The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-31

almost three years. Her ta,ho au 20
.onn y, Del, Is president of the rsW1
ROAD. lie is prominent lavvs, 's'l
man OF extensive political lnsr.s ~
IL was through Miss Dells aovn,s"
her rather that she first began n ~
an interest In the affairs Of tbs va
road, and In his law pactice o. r.r
by her discernment and iuayms.. We,
soon gained his confidence and sm.'
business matters were commit,ss
her. She gradually famillarizoS ~
sell with all the departments a, ~
raiiroad's management, and when ".
cahcy occurred in the Office O, ars,s
she applied to her father for the nI.s'
with a good deal of reluctance hs ~
pointed her, and she has discbs,.s
the duties OF the office with sn,,.
efficiency. 'A
fasses are sent to her regularly a,
auditor OF the road, by all the o,h.'
railroads OF the south. They are o,s'
made out to Jesse DELL" and shs ~.
quently receives communications "A
dressed to u. Dell, ESQ.," Miss DER,
duties do not take her entire time sn
she devotes part of her leisure to s.,.
ting up excursions and plcnics from
which the railroad may reap an ada.I
ed profit. She makes a note OF ever,
coming event at places along the road
and when the proper time comes SUE.
gests to her friends the possibilities ii
an excursion.
Meeting a group OF girls at cod,
water stand or In a store, she mention,
that a big political meeting is to N
held, and that 1t may be the last chauu
to hear the speakers who are to MAKE
the addresses. Then she prevails UPON
some young man to circulate paper On
which to obtain the names OF those who
are willing to attend the meeting
When a sufficient number OF these ha
been obtained she apprices her father
and assists him in making the train
arrangements. Then some amateur
dramatic performance in a neighboring
town will claim her attention. Shs
confides to a few popular chaperoni
that select and exclusive excursion d
to be made up to attend it. The party
Is made up, and special train is char.
tered. Another field for this activity
is offered by the cheap excursions 0!
the Central Railroad Of Georgia, Of
which her road is n branch. Last fall
she successfully engineered consider
able reduction in rates on her road foi
special days at the Atlanta exposition.
On one of these occasions the idea Of
having all the school children attend
In delegation occurred to her. She IN.
terviewed the principal, and finally
gained his consent to give four holidays
and conducted the delegation. Miss
Dell prefers to have the general public
consider her father the promoter Of
many OF the schemes. but her personal
Is usually well known
She sometimes disputes with the presi'
dent the price of round trip excursion
rates.
Miss Dell, though unofficious, takes
business interest In every en-
ploye of the road. Her power Is re-
spected, and she Is vastly popular
well. An amusing instance OF her In.
portance occurred on the occasion Of
a large excursion to the seashore' Tas
necessary schedule was difficult to a.
Just. The trip beinfi expensive, W"
not at first popular, but Jessie Sc
cured some concessions from the yen
trail railroad, and the train was nll'a
when the starting time came. IL wa
to leave at in the morning pul Mi''
Dell did not apear on time ana ".
train awaited her coming. Inc um'
of departure went by. The engineer
decided that by means OF shorter ''Dp,
and faster running than usual ne cUsr
make the trip. The warning WE"