The evening world., 1903-07-21
She and Her DwindHng Army,
Which an Evening World Re-
porter Finds Of Neat Appear.
ance, Approach City.
FORM OF RACE SUICIDE.
She Wishes to Show President How
Brains Of Children Are puiled by
Labor In Mills Of Philadelphia,
and Believes In Her Cause.

Terrible as an army with banners
but II was with an army dwindling in
|twos and threes behind her and the
banners dropping ~dejectedly in the wet
Mother Jones marched upon Passaic.
She reached that busting Jersey town
at 6 P. NJ, travelling from Paterson to
Passaic by trolley n putting up at the
best hotel.
The army. which 10 still ohiclslly nifty
Ave In number. though The Evening
World reporter did not see more than
thirty men. women and children.
travelled more dem~ocratically. The
four miles were covered on foot. only
the three women, wives OF committee
men. who. with Mother Jones. make up
the feminine contingent. reaching Pas
sale by car.
or these three women, the most In
teresting Is decidedly Mrs. Hanson.
who. by due appointment from Mother
Jones, is the barber Of the expedition.
The lady who has welded the razor
with much skill on the daily accumula-
tons OF beard Of the men OF all ages
making up tho army Is a stout. pale
and exceedingly taciturn woman OF per-
haps thirty-fve. Committeeman Killing
ensmith, who before leaving Paterson
submitted to her tonsorial ministrations.
was eloquent In his praise OF her talent
for shaving. but Mrs. Hanson herself.
beyond admitting hat she was the
of,cia barber OF the expedition, de-
clined to talk of her prowess with the
razor. Her work spoke for itself. she
declared, and nothing would move her
from the determination not to discuss
her skill,
The army will reach New Yeys
will cross from Jersey City on the Penn
city we viii go / cannot say yet: That
depends on arrangements which have
not yet been made. People have told
me- that would get q great many re-
t to- Isd .a sG thai we don't want re-
cruits, that we intend TO reach the
Presidents home at Oyster Bay with
out adding to or ~subtracting from our
numbers.
My object in seeking the President
is TO show him the child eaver l have
! with mo and let him decide whether 1t
Is right that they should work az they
:.You think the chtidren look pretty
well. Well, of course they enjoy the
excitement of h march n the rest.
Living In the fresh air has done them
Q0O0. 100. Dut Wict bAAS eoAeVI eNuS
them I think he will take pity on the
1--WE are marching TO Oyster Bay to
SHOW the poor child weavers To the
President, He has children OF his own
and may sympathize with US. But you
never can tell. Sometimes I think tina,
even II rich people knew that the live:
Of 30 many little white slaves 80 to
the making OF the beby's toy they
wouldn't care. I don't know what the
result OF my mission may be. I don
! know how the army will go down In
history. All great movements had sinai
beginnings. and 1t may be that our
the way have been yer kind to u.s.
then Mother Jones smiled-"that 10. o.
but the Jersey mosquitoes. They routed
us az New Brunswick. However" sht
added seriously. Il did not mind then
so much. There are things that bite
me worse than mosauitoes."
N with this sad sibyRlc uttStanee
she went into the hotel for supper
And the army dispersed to sup.