The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-02

paid, but the discomfort they are made TO
Fl 'im iss G %o,1 IcfI ig, Go one .m assh rd sl11s s sps apart apart
from The, lack OF comfort and hesithfllness
tagious disease is said TO he groat whenever
an epidemic begins. In one large, LONDON
depsrt ~ nsr r,Gre is ,ssre . ITS sslS , I% u fsc anIhr a.
been kept quiet in order not TO iniure business,
The quality of The food the o~yercrowding
their work are the principal objections that
the shop girls make 10 The ,,iNtng-.ns system nT;
few in number compared 70 IN. pslority that
ooi Tving as little as possible, The average
expense Of maintaining q Rlrl employee IA
said TO be sltS 2 week, although ten times
the salary Of girls that We n their own homes.
The girls are comuelled TO be in by, a certain
iets them "a ont Of compassion or the amiability
established by a system Of tips sually the
girls live over the stores and have a sitting room
To invite their men friends, The doors ~ the
house are closed a. II o'clock on week days
and remain open one hour longer on saiur-
Such a system. like many other incompre-
heuSible English sur rivals, can ne traced back
and looked after their morals and education.
In the old dal- The apprentice became ~ turn
All employer and left the hOike OF the family
With which he had lived To become the centre
81 another. Nowadays the girls and for that
With The great companies that conduct the
department stores, so they never leave 10 take
charge Of their owl sho!s 3Hteer causes have
Country girls are more. In demand for these
shops than those who have passed their hfe
look " %oIe tr fHsy an. a[f b oIponfST; hi. ." IS pro s%o
sumably ATTRACTIVE 10 customers and 4 number
Of the large London department stores hnd
girls ANXIOUS TO work in london They are
always more anxious whom they hrst come M
from london 10 live ~ the store as 'hey are
then, into their homes. Consequently shops
employing them are. compelled 10 maintain
hc lutte a. op9o,ed'to n. "living-in" system,
after n short residence in London az any NJ
their most cockney eo!l.ar,es The system
with all The abuses practically exiSis TODAY
English frm which established a branch here.
Bm, it was. not suited to American conditions,
although the girls we're English, and after a
while II was given nv
The Young Queon Of Italy is said n possess
the passion FOR shooting which is charsc'eri'-
ric ~ he- rno'. and next to hor love for the sea
she takes groatsr delight ont Of the chase than
any other sport. Her endurance in climbing
over Tho hills il The result Of her early %'-alninR
in Montenegro and she occasionally eIhausts
her maids Of honor. who nAvsr prepared them
selves in childhood for such Journeys a. she
takes them on. They usually -hun the trips
which she proposes, Tor Italian women ~ their
class are not devoted. =. a rule. to physical
exercise. and she IL willing 10 sScise them
rather than suffer from the consequence she
knows would result from such ~eVertion on their
part. Even in her own country where shooting
il the ac 'nmplishmont OF all. she il thought 10 be
an exceptionally hns shot, Her father IL proud
Of her accomplishment In this particular. bs-
CONFIDENCE In her il 40 great that he has offered
10 let her shoot an apple On hts head whenever
she is ready. But this renewal OF the Tell in
cident has never appealed 70 her and the test
hns never been made. There Is already the
prophecy that shs will rot az first he = popu-
lar Queen. She Ia direct ana straightforward
s1sviiy ~ manners that court lie demands
She possesses instead frank ness and honesty,