The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-12

"Still the counterfeit would not
murmur.
UGH beloved the genuine art
iole.
"And yet the Carved Image said
never word. Then the terror Of the
Black Hills went over to saloon TO
find somebody who would say some
thing"
Miss Gales versatility will be
severely tested tonight when she is to
play Sangaree-pronounoed Hangar"
"a low revengeful order of Gipsy in
the Russian play Michael Strogoff. ="
Miss Gale has played now nine differ
ent roles since coming to Paducsh and
all widely different-in all she has had
the sympathy Of the audience and they
were with her from start to finish
but IN Sangaree she is undertaking .
repellent character. / asked Miss
Gale il she cared to play roles Of this
Find and she said, Eyes, occasionally,
it is changing characters that makes
up the stock leading woman that is in
demand and managers want. should
grow weary Of always assuming roles
pleasant to ones self, but | should not
care to often portray a character as
revengeful a. 'Sangaree' for she is
revolving to the finer senses. had a
queer experience the last time l
played Gypsy. 1 was in store max
ing some purchases. The young lady
who waited on me, after profuse apol-
ogies, asked me II | told fortunes;
that she was Just crazy ON the subject
Of fortune telling and she had seen me
the night before rs Gypsy and won
dered II l told fortunes was sorry
not to be able to oblige the lady and
told her 90.
How do like the people Of Padu-
cab. Oh, very much indeed; they
have been exceedingly kind in their
reception of me and my work. Il was
Q stranger and they took me in ;"
Since County Judge Lightfoot made
his decision relative to working infants
under the age of IA in factories and
mills where machinery 10 used. some
little interest has been orr ated and the
doctors. generally. side with the
county judge in the decision. One
prominent physician said this morning
in regard to the matter that he
thought the decision one of the wisest
he had ever heard and thought it .
move that would work good for both
the factory operators and the en-
ployes.
II nave seen about as much bad re,
suits from working children in mills
as anyone, and can state positively
that children under the age of IL and
many over that age, are not compe-
tent and capable of handing machinery
in any form. Now have . patient, Q
little fellow barely Ia years Of age,
who had his right hand badly man
gled and he has not half hand as a
result. This little fellow is naturally
Of q delicate constitution and will not
be worth anything as wage Garner
from this time on. He was made to 60
into factory and work for barely
enough to pay his own board while his
step.father, TO my certain knowledge,
docs not strike a lick Of work. This
little fellow had to drop his SCHOOLING
and go into factory and attempt to
earn the meat and bread for his step.
father and mother and brothers. Now
he will not be able to do anything, all
the result Of working boys incompe.
tent to control the machinery. Child
rem are naturally of a careless nature,
they cannot be otherwise, and are
bound to meet with accident. They
cannot posi- bly, be avoided, and
for this reason I say that County
Judge Lightfoot is exactly right in
his decision not permitting them to
go to work. IL will work everyone
good and the move is wise one. j"
A great many queer things are asked
for at the postoilice, but the most as
tonishing request made in many a day
was this morning made when yokel