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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 2, 1910.
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WORKING CIRL'S SOCIAL LIFE
Condition! Which Govern
Choice of a Hand.
Their
PITFALLS FOR GIRL BOARDING
Meed of Wkolnvm and Cheap
Amvirmril One of the fr'artora
That .Make the Problem Dlf.
calt lor ftnelal Workers.
Modern Farm Methods
Change in Implements
Elizabeth Beardslt-y liutler, former sec
relary of the Cunaumeri' league cf New
Jersey, in discussing ttie siK-ial life of
working women for the Burvey. says:
'A sight of the factory dues not enable
us fully to understand the life cf working
women. We must know the homes and
lodging places; we must know tv what
extent social life Is made poimlhle by tne
factory management and In what way out
aide agencies supply the social privilege
that home conditions deny.
"The tendency Is strong for neighborhood
women to go Into the factories whose
smokestacks 'have stared them in the face
luce babyhood, and in addition to econ
omlxo by saving carfare to and from work.
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ne nearuy iaciory sometimes means a
saving in clothing, too, as in the case of
u a two young girls who went to the
neighboring factory because then they
didn't have to wear hats as they would
if they rode In the car.
"The neighborhood to which the working
girl goes is less a matter of choice than
au accident of birth or convenience, bne
Is born Into a lauiliy that has drlltcd
througn race affiiiutious, lor cheap rent,
or fur convenient nearness to the mills to
one or anu tiler section of the city.
"The giri who boards away I rum home
Is likewise limited In choice. .She is not a
figment of tiie imagination, tnls girl. On
the lowest estimate there are lu.i per cent
of the total working women In this class.
Poverty sends the seeker for room and
board Into districts of grade as low and,
sometimes, lower than tne usual slum. She
will hardly find a room to rent In the
thickly-settled part of the city for less
than xio a month. It gave me fresh ap
preciation of the problem faced by home
less girls to hear a conversation between
two would-be lodgers and a landlady
whose house, twice raided within the few
months past, again had a 'To let' sign on
the door. "Where do you work?' wag her
first question, and one girl Answered that
he waa in a cigar factory; the outer thai
'aha worked downtown.' They stood hesi
tating, shrinking back, like prisoners be
fore the bar rather than wage-earning
women In search of rooms. The landlady
eyed them shrewdly, noting details of un
tidy dress, stocky figure, curly hair.
Working girls of their type, siie thought,
were not sufficiently promising custom
ers. Finally, she said: 'Well, my rooms
are 12. W a week, and i might as well tell
you that I don't allow no companies, no
gentlemen friends and no lady friends; I
can't be having no noise and talking in
iiry house. Now, if youse want to see the
rooms, youse can ree them.' The barren
outlook afforded by dingy rooms in which
there can be 'no companies' is further
darkened by the character of many of the
neighborhoods where the 'To let' elans
hang.
"To the girl at home, the stimulus of
her surroundings is slight and evenings
pass with an unbroken sameness. The
homes cannot of themselves supply recrea
tion. They are limited by mere lack of
pace. There Is no opportunity for social
Intercourse, for conversation, except In con
nection with the family group that includes
old and young. One Is impressed by the
lack of heart to make use of leisure, and
the absence of more than sporadlo efforts
to enjoy free hours. 'We Just stay at
home,' one girl said, 'we haven't anything
else to do.' For those who have both the
vitality and the desire for pleasure, there
are few opportunities for recreation except
roller-skating rinks, picture shows and
dance halls.
"In recognition of this need of working
women, outside agensles have been devel
oped to supplement the Imperfect oppor
tunities of the home for social Intercourse.
There are settlements and semi-religious
associations. How far their Influence goes,
It would be difficult to estimate. Their Im
palpable share In the life and thought of
the community cannot be gauged by roll
books or class records. The classes of
these institutions In millinery, fancy work,
sewing and cooking In most cases are not
for Industrial training, but to overcome the
pitiful Inadequacy of an experience that In
eludes only factory work and leaves no
time for a girl to learn the trade of house
keeping before she undertakes it. Dancing
and gymnasium work are also very usual
features of their work as well as the main
tenance of clubs and reading rooms.
Classes In trade training and manual work
have constantly to battle against weariness
at the end of a working day, and they
cannot be truly recreative. The purely so
cial clubs scarcely reach to the great num
bers among whom, except for profit, there
is no social leaven working.
"There were In Pittsburg In 1H01. 23,185
working women In factories' and stores, be
sides many more in occupations uncounted
In this census; yet of this number only
258, leas than 1 per cent, were iu touch with
a oenter for social development and recrea
tion, either In the play or recreating sense.
Even a little leisure Is a by-product of life
too valuable to waste, and the community
Is Ihe loser If the free hour Is spent only
In weariness or some undesirable form of
tntertainmenL
"Nickelodeons and dance halls and skat-
"Modern methods of farming have made
wonderful changes In the farm Implements
of the inter-mountain country," says Frank
Stevens, president of the Sidney Stevens
Implement company of Ugden, Utah. "The
changes have con e In the small hand tools
as well as in the larger Implements, and
the Implement men of our section have
kept pace with the Improvements because
we wish to do all we can for the greater
movement for better crops. The first two
row beet cultivators were built for our
trade, as were also the first four row riding
beet cultivators, the demand for the same
having been made by the growers.
"This was also true of other Implements.
At the start a common plow without a
mold board was used for sub-soil work In
the beet fields, while now a special plow
has been built for the purpose. The first
successful beet pullers were made In Ugden,
although other makes have since taken
their place. The changes have come In
methods as well as In tools and they have
come in the dry farming as well as In the
Irrigated sections."
Frank Stevens Is the son of Sidney
Stevens, the pioneer Implement dealer of
Utah and the inter-niountaln country,
whose death occured but a few days ago.
Sidney Stevens was a native of England,
but came to America when a young man
and crossed the plains with an ox team to
establish a business which expanded ylnto
all parts of northern Utah and southern
Idaho. This territory Includes the Cache
valley, the section where the first applica
tion was made of dry farming methods and
Mr. Stevens Introduced the Implements for
the farmers so that they could carry the
work on successfully.
"In Utah there' Is no such think as a
failure of dry farmed crops. If they are
properly seeded and cultivated," continued
Frank Stevens. "This has been a most
unfavorable year and yet fields which six
weeks go looked as If they would have no
crop at all are yielding from fifteen to
twenty bushels of wheat per acre. This Is
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SIDNEY STEVENS,
where the crop Is on absolutely dry farmed
land, where there had not been a drop of
rain for four months, and handled by somo
of the pioneer dry farmers of the state.
"The Cache valley has fine crop on both
Irrigated and dry farmed land and with this
true on a year like this, we have no fear
of what will be produced on ordinary
years."
Ing rinks are' In no sense Inherently bad,
but so long as those maintained for profit
are the only relief for nervous' weariness
and the desire for stimulation, we may
well reckon leisure a thing spent, not used.
These amusements take a toll from the
people's Income, disproportionate to the In
come gained. They divert, and to the work
ing girl, diversion Is essential.
"I shall not soon forget a Saturday even
ing when I stood and watched men and
women packed thick at the entrance of
every picture show. The crowd of wait
ing people filled the long vestibule and
even part of the sidewalk. They were de
termined to be amused, and tiis was one of
the things labelled 'Amusement.' They
were hot and tired and Irritable, but willing
to wait for their chance to get In. Is not
this eagerness as well worth conserving
as any river fall that makes electricity or
drives a mill? In large measure today
working women are spending their leisure
not using It. The beginning where they
may use It Is already made. How rapidly
this trend shall increase, depends in part
on the choice of the working women and
the character of their Industrial life, and
In part on the social foresight of the com
munity."
WORKMAN IS SUDDENLY
BEREFT OF HIS REASON
PENALTY OF CHILDHOOD FEAR
Premonition of K.ml Fulfilled When
(iaa Jet Is Touched for the
First Time.
After undressing In the dark for more
than ten years because of an uticono,ura
ble fear that lie would be a-xphyxpvLed,
Fred Ullck. 19 years of age, of ilaniiiiMnd.
Ind., lit the gas in his bed room for the j
first time Monday night and was lound ,
dead next morning from the effects of I lie I
fumes of . Illumin.itnifcl gas wiilcli filled the!
room. Bemuse of an innate terror of '
death from asphyxiation which hud r'- I
sessed him ever since Ins childhood, when !
a playmalo died as u result of turning on
tne gas, Gllck had never before In his life
turned on a gas Jet. '
Although not a believer in predestination. :
Glick lived in mortal terror thill some day 1
he would be asphyxiated, and often con- j
flded h! fears to his relatives and friends, i
For a long while he used a candle to un- !
dress by at night, but on several occasions j
he had fallen asler:, leaving the candle j
lit. and a fire had been narrowly averted. I
'itien he undressed In the dark, refusing j
to have even a lamp In his room that
might explode or cause a fire by being Jett
lignted.
Monday night, on undressing, (jlick
dropped a piece of money on the floor and
heard It roll across the room in the dark,
lie struck a mutch, wh'cli flickered and
went out. He had only one match left aTM
wanted to find his money before morning,
for fear that he would forget it.
His relatives and friends had often
laughed at his fear of gas, and he deter
mined that he wou.d risk it Just that once
and lit the gas with his one remaining
match. He found the coin and when ready
for bed went to turn out the ilgtit.
Whether the awful dread that had pur
sued him for years suddenly gripped him
and compelled him to do the very thing of
which he was In mortal terror Is not
known. Some advanced the theory that
the feur which had so long controlled his
brain also controlled his muscles at the
crucial moment and made him turn on the
gas a.aln after he hnd turned It off. His
brother Is of the opinion that because
of Olick's ignorance of gas fixtures he
turned on the gas again after he had
turned It off. Then, too, he believed that
Ollck might have left the gas burning and
thewlnd blew It out. He was found half
across the room, having evidently strug
gled to reach the gas Jet of which he had
been so long In mortal fear. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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Been Fall Suit
ftMltM)aBtoCke
Hunting Yet?
We've the biggest-show in town
this week. Don't pass this store
when you're out, for you miss the
best if you do.
See our great window display if
nothing else. It's a display of more
styles of correct 1910 models by
about three times that of any other
store in Omaha; and at that you only
see one pattern out of twenty-five.
.Taken In Char e by
Bratley, Who Has Illi
Examined.
Sheriff
BIBLE TALK HALTS A FIGHT
Young? Clergyman Delivers at Scripts-
ral Solar Plexus to Crowd
of Brawlers.
With a few words of admonition and by
reading two verses from the Bible, the Rev.
Benjamin Kober, a young preacher of Pat-
erson, N. J., quelled a group of rowdies
as effectually as the nightsticks of police
men could have done the work.
Mr. Kober was in a car of the New York,
Susquehanna & Western railroad In which
were fifteen drunken tough young men.
Near Butler they quarreled and soon fell
Into a rough and tumble battle, snarling
phrases that would shame the boss of an
old-time gang of roustabouts. Women
trembled, men passengers scowled, but
made no more that is, none except the
young clergyman. He sprang to his feet.
"Men, Men! End your strife! Cease your
blaspheming!" he commanded.
The fighting roughs laughed at him.
"Remember, you are made In God's Im
age," he continued earnestly. "Be men;
respect decency. Repent! The Lord will
forgive you and help you."
Taking a Bible from his pocket, Mr.
Kober opened It at the twelfth chapter of
Isaiah and read Impressively:
"And on that day thou shalt say, O
Lord, I will praise thee. Though thou
was angry with me, thine anger is turned
away and thou comfortest me."
The brawling group paused to listen. The
preacher went on:
"And on that day shall we say, praise
the Lord, call upon His name, declare His
doings among the people, make mention
that His name Is exalted."
He had not finished the brief reading be
fore those to whom he appealed were lis
tening with the attention of youngsters at
a Sunday school. Nobody lifted a hand or
said a word. Reaching their station, they
saluted the preacher with much politeness
and left the train.
"I had to speak when I heard that fright
rul profanity," said the clergyman, when
other passengers congratulated him. "I
had to give warning and promise." New
York Sun.
Sunddenly bereft of his reason, Andrew
Price, formerly a sailor In the United
States navy, who went through the Spanish-American
war with Admiral Bchley,
was about to do himself personal violence
In the dim-lighted basement of the new
Omaha National Bank building. Seventeenth
and Farnam streets, at 11:15 Saturday
morning, when four of his fellow workmen
threw him to the cement floor and held
him until Sheriff Brailey and a corps of
deputies could arrive and manacle him. He
will be taken to a hospital pending further
examination.
For the three weeks Price has been work
in the basement and In the elevator shafts
of the building, being one of a half dozen
men employed by the Otis Elevator com
pany. He seemed In good health until Sat
urday morning, when he told his fellow
workmen that his head ached. He said
he had not been able to eat since last
Thursday. A few minutes later be became
violent, throwing himself against the walls
and crying. His fellows caught and held
him, fearing he would harm himself.
George W. Wright, superintendent for
the Otis company, hurried to the court
house, filed Information of insanity against
Price, and had Sheriff Brailey and depu
ties take charge of him.
"He la a good workman," said Wright.
"I have known him a long time and never
knew him to have a spell like this. He
worked for me In Chicago eight years ago.
He could do anything; was the best man
1 had."
Drs. Hart and Young were called. They
Intimated that the man probably was suf
fering from some spinal trouble that af
fected his brain.
77"
Humphreys' Seventy-Seven
Breaks up Grip and
COLDS
Keep free from Colds during the
fall months and you will have a good
winter.
Don't wait till you begin to Cough
and sneeze, take "Seventy-seven" at
the "first feeling' of lassitude and
weakness, and break up the Cold at
once.
Some mild form of exercise acceler
ates the action of "Seventy-seven."
Handy to carry, fits the vest pocket.
All Druggists, 25c.
Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co.. Cor.
William and Ann Streets, New York.
'10, 12, 1
3.50, 15, '16.50, 18,
!0, '22.50, '25.00
You Might Want
A Full Dress Suit
and usually when you want a dress suit you want it
bad and still want it good come in and see what we
can do in fitting you out. The best tailors in the
trade built our Dress Suits and they (OA q MC
are perfection at every point VtfV v
Silk and Crush Opera Hats, $5 and $6.
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DENTISTS
Best MUlppe-1 Cental efflc. la the salddle west. Highest
crade dentistry at reasonable prices, forceialn fillings. Just
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Vu'lKU FLOOR. PAXTON BLOCK
Corner letb and Farnam Street.
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CUrk Drat Co. Council Bluff. Iowa.
GIRL DISAPPEARS, ROLE OF MAN
Daughter of Retired Army Officer Is
Found Working; as a Male
Laborer.
SYDNEY. Oct. l.-t.Speclal to The Bee.)
The mysterious disappearance a year ago
of Miss Margaret Bale, daughter of a re
tired army officer, has been solved by the
discovery of the young woman working at
Fremouth as a man. She came from Oak
land to Australia several years ago as a
teacher. Last December she started from
home and It was several months before It
was discovered she had disappeared; a
search was Instituted and she was found
working In an office as a man. She had
been a club steward, bartender, light por
ter, bookkeeper and held several other pul
sions as a man.
NOTilLL
TOO STEEP
One Bon fcvery Mlnnte.
A noted "fllmflammer" recently asserted
that If he had time he could unload worth
less stock on three Americans out of five.
By tne hasty circular method be booked
one gudgeon out of fifty persons. One
"sucker" out of luO recipients of circulars
is the avarge computed uy postal officials.
It coats little to send out circulars. As
sorted addresses of "come-ons" sell for f.
per l,0uu.
(( no sand A&k- Jrm
TOO DEEP .:-,l,S3h
W'hen you have anything to sell or ex
change advertise It In The Bee Want Ad
columns and get quick results.
West
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New Street Car Line Starts Regular Service.
VISIT WEST LAWN CEMETERY TODAY
The extrusion of Uia Yet Lravenworth street car line to Elm wood park has beeo com
pleted, and, beginning October 1 all cars rnn through to e)U street week days as well
as Sundays. Passengers for West Lawn cemetery should get off at Oflth street, where
the cemetery carryall will meet all cars and make regular trips between the car line and
Uie cemetery. 1'his service is absolutely free.
A Visit ia Wll Worth Whilt H--J1 ' people have visited West Lawn
ception, all hate been favorably impressed with Its present attractiveness, and espe
cially Its great possibilities for future development. The fact that many visitors who do
not own lot come regularly to the cemetery bringing parties of their friends speaks voN
umes for Its attractiveness.
MA Ntr?l-rtri I.ot Vou c -l th loU adjoining jours will al
iiu MCSICV.tCU a-uio wajrg n.ve i Mm(l weU carwl for appearance that yours
has. lereiuai care, which is Included In the purchase price, Insures this for all time.
West Leavenworth and 56th Sts, rXZ reTu&SV
cemetery every Bunday afternoon and at any other time by appointment.
WEST LAWN CEMETERY
Seta aaf CeaUr Streets, raoas aTarasy 4JU Boats omasa, 40a Wo. I4ta It. rfcoae So. 431.
oats Omaha, 40a Wo. I4ta It.
Doug. 1106 i lad. A11M.
IN THE VANDERBI
' Competing with a field of the swiftest racing cars that Europe and America have ever
produced, the JACKSON has again shown its ability to put up a strong fight in fast com
pany. The JACKSON car entered was a STOCK MODEL selling for $2,000 it competed
,with specially designed racers of the most famous makes. Much honor is due to the winner
of this classic event and much credit must be given the car that contested with him. The
JACKSON was not the fastest car but it made a strong fight under extreme conditions. It
was a Stock car and every JACKSON car that leaves our factory can be depended on to de
liver the goods. JACKSON construction is of the type that will endure terrific strains with
out weakening, and JACKSON cars have rejeatedly shown in road and track contests, during
tho past ten years, that there is no class in which they cannot compete.
Model 'M" 2.200.
Motor 44i. Unit power plant. 120
Inch wheel-liase. Tires 36x4. Front
doors and panels, 50 extra.
Model "41" $l,70O.
Motor 4Hx4H. Unit power plant. 110
Inch wheel-base. Tires 34x4. Front
doors and panels, 50 extra.
Model "38" $1,0.10.
Full Torpedo. Left-hand drive
4x4Vt- Unit power piani.
wheel-base. Tires 34x4.
Motor
115-inch
I fi&fSn III
. Model "rt.V $l,2r0.
Motor 4x4. Unit power plant. 106-Inch
w licel-tuiHfl. Tires 3x3 Vt. Front doors
and panels, f40 extra.
Model "30" $1,2.10.
Motor 4x4. Unit power plant. 105
tnch wheel-base. Tires 32x3 H. Front
doors and puncls, $41) extra,
' Model "2.V $1,100.
Roadster. Motor 3x4'i). lOt-lnoh
wheel-base. Tires 3:x3Vi. Gasoline
tank at rear. Trunk (15 extra.
All "Jackson" touring models can be fitted with removable front doors and
panels at a slight extra charge.
Jackson Automobile Co., Jackson, Mich.
Licensed under Selden Patent
Omaha, Neb.
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PIONEER IMPLEMENT CO.,