The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
PROFESSIONAL ESCORTS.

Another un:nue vocation is tina; of pro-
fesslonal escort for young girls Ihe "o-
ma! who does this for her living dec-ai eS
that she fell into it quite by accident OUT
having discovered It and learne" ITS ad-
yantages, she is iu.te wiling to continue
If for some time 90 come. The girls whom
she escorts are All friends, and she takes
them all TO school in the morning and re-
turns them to their homes i'll the alter
noon. Matinee days they go 10 the thea
tres together. and other days to the mu-
seunls or other places of interest, or even
for walks.
She has never to pay for her own thea
tire tickets or her own car rare, ana YET
sees everything. She is paid certain
amount a weel. for each girl, and has Sun
DAYS and evenings and a large part OF
each day to call her own. Besides, she
says that she often receives so many pres
ents from her girls and their mothers that
she is at a loss to know what to do with
the articles
Last year she was the recipient Of three
new coats. six gowns and quite as many
hats, all new and from the best makers
AS she wished to show her appreciation
by wearing them all when she vert where
the kind friends were expected, she said
she had much ado to keep tab on VINO
gave what and when she last wore 1t.
SOLD HOLLY AND AISTLETOI.
One young woman from the South, COM
ing 10 New York III search OF an artistic
eduta ion. became discouraged OWING TO
the number OF students that seemed press
ing on ea-h ctner s hec S in the art school,,
and the cIuEe, deleI mlned 10 return nome
and look about for something else where
by she might hope TO earn her bread. In
noticing the difference between New York
and things Southern She was Impressed
l., II
as sold in the streets, whereas they had
so much OF it on the farm from which
she had come that it was considered
nuisance.
1t gave her food for thought, and when
she returned to her Southern home she
took with her orders Tor carload Of the
two berries to be delivered the following
winter. With this end in view she tended
the holly trees and all the oaks bearing
mistletoe that grew on her parents farm,
with such success that when her car-loau
came in it brought the highest price paid
for those two greens that winter in New
York
The next winter she was overrun with
orders, and now she has not oniy bought
other land for the holly and oak trees or
it, but has acres OF the young holly, all
her own planting. and is tending with tn
greatest solicitude young seedlings OF III
miStletee which have grown from berri,
inserted in the ark OF oaks.
This she claims, is the first time tha'
mistletoe has ever been grown, herete
fore it having been considered irlpossib-
to propagate it by such a method bird:
alone, according to the old negro supel
stitution. being the only successful
planters,
EXERCISES DOGS.
At least one woman in this cOuntr
earns her living as the eXerciser of valua-
bic dogs. Almost any day during the sea
son she can be seen on Madison or Fifth
Avenue with her charges racing arounc
her as they take their daily exercise, The
owners of the CANNES are willing TO pay
her good price for the proper care ant
exercise of their pets, and the young wo-
man who makes it her business earns
snug income from their whinS She is
fond OF animals, and says that she had
lust as soon exercise horses as dogs, but
as there are others engaged in that field
she determined to take the untried voca-
ton.
For that reason she feels sure that there
is room for other girls who are fond OF
outdoor exercise and dogs. Without this
last quality, she claims no one can make
a success Of the work. as dogs know in
Stiuctively those who are fond of them