Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-10
THE LAUNDRY GIRLS.
AN OCCUPATION OF MANY HARD
SS'PS AND TRIsuLATIONS.

Talk with an EmpIoye About the Patrons
Of the Establish ment- Almost
to Death by Brutes, Dead Beats and
Love-Lorn Dudes-wages-
Under the impetus of civilization the
laundry business has become an important
industry in large cities The pretty laun-
dry girl with banged hair, rosy checks, soft
voice and glib tongue Is an essential feature
OF tue stem
The laundry girl has a hard life Her
hours on duty are very wearisome She
must De on duty at O'Clock IN the morn
ing. There she remains until or 10 o'clock
at night Nobody in the world has better
opportunity to observe the good and bad
side of men than she has II she is pretty
and young every mssher in the community
attempts to pay her court The little office
where the washing is received is usually be-
sieged by gang Of disreputable loafers, who
offer the fair clerks all sorts OF indignities
under the guiss Of admiration She is ex-
pected to remain good natured and sgree-
able in spite Of all the improper remarls
and contemplate proposals which are the
only thoughts Of the professional masher.
A pretty girl, who il well known among the
patrons OF laundries, has had several years
experience in the business Her opinion Of
men is decidedly untavorable She uses
good deal of slang.
BRUTEs, DUDES AND GENTLEMEN
Il have hard time Of il, she said to q
reporter, who left some Of his linen to be re-
lieved Of its sable coloring. You can't ap-
preciate what brutes some men ara OF
course, many gentlemen deal with us and
treat us with respect We are bothered to
death by dead beats, snide gam Dlers and
base ball players These fellows are stuck
on themselves, and think the girls get
mashed on them right away. They re badly
left Some of them come in here with a
shirt and q pair Of cuffs and q coll .r and
want to talk with me two or three hours
I'm asked twenty times a day, Can ] see
you home tonight" A few dudes try the
love racket 1t goes in one ear and out Of
the other with ma
lis any one mean enough to beat you out
Of your pay for the laundry work.
Why, l shoaid say So A prominent
lawyer in this town owes me s., and l. can {
collect cent He would come after his
bundle and say, IN pay you for this after
q while when the bills little bigger. A
great many fellows take advantage of my
good nature in trusting them Some times
Il man will bring in a pair OF cuffs and then
want 10 borrow a dime"
"Do you have many bundles uncalled for Z"
Yes Men will leave packages three or
four weeks, and then if they have been mis-
laid will raise a howl and want - cents q
pair for cuffs that didn't cost over Is cents
when new. II poor fellow has all his
linen in wash l often let him have it for
nothing"
What pay do the girls geti'
That depends on circumstances and the
amount of trade they can command The
highest wages know OF is s. per week and
there is only one or two girls who get that
much. Some OF them run as low as 81.
Nine dollars is little enough for girl in this
business when you consider what We have to
stand There is one nice, quiet gentleman
patron OF this laundry who always gives
me 81 whether his bill amounts to that or
not he chats pleasantly with me ior a
few minutes and then leaves That's the
kind OF man like to deal with '-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Sailing of the Famons Chrysolite.
have seen mines salted when the best
of them were fooled. A man they call
Chicken BIZ sslted the famous Chryso-
lite, III Leadville, and sold it 10 Tabor for,
| think, $1,000. He worked days and
weeks on it, and finally had it fixed to his
satisfaction. Then Tabor was approached,
and, not trusting any one else, went down
into the shaft himself. He had been in
mines twenty years, and was well quail
fled TO act as his own expert. He was i'm
pressed with the property and bought it,
but the vein was small and he concluded
TO go lower. He had only sunk ten feet
further when he struck the bonanza, and
the property was Immediately recognized
as being worth millions.
The salting was not noticed until later,
and Tabor was so impressed with It that
instead of having the man arrested and
sentenced to the peniteutiary, he began to
stake him, and has him in his employ to-
day. While prospecting for Tabor he dis
covered the Tam O'Shanter, another rich
strike. But while there is sailing, there
is not as much of 1t as formerly. There
have been numerous instances where it
has not been profitable. For instance, if
Chicken Bill" had used less ingenuity
and less time, and sunk his shaft ten feet
further, he instead Of Tabor would have
struck the bonanza, and have had million
instead of $40, ,OO0-W. Ii. Wilson in Globe
Democrat.
A Conscientious Impressionist at Work.
stumbled on the subject of "Impres-
sionism' one day, as l sat chatting with
Lefebyre in his studio in the Rue La
bruyere. "impressionism, indeedr' said
the painter. Let me tell you an anec-
dote / was staying down at Trouville
two or three years ago. One morning