The Sunday globe., 1901-06-09

city?' was my next inquiry.
81 know that the building trades and
few others-there's Ida
Some one was coming upstairs three
steps at a time.
Did you find those dough-nuts?
said a tall brunette, with a white
plume in her hat and an inclination
TO be oop-shouldered, as she dragged
a number Of garments from a closet
"Oh! | had no idea you had com.
pany!' as her eye fell on yours truly
extended at full length on the sofa
Miss Ida said Olga, this is Mrs
Roland, who is to room with us-or
rather, with Miss Edenworth'
81 am glad to meet you" said Ida
BY this time she had the coveted bag
of dOugh-nuts in her possession, and
proceeded to pass them around
AS I was saying" resumed Olga
the heavier trades maintain their
wages through the Central Labor
Union. In the last few years the
clerks in the retail stores have been
enabled to shorten their hours and
materially better their condition"
Through what agency?"
due to the fact that the number OF
employees in the Navy Yard, the Bu
I reau of Engraving and the Govern
ment Printing Office, where each and
| every class of labor has its organiza.
tion, has been materially increased
The merchants looked to those people
for their patronage and they gave it,
when they found an early-closing card
in the window. In addition, a clerks
association, now, understand, -four.
ishing body, was formed. You go into
| every store in this town, with one no.
table exception, and that exception
! woodward & Lothrop's, and you will
find the male clerk a Hebrew and the
| female clerk an Irish girl"
THE Mick and the Jew" chimed in
Ida, between the bites Of a dough-nut.
It's pretty hard to beat a combination
| like that"
You seem to be well posted" said
l to olga
well, you see, I was born and raised
over in the Navy Yard section. had
two sweethearts who worked at the
Bureau. One of them talked shop
tifty-three minutes out Of the sixty.
As to the Printing Office, l am not so
well acquainted. Alma says you will
not exhaust the fingers Of a hand
counting the thoroughbreds in that in.
stitudon. From whistle blow to
whistle blow they are dead to the
world. They need a guide, according
to Alma, if they ever get west of the
dead line"
What does she call the dead liner
asked Ida.
New Jersey Avenue" was Olga's re.
sponse.
"Ed-a and met two Printing Office
boys one evening, who were all right.
You remember Ed? Well, one night
Ed. met us on the Avenue. He says:
Just practice standing still for a min
ute. You know how young girls will
dance around. Here comes Fifty-hve.
I'll introduce you. Fifty-fye is all
right. We worked together in the old
First A young man Joined us lust
then, and Ed. says. Miss ida, tbis is
titty-tiye; Fifty-fye, Miss Ida And
introduced him to Edna the same way.
He was loaded with Quirts. He said
Ida was most too long a name for him
to remember; he would call me DO
for short, and DO it was the balance
of the evening. We had more fun
than a box of monkeys Took the rear
seat Of Glen Echo car and rode out
to the end of the line. That fellow
told jokes, cOuplets, and stories all the
way | thought he would never run
out Of material. Coming back. he was
better in that direction than before
] asked him his source Of supply. He
said he got them in the alley. [ said:
What alley" and he said: ALLEY Thir- !
teen Isn't that a funny name for an
alley? But then there are two One
half streets and a Six-and-a-half street. !
guess there must be an Alley Thir-
teen. | told him it must be an unlucky |
place and he said it was; that there |
were five fires in one week in that al |
ley out of six possibilities. He was the |
sixth man. It was devilish unlucky-
for the other fellow. When we got |
back down town, the boys took us up
to a restaurant Now, don't be afraid !
to take out says Fifty-five, as he hand |
ed me the bill of fare You are wei. |
come to the best in the house Sup
per ovel, us girls wanted to 90 home !
alone; did not want them to know |
where We lived. They caught onto |
that fact in a second. Say. those |
Southern boys certainly do treat you |
white. Eds from the South. He says: |
When we get within three blocks of |
the house Of either one Of you you |
yell, and wei turn around and go the !
other way And they did it; never |
looked back once. We stood there and |
watched them. The Washington boy
would have hid behind a tree box or |
spun around the block; he'd been a |
rubbernecking for an hour"
DO the departmental people all |
carry number" / asked, thinking Of |
TOny's story Of my being provided |
with uniform.
"Oh, by no means" said Olga.
These gentlemen were compositors, |
evidently in the Printing Office, where |
they are designated by number"
You seem to be so well acquainted"
says I to Olga 81 wish you would go |
shopping with me Monday. / must get |
some children's underwear and at |
once"
Then proceeded to tell them Of my |
encounter with Watson Watson
"Id go over to Hechts or Fried |
lander's,' said Olga. They are both on |
Seventh street. But / can't go with |
you, and am sorry you asked me-"
And Why?"
" Well, you see, when / first lived |
down town I roomed at the Algonquin |
its been torn down now More than
one woman roOmed there who was not
5. S.-strictly straight. I was foolish
enough to be seen on the street with
them. The hy-cop would see us to.
gether and their motto is Tell me
who you run with and TN tell you who
you are | would like to say to every
girl in the town, BE careful who you
are seen on the street with Now