible to surmount. We yelled at the frightened animals every time our horses hit the ground, and before the poor elk had run a quarter of a mile they were erased with fright. When they reached the Wall creek bottom they plunged blindly on, and when the center of the 11UI valley waa reached the snow suddenly gave way from under them It had been undermined by the action of the warmer waters of the creek and there half a hundred elk were corraled In a space wfiera there was scarcely room to turn around. They actu ally whimpered and cried In terror. 1 pulled up my pony In dismay and sorrow at the helplessness of the poor brutes. Not so with Thompson. The lust of the hunter was upon him. Jumping off his horse which, by the way, was an old half-outlaw, snorting, fighting, buckskin-colored bucker called 'Flaxy' he threw me the bridle reins and told me to hold Mm. He for that moment was the boss, I tha one to take orders. ' I did not demur, but quietly led Flaxy to the nearest tree and anchored him. Then I returned to the place where the elk had been forced Into the creek and found that Thompson had snared a year ling buck elk, whose single spike was pointed belligerently toward him. My horse was a sturdy roan, with pigeon toes and an Inclination to bolt every time he got mad. As soon as possible I was back to where Thompson, with the rope around the yearling, was vigorously striving to keep the elk from coming back on their back track, and he was 'shooing the re mainder of the bunch for all he was worth. I forced old Roannle into the snow to Mr breast and finally got him close enough to get hold of the rope and take my turns around the saddle horn. Then I parted out with him. Flarhtiaa- Mad. "Naturally, the elk was mad clear through, and when Roannle and I Anally snaked him onto dry land and paused a moment in order not to choke him to death the elk got up fighting mad. Hs appeared to think that Roannle was the cause of his troubles, so he charged, and before I could make the old horse get out of tbe way tha elk waa upon us with his eyes green with rage and every hair on his nck point ing toward his ears. The elk came within three or four feet of us. Then he stood on bis hind legs and struck out wickedly with bis front feet aa he came down. I had on a heavy pair of 'chaps,' aad this and the fact that the blow was a glancing one were all that saved me from serious injury. As It waa, ons of his hoofs cut through my chaps Just as If they were mads of paper. I had on two pairs of pants ver sus and my Sunday best and theae were also pierced by the sharp hoof points, and half of the threads in my wool underwear were also cut as clean as It could have been dons with a knife. When ths year ling struck ths ground lie made, an up ward rake with his single spike and caught old Roannle in the brisket. Then the old horse got mad and bolted, tjuaisht ahead he raced, and I waa powerless to stop him. Pretty soon he turned a sharp corner against a tree, and I heard some thing snap like a pistol shot behind me. Looking backward, I saw the elk double up with the Impact of the force with which lie was snapped against the tree and din. Then I turned1 loose the rope and old noannle quit running. "When I turned to the elk I found hlin dead ss a door nail. His neck had been broken. Thompson In the meantime had kept the rest of the elk from getting away. I took the rope from around the neck of the dead elk and turned It over to Thompson. He immediately placed tt upon the neck of a barren' cow, whose dark hair Indicated she waa in food condition. This ons old Roannle snaked out of the creek bed without protest, and she was killed with a rock after she had been thrown and tied In the same fashion as the' steer Is tied In a roping contest. Once more we returned to the elk pen, and the tast tlm we picked out a t-yeer-old buck sod roped him. Him we dragged out as usual, hug tied him. allowing the rest of the elk to escape the best they could. Then we rounded up the horses we were sf ter, started them pn the home trsll snd mads our preparations to leave ths park. Among the horses on the rang was an old broke work horse called Barney. As our only rope was anchored to the elk we still had alive, we had to put up a Job on Barney and catch him. We finally did so, and tied th biggest elk carcass to his tall, using on of my bridle reins to do the trick, and turned him loose on the trail of the other horses. I then cut th strings from off my saddle and anchored th first elk wa caught to old Roannle's tail and followed the horses out. Flsxy and Thomp son had a devil of a time with th live elk, but finally w succeeded In halter-breaking the wild snimal, and Flaxy consented to allow it to come nesr him. so we arrived st our camp about midnight with about M0 pounds of fresh meat and on of th finest specimens of the elk tribe ever tsken into captivity." Anaconda Rtandard. PRATTLE OF THE VOL SliSTKRS. The Teacher Who was the first man? The Little Qirl Eve's husband I forget his name. "Come, now, Willie." said his mother, "you must have your neck washed." "Aw, say," protested Willie, "who In vented neck-washing, anyway?" Small Harold was visiting his grand parents In the country. "Orandpa," he asked, "is thst bell on th row to keep her from falling asleepjn this quiet plac?" In a Sunday school in Georgetown they have a system of calling the roll which dif fers Interestingly from most methods, re ports the Washington Post. In the Infant class each llttl child Is given a small card, showing th picture of a bee. Below th be Is a word "good" or "pure" or "kind." When the child's nsme is called It rises sod says: "be good," "be pure," "be kind," In stead of the customary "present" or "here." Recently a new scholar a tiny, timid girl for some reason was given no card. When th roll aa called and she heard all the other children saying their "he's." her little face grew more snd mote troubled. Jut she was 'iul tu lb occasion, fwr wheu the end of the roll was renched and her name was called, she rose and said shyly: "Be-have!"' Tommy Papa, don't tisli ao iilioul hi schools?" Papa Yes, Tommy, why? Tommy Oh, I was Just wondering what would become of th school If some flht r man happened to catch the teacher. ' ' "Mamma," said Mttle Elmer, "I K n't think I ought to study 'rlthmetle." "Why not, dear?" " "Cause," explained Klnur, "li s full of, horrible examples." It wss a Seattle child hot's years old, says th Portland Oregonlan. who, havlnx been punished by her mother, called up lier father on the telephone for sympathy. "Papa." was the call that his sten.,. rapher heard on answering tlie Hut. "Why. it's th bsby," she said to her employer. x The startled man. with visions of dis aster In his mind, caught the receiver aa4 said. "What is It. baby?" "Mamma 'panked m." came the reply. ntrli( Hi va.i ... . j . asked the relieved and amused parent., "Tome wight home and bing me a pound of candy," said the child. LABOR AD I.NDI STIIV, The Pennsylvania Railroad company has placed an order for steel cars for 1P07 delivery. The Amerl.-an copper yield In litus i $l.000,tKu, against $;u6.O0O,Oii( In Its. The amount of gold and sllvr mined In the United Btatea last year was 153.fNX.iX)0. Th Bavarian government does not date to forbid its railway employes to drink beer; but systematic efforts to discourage beer drinking ar mad by provldtng colt,, milk, lemonade and mineral waters at cot price. The Increased wage rat for the con ductor aad trainmen of the Nw Yoik. New Haven A Hartford railroad recently Went Into effort. It I nr reuses wages from 10 to 20 cents a day In about every branch, and gives better conditions to nearly all the men. In Germany there are en wnrkingmen's homes, where i,xW,() worklngmen found tenipcrary lodging last year two night each. The Intelligence office of the homes In 1904 rrovlded 122,042 of these lodgers with work. The present good times have decreased th unemployed lu per eetit. Ther are 114 cotton mills In Mexico and 2S.006 people are employed in spinning and weaving the tlber In that country. Th'i world s annual consumption of raw cottor Is 17.fjll.I0 bales, and of the uuantlty the 'public's share is 1.4nO.0ut, a greater mourn than Canada. Asia Minor, Greece, Turkey Holland. Denmark, Norway and Swede; consume. SIIREVE & COMPANY Gan Francisco Announce that their stor and factory will RESUME BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY And orders will be promptly filled fur Jew elry, watches, clocks, sllverwsr and plated war. Customers' KKHAIR WORK on wstrhes and Jewelry Is BAVLD FROM Dl. t'f Rl'CTICiN IN THE KIRK which con sumed their store and factory, and will l delivered as soon as taken fiom tb'lr vaults Correspondence solicited. Ad lr. rt !' IISkKT AD UMilT Ak.M:, anltl farther nellce.