Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-08
PURELY FEMININE.
SOME THINGS THAT ARE SURE TO PLEASE
THE LADIES'
A Boston Girl at the Fair-SOns English Catch
Words-Royal in Good Dssds-AnscdOiss Of
Notable Women-Kssping Family on $500
a Ysar-Interssting Information.


men, johnson by name, declares that
the sharpest and cleverest young wo-
man VINO has visited the big Fair thus
far comes from Boston. She reached
Chicago in the middle Of July, and re-
NAMED. until September l. She had a
return !. ket and money enough for a
weeks stay when she came. At the
end of six weeks she went home with
500 In her pocket, so johnson says,
and what amazes him is that she made
it chiefly in getting the better Of Chi
caRo hackmen, one OF the sufferers be-
ing Johnson himself.
Hackman johnson has given special
attention to the guests Of Chicago UNI
versity, whose dormitories adjoin the
Midway PlaisanCe, near the Ferris
wheel. The University has rented its
rooms to it's alumni and their friends
and turned over pretty penny during
the summer. Part Of the time there
were 500 dodgers Ia their rooms, all well
to do, intelligent, and DESTROYS OF eXer-
cising discrimination in their sight
seeing. Johnson has run daily excur-
sions for them through ChicaRo's parks,
giving them a twenty-five mile drive
for a dollar. He has made money at
this low rate, and has kept all b teams
busy. Within two days after her
arrival at the University johnson
took the Boston young woman ont as
one of his morning party. She occu-
pied the seat with him and piled him
with questions. On the following days.
when he called for passengers, johnson
noticed the Boston girl flying around In
lively way. Soon she came to him
and wanted to know how much he
would charge to take forty persons up
To the centre of town aud back for an
evening reception. He gave his figures,
and then she went shopping. The next
day she told Johnson she could get the
work done for S2S and that he might as
we'll take the job at that figure. She
preferred his rigs, she said, because
they looked nicer than any she had seen
elsewhere.
Johnson took the job, and on the
evening appointed the young woman
marshalled out her forty people. They
were in evening dress u full OF gayeUy.
Suddenly the Boston young woman
spoke out:
1--WE may not all get together when
we come back, and may be very tired;
suppose l collect the fares now and be
done with it?"
She did so, and each person paid her
81 for the evenings transportation.
She quickly counted out SIS aud gave
it to Johnson, aud, placing Sl2 in her
own purse, rode to the evenings recep-
ton with a satisfied smile and most
charming atfability.
Three days later she did the same
thing over again. AS she put the Sl2
in her purse johnson scratched his
head, and says he muttered: "Well,
III be damnedw The next time he
proposed division OF the spoils. She
eyed him for a minute. saw that he was
in earnest, gave him 81 out Of
the $40, and after shat they
did business on this basis. She
got up sightseeing parties inside the
Fair, theatrical parties, lecture parties,
made scores OF friends, and at every
move seemed to add to her purse. john
son says he has travelled about a good
bit, his last excursion OF Importance be-
ing a trip to the Paris Exposition, but
be never saw q person who could "do
up" Chicago hackmen as that Boston
girl did.
81 tell you" said Johnson, speaking
TO a Sun man, who went with him on
one OF his drives, that girl ought to be
a permanent resident OF this town, she's
such hustler. If l wasn't getting
along in years, and wasn't married, l
tell you, I'd do somsthing desperate
about finding her home here"