The age-herald., 1897-10-02
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
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 T am rather favorable to Mayor Car fer Harrison's idea of placing woman in the street cleaning department of the Windy City" remarked ". c. Echolz, Of St. Louis. The cleanup proclfvities of a woman are far superior to those of a man.
 fI can imagine pretty dear of a wife fiutteIing about with dust brush and broom. giving directions to servants an1 have been the personal observer of the remarkable transitions in the hccne from chaos to "a rigid state of order. Now, I. dorft see why a woman csait go about inspecting streets and back alleys. Her keen eye will much more readily detect fhe smallest speok elf trash, and if her orders are not strictly obeyed I feel very sorry for Mayor Harrison and every one connected with the city depar,ment.
 'sThis is night where ;he trouble will come in A woman can never ge. her orders properly cibeyed. mulch lsss with the rapidity she desires. There is one thing I have noticed, ard that is a wo- man cannot bear lhe pain of having her orders disobeyed. She will positively go crazy from worry if her wishes are not carred out 10 Che letter. This is one thing always to be considered in mu- nBcipal officers. Can woman be bribed? Well I should say so But I believe when it comes ito keeping things clean woman will be much less apt to accept a bribe than man. Harrison evidently weighed lhe matter we'll before he put a woman in the position. Mrs. Leases opinion will be awaited w.th interest," 'FThis is the season elf the year for cotton picking and the second crop of negro camp meetings" remarked jolly Cap. Jalak Philips, a citizen of line northern part of the state.
 T have been to negro camp meetings and white revivals enough in the past few weeks to convert mos any man." he continued. This reminded me of the good old days when the negroes held such scenes for weeks at a time, ard the white folks, too, had @ good old fashioned meeting once in while. The negros highest conception of happi- ness seems to be reached during these meetings, and he is a very religious character for about twelve hours, wl1em the reaction generally sets in, and then the dickens had better roost powerful hlgh.
 Crops, well, crops are very good. The merchants are looking forward to a busy winter, because they believe the farmers will be in good condition and able to buy.'
 "I saw just a little touch of English in a. recent trip through the east" said Allison T. Humphreys. who resides in Pensacola and is just returning from a tour of the pleasure resorts. "The GUS tom bar maids to serve beer and other drinks was introduced in this country long time ago, but it did not seem to meet with favor," he continued. "Now, however, the custom has ob- tained some foothold, even in a few
 
 custom will ever become as popular in this country as 1t is in Great Britain Ireland and Scotland where pretty buXom damsels add magnetism and en- ticement to the drinking establishments. Everything is different here, and the people would be shocked to find all the saloons equipped with bar maids There is no doubt but a good looking girl draws trade. The Irish bar maids are witty, too, and when customer gets the best of them in jest he generally pays dearly for the privilege"
 Sugar beet cultivation is growing every year," remarked w. R. Suther, of Indianapolis. "The farmers of Indiana are greatly interested in it. It is also growing in the west, and the question of establishing beet sugar factories is being seriously considered. Sugar beet is not only profitable before going into the manufactories, but the bset pulp that remains after the sugar is ex- tracted is also valuable. Cattle and hogs thrive on 1t, and the product from a single factory will feed a thousand head of cattle. believe in few years there will be tremendous increase in the acreage devoted to the sugar beet. The culture is not only profitable, but requires the employment of a large amount of unskilled labor"
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