The evening world., 1894-07-26
IF mamma SAYS YES.
Madge and May Will Tramp to
San Francisco.
They Are Typewriters and Would
Like a Backer.
But Mrs. Nation Says "Pshaw
What Nonsense"

MadRe Nation AID May Seaton are
two little typewriter girls.
They are cousins and bosom friends
Each one IL fifteen years old. and each
one contributes to ,he support of a Wild
owed mother.
MadSe lives at l3i Henry street. and Is
employed In "A lawyers Office at 1l6 Mas
sau street. in the room adjoining Law
yer Mullen's office where another type
writer girl attracted the attention of
the whole community not long ago by
being shot to death in a very suspicious
| manner
May lives In East New York and just
now Is out OF employment
These girls have decided TO walk to
San Francisco and only need two things
to start with The two things needful
are n financial hacker and mamma
consent. A glance at the situation is
convincing that they will succeed in Sc
curins the first prerequisite long before
they gain the latter.
Their plan originated in this manner:
| May spent the last week visiting her
| cousin Madge. She returned this morn
ing Each has a consuming ambition to
make more money for her mother Dur.
ing the week they talked over all sorts
of projects TO that end. oftentimes sit.
| ting up in bed to do SO when the rest OF
| the household was asleep.
| They had talked over all sorts OF
schemes without discovering anything
promising. until they suddenly cam.
across the statement In a newspaper
walked from Washington to San Fran
cisco and earned $4,000 thereby. Jus
what for and by whom Miller was re
them, but that does not matter. Boil
girls jumped up at once.
That's the ticket" cried May.
AT last echoed Madge.
1t was quite evident that II one un
interesting man could make $5O.0O b!
walking to San Francisco, the perform
ance ought to be worth much more Il
two pretty girls.
They are both pedestrians. They hat
walked from the Brooklyn Bridge +
Fourteenth street in Is minutes, and ha
made the trip afoot out to Mays house
In East New York. in little more thai
an hour
They looked UP San Francisco, an
were a little startled to discover tina
Liverpool is to the east Of New York
But they figured it or that striking
clip of thirty-fve miles day. the
could get there In six months, and s
they publicly announced that they wer
They fully measured the perils tina
might beset the path OF two, pretty girl
on long tramp Ike that but they r.
, Ing to go dressed as boys. They COMES
that they had never worn boys clothin
and we're net sure that thus arrayed the
, could make the free pace they do
their own short. loose skirts.
+, They wrote a large batch Of letters
! persons they faneied might be int
s,rd in ,1sr m.ns M AND then Ss'
mamma Is broad and round and GOO
natured and proud OF her two sma
girls, her daughter and niece. but as SOC
scheme she made a long German speet
: and tore up the letters. The girls argue
but Mrs. Nation was set in her host
:, views. and somehow convenient to Il
i occasion May went home this mornin
$ W.T." Those kiisi' exclaimed Mrs. Matte
: when The Evening WORK Worid q, report i !,
}. transcontinental tramps. They s,
ali sorts OF crazy notions in their head
but you bet you ] scare this notion OF
,hIs yof anies told tSrf M Ma e that h
poor old mother needed her around f
= the next five or six years. and aft
that she could go make a fool OF he
self Walk to San Francisco!
e Mrs Nation shook all over as 81
It laughed and winked at the reporter
n you know what ] said to Msdge IN
morning. she ThsPeT re s soh1 Francisc
s. is IL? Well you walk just as far as Il
office and back again, and be live
about it-sneak" ard she snuck."
n 4 glimpse long enough for sketc
'. was had of Miss Madge at her ottic
n she is pretty, dark ,complexione
- stout and muscular girl, and Is thorough
> in earnest
!, we are going" she said decided
d "lf we can get a hacker. Then, aft
'e seconds reflection, she added, WI
lie not quite SO much decision FAR
mammals consent. =,
t II is any odds that Is asked that Il
'e girls, il they keep their word as to co
: ditilns will never get turtner Iro
mamma than distance coverable by /!
, | time letWeen meals.