The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
Miss Maxey Comes From
the New Territory.

THE Dread Institute, or the New Era
cooking school, which opens Tues ay
under the auspices of H. D. Perky, has
attracted students from all over the
country, and after the first year it is
anticipated that there will be repre-
sentatives from all the nations of the
civilized world, so that the school win
rank among the educational institutions
nf the land.
When the announcement was first
made that the school was to be opened
curing the past week, students all over
4 the country who had matricuiated.
were preparing to make their journey
Norcesterward, when, through the ex-
8tent of the alterations which have been
made in the Dread it was found neces-
Eary to postpone the time of the open
ing of the school.
81 Mr.. Perky, with customary prompt
Il ness, sent kilograms to all the pupils
Y from distance whom he expected but
one bright and vivacious young lady
from Oklahoma had started from her
western home for the east before the
4 telegram could reach her, and as re-
suit. she and her messenger crossed
y routes in the heart of the country.
Accordingly, the young lady is now
in this city, and has the advantage of
4 full opportunity to see the city before
she enters upon her duties in connec-
ton with the New Era cooking
school. n
The young lady, who enjoys the dis
junction of being the first to marr1cu-
late at the New Dread, and also the
honor of being the first OH the ground.
is Miss Lille Maxey of Guthrie Okla
homa. Gov. G. M. Barnes of Oklaho-
ma is a personal friend of the young
ladys family, and through him, she
comes to the school in a way as L.,4
official representative of her state.
with her course finished at the New
IRA school, Miss Maxey will return to
nef western home, and there inculcate
the new ideas as learned at the Orea i.
MISS Maxey spoke to a Spy man the
other evening in a very interesting
manner about Oklahoma which is lit
Tie known by people of the east. who
nave some almost barbaric conceptions
as 70 the general character of this new
western territory. Miss Maxey is a
TYPICAL western girl with 1.-THE, active
ana supple figure, lustrous bue ewes
with that vivacity and frankness thai
are 50 real and genuine as to be re-
lFeshlng Miss Maxey came across
the continent alone, and though tbo11
SANDS or miles from her home, her self
relant character has enabled her ia
ma pleasure and enjoyment, even at
friends CIV
At the time of leaving the west Miss
Maxey states that business was -four
lsnlhg IN Guthrie, her home. This
CITY is poth the capital of the state
or territory, as it is more properly
cameo, ana the seat of Logan county.
Mnlch IS the most prosperous county in
eile territory Guthrie is q city of
ABOUT 10000 inhabitants. while Olslaho-
ma city proper has a population hit 4
lttle less. Between the two there has
neen much rivalry, as between the cit
les OF st. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS Tlhus
Tar the two municipalities have kept
ABOUT even, but there is a strong con-
test now as to which city shall have
the state capitol. However, this good
natured rivalry does NOT affect b,Isi-
ness, and all the industries and pro-
cess. ivy -
QKiahoma has been a territory by
ltsef Tor about ten years, and for five
years Miss MaXey has lived at Guthrie
!aost OF the residents, as she has found
mem, are people from Kansas. al
ehough there is a full representation
rom the other territories and states
OF the Union. There are few Massa-
chusetts people or New Englanders in
general there, but just enough to keen
the old traditions burning Miss Max
ey s parents are both eastern peonle
having gone west from near Boston
me Athens OF America, and she feels
, .l1at ~ visiting the Bay State she is
not only preparing herself for the work
OF the future, but is making a nile-rin,
age to the shrine of her ancestors Dur
ing her brief stay here she has al
ready found Worcester to be a deIioht
full place, and anticipates a very pleas
ant sojourn.
Although the principal industry is
the cotton business, there are more
northerners in Oklahoma than south
ernerS, and, strange to say a strong
lesson is drawn from the treatment
which the two peoples accord the black
people who do large amount of the
manual labor in the cotton industry,
and who are found in large numbers
IN the territory. The northerners de-
test and look down upon the negroes,
Whle the southern people treat them
with courtesy and with consideration.
FROM the last of September through
the succeeding months to the spring
lhe cotton trade is in full blast. the
picking going onin the fieldsWithout any
cessation. The cotton picking itself is
zone by the negroes, who receive fifty
cents FOR each 100 pounds. The men
average between 500 and 400 pounds,
so that they make from $150 to So a
gay The negroes there as in the south
spend the money as soon as paid to
them, and as it is soon lost, living
the rest of the year outside of the cot
ton season upon corn bread and bacon
and molasses
cotton brokers and money lenders
4iionopollze the business interests. and
s snese Two form the professional major
IN Inc community All professions
nave strong and able representation
VA the territory and the general mar.
ket IN trade has been enjoying q. boon
eti.ss tns iall. not false rise, but 6
eocItinIl,endabe and healthy advance.
,otIou, Is thoroughly modern ant
metropolitan in it's schools ch,rehas
public buildings, and even In IN N't tb5
Womeh.s rights question. Guthrie nos,
sesses a high school building v1hict
+ would pc a credit to many n Massachu.
setts clty Of thrice its inhabjtants an
mere the racial lines are drawn strongl1,
as the eolored children are reni,irad I,
attend school for themselves alone
ana 90 not mlngle with the whites II
Z tne, paths of education or religion
Wsst Guthrle. which Is divided from
romantic Cottonwood river also on,
Joys the general advantages which art
Inc piessing of Guthrie itself Ar,one
Y the higher educational institi,tions q ,.s
several which receive the pafrnna oa ~
N the state, among them being tha Statt
Normal school, the colleges Al AIvat
ano Edmuna and the Institute of Me.