The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-02
Ghe1ntelliqellcer.
THE FEMALE TRAMP.

Ifh1gest mistake tosuppose there
il no such creature. She exist, and ahs
il quite - terrible, quite - Troublesome
and quite a. eonnOnly met With - be,
disagreeabIe counterpart Of the max
az. She is usually better looking thar
The male tramp bot eTea that advantage
ceases 70 count in her favor when oDe re.
members that pretty il - pretty does
There are excuses for her, and reason.
sby she should be- bat We shall cone 70
these further on.DAt present We concern
ourselves With What abe IA
She belongs 10 that elass Of migratory
females Who sometimes describe thensel.
Ies a. gis'rl hOuseuorkA" She Is =
creature whose Lack Of discipline IN her
youth vas such that 10 snount Of kind.
ly treatment or good wages viii induce
Der to stay in Ooe place and work stead
ily and behave herself for = longer term
than two months =. = tine. She goes Of
90 her van6erings - regularly - Police
Court Migrants turn up every thirty days
IN The WoIkhouse.
The rowing instine. ia quite a. thor
oughIy defined in Der Is in the bsrn-bQFn-
er Of the other sex. Benevolent ladies
Who have formed associations 10 help
working women Of the lower cIass have
TOO often ended BY losing all faith in and
hope Of the migratory " gin'ral house
vorkE" They I'll not stay in one place
and work steadily.
Ope Who thinks that Judgement Is too
hard on the female tramp should spend
a. hour or tEo at-by way Of llustra-
tration,-say the Employment Bureau Of
the Wonen's Christian Association. Il
Is not, - its unfortunate name might i'm
ply, society formed 10 preach 10 Son-
en-, bot 10 ind homes AID work for them.
Dozens Of The female nigraiOriss pour
into the ef5ee Of The Association daily,
wanting places to do gin'ral house
work"
What did you leave your last place
for!7 i apt TO Be the inst busiDess-liks
question. The InsSer will Hstouish per-
sons uhose SyuPaihies are worked up
for the great army Of unemployed poor.
The unfortunate, starving creature Who
il appealing for help viii probably an
seer:
&The washing was 80 large that 1
didn't want TO do It ! want AZ easier
place" Or maybe it will Be this a They
bad such big tAmily that l couldn't git
nv AFTERNOONS out I'LL very late. Eant
70 ut in /. small family Perhaps, By
way Of variety, Il will Be this: The
woman pat The washing onto me the inst
d.y l rent there, md I wouldn't stand ii. ?
The next will say: lie TOO fur cot o
town fur me. It's % lonesome / never
see anybody hardly. / vs5t 70 Ett into
the city"
Il thoughtI toupd ; place for you
three days aso," saysthe Secretary sharp
" 10 fat taced I1bber Of ; woman who
smells Of q tobsbceo pipe.
AZ vent there says The ist-faced lub-
Der, and found the house wa all up
aide down, and they bad the carpets took
Up. come IEEy, and / thought ] would
wait til they got done bouse-eieanin'.
/ ANT very strong, noboE.H
She Is strong in ooe way, n any rate.
The came question il asked the neIt one :
GWhst did you leave Jour Last place
And the answer Is: "They KEEP hlT.
in company all the time, and / had 50
much fancy eookln' 70 do. 1EAs tired
O. staTin' there, anyhow
The sane programme il acted, dA! n.
ter day, I'LL one Who be2rs how these
girls give mp good places for the most
trivial reasons, or no reason II all, BE-
yin. TO vondsr If il is not all = hunb1g
Sbout work being 50 Scarce, and there BE-
ing 90 much suffering among poor Som-
en-. An extended acquAintanee suong
professional employment seekers certain
" inelires one TO believe that the only
persons Of either ss1 worth helping are
he persons that never reed help. ! must
confess that have almost cone into
that mind myself.
A certain excellent woman Of my &C.
quaintapee has tried nineteen different
seryant girls in the las: two ysIEL. She
il sonsShA, particular about her house.
keeping, and rather iood Of having eve
rytSipE just 40 bat she hss right 10
Be- partienIar If SIZE ike, and - TO other
thinEs, she never flies into ! PaSsior, and
never asks anything unreasonable Of her
Ghelps. Her experience with the female
tramp would make : book. At hrst she
vent to sec : person in answer % 40 id.
yertisement. The woman had stated
that she Wa first elsss in all resPeets snd
had The bsst Of references IRON be: Last
place. She want + very promising look
ing creature. 4 elood under her left eye
looked badly. She wore old buttonsd
saitsrs, from which the buttons had split
oE. and the gaiter tops had rolled down
over her ankles and dragged along the
foor in an unpleasant manner.
Thou CONTEST in tueh questionISle
shape that will sPeAk 70 thee, thought
my friend. Then followed the usual
qnestioning:
-How long did you live IN your Last
placer
aTro weeks, na'sm."
Hwhat did you leave It foff
HThe Sashin' was bigger than ! tslt
ike doin'. WANTED m easy place..
@HaTe you any references from Jour
lat placer
Soi Just sIaetly, uh'an.'
SCan you bring me any!
SIt's = good way out there, na'am, and
the lsdyis moved aEay.
That VS. the woman Who va mt elas:
in ali respects, and could give the best Of
refsrenes. Then the lady advertised for
. kitchen girl II vas answered D. thir-
" nine female tfanps Of all sitss, shapes
snd eonplexions, hard faced, slstternly
ereatures, With dirty hands and had
breaihs most Of them, rot ooe Of them
being Of the sort to Be trusted about The
lady's little children for \ nonent. Had
they been pot altogether in 8 roE around
one room they would hATens6e the most
The fearful ADD EoDdeTful twenty ire
cent show outside Of State Legislature.
But somebody must Be had; 50 the lady
plunged in desperately And hired Ein'.
raj Homework from m intelligence Of.
Gee. Ope followed another in rapid sue
eession, till The number footed up to len.
Each Of the ten had her oEn peculiar
fauls that made her : little vorse than
The ope Who went before her, bot AL had
usaknesses which they shared n con-