The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-03-15
LITERATURE FOR wooDcHoPPERs.
Minnesota and Wisconsin Women Supply.
the Camps With Comforts.

911upeSoCa ana Wisconsin women supply
the Camps With Comforts.
Advancement in a1orcls Of the 1000
men in the lumber woods of the Du-
luth district of Wisconsin is subject
that has engaged the attention of the
state branch OF the VIC. T. q. for the
past two years. As a rule lumber
companies and their jobbing contrac-
tors pay little attention to their men,
except to see that a full day 8 work is
had six times q week; that the men are
kept full of wholesome food and that
smallpox is not permitted landing
place in the camps. At most camps
there are strict rules against card
playAg, and at all the use CT liquor in
any form is prohibited, but these re-
suits are made not so much for the
good of the men morally as for the
prevention Of quarrels. It has been
the experience Of hundreds Of camps,
..tlat the free use Of cards, even. in;
friendly games, without gambling, is
the cause of more quarre.s and greater
problems for the camp bosses than any
one thing, wh,skey alone excepted.
Therefore the prohibitions. .&S
To supply the dedciency-ske Y: g.
I. q. has taken mp a systematic cana-
paign and is furnishing hundreds OF
camps, not only in this district but
all over the northern part of the state,
with reading matter, quiet games. COLI
le:tions of testamsnts and gospel
hymnbooks, comfort bags, some
thing like the housewives" that the
women at home sent to the front in
war times; pictures to tack up on the
walls of camps, old maps covered over
with catchy verses and sayings not too
religious, cards, notices, verses and
bright little things for the woods bos-s
pisaIs. II is astonishing the things
that are seat end the appreciatlyes
words that come back to the donors
from these cheerless camps.
The work in Minnesota, is under the:
charge Of Mrs. E. A. Burgan of Prince.
ton and Miss Hauser of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Burgan has spent all her time
for two or three years in the work sef
organizing the service and getting mass
terials, as well as in visiting the camps
and in finding Just what IS needed IN
each case. Summers she is engaged
in locating new camps for the i0aoW
ing winter and collecting a supply of
books, etc. One great effort OF these
women is to keep the eS#aedsInen occus
/ pia Sundays will have no
'6aas ett
t nearest towns. lnD ases where
there are no towns neaf the scenes Of
logging operations shanEes are bniH
in the woods by-ss!oon men. TITS 6
distinct gain if the influence Of the w
c. 7. U. is such as to close these dens,
and it has proved strong enough IN
many cases this winter. Miserable,
/ little novels of saloon, will often take
over their bars several hundred dol
lars of woodsmen's money in a single.
Sunday, and these are saloons that,
have perhaps only one or two isolated
camps from which to draw custom.
Funds for this work are supplied
largely by the lumber firms and the,
W. c. T. q. of the state. Last winter
Mrs. Burgan reported visits in person
to hundreds of camps. The work
originated some years ago with tho
wife of Governor Upham Of Wisconsin.
himself lumber manufacturer. She.
saw the need and recognized the fact
that all winter thousands of men were.
altogether cut of. from all humaniz ne.
influences. Under her direction .cen-
trail Wisconsin camps have been under:
an active missionary influence.
There are Is, 0Oc nen in the lumber
woods of Minnesota this season, aud
under the new laws they are paid OF
in the woods, giving the dens OF the
neighborhood amplest opportunity for
tie enticement of the vast sums they.
collectively earn. It is stated that
tnis winter far less proportionately is
being wasted thus than in seasons q.
few years back.-Chicago Record.