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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-28

ME function OF play IL the normal
development CT children. and the
4 value Of recreation in preserving
a weu-baIanced condition among
people OF All ages, have been little real
lied CT appreciated, even by those VINO
have the welfare Of the people most at
heart. The foundation principle Of the
FrobeliGn system Of education is that it
is not in directed study OF work. but in
play. that the natural faculties are best
developed This principle. in its applica-
tion TO tiny children, has been generally
accepted and the kindergarten is rapidly
becoming an essential part OF the edu-
cational system. But thus far adequate
provision has been made only for the
babies. while the elder children, the
youths just maturing into manhood and
womanhCod. and the grown-ups. weary
with the daily struggle for bread. are
neglected.
With the spread OF broader views cen
corning what constitutes true education,
We shall expect TO see our city fathers
providing public parks and Fairgrounds.
and also gymnasiums with skilled in
structors. to the end that the young and
the old may receive the manifold Bone
fits which such institutions confer.
Indoor CyEnasiums might conveniently
be constructed in connection with the
public baths, and open-air gymnasiums IN
the public Fairgrounds Such accommo-
dations for the play OF children, ample
IN size for the tributary Juvenile populs-
tion, should be within a half
every home. While Il Sc
play upon the
anraaTe
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Of roast beef, and IN
one house, 10 the
youn 8 N a n who
asked for eggs the
waitress ed.
We're out" a q d
then added confden-
TALLY: You know
esgs is pretty high
just now.
The thin g which
'riIed" Mr.. Gram
most of all occurred
in a town in New
II a m p s hire. He
reached the h OF Q !.
after the perform
ance, about twenty
minutes pa st IL
O'Clock. IN getting
his key, he asked the
clerk to send him
some ice water
Cant do it." that
J worthy replied
why not?" asked
the comedian. look
ing up in surprise
There's a troupe
in town. replied the
man behind the reg
lister. and we are all
out OF pitchers.
At this a massive.
burIy. red-faced fell
low who was trying
TO scorch himself at
the Office stove. ut
tered a loud gu1aw-
What's the mat
ter. Hank?"he yelled.
Be they rushin the
growler2
Col. George Hinton
tn WashingtOnian
who looks after the
business interests Of
Sousa's band. while
IN the box Office Of
the National Theatre
last night, relating n
few Of the humorous
incidents attendant
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-28
HOt JSTNG THE POOR The Question Is The Same the
iOOoii ~ II IL WV World Over.

If we were sole legislators Of Bnt-
ain for a single day we would make
these Stun lords skip.
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the two a day"
OF this latter class
Of entertainers the
public has grown 10
be more or less sus-
picious for the rea-
son that almost ev-
cry school OF vocali-
Zation that was ever
organized and a great
many that n ever
were. are represent
cd in the field OF
vaudeville. But ev-
cry once in a while
there comes a singer
who by a beautiful
voice and happy Sc
lection Of songs dis
pUtes the theory that
art - vocal art is
dead as far as the
vaudeville stage is
concerned.
Such q one is Kath-
crime BIoodgood. who
is Billet as one OF
the hoadliners at
Chase's this week.
and whose rendition
Of three distinct
classes Of songs has
proved so pleasing 10
those who have heard
her.
Mrs. BlOOdgoOd's
voice is one the like
of which is seldom
heard outside the op-
cratic and concert
world, and. indeed,
before she adopted
the stage she was
prominent in orato-
rio and concert work
in New York ana
other large cities.
but in view Of the
number Of vOcalists
in that field and the
dearth OF really ar
tistic singers in vau-
deviIle she concluded
to relinquish her
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especially in the
Use sections, have an ap-
--Die effect in lowering the number OF
minor crimes and misdemeanCrs Of the
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b. An EsIu nau. Mary represents T., h,f
people not only the highest degree OF rank
and honor. bur OF wealth culture and fashion
as we'll Her power over them Is one With
their time honored superstitions
The deer cost almost nothing The land
these sDss i've is thu w tSHa % mSss w wPiSs
overs the tundra and grows OF it's own free
wiIi In great plenty. ire moss is sufficient
sS.,on ba%sn n " 30 a tSa NV ray S0a and mi S
y Ia" deer ar. o,timat al at value Of about
$50? 2piieGc This means fortune Of $4,000.
income Is larger to Mary than it would be
born ,snd made. and she x'ts every csnt
gets IL in. different ways. by a system OF eco-
nomic industry that i as mp . dat, as great
Not one product is los, in working ior Others
Some OF 'uc deer cIlng L. an iacone or
The II Tor ,E sHraSIa T One ,ro9pr
by the surevd lady Tor ling like 81 q
. month, TIE cr',tures are well worta
for they can travel ten mics an Lour over
me frozen snow, drawing as much as 20
rounds Of fr'igot, TO say no, ile OF tse
Rsd and 1nd sold 4" for qef 6oS are r. times
Mary watches and she never slips up on
her transactions Reindeer Porter onse steak
v - 5>oluF U'i me- ana " brings fancy
price in the market
But the deer dead is worth far more than
hls price A. steaks His skin ia precious
IS cloth, OF gold, and when Mary and her
women hav" wrought l. into parkas and
nlr"Hlucks II brings IN Coodlv sum Dav
after day they sit ana cur and sew ma king
tho garments ", ich are later on sent down
ne M - irty;pe road thar lads sou,1 to Nome.
On the ooid.st days toy work Indoors wnen
tie sun make IL Possible they may be seen
sitting under tho = ter OF an Upturned
boat, ell huddled in Their own parkas, co ch
WITH her halo OF fur thrown back tuat sic
may see. II il the same halo that can he
drawn over THE face IL a siovs'orm TO break
the force OF the cutting dtit
The fancy mucklucks made of the finest
reindeer Sur and eyqui,itcly stitched, 5 Il
Tor si2 10 SIS \ pgir Palmer ones usua lly
bring as mucn asst 4 perks may be sold
AZ any PRICE from slS 10 sIN', according to
the va luc OF the fur used nd tte . torateness
OF the style OF nahiAs. i costs money,
you SEQ, 10 live in tie Far North. and Mary
f'f"s adv ntago Of the fact
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SOFT COAI BENEFITS.
Others Than Laundr,men Helped by the
Failing SCOT,

! read in THE sun the other day." said
a city dweller. that the laundries had
profited largely by the Use Of soft coal here.
that they had found il necessary 10 in
crease their help 30 per cent. to keep up
with the added amount Of work that came
to them.
There must be many other callinRs
that have been benefited by the same cause.
] should think IL might almost bring about
n revival of the all but lost art Of chimney
sweeping. There must be lots Of the small
modern-day chimneys. built as fues for
anthracite coal burners, that will be found
more or less choked up with tho SCOT from
the soft coal.
Glove cleaners must have reaped a
harvest, for a pair of white gloves could
scarcely be worn more than half day,
and glove sellers have found their account
helped In the same cause.
There are many things, indeed, that
will need to be sooner renewed because Of
the marring Of them by SCOT. which has
entered everywhere, and this will help
trade to that extent. But everybody will
be glad, for all that, when we get back to
New fork's bright skies and clear stmo-
sphsrs.'
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pneumatic tubes ard other up-to-date cor
trivances introduced in the big department
stores have done away with half the cash
girls OF ce needed
Indeed. in many stores the long familiar
call of Cash" 10 the accompaniment Of an
npe alive pencil rounding Of the Coulter
i now seldom heard for the reason that q e
,aieswoman simply turns on her heel. Grams
the customers money into a cylinder. which
/. whisked away out of sight and then hands
the merchandise up 70 packer. sitting Just
above her head, who wraps II ard hands il
back A. least that is what happens in
many departments when the goods are 20
be carried home by the buyer When pur-
chases are 10 BE- sent home, as a rule they are
first carried 10 another part Of the store 70
10 packed, and just here tie services of a
cash girl come ito plav
Some department stores employ only
about fifty cash girls, others have more
than one hundred on the pay roll and others
again Yearly two hundred; and there Is
not an establishments Of them all that does
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
tICOHDL MOTORS.
Germany Reported 10 he Making Great
Progress Win Them OF Late.

Our Consul-General AZ Coburg report.
that Germany has made remarkable
advance in the past eighteen mon tbs in
perfecting and utilizing he alcohol motor.
He attributes this progress largely TO the
intense personal interest which the En-.
peror has taken in the application Of alco-
hol 70 industrial purposes
He saws the Germans are asserting great
advantages for the alcohol motor over the
ordinary steam engine. The new motors,
for example, may be filed, oiled and started
in from two 10 three minutes. there is no
need constantly 10 supply them with coal:
there is no smoke or smell the weight of
the motor il only about half that Of a steam
engine Of equal power and alcohol is easily
obtainable In all districts.
A large part of the alcohol IL made from
potatoes, Of which the empire produce.
more than any other country in Europe
Molasses, the residue left from beet sugar
manufacture, is also largely used a. the
raw material Of alcohol
Thus far it has been found that, at il.
present price, the alcohol motor completes
successfully with all forms Of motive en-
ergy Of less than twenty horse power. II
is thus specially adapted for threshing
grain. pumping and other kinds Of farm
work.
The result is that large part Of the
alcohol fuel produced in farming regions
remote from coal fields, is already being
consumed in the districts where II is dis
titled. II is running pumps, saws for
cutting lumber, and -four mills, in addition
20 its service on the farms
The world is talking from time 70 time
Of the day when coal resources will be
exhausted II is ceasing TO wonder. how
ever, about the substitutes that will re-
place coal. Il il already evident that al
cohol Is TO be one Of the best and most
practicable sources Of motive power; and
the supply Of alcohol can never like coal,
become exhausted
II will be distilled in abundance as long
, as fields are fertile. As long as the vege-
tation used TO produce alcohol grows there
will be no danger Of a failure Of the supply.
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the ounce. was kept in a jar and common "
ladled out with spoon. and weighed out
when called for A tobacconist with busy
trade might keep a number Of packages
done up ahead TO be ready. but weighing il
1t o,,t to the customer was the common
method Of selling IT,
within ten years or thereabouts it has
come 10 he the custom Of the manufacturers
20 put up the various kinds Of slurs used
IN conveiiie,lt, merciantable shapes. Stuff
is still put up, 20 be sure in store and in
glass jars, but II Is also put up for the retail
trade " packages and In glass bottles Of
various sizes. RAM ing from one ounce 70
one pound
Snuh boxes are made In various sizes
and IN pretty nearly endless variety The
costly ard beautiful snuff boxes of silver
and Of gold, boxes such as would be most
likely 10 be sold for gifts, are made in his
country. The great ma jority of the boxes
commonly used come. the horn boxes, from
France and those Of paper nache. the
familiar black. lacquered and il NAV be
inlaid. DO es from GERMANY
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is sure TO come to any one who wants TO
get on. In filing vacancies which may
occur higher up the ladder, say the pro-
prietors. preference is always given TO sub
ordinates.
At the start a cash girl gete 81 a week,
later q so and when promoted TO packer
the next steps Or from cash girl
she sometimes becomes messenger girl or
If she has any particular aptitude for fig.
ures she may be assigned to Office work,
and che has chance, too 10 become as
sistant stock keeper, then stock girl. after.
ward saleswoman Then she is in line for
promotion 70 a place Of greater trust
A cash girls hours are the same as those
Of any other employee. bur unlike other
employees che has certain perquisites
which doubtless are the outcome of the
sleepless nights referred TO by the manager
quoted. In most stores. for example. her
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tea or coffee. she gets all she can drink Of
any OF these beverages for nothing In
one OF these stores where, by the way, she
lie called Junior female" the growing
importance Of the cash girl is emphasized
By the fact that a separate locker 10 which
she alone has the key, in which are kept
her street clothes. is set aside for every girl
But tbs is not all Miss Cash Girl,
II she 40 pleases, may go TO school for
an hour every day without losing her
pay or leaving the building For ex-
ample, in several Of the stores. there
is school room properly fitted up and pre-
sided over by competent teacher, and it
il noticeable that the stores lacking this
new feature are falling into line TO supply II
The cash girls attend this school in re-
LAYS. each getting chance to grapple
with the Three RS for sixty minutes
day. The instruction impaired has spe-
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ing schemes whereby 70 WOO and win not
customers but cash Urls.

ing schemes whereby 70 WOO and win not
customers. but cash girls
All the same. there il all told a good
sized army Of cash girls distributed among
the department stores OF this city. and
a precocious lot of youngsters they are
some with ambitions reaching TO the alti-
tude Of filing one day the post Of fore
woman or even buyer. others with no am
birion az all
What do you mean 10 do when you grow
bigger was asked Of womanly looking
little creature who seemed 70 be 10 and
said she was
A packer" she answered with con-
viction and evident surprise a, the question
L expect 70 be promoted 10 packer next
season and get 81 more a week
All nationalities are represented in the
ranks Of The cash girls. with Irish and Ger
mans in the lead. and according 70 their
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or moro cash girls every day, the cash CIR
il happy little creature and doesn't
dislike her work. This Is proved by the
fact that seldom or never does shs
make an excuse to stay homo or TO 60 home
before the end Of the day. This, OF course.
doee not mean that she at any time prefers
work to play. but simply that life TO children
OF the poor, after they are II. means nearly
always work. and that they find work in .
department store quite ar easy and pleasant
as, and Per haps more to their taste han. ths
= ork they would have to DO at home.
The present dearth Of cash girls is due.
I think. TO the stringent law Of the Boa'd
OF Health. which prohibits any one from
employing a child under IA. and declares
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cial reference to the business career OF the
pupils and includes practical demonstrs-
tions Of making change, making out bills
&c. There are also lessons in department
store etiquette and department.
1T is very gratifying said a teacher.
TO see how very quickly the toughest
little girl will learn to speak politely when
the subject is brought to her attention
In these same stores, too. there is small
hospital ward, furnished With two or three
cots for the exclusive accommodation OF
cash girls. and any one Of them VINO Is
taken III is promptly and effectively treated
without going home.
In one Of the big department stores the
cash girls. encouraged by their superiors.
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rooms Of the American Tract Society in
Nassau street
Hannah More. the writer Of The Shep.
herd Of Salisbury Plain, was. on the au-
'hor!ty Of the Rev DR.. Theodore l. Cuyler.
the pioneer Of tract writers She wrote her
tracts under the title II Cheap Comrosi-
tory Tracts" and desi gned them specially
for the common people Not fewer than
1000 600 Of them were sold IN ono year
The Dairvman's Daughter" and The
shepherd ~ salisbury Plain" were printed
by the American Tract Society some
seventy-ive years ago, and were almost
the first Of tho series printed by that society.
Edition after edition has been reprinted
and they have hoen translated into scores
Of languages
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have organized a club which has boon ad-
mitted as a junior branch Of the wv Club,
which in turn lie a branch of the Working
Girls Association. The Juniors hold their
meetings Of an evening at the rooms Of the
Ivy Club in Twenty-sixth street. A. these
meetings they may learn how to cook.
sew and practise physical culture.
Friday night Of every week is given over
70 fun dancing, singing games Of all kinds.
Oae little girl is president, another treas
urer, a third secretary and IL seems that
each attends 10 her duties with conscien-
tious pains' aking.
For the most part, said woman who
comes in c!ose contact with two hundred
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employers. many Of the children Of foreign
parents are the most ambitious and trust
worthy. And q very little ambition Of the
right sort. it seems, 10 bound to carry any
cash girl in q comparatively short time to
. fairly well-paying place.
There are plenty Of buyers and fore
women in all the shops who began their
business careers a. cash girls Promotion
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not at times have difficulty in getting and
keeping as many as 1t wants.
Il assure you." said a manager. that
il there is one person more than another
In this house who must receive the most
obeequious consideration it is the cash
girl Other managers will say the same
thing.
why, most OF US lie awake nights hatch-
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uniform il given TO ber-that 10 . long,
full apron made with long sleeves and
bslted at the waist, which completely GOV.
ers her own clothes and practically answers
the purpose Of a dress. Ar fast as one
apron wears out she gets another.
In several Of the big stores when lunch
hour comes and other employees are rain
ing down cents and nickels to pay for milk
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MONEY For HER ~ REINDEER
A Thrifty Esouimau Woman whose Ranch
IL Northward Of Nome.

Mary Makridon. the Reindeer Queen OF
Alaska. Is aueening IL all by herself now.
for Sinrock Charlie Augensook Is dead Sin
rock Charlie was her husband He died.
leaving her in entire charge OF his immense IS.
tate. which means many miles Of white tundra
and the greatest herd OF reindeer ever owned
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'eason by ihc iac' that sl4e Is scarce. For
that matter she has been scarce for more
than year. notwithstanding the fact that
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Cash z Yb want "a, II q sisn coI.sp!Ca-
ously displayed juz now ia some Of the
glen Windows. From now until after tie
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1902-03-20

Go do podr6zy arcyksiecia Fran
ciszka Ferdynanda do Petersbur-
ga, W ktorej poprzedni mowca dol
rza} rdzennego zwrotu W cafej ze-
wnetrznej polityce Austro-W Wegier,
prezes ministr6w zwraca uwage ma
liczne urzedowe, tenn samem je-
dynie autentyczne wyjasnienia po-
budek i celow tel podr6zy.
P. Koerber wykazuje dalej ME-
mozliwos6 mieszania sic do zamie-
seek szkolnych niewfasnego pan.
stwa, poczem odpiera zarzut, jako-
by monarchis austryacka ME "a.
pewniala poddanym swoim nalezy-
tel opieki, jaka znajduja powszech-
ME poddani innych panstw. We
wszystkich przypadkach, w kt6-
rych nadeszty do rzadu tutejszego
uzalenia sic poddanych austryac'
kich ma wyrzadzone i'm krzywdy
lub ktore wymagaty wmieszania
sic rzadu, zawsze W sposob energi-
czny wtaSciwy skargi to brano
pod uwage zadano usuniecia ich
przyczyny.
Prezes ministr6w zakonczyl swe
przem6wienie, ktorego tresc ogol-
nikowo tylko powt6rzyc mogl smy,
stowami nastepujacemi:
sadie, re wyrzadza sic krzyw-
de rzadowi, utrzymujac ustawicz-
ME, re zaniedbuje on tych wyma-
gan, do jakich monarchie nasza u
prawnia jej wielkomocarstwowe
stanowisko w stosunku do zagrani-
cy. Przeciwnie, czuwamy troskli-
vie mad tenn, aby powaga monar-
Chi W zadnym przypadku podob-
nym ME ucierpiata".
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Kr6tkie notatki miejskie.

- Szef policyi musiaf cofnad
wlasny rozkaz przyjac wydalone.
go samowolnie kapitana Hayes ma
powr6t do sfuzby.
Detektyw Edward inland
wzist strone ks, Crowley i ublizf
Wiel. ks Kelly. Zostaf "a to ma
5 dni zawieszony W sfuzbie.
- Wiele os6b dostaje zapalenia
powiek, skutkiem kurzu, jaki pa
nowaf w miescie.
- Mieszkahcy Austin wymogli
ma drodze sadowej, re Union Trac-
ton 90. musi ich przewozic do
srodka miasta "a 5 centow. O lie
gorsi SO mieszkancy j, fferson?
- Ma 1O3 dni pobytu W Bride
well skazat sedzia brutala Johna
Davis, kt6ry katowaf zonei dziec-
ko.
- Do SHADOW W dzielnicy "a.
chodniej przychodza ,,ojciec" i
,matka" maiem ,,dzieckiem". O.
gladajac towary, maja DUO do czy-
nienia 2 ,,dzieckiem', kt6re Was
civic jest lalka sfuaaca do przecho.
wywania skradzionych przedmio-
tow.
- Na wczorajsze posiedzenie ra-
dy szkolnej ME przyszla dostatecz-
ilosc czfonkow, aby stanowic quo
rum.
- 80 letniego Jana Zarowa
pm. 20S N. May st. znaleziono ma
S. Water st. z dziura W giowie.
Odwieziono go do szpitala powia-
towego.
= q budowa rzion City" idzie
wolno. Dowie lubi brac pieniadze
cd swoich zwolennik6w, lecz ME
lubi piacic robotnikom tego, co i'm
sic nalezy.
= Zatarg krawc6w frma ,,Ro-
yal Tailors" skonczyf sic.
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niedawno odkryciem istniejacej tu
szajki morderczej, zfozonej Bia-
lych i Czarnych, kt6rej ofarami
pablo okofo so os6b W tenn mie5cie,
aresztowano znowu trzy osoby. Po-
licya ME chce wyjawic ich naz.
wisk: zdaje sic jednakowoz, re SO
to Biali.
SEATTLE, Wash, 2Ogo marca. -
Policya aresztowaia tn niejakiego
Andy Norris, podejrzanego to, re
jest zbiegiem skazanym W Illinois.
Pewien sad W Chicago podobno u
znaf go winnym sprzeniewierzenia,
a Norrisowi udafo sic uciec tn
przybyc. Sedzia Cannon odiozyf
jego przesfuchanie kazaf go "a.
trzymac wiezieniu, gdy ME m6gf
ztozyo kaucyi W sumie 81 500.
NATCHEz, Miss, 20go marca. -
Wczoraj rano o godz. 2 murzyn
John Woodward zosta} przez thu n
rozdraznionych mieszkanc6w upro-
wadzony 2 wiezienia W Vidalia j W
poblizu wiezienia powieszony ma
drzewie. Zamordowaf on d. II lu'
tego farmera Leonardo Calvitt W
Union Point,