Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
Types of DOllar-Getters.

Types VI DOlidT-UcttcTSs
From the Lewiston Journal.
The Aroostook man, whom our witty Pressure
Isle correspondent describes as able to make
living by swapping jack-knives with his wife
on rainy days, is but slight exaggeration of
type well known in New England class of
men who seem to thrive without any visible
bother about it, certainly with less effort than
that of their next-door neighbor, who works
hard all his life and dies without a roof of his
own. while the typical citizen of whom we are
speaking becomes a real estate holder and
drives a very good team.
The writer has in mind an old friend whose
death he saw recorded the other day. We will
call him Uncle Reuben. He died full of years
and honors and good victuals, yet he never
hustled. No one would have accused him of
being brilliant man. He was slow unlettered
welded to his old ways and his old pipe, he
worked very moderately when he worked at
all, was contented and happy, raised a large
family, became an alderman, and left his heirs
handsome property There once lived next
door to him man who was finely educated.
pointed out as ''smart" and promising" and
always on the jump; he worked hard every
minute, Stunned all vices, was strong in
character and earnest in everything that was
good; but he broke down in middle life and
died insolvent.
Now this is not in the way of an argument
that laziness gets riches; it is merely to bring
into high relief that type of Yankee who seems
to be born into the world with faculty of
Selling the maintenance by the hair as it goes
by and compelling it to minister@to him. A
shrewd, calculating habit of mind. united with
moderate ambition, small ideas of living and
inexpensive habits enables him to become
fore-handed without much Precipitation and
with good deal of pipe.
Still another interesting type is the man who
gets his living IN way that nobody else but
that particular fellow or his double would have
thought OF. We give considerable space to this
interesting person to-day, as a result of the in
vestigations of our Maine correspondents.
Their reports seem to show that there is no
way in which a man can't earn a living if he
tries, and that success is possible in the most
bizarre, unheard-of and Incredible caliings
Read about the cOrn-sheller genius about the
old fellow who carries on baby-farm about
the man who buys old false teeth. about the
artist who paints out black eyes. about DARBY
and JOAN" about the walking advertiser about
the fellow who disposes of surplus cats and
dogs, about the farmer who runs horse
heaven, about the man who buys old iron
and pares apples. about the Yankee who knows
the genealogy OF all the fox-hounds. about the
many queer dOllar-mines which Maine enter
prise has opened-and then consider whether
getting living is SUCH very hard thing after ell
But this word Giving is a vague and indefi-
mite substantive. One of our correspondents
tells In this issue of citizen who maintains
his castle at an expense of 81 week or less
You and know families who live comfortably
on $500 year and others who have s.. 800 but
are always short. There are as many ways of
living as there are of getting a living and
happy Is he who can measure what he wants
by what he has. The man who can do that can
always get living; the man who cannot.
always gets little less than living. As for
more than that. no man thinks he has COM
potency. A wit has defined this world as "a
financial horizon that recedes as we advance"
We never reach it. jay Gould has not got
there yet. He is breaking down his health in
struggle for few more millions.
y mysterious, elusive, paradoXical dollar.
Thou art SO easy to be got-and yet so hard
What European Women are Doing.
From the London Truth.
The two hundred and ten ladies' who hold
degrees in arts and sciences. are entitled to
write the letters B. A. after their names. OF
these one hundred and forty-four matriculated
at the London University, fifty-fve at the
Royal University of Ireland, and eleven at the
Victoria University. Twenty ladies have OBJ
tanned the degree of b. Sc, while fourteen
have obtained that of NJ. A. Only two are
privileged to write b. Mus. after their names
and both of these degrees were conferred at the
Royal University of Ireland. Two others en-
joy the honor indicated by the letters D. Sc.
Nearly one hundred women are now serving
on school boards in England and Wales.
Boards in four country districts have women
as clerks. Fifty-eight women are serving on
boards Of guardians in England and seven in
Scotland. few instances are on record of fe-
male Overseers. church wardens. and parish
clerks being appointed -Four ladies are on
the Metropolitan asylums board, one is a poor
law inspector, one an inspector of lace manu.
facture in Ireland, and at least six women are
filling the Office of registrars of births and
deaths, in each case the women having assisted
husband or father in carrying on the work.
and at his death succeeded to the post. In
France there is female delegate
general for the inspection of infant
schools. This is as it should be. The lady
lacks one qualification. however She is un-
married. It is possible that she may rectify
this. Three married women are members of
the committee of consultation Of primary in
struction in Paris. Another is inspector of
schools Of design in that city, and a fifth is not
only inspector Of Ecoles Maternelles, but was
elected to the council of education last year.
In Holland only one woman holds public Office.
that Of conservator of the museum of interna-
tiOnal art at Amsterdam. The inspector of nor
NAL female schools at Naples is lady, and
Queen Margherita of Italy has a lady physician.
An English woman fills the post Of curator of
the natural history museum in Hawaii, capital
Of the Sandwich Islands,
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