The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-03
CULPABLE NEGLECT.
With Which Women Treat Their
Hardworking and Less Fortu-
nate Sisters.

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very nice composition in gray crepon
and silver braid, with a sweet little
coat to match, lined with tartan silk.
The fit proving satisfactory, Lila
said she would take the gown home
with her in her carriage, and asked
for the bill.
bad form, I know" she said to
me, when the ~proprietress of the
establishment left the oom to have
the account made out; 'sbut / always
pay at once for a gown that really
fits. 1t acts like a charm, Madge.
For those that don't fit, or that I've
had a lot of trouble in trying on, |
never pay under six months; in bad
cases a year"
When the beautifully dressed mo-
diste came back she said
DO you wish to pay now, mad
ame?n
Yes said Lila, because the
gown fits SO well. And remember,
Madame Dash, that always pay at
once in such case"
''Oh!'' said madame, II wish every
body were like you. / can't get any
of my accounts paid. Ladies do not
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gard to ready money. We have to
pay our work girls every week and
monthly salaries to our filters. Igive
my premiere G300 a year, and pay for
her board and lodging and her wine.
The firms from which we get our ex-
pensive materials and costly embroid-
cries only give us a months credit.
The landlord expects his rent to be
punctually paid. This means a con-
slant flow outward of money and there
is hardly any coming in"
Tears stood in the poor woman's
eyes, and she looked pale, haggard
and worn out.
But why don't you dun these
women?" asked Lila, in her sharp,
| abrupt way.
"If l did, madame, they would
never come TO me again. They do
not like being asked to pay.n
She looked so miserable as she said
this that | felt quite sorry for her, and
asked if she was going out of town to
have a nice rest after the fatiguing
| season.
II cannot, madame" she said, I'M
less some of my ladies pay me. | have
never had so busy a season, and have
never before made up such q number
of expensive dresses. That is why l
am SO very hard up"
And when will you get paid?"
asked Lila.
"Some will pay in six months, Others
in a year, but many of my customers
never think of paying an account
until it has been owing two years at
least. n-London Truth.
Lady Florence Dixie Looks Forward.
Advocates of women's rights will
have something to talk about when
they read Lady Florence Dixie's
"Gloriana.n Whether serious or
satirical, she has made an elaborate
burlesque of the women in politics
that will not do their cause a particle
of good. The advancement Of her
heroine takes away the readers
breath. She goes to Parliament in
boots, whiskers and breaches, with a
voice as deep as a bassoon; she has
the female suffrage bill under her
arm, and her pockets full of
brides for the establishment of a
ladies' volunteer force. After the usual
lobbying and wire-pulling she throws
off her disguise, proclaims her sex,
and while the House is gasping,
carries it by storm, and is made fe-
male Prime Minister to England and
decorated first IN of the age.
Not satisfied with the stupendous
strides that her sex has made in the
industrial and intellectual world,
Lady Dixie puts the soldiers to flight
and organizes a female militia, num-
bering a quarter ofmillion of
nanahln nf Ctanninn IN fhnir rr,,ro
doing without powder and hair
pins and marching twenty-seven
miles in seven hours and
a quarter without turning a nair or an
elbow. The date of this p~olitico-civil
revolution is fixed at 1906. -L0dy'S
Pictorial.
A Clever Baltimorean.
Miss Hester Crawford Dorsey, one
of the clever and capable young writ
ers of the South, lives in Baltimore,
where she is a society favorite. She
is tall, blue eyed and distinguished
looking, thoroughly informed upon
current topics and fine conversation
alist. Her journalistic work on the
Baltimore Ame2ican and New York
Herald has been very successful. Her
special talent, however. lies in the di-
rection of story telling-stories full of
life and color.
A few years ago she wrote a poem
called "Dethronedn-a strong bit OF
writing on the last days OF the En-
peror Macmillan. Mrs. Dorsey has
now in her possession an autograph
letter from Francis Joseph, OF Aus
tria, thanking her for the pleasure re-
ceived in reading her production.
The Woman's Literary Club OF Balti-
more, a society that holds the bright
est literary lights of the Monumental
City, owes its existence to her enthus-
iassic efforts. She is its vice president
and an indefatigable worker for its
welfare. Current Literature.
A Girls Heroism.
An extraordinary ease of heroism is
narrated in the Philadelphia Press.
Bessie Criswell, aged IA, living three
miles from Dauphin, was about to
prepare supper last Wednesday when
she found the fire in the cook stove
very low. She poured coal oil on the
kindling wood. 1t ignited, the can
exploded, and the burning oil set
fire to her clothing and to the
house. The frightened girl ran to the
spring house twice while her clothes