The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-01
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

even if he knows nothing of architecture.
building like the Auditorium would have
caused worldwide comment, now 1t -
a common thing. The great change in
building has been made in the cities where
skyscrapers have become necessity
ture as place of business is a thing OF
the past and the modren steel structure
has taken its place. The steel structure
is a necessity because there is a demand
for more floor space on a given area OF
land Land in the cities is too valuable
to be occupied by a four or FIVE story
and the greater the value Of the land the
higher the building viii go as that is
can be acquired The only question Is,
How high can the building go with
different cities were based upon the
strength of brick masonry or rubble-
stone, ana to comply with these the
" thick to carry the weight and so
much arch work had to be done. that a
new method was rendered necessary. AS
a result skeleton or steel structures evolv-
ed, and under this method you can build
to almost any height. and with proper
bracing and strength of columns to carry
the weight to the foundation it Is possible
soil under the foundation Steel con-
once buildings and hotels where it is
necessary to utilize large portion of the
construction viii admit Of this without
weakening the building in the least. In
buildings where it is necessary to carry
heavy weight upon the floor the steel
construction admits the weight without
shutting off the windows as was the
case in the old stvIe architecture The
windows Wea1Sened the stone vail. and as
large rooms we're used which had neither
light nor ventilation. With steel construc-
ton the architect is enabled TO introduce
windows almost anywhere and there is
no longer an excuse for building a dark,
factories in The east # is iT4nossibIe to
conceive of a safer building than the
modern steel struc .ure. 1t can not tumble.
An earthquake, would not shatter it. a
10Th nzrnT hi il
not go to pieces; It would remain in shape
}g 5sl,d as +b cry goodS D9T does wn fSa
building is coming more and more in
favor in the cities because the higher the
office the better the air The elevator
long ago did away with the objection TO
climbing stairs The really modern build
ing is fireprOOf, being twenty stories
from the entrance does not cut any fig
ure when the possi Utilities OF confiagra-
a modern high steel building would have
DeeH 70 the 1ai NSStOH peo9tc uutAus tlsS
and / would not be surprised to see many
Of them built in that city. It would be
the wise thing to do"
Talking about strikes reminds me Of a
strike heard of in illinois," said a trav-
cling man addressing group who had
strike. 1T was among working men who
| demanded their rights Just as they do in
nois where a great number Of men were
employed getting stone out for a rail-
| they were building into st. Louis Board
near the quarries was hard to get at any
shacks and camps. but they were all full
to overlooking. There was an old irish
the auarries and about thirty Of the men
] ate and slept there. She was big wo-
man could be- She set out plenty to eat
for dinner and supper. but her breakfast
for she hated to get up in the morning.
She had biscuit every meal. for she
place near where it could be bought The
| biscuit she served for breakfast got worse
| They told her they would leave unless
| the biscuits were cooked until they re-
/ dough, and she invited them to leave and
/ leave quick. They could not do it. for
/ there was no place to go, and she knew
/ it. They were in a quandary until one
/ young man suggested that when she put
| out OF the window he was designated
/ as the man to do it, and the next morning
picked It 10 and threw the biscuits out.
| She looked at him, but die not say
thing, but they all grinned in a way that
| made her furious She went out, and in
| little while returned with a. plate of bis
| cult in one hand and club in the other.
She placed the half-cooked biscuit before
the young man and said: IF ye don't ate
them biskit I'll break yer head She was
a powerful woman and they knew she
me Biscuit sbe aad e hag 4 bsar e@T rg
/ from one Of ye agin about me bislzit III
/ XIII the man VINO SpakeS It. Ihat set
/ tied it. for her reputation as fighter was
too well known to be tested"
THAT reminds me of a peculiar strike
1 down in the SOUTH, said another of the
| group: You know down in that country
! they do not depend upon steam laundries
! and imported Chinese boxers for their
laundry service. it is all done by the coll
| ored wash ladies' In a little town in
| Tennessee. the colored women who did
washing became aggrieved because the
white people had voted bonds to build
school house and refused to do any more
| repealed. They claimed that the white
| folks had voted a tax on negro property
! to build a school in which to educate
white children. AS a redress for their
wrong they declined to clean linen for
J the white folks, and the white people
were obliged to do their own laundry
| work or wear dirty clothes. 1t may seem
! funny-the idea of washer woman
/ the people down there. Just ina gine
4 what a lot of -rouble it would cause if all
/ the laundries and women who do family
/ Nash would strike here. When the strike
H the washerwomen organize and strike it
I seems that it is time to call q halt. The
/ next thing we viii be hearing will be that
/ the ministers union has ordered their
/ point about the wash ladies' strike is
| that it shows the feeling the blacks have
! for the whites They really imagine that
/ they have been wronged, and in their
matter of fact the people in the south
are taxed heavily to keep UP negro
schools. and no one has ever heard them
| complain of it. If the people in the north
to sustain negro schools 1T would cause
many OF them to consider the race ques-
ton much more seriously"