Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-23

lime to the ridiculous. For instance.
/ che told me that in one day she found
II set OF teeth, a marriage certificate.
and a pair Of pajamas. The first ana
second articles were advertised for
and were restored, but the finder is
still in possession of the third.
| on the door leading to the first story
Of an old tenement a stones throw
from Chatham Square is "A little tin
sign bearing in faded gilded letters a
woman's name, and, underneath the
information, BLACK eyes painted" The
poorer the neighborhood the greater
the population. likewise the larger the
number of saloons. and, as consc-
quence the more frequent the rows
the result being the business Of the
namcless, wrinkled old woman, who
makes enough to support herself, her
crippled husband. and her cretin son.
: on lower Sixth avenue, two French
v Women, twins, whose faces tell they
have struggled long with poverty, earn
their livelihood, such as il is, by ar
tculating skeletons. Near Mulberry
Bend Blanca teaches gay-colored
birds all manner Of stage tricks. Most
of the performing birds seen at various
vaudeville shows in the last few years
have been taught by Bianca. In an
opposite part of the city. Harriet X.
little hunchbaCk, is in the BUSINESS of
training dogs 10 do intelligent things,
and some Of her results border upon
the unbelievable II is said she never
uses a whip. on hearing her voice,
which is almost carcssing in its tone,
iInIprgt1 nIS how naturally the
dogs learn that she is their friend.
Her charges are from s. to $50, ac cord
ing 10 the feats to be taught. r."
days ago ran across "A woman
butcher. When asked how she came
to adopt such work she made answer:
II didn't adopt it. ii adopted INC. /
often helped fathcr in the shoD, and
when he died the support of the family
ten upon me. II Was the only thing !
knew how to 40. ana 50 did il. My
customers are All poor rcople--aS YOU
can guess from the nciShbOrhood -
who buy cheap cuts and pay cash. /
ASK no credit. ana 50 can't give any"
Just then Il half grown girl came ia
fnr steak. ana noticed from the way
the butcher handled The long knife ami
steel that she Mas not novice III thc
business.
Few people riding over the new Lon
don Northern Railway lr. aware that
the company employs the only woman
train dispatcher in the world. Her
responsibility is great. her hours from
.cycu o'clock ID the morning ZIP uuc
ia the evening. her duties a continual
nervous and mental strain. Quit roc
Gently thc directors ri the road COM
rlmcntcd Ter upon hrr cnlcicnt scr-
vice. ana il is pleasure 10 add she re-
ccivcs the same compensation paid 10
men occupying similar positions.
IN West Virginia There in Il Nt;I"
stretch OF road known AS tie cairo
Short Line" connecting with the Bal
timore and ohio at cairo when thr
engineer Of this narrow gauge branch
became ill., his wife begged that she
might be- allowed To take his place. She
had often ridden IN the cab with Her
husband. and he frequently Boosted
that his wife was as good a locomotive
engineer as any in the country. III"
company gave her a trial. with the
result that she is still running the only
express on the Cairo Short Line"
The few eases cited-I know others
u prove what women can do under force
I Of circumstances they uuflinch-
inEly meet the responsibilities of life.
Many of these women il has been my
good fortune to meet personally. and
| found them essentially feminine. Not
one of them wore Henley skirts or
four hand ties. evidently not con
sidering either as necessary adjunct
to a business woman's toilet-Ncw
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