The sun., 1889-11-10
BEAErH haFoNe fHE noFA,
A1reeklyn TsunE wsuann's Chatsy SEER
ofHnr Health Trin.

IounG Weman's Chafe1 bssea
orTfer Health TEiP.
II have Just returned from the hop fields. "
she said. and abe looked as though alf the good
OF the hops and mono OF their injurious ouali-
ties had been absorbed into her system. Tor
her face was bright aud rosy, her step elastic.
and her manner cheerful She was not ct all
like the fragile young lady Of eight months ago
whose friends In Brooklyn hardly expected to
see her alive in November. For a whole
month" she continued, Il have lived on q
farm near Ooopefstown. N. Y. and picked
hops almost from dawn TO dusk every day ex-
cept Sundays. The farmer was Glad to
hire me for my board and lodging. Four
other girls and two young men were
engaged on the same terms. We were all more
or less acquainted with each other in Brooklyn,
SO 1t was not exactly like going alone among
Strangers. or course 1t would have seemed
great deal more refined II We had paid the
farmer for the privilege OF picking his hops,
isolated ourselves so far from homo would not
have been achieved. He would never have had
,I the moral courage e make bis gueSts ,tana ana
were arranged. he left n great deal to his Vile,
and. can tell y9u. she showed US very htie
full value Of her milk and weak tea, and was
not disposed to give US her fat pork and beans
fair % or t. aSE Ss 70 eveaS ss
denied. We had to walk .three-auarters Of q
said, for US to be astir early. -
we @ did not mind this mueh I on Werm motn M m
e saS ns
apd to know that we had no alternative but to
were once up, and when the sun, got well up.
too we grew quito cheerful. for the morning
S In the IKE RSSf M ns
on chilly day. After the first dip the agony
is .rFSs sp sn 9 S the Sy sksS Ps tRs
my bedroom, but ut the be' ,propositlon. which she
sTad she Wond punsR 1Sf e!ns me
breakfast but she only marked her displeasure
by combining me to three slices OF corn bread.
tme had crown row oUt q ali iii adyke proportons
and I usually consumed five slices.
were OF q beautiful seal brown color, said that
he would allow his beard to grow rather tha9
bfses on s
fed, and whom the other young fellow laughed
getfulness, he packed up his traps and went
aTay aM M two weeks before the farmer 8 hops hsd
:" OF course we. had some rights that we al
separated from each other In the hop folds,
It was very pleasant. for we could sing songs
and talk and tell stories, which we should not
have cared to do II we had been Obliged to work
whom were trampe, pure and simple. TO them
the farmer used language that seemed to me
to be sometimes unnecessarily emphatic. To
us he spoke more politely; but this was the
only distinction he made. He was as careful
in seeing that we turned In our full compile
ment Of hops every evening as he was to get
the value OF his money from the men and wom-
en- to whom he paid their wages at the end Of
each day.
Tho fare at meals was, OF course. exeora-
BILE, but hunger is a good sauce. and we all ate
heartily. Next season shall try to mako up
to tho hop fields in search Of health. shall
lay in stock of biscuits and canned provisions
to assuaRe my hunger in my bedroom or
among tho vines. so that the farmers wife will
not have reason to regard me with strong
reproachful eye, ct meals: as though she
thought | worked harder at the table than in
the field"