Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-22

disadvantage IL In other ways they were
equally reliable. They are as honest as
men in money matters. possibly more 80.
but they are less honest IN the use OF tnelr
employers time, his stationary. and otner
things that cost money. The are less con-
scientious.
l have myself known a telegraph opera
tor whose skill was rs great as her hapits
were unbusinessllke. She commanded
mans wages. being one OF the very rev
women operators in the country VINO 90 go
She seldom turned up for work before II,
and her fines for hardness amounted 10 the
course of year TO a good-slzed sum. Yet
so fully was her very unusual experiences
appreciated that on New 1ears,day she
received a check from her employer re:
turning the full amount of which she had
been mulcted. in spite Of the fact that
that employer had been forced to pay
man 10 do her work for an hour or more
nearly every morning. Was this ser dis
elimination, and IL so was II not IN the
woman's fayor2 And yet.
MISS CYNTHIA wEsToyER.
When salaries were raised oil round the
other day in the Office of Commissioner
Beattie, who cleans New YOrk's streets, or
leaves them dirty, the one woman in the
Office was the one person who did not share
in the raise: and this in spite Of the fact
that Miss Westover, Commissioner Beat
ties private secretary, Is in all probability
the most efficient person he has about him.
When the Commissioners sTas sick awhile
ago Miss Westover filed mis- place for
weeks, and she carries all the business OF
the Office go clearly IN her head that she
can tell you at a minutes notice where
every man Of the STRENGTHENING brigade
IL at work, and how many tons of ashes
will be gathered from any one block IN any
given time.
WHERE TEE WATCH Is WORN.
What do you suppose we are doing with
our watches? Keeping them warm at our
Threats TO be sure. If you desire TO be in
quite the latest fashion you must tuck
your time-keeper tenderly up in the
warmth of your neck, just inside the high
collar of your frock. and let the short
chain and pendant hang over brooch
fashion. It's not a very convenient rest
ing-place, but a number Of people OF high
position have set the example and we fol-
low most obediently.
A FLoRrDA ROOM.
If you can't 90 to Florida in Lent you
can perhaps have q Florida room. The no.
ton has been taken up hereabouts and
really there have been worse fads IN deco
ration. The possession of such an apart
ment is O certificate that you have been
South some previous year-or that some
time you are going. In q dainty Florida
boudoir the wings of the hame-bright
hamingoes which fly through the green
gloom of the swamps like tongues of fire
make charming bits of color thrust behind
the corner of a shelf or mirror. Soft,
| coarse blankets woven from the yellow
fabric Of the Nankin cotton and dyed in
| pale brownish tan are hung as pOr-
| there's aud thrown as rugs across diyans.
In a coy corner stands a tiny tea-table
made from the palmetto-tree, its top pol
ished disk of the curiously-marked wood,
its three legs long vanished leaf-stalks,
their jennings hidden by fans Of the young
| leaves. It's queer, troplcal-lOoking bit
| and if your hostess serves you on lt glas;
of orange-fower syrup, you are apt tc
think as you sit and sip, with your eyes
resting on some weird sketch from the Ia
goons, that, after all, if she would but pull
| down that skin of rattlesDake, it's not
with its trails of southern moss, in tbs
meshes of which perch tiny, viYid-colorec
| Florida birds in all sorts Of pretty attl
tudes, it's not such bad room.