Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16


IN this miserable trade. she sinks 70 lower
level Of labor The city pays her few sous
a day for providing about tho streets aud
boulcyards with dustpan and brush. sweep
Ing up tho mud ard manure. This ~ the
last resort Of the honest woman when she
becomes too feeble for this she Is usually
ready TO die
Theee are all regular employmouis, With
which ihorc Il connected more or less reg
ular wage In addition. there IS one guerilla
trade which ahsorhs a good many Of tho
WORKOUT wording woman This Ia the an
Client and honorable industry OF the scay-
unFer. when tho might Is old they swarm
out Of their novels about Montrouge, Cliehy
aud Loyallols. Beileyille and Char0uuc; they
descend upon the naked streets OF Paris and
pick q livelihood out VI the garbage cans
and CUTTERS
have no dcslrc to so into the statistics
Of tho different trades In which women are
employed OF course tho ombroldercra the
lnundrogaus and few others Va favored
trndea arc better paid, The women eompos-
itorB and typosettgrs are paid mems wages.
Thny receive. that IL, tho regular price,
10 cents q thousand cnH A good 0Orls,,
l nm told makes 81 a day during tho four
months OF the HOanOn, Tho feather dress-
org arc almost a. woll paid. But as
have said. % 10 only 0nO-fourth Of the
women workers. Of Paris that makes as
much as 40 cents q day. 10 one who la
given to speculation thero is a terrible
though OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES In these facts.
Il would be- giving false impression OF
the life u The working woman N II were
not added that even IN her plnched and
barren oNiatonce there arc moments whom
poor Sunday, or at all events, a little part
u Sunday Is given over to the amusc-
ments which are cheap. The chief nf these
Ia what citizen calls ia campagne.' Even
a wine garden, with a tub and tree,
lecns country" 10 one who comes from
tho depth uf black alley or tho reek of a
crowded mnnsnrde. There ls one OPEN
air restaurant nj Bolleyllle, famous by
reason Of an artificial pond and three pop
lars The Purisinn working woman. like
most people who lead artificial llves, Ia very
fond Of nature. She will apcud hor last sou
on bunch Of lilacs to brighten her gar
rot or collar. on Sundays she goes TO tho
country with party OF her mates and
some u the young workingmon. She feels
like the friend of nature IN that strange
song that Paul Norlnlne croaks whom he Is
In his cupa;
"I' crach pas sur Paris c'cst rlon chouctr.
Mats epumr Sal un am de poet
tous len dlmauch's ysors DO ma bolt
IN men yais e9yee ma oompaene
A Ia cumnugnc.'
Usually the company walks. for oven the
third class fare ~ expensive, Tho destinn-
tlon makes lttlo difference. All roads lead
% the dusty country the grass the trees,
tho little Inns whero ono may drink blue
wine; les Lllas, los observation-disclosures.
Romalnvllln, Hagnolet Montrcull. 10 Ralnay,
Muuticamoll, They lie ON tho grass and eat
tho cheese and sausage they have brought
from Paris. They romn until they are wet
with aweat Then they lie aud look into
tho blue sky until II ls timo 10 return.
Tho theatcr Is cut or two above most OF
q d.
although thoro are cheap heatera whore
mclodrainu and plays Of the people are
given In all thu snburhs Of Paris. ncleyille.
la Nilette. Mnntmartro Les BatlgnOlles,
Grcnellc, Montpurnasse, Les Gobelins, The
shop girls, laundry maids and working
womcn VI that class go to the cafe concerts
Whenever they can, The Ba.tn-clan and the
Foll,a belloyille are always crowded on
saturday nlEhtA. The performances are
shabby copiea OF tho ncrformnnces at tho
Cafe deN Amhasaadrurs and the Alcaznr.
Thoro " a good deal Of lubricity In thgm. ~
there ia In all entertainments here but they
do not alioct the Parislan worlingwomnn
She oulovs an hour or two OF laughter and
goes back to the grind OF wort-a' day life
Tho public balls arc not as common as thoy
used TO be, and they seem to mott may be
because am older than | was ton years arc
VERY dun affairs. There Is itto In them
to tempt the most Eighty working gri from
hor kennel or her virtue The lanndressos'
ball Is an aftair In which tho rtudonta take
hand and is Of another order
Thpro 10 very llltlo religion among these
woman. they arc snlnauenced b. the varl.
Gus missionarins and slstcrhoods; they rarely
90 20 confession, Perhaps one can hardly
| expect woniaa who makes shirts Tor cent
and quarter a piCco 10 attend very indus
trluusly to the business OF saving her soul
In fact, they DO not cara much for any.
thing except permission to work at starya.
ton wares. Hubortine Auclcrc has tried ID
vain TO make them "fomalo sunragiata.'
Louise Michel and Marie Haul tried with
equal lack OF success to fret thom into An,
archista, They have no time and no cnerry
Tor thcsr things. They arc trying 10 solve
tho problem " living honestly on 10 or S(
cents day. That 10. somo Of them are
others don't try. NJ. nF PRts.
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