The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-03

labor here. that would give every man
out of work ia the city plenty TO do,
if he had the willing viii and nerve 10
diligently set about his task
This is not so with females. They are /
ready workers at all times. and they /
proceed so regularly and methodically /
about their work that the demand has /
completely exhausted the supply. that /
is to say. speaking in general terms. /
But there IS this about the work OF the #
girls South: They are impressed with .
the old-iimc notions OF ease and com {
fort that they have heard their fore /
fathers talk about. and when they go TO /
work there is always a dreaming hope
that some day beau Will come their
way and relieve them Of the necessity /
of labor. In more cases than they ever
suspect the beau makes the same caicu-
lation. thinking that he will get work
ing wife. and then he can find more
time to leaf. talk politics and debase
himself. forgetful Of the fact that if
YOU wish to find. you must
search, and that to succeed you must
work. The Yankee girl is different.
In the colder climate Of the North,
every one of them that can get employ
ment sets in with a determination &c
make "a living for herself, to be the ar
tificer of her own destiny. aud with
tnis ambitious end IN view she plies her
strength To- the task, and hence she eX-
GELS the Southern girl. both IN the char
acter and quantity of her work. How
10 remedy the evil among the Southern
girls is not q very clear problem. but
strict legislation Of the proper charac-
ter would force the men to make liv-
ing for themselves. or make them add
TO the public revenues by improving
our streets. and performing manual la
bOr Of some sort.
II was with such reflections as these
that one of the TINES news .troiting cr-
gineers cons0led himself. sounded all
aboard. and set forth to put in practice
some of the schemes that had been fit
tering athwart his mental vision.
As there is only ore bag factory IN
Richmond. he determined to pull that
first. and me selected as an appropriate
news bracer the cOuplet-
said the rag man
10 the bag man.
Ill do thee do harm.
Returned up on Williamsburg avenue
in Rockets, i'm front Of the Richmond
Bag Mandatory. and dived into the
comfortable Office of the Establishment,
where be made himself known to Mr.
/ w. /. Cussen. tie peIlntendent, VINO
received him cordially. and II "the
counieDance is the portrait of the sou4
and the eve marks IFS intention. Mr.
Cussen was seen at glance To De lne
man the tr0lting engineer was LOOKING
for. The occasion of the visit was
made known and Dir. CHs-en good hu
moredly remarked that lust al that par
ncular time he was so completely cccu-
pied with pressing business that ne
would be COMPELLED to make date Tor
q busincss chin. lie complimcnted the
TIMES. suOke favOrablv OF the elect OF
the work IL contemplated doing. and
made his visitor feel pleasant as he
shock hands and novel out 70. other
fields.
Then TO the Cedar Works he did go,
past piles of huge cyp1e-s ana cedaf'
mn pair of steps and into an office.
Here there were three gentlemen. one
of whom. after a wait Of ten or iiitcen
minutes was introduced as Mr. Far
rish. Young gentleman with iigh'
;Iair and blue eyes aud slender statue
lie was made familiar with the obJec'
of the visit. A..
we do not care to advertise thai
way. " said he. the newspapers ale api
to publish Just what we don want
pnblished. We DO not mind showing
Richmond people what We are dong
o INT there are already two or three
houses of the same sortas ours IN Noili
Carolina. and we don't care to give ou'
business away.
That settles il them
Yes, suppose SO. ...
How many men do Won work.
Two or three hundred.
.You ship goods 10 all parts OF TN
United States and to foreign countries
: / suppo G?
some 10 foreign countries.
what sort of ware do you manu-
factureY'
sort.
% Silence reigntd lof aoihc''i"'' CIV
was broken by the TIMES man. VINO
not knowing what else TO say femai
+, ed
"Wen. III gang hame believe.
1 "Do WHAT
"Go bomeward.
Good-bye. said Nj. Parrish. and the
s the visitor lifted himself up, feellD
ike an old oaken bucket or bran ne'
nail hooped with brass. rolled hlnsei
. down IA steps. united his legs. mao
$ his way toward civilization. and woi
{ dered What he had begun for as he III"
o. been so soon done for. This Is the sam
4 establishment that fou-i,hed on III
Manchester side Of the river PRIOR
70 1854 but which during that year W. W,
u removed to its present locality' -
It bindings are larger now than the
a ,cere on the old site, and steam poW'
o i now used entirely. The concern
e known as the Richmond Cedar Moik
e since the removal the Cedar Nofl
/. suffered severely from a hre' but a
II ,,.oces. If il uOW are nearly gone.