New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04

Perhaps yog are aeggatnt5ed my son He n lives
living in America Yes; my mother is about your
far away 7 shall never forget The pathos in the
patient wrinkled face as she made the last state
AT certain specified hours of the day. the for
from the hiIlsides and late in the afternoon it is
common sight 70 see thrifty housewife descend,
supply on her head. Often the children accompany
the mother, each bringing his little bundle Of
IN Munich. in the heart of winter, women stand
all day in the middle of the street tending the
streetcar switches while in Vienna we numer
Gus stands at the street corners where for Rom5,
nal sum. Austrian women dispensed not I iF9
roasted peanuts, but hot roasted potatoes or fried
rush up to a sausage stand. pay for his link of
sausage, then over to the next corner for a hot
to enjoy his dinner often however. there was no
sheltered nook or he preferred TO chat with the
tradeswomen or stood near 10 be ready for a
ond potato. and incidentally TO catch a little
warmth from the rooster.
ARDUOUs WORK FOR WOMEN.
IN Upper Silesa- where the Iaboring classes are
everywhere performing the most arduous tasks.
Was a new schoolhouse being erected barefooted
women were scaling high ladders with hods Of
brick for the to put into place A new rail-
road being constructed. and other barefooted
women were laying railroad ties or carrying the
iron rails. In every case the overseer was a Ger
man and Polish women go to market with
a heavy bag thrown across one shoulder and carry
ing immense basket on the arm fAI4ee4i-6 a.
each OF the numerous crosses erected on the high
way no doubt furnishes them o5 i f 15 t5sr
backs. II would take too much time
I'm wealthy France. where the farmer Is gen
orally well do and the less crowded population
and fertile soil make the condition OF the peaSantry
less hard. the womRn still bear their share of the
light in a rambIe through the woods by a path
which led d clearing There nestled a coSeN
farmhouse surrounded by rich fields We always
received a hearty welcome, obtained large bowl
OF fresh milk for a and could purchase the
freshest of eggs to take home with US. The mis-
away at a boarding school, and about her son
who was a private in the army. In the village We
were told these people were by no means poor;
vet one day when came to the farmhouse
our hostess in the field. Her husband was plough
ing in one end and she in the other with her mlch
cow attached 10 the plough
LAS on the Rhine the waSherWomen or the town
did their work in public. The town pumps or
fountains. fed by the numerous clear mountain
and at almost any hour Of the day one could lind
half a dozen women with sleeves rolled
I'D and garruOus tongues Wagglng, busily engaged
al their daily task Some Of these places were en-
firelv exposed TO the weather, but others mad an
open shed built partly around and over the Ioun-
tain. - .
oIIenty superficial view of its conditions, makes
II difficult for US understand them A longer
stay and a deeper insight cause everything TO fail
into its proper place, and the existing conditions
seem more natural The reports of the American
foreign Ia borer from the point Of view Of American
conditions. In Holland and Germany a peasant
wages possibly support q large FANNY Inc
wife and children must help.