The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-12
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w oman
BY Eliza
Arobard Copper.

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Yesterday, sitting under the wonder
fully beautiful green trees Of Central
park, with squirrels and robins flash
Ing through the grass and with a sound
of tinkling sweet waters in my ears.
heard the story Of how a handsome
and now successful young newspaper
woman lived five days on n cents.
Women heroes are around us today.
and we never suspect them. This lady
was a talented and successful writer
ut her home in a western city. She re-
ceiVod an offer of $50 week to come
to New York and do certain work in
her line. The thing looked SO dead
easy that She might have suspected
something would happen to break her
luck but she did not; neither did those
who employed her. Well. something
did occur almost Immediately that sent
everything overheard for both herself
and her employers, and there She was.
stranded in New York She bravcly
undertook to stay and work into news
paper writing. She tried it. She wrote
well. and some of her contributions
were accepted. But before they were
printed and paid for she was down to
her last 81 cents. She was a stranger:
knew nobody of whom she could Dor
row. Her room rent was paid i'm ad-
vance. She had roof over her for
week. Meantime She could skimp on
food. How did she do it? Il lived
mostly on rolls ana coffee" she said.
Il could make coffee in my own room.
! boiled the grounds over almost as
long as they would color the water
Meantime | bought a couple of eggs
and ate them to keep my strength up
till pay day came" Meantime also she
dressed neatly and was as bright and
charming as if she were n millionaire
girl. Nobody suspected for a moment
that she was living on less than cents
a day. And at the end of the five days
l was just as stout as ever" she said
mournfully.
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Jennie" said Papa Cornfcd to his
granddaughter, don't you go bouncing
through the house like a heifer in d
tornado, iarring the furniture and set
ting everybody on edge. Go as quick
as YOU like, but go quietly Don't
knock us all out of breath"
b. o. D.
\ lady asked n friend-a married
woman in Ohio-to attend to some bust
ness for her there. The Ohio lady
wrote back: cant do it. The law
says married women, minors, idiots
and prisoners are not competent to
make bargains till their disabilities are
removed" When an Ohio woman's
husband dies, therefore, her "disabil-
ity" is removed That is Il new name
for a husband. however.
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Coming down town in an elevated
train l heard a good looking young man
in front of me say to his friend, also
Il good looking young man: "Ah
there's a girl who can play golf, Did
YOU see this record She madc| Then
in tones of admiration they discussed
the fine points of her game Their re-
spoct for her was plainly increased i'm
mcpsely by her athletic power and
skill.
The Decorative NU5inus eG "a GTeat
singer
Nine. Christine Nilsson has discover
2d Il novel use for old rpceiptcd bills
and sheets of music. Beth of these are
made to serve the purpose of wall pa
pers. \ survey Of the walls OF tier
dining room. on which are diSplaNeu
the reccipted bills Of hotels and snnp,
all over the world soon convuces the
beholder that though great singers are
very highly paid they are obliged to
live AZ i most eXtrava@ant rate
Nine Missions bedroom Is panpYud
with the music of the songs. and parts
which she has sung during the course
OF her career
To Detect Fire.
Some night when you awake with the
conviction that your house is on fire this