The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-28

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heads One poor, misguided
proofreader converted tundra in.
to the timber adjacent to Nome.
You cannot fully appreciate this
: mistake perhaps, but we can, since
timber in this locality is an I'm
known quantity.
existing conditions here the
past winter made it impossible for
women to stake claims in per-
son, those owned by women,
as we'll as aaany owned by men.
have mostly been staked by agents.
There were no road houses, and no
wood, SO it was difficult enough for
even the strongest men to brave
the awful tempests that were of
such frequent occurrences.
There has been absolutely no
sort Of social life or recreation Of
la refined nature here oil winter,
We attempted whist parties in 4
small way, but we were SO often
prevented going out by the snow
storms that we abandoned this.
eve do any kind of honest
work here without shame or sham.
1t is q sort of badge of honor for
a woman to work, though she
does not realize the fortunes that
might be imagined. The other
class is the favored one. These
people are given advantageous in
formation as to strikes, and it is
they usually who make the for
tunes you read home. 1t is pos
sible, however, for q good woman
to succeed here, but she has q
pretty hard time of 1t, and strug-
giles pretty much unaided. There
are few happy exceptions among
fhe men, and in these instances
they thoroughly reverence and ap-
preciate q good, true woman.
Still, conditions are hard, and it is
desolate sort of existence at
best. though q woman is not sub
ject to experiments from even the
worst class of men.
''There is one woman here-the |
most notorious of the town-fOr-
merely of Chicago, said to be
worth $25O,O0O. She is several
grades below the semi-respectable;
is a very shire wd business woman
and made quite bit of money |
speculating IN real estate, coal and
lumber the past winter. In busi-
ness shrewdness l do not think she
has her compeer here, and 1t
really seems to be bad that greed
for gold has led her to place q
price on her honor. 1t is q high
price, however, and she has bank
rnpted a good many men. While
iIliterate, she is handsome and
stylish and exceedingly attractive
to all men of oil grades, at least
out here. She gives swell little
dinners, which are attended by
the legal lights and officials OF the
town. She manages with her us
ual suavity to induce local editor
to give one of these dinners con-
siderable space in o paper here de-
voted to scandal and the affairs OF
the demimonde, giving the names
in full of the guests. 1t caused
quite q furor, here even. /
"Men in this country, many OF
whom | feel sure would not brave
the ostracism such conduct would
earn on the outside, are quite
shameless here-riding, driving,
boating and parading the streets
quite nonchalantly with disreputa-
BILE women >
:, "AnGther noted charmer OF the
town is a barmaid, who was also,
a few years ago respectable wo-
man. She was the star of a shooting
ARRAY which took place here dur
inc the winter, one Of the particl-
pants losing his life. After this
there was an ordinance excluding
women charlners from occupying
the position cf barInafds. ;. |
at is a sad fact that the condi:.
tions Of this country 'ssa Seem 2! y sa4a
forth or develop al that is bad in
both men and women. Tho ayaF,
ice. dishopor, utter disregard OF
truth and lack of all the milk az
human kindness makes ones
heart very sick. You dare not
axtand common courtesy to the