The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30

Temptations-A Cigarette Factory
Girls Home Surroundings and Her
ssSteady Company Ballroom Dis
sipation Helps on the Part Of the
"other side"-How a stoker Came to
Welcome and Adopt a Girl-Early
Morning Scenes in a Towering Tene-
ment-A Brave Young Woman to the
Rescue.
(Copyright)
Now York July 25.-It is five minutes
past 6 O'Clock. You need no watch to tell
YOU the time on the other side, for out Of
the great big factories, out Of the shops,
out of every place that is not a tenement
house are pouring girls, and girls. You
never dreamed there were so many in the
world. Few of them over twenty, and
every one of them working hard all day
long to earn her bread and butter. Is it
your girl2 You shrug your
shoulders. You laugh contemptu-
ously, madam, but that young girl has
every desire that your young daughter
has If she chooses musk instead OF Vlo-
let for the sweet purfume. IL is because
her purse allows her to get nothing else;
if she tries 10 hide her tattered frock UNI
ger THIS OF NutAD 4AAt anu NAttbCA tANN
bows of ribbon, it is still the same feIni-
nine instinct TO look pretty and dainty
that makes your daughter dream OF
beauty in cool mulls and fresh frills. If
she turns her head coquettishly and
laughs a little fOolishly, IL is Just because
she is young, and when We are young
even hard work doesn't entirely knock
thelaughter out of US,
You disclaim her, sirl and you refuse
her. MADAME That makes no difference.
You are but a small atom in the universe,
each of you, and she is the daughter of
the people. She is not a saint, neither is
your girl and with many temptations
surrounding her, she isn't sinner Your
girl has none of these temptations, there
fore what credit to her if she sinneth
not.
NOBLE WORKING GIRL.
This daughter of the people comes out
of the cigarette factory, laughing and
Cycling, nodding to different acquaintance
es, aud then, as she leaves the group she
is among who by this time, are all sing
ing about that hard-hearted daddy
who wouldn't buy them a "bow-wow."
AS she turns into the side street where
she lives, her face grows sober, she opens
her little side purse, and, with tobacco
stained fingers, counts her money, She
murmurs to herself, 81 think ! can" and
stops and buys, not bit of ribbon, not
the solid gold pin with real diamond in
it that may be bought for a dollar and
quarter, but two oranges, which she Sc
lects with the eye Of an expert, and warns
the fruit man at the corner that IF they
are not good YOU will have TO change them,
seeln Up the miserable, dirty, wretched
old steps trots youth and beauty, and
when home-save the markl-is reached,
she enters the door.
These homes are so plentiful on the
east side that the tired cigarette girl sees
nothing out of the way in hers, but in her
CHEEKY way calls out, well, Granny,
hoW's yOu2n The answer Is indistinct,
but the wer-betrimmed hat is taken off
an apron is put over the dress, and in
few minutes grannys asupper is ready. A
cup of the tea, slice of breadtand butter,
and one or two oranges cut open so that it
looks appetizing, Granny complains, and
complains, but eats just the same; for
when we are old that is about all we do.
And Madeline sits down and drinks two
cups of weak tea and eats, with an appe-
tite that envy, two pieces Of bread and
butter.
GOOD TO THE OLD FOLKS.
Then she asks, "Been lonely, Gran
N.Y." And granny says something about
always being lonely and everybody for
getting her, and Madeline says: "Oh,
come now, granny, didn't | bring you
home pretty orange, and amt got an
cline fixes the teapot again, and lays out
bread and butter and some cold potatoes,
and fries a piece of ham, for she knows
her father will be in in a minute. And he
comes with the same cherry cry, well,
Granny, Maddy been takin' care of you9"
He goes off to the sink and scrubs his
face and hands with brown soap and
water until he is shining, and he sits
down to the table, has his tea and his
supper, and says, Now, Maddy, this is
comfort and Madeline smiles
and he adds, "Whew! but
it was hot on the boat to-day"
and then you realize what he is--a stoker.
Eight hours of the day he is down in the
hold feeding the engine, and it would
seem to you as if he were living in one of
Dante's hells Madeline, after everybody
is composed, announces that she is invited
TO a party, and that her steady company
is going TO take her, and the stoker says
snow, Maddy you are good girl; go and
have your fun; but remember always
what your pop says; dancing around Their,
don't you take nothin' but lemonade.
Young men what amounts. to anything
are very willin' to have high links with
girls what take a little too much,
but when it comes to marryin' 'em, well,
you know, that's another thing, an me
and Granny wants TO see you get married
some day, Madeline. Granny Is going to
tell you we will have gay old time of
it, won't we, Mandyl" Maddy laughed
and blushed just as your girl nigh If, in
a more refined way, you TESTED about
young Mr.. Millionaire, who is laying his
orchids and his heart at her feet
THE UNFORTUNATE SHOP GIRL.
She goes to her own little dark room
and begins TO dress for the party. No
low neck frock there; but Maddy's hair
is brushed until it shines like ebony, and
her shoes have been polished until they
glitter like the diamonds down In the
pawnbrOker's shop, and there is a fluff of
face and tiirt of ribbons, and somehow,
though you don't know whether the lace
is cotton or the ribbons cheap, the whole
effect is girly and charming Soon
the steady company comes He
shakes hands with Granny; he dis
cusses the heat with Pop, and
he looks quite surprised when Maddy,
who has deliberately kept him waiting
five minutes, appears. You wouldn't sup
pose he had come for her from his man
ner; at least, that is what he thinks, but
the truth is that nobody could ever donbt
1t, for his eyes turn TO her face as natur-
ally as tirewOrshlper's does to the sun.
Pop is TO take Granny up on the roof, and
promises to help put her To bed about II
O'Clock, but he says, Wamingly, as the
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