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TT1K OMAHA SUNDAY P.EE: AfnrST 1. 100f.
"LIVING IS" IN LONDON SHOPS i
Dormitory System for the Big Store
Workeri.
LUX IN ONE SUCH PLACE
prrrlilon Extends to Their Oolnaa
Oat and r-omlji In, hat The?
Appear to I.Ike It, Kevor
t he Iran.
LONDON, July 23 -The shop girl of Lon
don, or saleslady. If one I technical In
style, li u i general thing very pleasing
to contemplate. Her hair 1 usually care
fully colffured. with no looie ends straying
about; her gown, In most caeca of black
and In the higher department with deml
traln, ihowi no marks of wear and tear.
She exhibits no nervous- Irritability In deal
ing with her customers end no oyerpower
lng fatigue, remnants af a past evening's
gaiety. In spite of the cohflhement Of her
days and the roullao of busy hours jibe,
nevertheless manages to preserve that
colorful complexion which Is the dls.lrt
gulshlng mark of Hrliieh good .health.
Her courtesy. If one might make a criti
cism, Is a little exaggerated, and one often
Is made to feel Mmt ntie Is buying a yard
of tape of a condescending; duchss. but
better, far better that than none at all. Jn
soma of the best cohflitcted- ehrts In (he
city the salesgirls act as genuine hos
tesses, escorting you about, showing you
special attractions and many times ralllng
your attention to bargains riot txpo.ed
for sale. They are not limited to a certain
standing ground, but move about rn com
pany with their petrous. In a word, they
are conscientiously trained and show th's
training pleasingly.
This definition applies, of oourse, to the
best shops, as they are known to Ameri
cans, for a system should be Judged by
its best as well as by Its wore features.
The system referred to Is the "living In
system," practically unknown in America,
but which has been found In London to
settle many of the problems of the hop
girl's life, which is the constant subject of
the scrutinizing eyes of the philanthropists.
The theater-going public got an Inkling of
Its worst side In the play. "Diana of Dob
son's," where a crowded dormitory was
shown and a condition of existence pre
sented which fell absolutely flat, owing to
the fact that the American shoppers had
no parallel for comparison In their own
experience.
The best side of the system was shown
to The Bee's representative In one of
London's well known establishments,
patronized by royalty and many of the
wealthiest and most fastidious society
women. It is a house founded seventy odd
years ago and at present occupies a block
on upper Oxford street beyond the Oxford
circus in the heart of the shopping district,
not far from Jay's. Peter Robinson's,
Liberty's other American resorts which
boast similar tare of their employes.
The general manager of Marshall A
Kneii rrovK'n. Mr. Tlllot. acts as guide
through the men's quarters and then turns
you over to one of the salesgirls, who
performs the same office In the women's
part, the living rooms being separated
by one of the shop's buildings and con
nection between being only by a series of
underground corridors and of storerooms,
etc.
' There are some 2.000 employes approxi
mately, and the majority of both men
and women live In the establishment. The
ahnnelrl la an unknown factor in
the life apparently; ask concerning her
and a raised eyebrow meets your Inter
rogation with the response, "Oh, when
the girls marry they drop out, else why
should they marry?" The married men
are some 2X in number and they have sal
aries accordingly. The living In system Is
founded on a scale of adjustment, which
takes Into account the expense of board
and lodging at minimum rates. It la ex
pressly stated that only in shops of lesser
reputation Is any pressure brought to bear
in this matter. The clerk gets a choice
and the only time when preference is
Fhon by the management for those who
take advantage of the living In system Is
In regard to the youngest members whom
It Is felt need the protection afforded to
keep them out of mischief.
The regulation dress for the male clerk
In the shop exacts that he shall wear
"tails" either on a frock or cutaway, black
tie and that his linen and shoes shall be
Irreproachable,
Entrance and exit through the shop are
not permitted to the employes, and at
the private doors guards are stationed
whose duty It is to keep close watch and
ward on the hours kept. These hours
are. however, not restricting and It is
stated that the need of a monitor Is so
obvious that it does not require excuse.
Four nights In the week the employes
are permitted to remain out until 11, one
night until 11:45 and one until 12, a rule
that applies to both sexes. In addition
to this a "late night" Is allowed always
when a good reason. Is offered therefor.
Theee hours are sufficiently late for thea
ters, concerts, visiting and for "Cinderella"
dances, which are one popular form of re
laxation, and little use Is made of the
privilege of the "Tate night" amendment.
The residential parts of the establish
ment are reached by broad stairways and
occupy all of the upper parts of the huge
building which are not devoted to the
wholesale section, where many of the sen-
tors are employed. Seniors and Juniors are
separated not only by the classification
of work, but as well In the details of liv
ing; they do not din together, nor do
they share the same reading, writing or
living rooms, and the division made be
tween the two by the fact of years of
service against newness in place, years
and discretion In contradistinction to In
experience and Instability Is very plainly
marked. There Is a desirable standard,
and a laudable ambition from the lower
to the higher.
The men and women run the social
end of the establishment, and while they
bring Important matters oftentimes to
Mr. Tlllot the various clubs and soci
eties which are formed among them take
Something more than an ordinary
weakened, run-down system; the medicine must possess blood-purifying I
properties as well, because the weakness and impurity of the circulation is ,
responsible for the pocr physical condition. The blood does not contain 1
the necesswy quantity of rich, red corpuscles, and li therefore a ve.k, i
watery stream which cannot afford sufficient nourishment to sustain the 1
system in ordinary health. A poorly nourished body cann t resist disease
and this explains why so many persons are attacked by spell of sickness
when the use of a good tonio would hare prevented the trouble. In 8. .
will be found both blood-cleansing and tonio qualities combined. It builds
up weak constitutions by removing all lmpurltie. and germs from the bl od,
thus supplying a certain means for restoring strength and invigorating j
the system. The healthful, vegetable ingredients of which S. 8. S. is . -posed
make It splendidly fitted to the needs of those systems which r.re
delicate from any cause. It is Nature's Perfect Tonic, free from all harmful
minerals, a safe and pleasant acting medicine for persons of every re. j
8. B. S. rids the body of that tired, worn-out feeling so common at this beason, I
Improves the appetite and digestion, tones up the stomach, acts with pleasing '
afieots on tie nervous system, and relnvipormtes every portion of the body.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA, I
EMBROIDERIES
Worth Up to 15c Yard at 6c Yard
Thousands of yards manufacturer's sample
strips medium and wide embroidery rd pings
from 4 to 10 inches wide, also insertitigs, gal
loons, in cambric, swiss and nainsook a hun
dred pretty designs to select from n
big window display worth up H r
to 15c! per yard, will go at, Hjp
per yarn
65c Wide Embroideries 19c
8-inch fine embroideries, flouncing?, skirtings,
corset cover widths, waistings and frontings
swiss, nainsook ana cambric
this season's newest designs
marvelous values, worth up to
(i5c yard, at, yard
Hand Loom Embroideries
2 2 and 27-lnch high clans flounclngs,
set covers, also allorer and walstlng
erleB high class designs In English
maderia, Grecian and Japanese effects act
ually worth up to $1.25 yard, at,
Ktyter Gloves,
Worth 75c. at 19c
1,000 sample pairs real
Venetian lisle gloves,
elbow length and wrist
length In black, white,
tari, gray and ritfvy
women's, children's
and some men s, reg
ular price
up to 76c
pair at,
pair
19c
Dress Goods Wash Goods
Beautiful printed Soie Organdies regular price
39c and 50c a yard ; your choice, P H
per yard IJC'ssjC
All our dot and scroll Banzai silks, 27 inches
wide in street and evening shades, worth 50c
a yard, at, yard 29(5
Our 32-inch Luxery silk, all colors, at, yard 25c
Our 50c linen suitings, clearing price, yard, 29c
Fine panamas, serges, henrlettaB, fancy suitings, etc.
worth up to $1.25 yard, at HOt and 50
BRANDEIS STORES
care of the ordinary program of the
leslure hours and discuss domestic and
sociological conditions which they believe
need alteration.
There are among- them many musical
cliques and a great deal of talent which
finds expression In occasional concerts,
vocal and Instrumental. Purln? the winter
at stated Intervals the dancing sets com
bine, hire rooms outside, and the "Cln
derellas" give them a chance to work off
superfluous vitality on the principle that
rest Is only change of occupation.
When a young man has been In the
establishment a certain length of time
and has proved himself not only a de
sirable member of the working corps
but a desirable companion as well his name
comes up In the parliamentary proceed
ings of the committee, which Is composed
of the clerks whoaa standing In the house
brings them that reward of merit, and It
Is suggested that he be admitted as one
of the "seniors." As this step Is not taken
until his fitness Is proved there Is seldom
a blackball, and afterward he has the
privilege of changing his dining place to
that of the higher class and changing from
the billiard and smoking room of the
juniors to one exactly like It In everything
except stie. He has then become regularly
Initiated Into the final distinction that his
service can bring that of being a senior.
Card playing, smoking, billiard play
ing In fact all manly relaxations are fos
tered. In the library a series of old-fash
ioned prints shows "The Road to Ruin"
the young man In college gambling and
shaking dice with his companlona, his
subsequent appearance among the plungers
on the racetrack, his arrest In his lodg
tnga for debt and his final suicide, leav
Ing a penniless family to fight the bat
tie of life alone. This gentle hint and a
weekly Bible meeting, which Is held In
one of the rooms and attendance to which
is not obligatory, but "Is surprisingly well
attended," are the only moral suasions
brought to bear. It Is claimed that they
are all sufficing and that the eight or
nine hundred young men who take ad
vantage of the living In system are ex
ceptionally fine specimens of their class.
The library has some 2,000 volumes, and
any of these, except the works of refer
ence, can be taken out by the usual re
quest made to the librarian an elective
office. There is a library committee to
which requests for new books, periodicals
and newspapers are made and which acts
upon them with discretion. There is on
the files of the library a representative
newspaper from every country In tha Brit
ish Isles, and It Is explained that in th a.
as in most of the principal shops of the
city, the employes are country born and
bred, keep In touch with their home lives,
none of which Is separated by such huge
NATURE'S
o PERFECT T0NIG
tonio is required to restore health to
STORE
CLOSES
45 F IVI.
Except
Saturday
at 10 P. M.
and
Summer
Wash Suits
Wash Coat Suit. Worth
$12.50 to $17.50 at $7.50
White and colored Sum
mer Suits, fine linens,
ramie cloth, fine reps,
fancy and plain tailored
styles various coat
lengths, two and throe-
nil
19c
piece effects, all the fav
orite colors
inns, Diues,
rraa nt r of
skirtings and cor
embroid- .
59c
eyelet
Wash Coat Suits
Worth $7.50. $3.98
yard. .
Fine French and
German Val Laces
Also insertions all
dainty new designs,
many to match are
worth up to n
12VjjC yard, at. JC
Arts and
The new
designs
pieces Just received,
to match any decora
tion, fast colors at,
per yard 25c
distances as mark the separation of the
metropolitan dweller In America from
his native place and his consequent loss
of Interest in local happenings.
It Is this country born rule that exists
In the majority of the shops that was In
the beginning the reason for the living in
system being Inaugurated and Its subse
quent continuance. "When the young man
and woman come here from the country,"
explains the guide, "they are absolutely
Ignorant of the dangers and the differ
ences that confront them. By this means
they are safeguarded from the necessity of
acquiring a great deal of useless experi
ence. "The reason we depend upon the country
population for our employes I suppose
holds good In America as well. The same
class of young people who would meet our
requirements, born In London, have ad
vantages of schooling and Influences that
soon lift them Into better paying trades,
but the country youth have practically this
outlet for ambition and need, and turn to
it naturally; It is from them that our
ranks are recruited.
"Their health Is. of course, a matter of
great consideration. 'Living in' as they
do, there Is no rush and scramble in the
early morning and the constant strain
of worrying as to whether a blockade
or a late nap will brbng a reprimand for
lateness. They have plenty of time for
breakant, for which they are called by
rising bells. They have forty minutes
for the midday dinner, and the supper
hour is, of course, never hurried."
Like most of the big shops, which have
hundreds, even thousands, of employes,
the establishment owns a country place
for their summer needs. Marshall &
SnellgTove's is at Wembley, a short dis
tance from London, and here on the Sat
urday half holidays there Is plenty of
opportunity for golf, tennis, cricket, cro
quet, quoits, in fact, all outdoor sports;
a clubhouse for tea and light refresh
ments, and visit to it la a regular part of
the routine for all those who are not on
week-end visits at their homes or with
their friends. Bicycling among the girls.
It Is learned, has practically ceased, but
a few still bike to the half holiday resort
every week and several of the men are
stfll enthusiastic.
The various rooms in the men's part
of the establishment show photographs
of their champions, for, like all English
men, the clerks are out-of-door men and
tiielr pulses beat to the tune of some
special form of sport. They have won
trophies In various challenge matches, and
with special pride the guide points out
the photograph of one O. Hudsplth. who
took a silver cup as champion sculler
on the Thames in linn), and onl, H)UJW
a view of a shell to ambitious competi
tors. The shop closes seven months in
the year at 6. three months at 6 S0, and for
two months in the rush of the season
and the June and July sales not until
7. but the long twilights that prevail
give an opportunity for some river work
and for open air exercise.
There Is a fire brigade composed of forty
members, who have a weekly drill, which
the girls parallel by occasional rehearsals
down the safety chutes provided them,
a feat of which they speak as rather good
fun.
Hut the pride of the sporting Mood of
the establishment Is undoubtedly centered
about the "territorials," as the new mlllila
men are called
who have their weekly
drill nights at a neighborin irmnnr. u ,n
wear on occasions Munning uniforms and
naturally look upon themselvtta as part
of the power of the strongly bulwarked na
Uon. The "territorials" are different from
the yeomanry or from the militia In some
special details, which are explained en
thusiastically by one of them and imme
diately forgotten, buf the enthusiasm Is
not. It is very real and exhibited In a
class of men like this very British It would
seem.
I'oors of board and committee rooms, of
pla and living rooms, of various apart
ments of oue kind aod another are thrown
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Clearing All Our
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Fine Rep Suits, in various styles; white and
colors, plain tailored effects and various
coat lengths. They would be cr Zl98
exceptional values at $7.50 p y
Monday special
$12.50 Long Pongee Coats All sizes trim
med with black collar and cuffs, $50
at i
Crafts Cloth in Drapery Dept.
fabric for draperies exclusive
all colors, at, yard 19c
Figured Etamlne, 100 I Lace Curtains All of our
$2 and $2.50 lace cur
tains of this season's
purchase; Monday only,
at, pair $1.75
SWEETLAND IS ALWAYS COOL
Ice Cream Soda, pure fruit flavor, glass, 5c
Nut Sundaes, at 10c
The best Ice Cream made in Omaha.
Quarts 25c Pints 15c
Will keep hard an hour. Take home a brick.
open in turn, showing comfortable Interiors,
each adapted fittingly, to its special use.
The deal tables, hacked with youthful
knives in one big room, are indulgently
pointed out with the reminder that "boys
will be boys," these lads are the appren
tices, examples of the old-fashioned sys
tem which still prevails here as In many
other London establishments, slightly mod
ified to meet modern conditions.
The parents of these apprentices pay
30 a year "premium" for the privilege of
getting them in the shop and every month
a return payment is made to the boy,
until at the end of three years, for which
he has signed papers, the premium is re
paid. During that time he has received
board and lodging and starts at the ex
piration of his apprenticeship with a val
uable experience. Should he leave before
that time he forfeits the remainder of the
premium if the authorities so decree, but
that rule Is plastically treated, as is that
in regard to pensions, none being paid by
any precedent of obligation, but many of
the old-time clerks being helped in the
matter of their livelihood by a yearly gift.
The bedroom of the clerks show Just as
much variance In character and tempera
ment as would be seen where any number
of young men live communally. One room
devoted to the Juniors has four beds, each
covered with a chintz spread, the curtain
to the wardrobe matching same. There is
no ornament or book visible, only a dreary
array of clothing and the necessary fur
niture. Next to It a room shared by two
Is bright and cheery, with Its walla cov
ered with photographs, a tumbler with a
bunch of roses In the center of a homy
looking table covered with books, and
there is a rack of pipes and bits of bric-a-brac.
A Beau Brummel Interior has little
aesthetlo ornamentation, but atones for
this with a row of twenty pairs of shoes
and boots, freehly polished, by actual
count.
AH the rooms are good slxed, bright and
as sunny as they can be In a sunless sea
son. Views from their windows show the
dally pageants of Oxford street, the mar
ble arch on Henrietta street, and looking
at them one Is reminded of the remark of
tha monkey when he kalsomlned his tall
with ochre, that they are "neat but not
gaudy."
One young chap had Just packed his
kit. He U getting ready for his sixteen
days' vacation and Is to spend part of It
in camp with his company, for he is one
of the "Territorials," and it is told you in
a whisper after he papses along Joyously
that the firm will probably give him a few
extra days so that In addition to his camp
life he may visit his relatives, for he is a
good worker and a conscientious lad.
Everywhere in the men's quarters you
get the Impression of the freedom of a
club life with a kindly supervision which
takes all good points into account. It is
emphasized everywhere that the "living
In" is a system of mutual profit, and while
it opens vistas of the possible abuses in
places of less repute seen here it certainly
seems to solve a great many Intricacies of
Ufa's Jigisaw puzzles very cleverly. That It
does not in these other places Is proved
by the fact that social reform Is busily
trying to eradicate It.
The sitting rooms of the women's part
of the. residential section have femlnlnj
touches. There is one with light blue
walls and the usual long heavy curtains
with Nottingham lace underneath, which
are seen in nearly all British middle clans
houses and are unspeakably ugly. The
books and the piano covered with music,
the open fireplace and the seated figure
reading by it give a very domestic touch
to the scene.
In another room It is explained that
George IV used to sit there when the
tiuuae was a private recidence and he a
guest therein; 'ft preserves still a hand
some marble fireplace, sculptured with
artistic touches, arid when .the door is
opened a group of girls is tea sowing.
Mi
Summer Dresses
at Tremendous Reductions
These are Brandeis daintiest and most
practical summer frocks going at far below
their actual value.
une-ricce uresses
Worth Up to $17.50
One-piece, dresses fine lin
gerie In whites and colors
fine linen and other colored
and white fabrics as well as
dotted Swisses, fine French
Lawns, Madras, Etc. Many
elaborate creations
Dutch n"ck styles,
worth up to $17.50
at
Women's Jumper
(Ei Lingerie Dresses
Worth up to $10 at $3.50
Lingerie and Jumper
Dresses, of the daintiest
type, also fine white and
colored dresses ; $6)50
in one big lot,
at V
li
Great Clearing Sale
of
WOMEN'S WAISTS
Hundreds of our finest tailored and
lingerie waists in all new styles and
every size, at great reductions.
Women's Waists, worth up to
$1.25, at. . . ,
Women's Waists, worth up to
$2.00, at
Women's Waists, worth up to
$3.00, at
Women's Waists, worth up to
$5.00, at
Women's silk, net and lace
Waists, worth up to $7.50, at.
reading and draping a dressmaker's
form.
Many of the girls' rooms are very at
tractive and are quite artistic. The ten
ants of them are not required to bring
any furnishing, the plain deal set and
cretonne curtains being provided by the
establishment, but they can do so if they
wish, and no restriction is placed in the
matter of "touches." so that pictures,
bric-a-brac, cushions flowers and fancies
abound. A bit of embroidery half fin
ished, an open book, a muRlcal Instrument
show the means of spending the leisure
hours.
In the big kitchen a menu for the day
is repeated. It is contended that in some
of the London establishments where the
"living in" system is really a means of
profit to the house the scanty food necessi
tates the buying of supplementary sup
plies in order to keep soul and body to
gether, and for this the meagre wages are
obliged to be taken. Here several of the
girls testified that while of course If
they wanted goodies or sweets they had
to purchase them outside, necessity was
no different from the one that existed In
boarding houses or other places where
life was reduced to its simplest elements.
There Is meat once a day, fish, eggs and
simple vegetables, a plain and healthy
fare.
One of these girls has acted as cicerone
through - the feminine section of the es
tablishment. She has been, she tells
you, sixteen years with the house, having
come there from her home In Essex
when she was a little girl and worked ut
through the various branches of the place
until now she occupies a position in the
wholesale department. She wears a
black satin gown, with deml-traln, made
princess style and to fit her tall, slim
figure perfectly. Her hair Is carefully
colffured, but is not exaggerated In mode.
She Is very Intelligent, with a pleasant
face and well bred manner. She Is a type
of the English saleslady at the best.
She asks naively if you do not think that
sixteen years of service In the workaday
world deserves Its reword. The English
girl of her class looks on marriage as a re
ward and she has earned hers, leaving the
establishment very soon for a home of
her own in the country. She is frankly
happy over the prospect and It may be
that she looks at life, even the living In
life,' through rose colored specs.
"I am glad to have a home of my own."
she explains, "and I want to get away
from London Into the country with the
flowers and the chickens and the quiet,
but I would not be without the experi
ence I have gained. I think every girl
should touch with life such as I have had
She knows then the value of money and
that her real happiness is In her home.
"There Is no one probably who knows
more about the 'living in' systern than I
do, that is from the point of view of a
personal test of It. I have met some
1 times girls who were very unhappily
! placed In houses which exacted that they
live In and provided only poor accommo
i datlons and bad food, but on the other
hand a house like this really gives the
girls It enjoys a home In every sense of
the word. I think the 'living In" system
ought to be supervised In some places,
but I think It will be a great loss If it is
ever done away with entirely.
"I don't believe there Is a girl here who
would prefer to live out. Why should she'
It has never occurred to me to thlni
even of such a thing, the advantages are
so obvious of staying near one's work.
You get up in the morning and you have
nothing to do except dress for breakfast,
which you dou't have to prepare yourself
or eat in a hurry. Then It is very nice
to be able to step into he shop on a rainy
day without being all mussed up. your
hair blown about and your goto muddy,
Store Closes
5P. IVI.
Until Sept. 1,
Except
Saturdays
10 P. M.
EXTRA SPECIAL SALE
WASH GOODS
IN OUR BASEMENT
500 pieces fine summer lawns, immense variety
of patterns, including natural linen colored
grounds. The
for less th;
choice from
yard
Fine Imported White
Nainsook, equal to
regular 25c quality
on special sale f A
at, yard.... vC
A larger and better assortment of beautiful
ginghams has never been shown. Your choice
of the regular 15c plain and fancy ginghams,
in waist and dress lengths Monday
at, yard O2C
Pretty blue and pink Scotch cloth for one-piece
dresses are here. They are yard wide and
strictly fast color. See them in thefl Tl
and many
$698
Douglas St. window; special price, yd..
Art ticking, denims, etc., in
long mill lengths, 29c la
the regular price. Just
the thing for f
shirt waist boies If If
at, yard
Final Clearing Sale of
RAJAH SILKS
Indro, Arab and all grades of semi-rough dress
shantungs, in all the leading shades, including
natural, bisque and black your
choice of $1, $1.25 'and $1.35 silks H Jk f
-at, yard
All our $1 Peau de Cashmere and imported Mes
saline, including evening tints at, PQ
yard 5C
Black Moire Antique and Moire Velours, one of
the new advance fall silks, black only
SILKS ON BARGAIN SQUARE
Satin and twill foulards, fancy dress taffetas,
stripe and check Ijouisine silks silks that sold
x00.0.!!-. 39c-25c
50c
69c
98c
$98
I
$50
. . .
Isn't It? We have a great many of those
days here In the course of the year.
"Of course, here, as In every place where
there are so many people, a girl belongs
to her own set, and she doesn't mix much
with th others. The seniors and the
Juniors hardly see each other, but there
Is no feeling of friction and the manage
ment Is always ready to adjust any dif
ferences before they reach an uncom
fortable point. A lot of girls attend even
ing classes at the Polytechnic institute,
where there are special rates, and nearly
everyone has some fad or accomplish
ment. A gTeat many of the girls find
time to make their own dresses and trim
their hats, and my own observation is
that they are very happy. Indeed, much
happier than they would he in the cheap
lodgings that their salaries would permit
them to live In."
Asked concerning the disadvantages, the
speaker pauses for a moment, then says:
"A few of the girls would like the priv
ilege of seeing their friends here, which,
of course, is not allowed. It could not
be, for where there are so many "living
in' that would necessitate the setting aside
of rooms for that purpose wtilch the
girls need, but the majority believe, as I
do, that instead of being a restriction it Is
really a good thing, for it would be embar
rassing oftentimes and one can always go
to their friends or go out with them.
When you are a Junior and comparatively
strange, It Is necessary for the parents or
friends to write asking that you may
spend the week-end with them, but as soon
as you are known and trusted, why all
you have to do is to request the privilege
and the permission Is accorded."
The general manager, as he takes leave.
speaks rather sadly of the change of con
ditions that has come about of late. "With
the gradual dying out of the apprentice
ship system has come a noticeable desire
for change In the men and women clerks
and they move from establishment to es
tablishment as the mood drives them. In
time, probably, the 'living in' system will
go, too, a fact which I deplore, believing
it, when properly conducted, a system for
mutual benefit which Is all that it has
ever pretended to be."
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two more slaves and Is fairly set up as
a householder.
When his first daughter Is born there Is
great rejoicing. The baby is Immediately
stained all over its little body with henna
and then smeared liberally with butter
and wrapped with woolen cloths. On the
seventh day these are removed and th
child Is washed for the first time. When
the girl has reached her first year her
head Is shaved, leaving a little tuft by
which Mohammed could catch her up to
heaven If he were so disposed. In her sev
enth year her hair has grown again. 8Me
Is then veiled and her proud father sets
about looking for a husband for her. It
Is still the custom to betroth children from
Infancy.
. All Mahmoud prospers and, save for a
few domestic troubles, his life runs
smoothly. I'erhaps he has lost two of hH
female slaves or rather one has been
beaten by his Jealous wife and run tn
sanrtuary, and he has to obey the law for
laves. The other reguins her freedom by
bearing a child.
The negress slaves enjoy a much bet
ter time than their Moorish mistresses.
They are not bound by Iron laws and cus
toms. They may go unveiled In the streets,
and If Ill-treated, they have their remedy.
In the evenings. All will sit and smoke
In the bosom of his family. On Thursdays
and Saturdays he visits his friends. They
pass the tlme'in simple games of card
or in listening to the weird efforts of Itin
erant musicians. Sometimes,' with a few
others, he will wend his way to the walls
of the city. Here the party will sit watch
ing the sunset and regretting the days
when Christian slaves were as plentiful as
sheep In Morocco. Our merchant gets
stout as he approaches middle age. Such
is the uncertainty of fate In Morocco.
He was serving in his shop when the
customer suddenly raised his voice and
cried nut that he was getting false weight.
The accusation was terrible and All ve
hemently protested his innocence. It was
an arranged charge by an enemy of the
merchant, who philosophically bowed, his
head with the saying: 'Kismet! Mine
enemy has found me and the serpent re
quires milk." The arbitrators are called
and. having been bribed previously, they
find Mahmout guilty and sentence him to
the usual punishment meted out to givers
of false weights. He Is dragged to the
southern wall of the city, to a place where
a tall gibbet Is erected. By the irony of
fate It is within sight of his own house.
A rope Is made fast to his wrist and
hoisted up until his toes ran Just touch the
ground. Here he Is left till sunset. The
Idlers Jeer at him and the gamins of the
quarter pelt him with stones and refuse.
At sundown his friends carry him home
a poor, bruised and senseless body. Broken
and disgraced, thus ended his career as a
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