The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

She Does Her Work as "A Man Does MS
The Pet of the Force.

Tho new woman has brilSen out in new
enot This time il is the constabn AIRY Ok
tho citv cf Allegheny. Pa, which she mas
invaded. Miss Florence Kloiz can scarce
l.. ho called even woman constable
tboiloh for she is only eighteen years
on But she's o constable ah i-ht. an'
serves warrants. sdmmonaea' uiu ~.
poenas with all the authority .l.u uv',.
tniuation of q male miuiDn OF the li"'
Mice Klotz's ,athcr g. an Alderman
whose regular constable was ah oiu iiHll
who had an incOnVcnienl way Oh p't"3
sick or invisible when ne WAS ""-.''
for dutv on one OF these occasions,
a6out two months ago. the despairins
Alderman pressed his daughter INTO ser
vice That settled the matter ~ -
constable proved TO be the piuchl,ar
,r,icfesf most reliable one In town. iier
,,or- drst mission was TO serve subpo-
ena on a farmer living four miles OUT OF
town. Miss Florence put on hcI Dio1n-
ers. mounted her wheel. ana went alue'
her man. When sine came Ddch' VI co.
muddy. but triumphant. she ionhh Il
crowd in front OF her rather onico ~
welcome her, ...,,tr,o1
and then. wom1nllkc, sho ciltd' eve"
though sho was a constable. .
SHE saws she would rather deal Win
lao men than with ten women. Inc ""-
men think it is q joke. but the men thinh
that the law must lie cbeyed even II u ~
embodied in an elghteen-year-oi1 slll'
BEFORE she went into the constabulhfy,
sho wheeled through Allegheny county
getting trade for her father canay lac-
tory Next sunni er she ana htf s4,sl
will ride tandem-geared 10 oo-on ms
Same GRAND She IS described BY The -:
! oufs Globe Democrat as slight ana
hands, me. with raven black halr ana
swapping black eyes
I'm one case Miss KlOtz acted az c0un-
sellor az well as constable. a butcher
L In
his hallway locked up by the baker VINO
with his faniy occupied the rest OF me
house Tho locking was by order OF TIC
landlord. who demanded that IL DC done
az 10 L. NJ The butcher was sued Tor
malicious mischief. Miss kloz brought
her man to court. also served score or
subpcei as for witnesses, arranged mo
details OF tho hearing, cross-eNimlned
the witnesses and finally bad tho case
dismissed on her recommendation that
each Of tho parties be furnished with
KEYS. Tho costs were divided, and tho
young lawyer-consiabie smiled WIN de-
Light - she counted over her share.
The only uniuly case she has run across
was a voungster CT fourteen who refused
10 20 with her. She took the dilemma
by the horns and the boy by the collar.
trIped him UP and. with q handy copy
OF "Pilgrims Progress" administered a
series OF buslness-like blows where they
would dc the most good. and led him
weeping 10 court. A little Jewelled re-
volyer IS her only weapon. IL was pre-
scented 10 her by a big constable who was
nled with admiration OF her pluck. She
says that she ran againsti0g -iisih. h2mt
says that she doesn't know what she
would dc II sho ran against an ugly Gus
toner. but she declares. with a snap OF
her black eyes. that she would get hir.
She Is the pot OF tho municipal force. and
II she ever sent word for help the erflire
retinue OF clerks. heads OF departments.
and underlings would turn out TO the res
cue OF Constable Florence.-New York