The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-28
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"Oftfhfa GOTALG EN FEIAlhAEFSs
Kaweah Women ColonistS ISLANDS reas
Habits Of the Outside World"
The ladies Of the Kaweah eo-opers-
tive colony in Tulare county, Cal, have
issued a circular to the public in regard
TO certain statements made about them
They do not weep themselves to sssep
every other night, they say. Moreover,
their lives are as happy and free FROM
care as a woman's life can be. They
live with their familiea and friends near
TO the heart of beautiful nature, h~vs
even luxury in the way of food and do
not toll half as YEARLY as the woC1rs
women do. One of the lying reports
about Kaweah declared that fifteen chill
dren died last year there for want Of
nourlshment. AZ a matter of fact, ssys
the wo1nen's circular, only four pessoais
died In the colony last ~year-three crown
persons and n child. Two Of the
grown people were fatally afflicted wrHa
consumption before they went to Ka-
weah, and knew it, going there, as they
themselves expressed ii, to end Fhefr
days. The other grown person was =
woman advanced in years. Harmony,
health and plenty to eat prevail at Ka-
weah, the ladies say. Finally, if tAe
persons who illuminated them had Ne
manned with them longer the Kawsah
women are Of opinion that in time these
persons might have outgrown 'the sian-
derous habits Of the outside world
Miss Virginia Penny, who is informed
of what she states, says it is Isos true
that General Spinner was the first 10 en-
ploy women in the government service.
They worked in the United States Mat
at Philadelphia as far back as 1856,
twelve years before General Spinner
took them into the service as clerks at
Washington.
l have lately seen a newspaper page
devoted 10 portraits and Sketches OF sac
eessful American playwrights. There
was among them not one woman. Cam
not women write plays2 They can write
novels fast enough, and good oses.
Probably conventionality has chilled aad
stunted the dramatic constructive fac
ulty Of women. just as it has chilled and
stunted their other powers.
A live Mississippi woman edits a tenn
perance paper with this motto. sWozn-
ans protest against the destruction q
her business-homekeeping."
There is one woman IN the 0seEz-
ment service at Washington who = enief
Of a division. This is Mrs. K~.
Of the ensus bureau. She has enwge
Of the work Of collecting mortgaee1ssa-
t@istics. and gets 8, 800 a year.
Kansas women are police Judges m the
towns of Burr Oak and Jamestown, and
Mrs. Paxton is mayor Of Kiowa-
The reform walking dress. invented By
Mrs. Charles Hancock, of London, seems
about the prettiest yet devised. It
is five inches shorter than the ordinary
street gown, and no skirts are worn IN
derneath. Instead are knee breeciles,
called knickerbockers. These are made
frequently of the anne goods as the dsess.
For street wear CATERS Of black cloth
cover the upper part Of the foot and
ankles completely and extend TO the
knee. The upper part of the dress is .
neat fitting waistcoat and a trim Jacket
or short coat, with plenty Of pockets.
Picturesque and delightfully."- neat and
convenient this dress. But when are we
going to wear it?
Mail carriers ana stage drivers Of the
southwest all know who the Little
Boss" is. She is Mrs. H. J. Langdon, OF
Vera. Cal, the only woman mail con-
tractor, it is said, in the United Skates.
Her husband was a large contractor for
carrying the mails. He died and left
her with twenty-five unexpired CONTRACTS
on her hands. He left these to her by
will, and made her sole executrfx, she
says. She had been a bright, busy 4
an, and made herself familiar with mai
contracting and carrying during her
husbands lifetime. She at once took
control of the routes and began 30 run
them. She managed the business with
eminent success, and as fast as con-
tract expired she took others. Success
attended her efforts throughout. She
carries the Wells-Fargo express parcels.
and between July / and winter has
transported as much as 500. 900 worth
of gold dust. Twelve years ago she
married again, and then, as the penalty
of this, had to bid for the contracfs IN
her new husbands name, but She made
the bids all the same and got the con
tracts. Her routes embrace a Thousand
miles, and one-quarter of this distance
is under her immediate personal supper
vision. She employs nineteen agents.
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