St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-24
A SINGERS CHARITY.

A SINGERS CHARITY.
Miss Agnes Huntington is charitable
woman, says the Chicago Post She
spends not small portion of her i'll
come in alternating distress of some
kind. She does her charitable work
Systematically, and mainly by visiting
hospitals. There is hardly an establish
ment of this kind i'll New York that she
has not been through, and during these
visits she has found many really de-
serving cases where the expenditure
or a comparatively small amount of
money brought comfort and happiness
to suffering humanity. 1t was while
going through Bellevue hospital last
week that in one of the male wards she
thought she recognized in one Of the
patients a face that she had at some
ume known well. Miss Huntington
immediately made inquiries, and aScer-
tanned that the patient in question was
a young man from Minneapolis, and
this enabled her to place him immedi-
ately. Three or four years ago,
While Miss Huntington was a
member of THE Boston Ideals" she
attended toboggau ball in that city.
This is the event of the season there
and ends the festivities in the ice palace
She was treated in the kindeSt manner
by the managers of the enterprise and
was voted the prize for being the best
dressed woman i'll the room She at
first INTENDED to decline the honor,
holding that the prize ought to be given
to some lady in tile city. But the man
ayers refused to reconsider the vote and
Miss Huntington finally accepted the
gift. 1t was large organ, valued at
$1,000, or near that sum. The fair
prlma donna could think of no better
way to dispose OF it than to present it
to the principal unsectariau hospital in
Minneapolis, where it yet stands with
an appropriate inscription upon it re-
cording the gift.
1t was this incident that first awak-
ened her interest in hospital work.
But the singular part of the story is that
the comparatively young man whom she
found Ill in one OF the wards of Belle
vue was the principal mover in the gift
made to the best dressed lady at the
Minneapolis ball three years ago. A
sad story was developed by the investi-
CATION that Miss Huntington made The
patient. whom she now met for the first
time since that brilliant night of the
bali, had specialized largely, and had
lost every collar of an ample fortune,
subsequently coming to New York in
the hope OF recuperating his financial
strength. Fate, however, was against
HIM. Consumption seized on a wasted
frame. and, without means to go to any
better Institution, he was entered at
Bellevue hospital as a charity patient
Miss Huntington addressed herself
TO the doctor in charge of the
ward and requested to know if anything
could be done to alleviate the sick mans
Sutferings. The doctor frankly told her
that his removal to some private inStitu-
ton would undoubtedly be the very best
thing that could be done for his wei
fare. This was no sooner suggested
than the idea was carried out. the opera
singer leaving an ample sum with which
to have the patient removed and cared
for at 81. Luke's, where he was given
one of the best rooms in the house with
all that care and attention that come
with the possession of sufficient money
to pay for the Injuries so deeply APP
preciated by invalids. In the midst of
his opulence and happiness when Miss
Huntington visited the Minneapolis
ball, this now dying man probably did
not dream that in three snort years the
handsome girl To whom lie mad insisted
upon awarding the first prize for TASTE
full dressing would prove the good Sa-
marian ready to bring comfort to his
last days Oh earth.
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Jewish that some of the women who
patroniZe the large dry goods houses
down town could fill the position of
saieSwoman for just one week" said a
WORKOUT girl in State street dry goods
change their course of action toward the
saleswomen without any delay if they
could do their work for that time 1t is
enough totaX the patience of woman to
the EXTREMIST degree to wait upon some
of these customers. Generally the
woman who makes the most trouble be-
longs to the better class of society.
The poorer class OF patrons are conSid-
crate of our strength and patience, and
they nevt I trouble us any more than
they have to. But it is different in the
case of the rich. They do not consider
that we are creatures with any sensibi-
tiles or become weary after long eXer-
ton. | think that prosperity hardens
ones heart and makes women very
selfish and thoughtless. We have
have plenty of opportunities to observe
and study human nature, and am sure
that my conclusions are correct.
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II will give you an instance. A day
rtWo ago finely dressed woman an
preached my counter-the lace counter
and expressed her intention to buy
some Spanish lace. She was evidently
person of refinement, although we
Salesw0men have learned to our sorrow
that appearances are often very decept-
i've. She had Inc take GOWN every box
i'll my department that contained
Spanish lace, and when l learned
that she only wanted yard to
match some lace that she had YOU
may be sure that was considerably dis
gusted. But we are not allowed to ex-
press our feelings. no matter what the
occasion may be, so quietly corked
them up. Do you know that there was
not Bit of Spanish lace that that wom-
au did not finger and critically exam
inc? Meanwhile three or four other
customers were patiently waiting for
the woman to finish her inspection
and clear cut. These waiting
customers became more or less
indignant and looked at her in an un-
mistakable way. But this woman was
as Indifferent as if she had been CHS
eled out of stone. Finally she DuttOned
up her sealskin cloak aid saiG that she
believed that she would not bny any
lace. Then she sailed away in the
loftiest manner possible. l tell you |
was mad. L had given a whole half
hour to that woman, and | was
really tired, because L had taken
down and put up a number of boxes
and had run from one end of the counter
to the other. And what pleased me was
that the women who had SO patiently
waited were quite as angry as | was. |
If the public could know how much we |
have to do that wears on our nervous |
system aud tires one physically l am |
sure that all classes would try to show |
more consideration for the saleswomen |