The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-09
a TYPEWRITER In PARIS.
IMPRESSIONS or 4 BRTGHTAMER-
& ICIN GIRL.
She Thinks French Girls Are All show
Poisoning Is Popular in India-What
Is the Longest Hour?-Famous Men
Win WnIknh for PlenSmre. -.

VINO walked tOf Hlehsufes
The only American girl officially repre-
senting the United States at the Paris
Exposition is Miss Otti1ie Thomas. She
is a stenographer and typewriter. An
American company brought her to Paris
to exhibit a typewriter.
ooh, you speak English. We are so
gladl' was the exultant cry of a group of
Americans who found themselves in the
Liberal Arts building, where no exhibits
attract more attention than the Ameri-
can tvpewriters. tYou are the onlyAmeri-
can girl we have found in charge OF an
exhibit"
bright, intelligent face of the young oper-
ator dimpled in smiles. II meet them
every day. she said, as the delighted
tourists moved on. Its always the same
cry:-tWe are so glad you speak English,
and you are the only American girl we
have met in charge OF an exhibit A
party of Frenchmen now stopped to eX-
anime the machine. In melodious French
she explained the instrument to the int
crested listeners.
where did you learn Freneh?''
"Ohl 1 studied it at school" was the Ne
| ply. when 1 found out that there was
a possibility of being sent to Paris |
~ " 4 0Ps ho w hAJ ia AA7S 4 NANSNS
myself understood"
Miss Thomas is a typical American
girl, of medium height, slender build,
with light brown hair and blue eyes.
Her face and manne are most pleasing.
Quick, sharp, bright, with keen sense OF
the humorous, she is capable of doing
anything she sets out to do. Like most
of her countrywomen, she would fit in
any position, with credit to her woman
hood and her country.
Chow do you like Parish"
ooh, / like it we'll enough. / don't see
much of the city during the day. My am
bition has been gratified, however. l
have acquired sufficient skill on the
machine to win my employers confidence
and to be put in charge of the exhibit,
and that was about all | expected"
Are you paid the same here as in
American"
Eyes. The firm paid my passage over,
and / receive the same salary as | did in
New York"
"Do m typewriters, stenographers,
etc, receive the same salary in Paris as
in American"
Miss Thomas smiled-a smile of patri-
otto gratitude. "Well, | should say not, "
and the jaunty knot of blue ribbon round
the slender neck paid the penalty of its
mistress fervor. French girls work for
twelve france a week. They are glad to
get it. 1t is rarely they are paid that
much. In London women earn EGO a
year as typewriters in offices and stores"
"What is their salary in American"
"From S12 a week upwards. Fifty dol
lars a month is the average salary of an
expert. Some command as high as $40 or
$S5 a month"
''Then you would say America is the
country for women?"
well, L should smilel' And she did
| smile. Americas the only spot on earth.
Whu InOK of fb0cn ErQnah Oir1c TbnVr
are employed everywhere, to be sure
clerks, cashiers, mattresses, etc.-but they
are miserably paid; then they never get
any higher. Clerks, cashiers and wait,
resses they remain until the end of the
chapter. There's no chance for promo
ton here, but in America-well, there's
IFS living cheaper in Paris than in
American"
"Yes-if you leave your American
stomach at home" and the well fed dam
sci laughed merrily. This talk about
living cheaper in Paris than at home is
all nonsense" she added, SOLDERING. eff
you want a good meal such as Americans
are used to, you pay the same If not q
higher price here than in America"
'"Then you don't like French cooking.
French economy"
''Oh, yes; / like French cooking in a
way. Am very fond of their swell dinners
w Z l. y AN W. D01 " I1CAl14 III
the economy of the average Parisian-
well, cup of coffee for breakfast, a little
bit of meat, size of your hand, dry bread
and cheap Jul wine for the rest of the
day-well, it's not to my liking"
How about clothes? You can't say
they are not cheap?''
"Oh, clothes are cheap enough, but look
| at the French girls-an flash and style on
the outside, but you ought to see their
underelothing," and the neat American
lifted her pretty nose disdainfully. rags,
positively ragsH'
"Surprisingl How do you account for
its"
Economy" was the tragic response.
"a girl cannot marry in France unless she
has a dowry, you know. The whole family
! pinch and scratch-why, they would skin
a fy-to hoard francs for a prospective
husband" The disgust on Miss Americas
face was %eloquently disdainful of the
economy of the daughters of France.
Nothing is more abhorrent to the indie
pendent American girl-are they not all
signers of the Declaration of lndepen-
dence?-than the thought of dowry as an
essential to the marriage bond. Her face,
her character is the American girls
( dowry; her heart her fortune.
''You found the French language
essential, did you not?"
my, yes; | don't see how a person
could move among them without some
knowledge of the language. | don't
know what | should have done"
s'The menus at the hotels and cafes are
in Frenchf'
Eyes. / have a friend who has lived on
meat and bread since he came to Paris, .
laughed Miss Thomas. Its the only
thing he can say in French. He is afraid
to order from the carte, not knowing what
| they might bring him"
after the Exposition You will doubt
less remain in Paris?"
II will make for America as quickly as
the ship will bear me, and thank God
when | reach its shores!' was the reply OF
the only officially representative girl al
the Paris Exposition Washington Suat
dag Gazette.
Poisons in India.
DR.. Lyon, the analyst to the govern.
ment of Bombay, in his last annual re
port has much to say of the use of poison
in India. This seems to be on the
increase, for while he had to deal with 36(
Of these cases last year he had only 49,
the year before, I'M the general work OF
ANALYSIS had increased fiVefold since the
first report was issued in 1872.
Part of this enormous increase is due tC
the increase in the crimina use OF poisons,
and it is noticeable that vegetable
poisons, which were mostsgenerally in use
a few years ago, are now giving way tC
metallic poisons. This is attributable tC
the ease with which such drugs, such as
arsenic, may now be obtained in India,
tbarn bainU nracticallV no restriction on