Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-09
INCREASING IMMoRALITY.


reach of those sentiments and teachings
which all young people need. A large percent
age are French Canadians-mentally bright,
personally attractive. morally rapid" Is it
wonderful that in the absence OF the safeguards
Of home that they become careless of their
reputation When comes this feminine major
itv, when the women outnumber the men, and
have clear working majority OF seven thous-
and. irregularities will almost naturally come.
Small wages and long hours of toll bear close
relation to immortality. Lack of proper places
of amusement makes many girl keep COM
pany with charact, who would otherwise be
thoroughly Objectionable. Combine all these
causes and can you be astonished at the pres
ent state of affairs?
In the midst Of all this, however, there is
cause for congratulation-the number of native
born American girls in these factories and the
consequent immoralities is extremely small,
and the same official who gave me the proper
tons of which l have already quoted is au-
thOrity for the statement that nearly all Of
Columbia's quota are as good as any one could
be who is condemned by circumstances to
breathe continually polluted atmosphere.
The mill owners. no matter how good their in
tentions can do nothing in this matter; many
have tried, but they gave up the struggle in
disgust.
A FACT AND STATEMENT.
/ stumbled across fact today that bumped
directly and with considerable force against
statement. The statement was made by Mr..
Saltonstall after a lunch at Lawrence this
morning. He said the goods manufactured in
Lawrence were honest in every particular,
and he challenged the world to disprove his
assertion. A couple of hours later the fact de-
velOped itself. We were inspecting the huge
establishment of the Lawrence manufacturing
Company where 120, 900 spindies, 8, 1872 looms $50
knitting machines, and 5, 200 employees are busy
all the day long. There a number of the hands
were hard at work putting labels and wrappers
on the finished goods. and the legends on those
necessary appendages were just as much
French as though the material had been made
in Paris. One of the foremen, when closely
pressed, said they were compelled to do it;
the dealers and the public we're satisfied with
irst-clsss American-made goods, but they in
sisted on French labels. Queer people aren't
We?
THE NEWSPAPER BOYS
gave Gen. Hastings a farewell at the Hotel
yendome last night. 1t came off in the suite Of
half a dozen rooms which was occupied by the
artists of Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. E. NJ
Hood of the Associated Press and myself. The
general, of course, was the central figure, but
he was surrounded by galaxy of literary
brilltancy and cultured falsehood of the most
modern journalistic description. DR.. Stern
berg of the US. army was present to give the
affair air of respectability and he did his best
The finest collection of original fiction ever
related beneath the shadow Of Bostons gilded
dome could be found in the evenings enter
tainment. There was mind reading and Ieger-
domain, oratory and song, all becioudsd by
tobacco smoke, but unmoistened by any LIQUID
save water. The mind reading was the strong
point. Yesterday, and by accident Artist Bun
nell discovered that the mirrors in the suite
of rooms had been so arranged as to permit a
person standing one in the extreme apart
mepts to see what was going on in the room at
the other extreme, which, by the way, was
around corner. Last night we took advantage
OF that combination of reflective eccentricities,
and while couple of intellectual dupes ca
yorted around one end Of the suite / did the
mind-reader act at the other and told them all
they were doing. The amount of amusement
afforded by this harmless deception cannot be
summed up in cold type, but every member Of
that company will remember the awe-struck
expression which crept over the faces of the
subjects as the sepulchral voice Of the mind
reader told with great exactness from the
depths of the suite what article had been
touched.
BOSTON SKARNEss.
What broad-minded, large-hearted, muni6-
cent spirits there are in Bostoni How reck-
lessly they spend their money for that which is
not bread, ana with what lavish hands they
scatter abroad their hOspitalitiesl If making
formal application to Congress therefor would
give Boston the exposition in 1892 there would
have to be public meeting at which to decide
postage on the application. / am led INTO this
train OF thought by the manner in which the resi-
dents OF the hub-tbe solid predetermined citi-
zens-have contributed to the amusem ent and
pleasure OF this great excursion party. When the
State department. and the railroad authorities
mapped out the route to be followed the local
msgnates stated that carriages, a banquet and
theatrical performances would be included in
the entertainments they would give Today
the theater tickets were sent for and tonight
Mr.. William E. Curtis paid for them. Here
after instead of calling that Dutch treat il
will be known as Bostonian iberality. Some
body or somebody else did pay for the car
riages, but If my information is correct, and il
wall be safe to bet q million dollars that it is
the money was not expended until the Bos-
tonians had been convinced that 10 refuse to
pay the bill after the promises they had made
would result in no end of scandal. There
was no municipal dinner, but its place was
taken by lunch in a down town alley given by
a club Of private individuals.
After all, however, the club spirit here, in
instances, finds an Quite. in the good old fash
| Toned way we of the south know so well. The
Boston press club did not give the visitors time
| 70 change their dusty garments after their ar.
| rival in the city before presenting them with
cards emitting them to all of the privileges OF
their coy club house, and these cards were
followed up by personal invitations that showed
that they were not idle formalities. Moreover
the good example was followed by the Algon-
gum cIuo Occupying one OF the most elegant
| white marble mansions IN the city, and O,
| which Mr.. Coolidge. the delegate, is member)
and the Somerset club. another exceptionally
broad gauge institution. 1t is needless to re
mark how welcome we're these drops of hospi
tally in the great desert of ''nearness" a. they
| call il up here.
AwELooMxp NAVAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Another addition, and a most welcome one
too, was made to the party today in the person
of Lieut. Henry McCras of the United State,
navy. Nobody, however captious can objec
| to the zealons and indefstigable manner il
| which Capt. Burke and Lieut.. Lemly have ex
| erted themselves to make it pleasant for the
tourists, but il seems only proper that the nav,
| of the United States, which 10 looming up il
| importance every day and has 80 impressed tbs
| foreigners after their experience OF the York
| town. should be represented, and no man 10 bet
| ter calculated 10 do it than the gentlemanl,
officer Who Joined his fortunes With the part
today. 0.H.H.