The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

for instance, and they invited me to
stay until after supper; but they didn't
ask me to come again Tor another meal
and they knew Of NO employment. so
T couldn't waste time and strength
walking down there to no purpose, I
went to a place Where I heard they
rented beds for 10Gcents, but-well,
guess I didn't fit in anywhere. At the
headquarters of an order in which I
had taken many degrees the represent
ative gave me doHar,E but she said the
association had it's hands full with the
old ladies' home it was trying to sup
port. Pm not an old lady yet, although
my heart felt old about that time, so
they could do nothing for me. I don't
want to whine or grumble, but it does
seem as if there ought to be some way
Of furnishing a woman who wants to
do good work with the chance to do it,
some way of helping a helpless woman
over a hard place. Women ought to
what 1t would have been, that expert
ence. If hadn't had place of shelter
or If had been young girl. I,
Out of Work Again.
ga week before secured another po-
sition-and it was just in the nick of
time, for the kindly woman who had
helped me with occasional meals and
car fare was out of reach for the time
being and I was at the end Of my re-
sources in every way[ found room
with a woman I'd met when first /
came to the city, and she took me in on
the promise of work I'd secured, the
work that came to hand seven days
later. This position only paid Sc a
week, again, and started week be-
hindhand in my room rent and with
some small debts to pay besides, but 1t
was far better than nothing. The work
lasted four weeks, and in that time l
paid Is cents that i owed restaurant
where they'd trusted me, and a Accent
milk bill, and several car fare loans, as
well as my living expenses. l didn't
eat breakfast, of course; cup of cof-
fee staid my hunger until noontime,
restaurant with a scent cup of good
coffee at another place to keep me
awake in the afternoon was holding
copy then. Supper I took with my
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sometimes had
none. And the comparative independ-
Il nce and the hope of this season made
me feel happy, although the clothing
problem becomes serious on Sc a week.
But that position only lasted me for
month, and now-Ian once more facing
the search for employment, still week
behind with my room rent and with
but SO cents in my pocket. And what
I'll do when that's Enthusiastically the
future knows" ~
Courageous, Undaunted, Determined.
In appearance Miss Williams, who is
still on the sunny side of forty despite
the repeated declarations that she is
'stoo old" for good positions, is refined,
intelligent, alert, bright and active. de-
spite the excessive slenderness brought
about by the five weeks of practical
starvation" to which she so lightly al
ludes The natural ease and assur-
ances of her manners has been dimmed
by repeated rebuffs and the long siege
Of eight hours daily Of the hardest
work known to manufacturing. for
employment; she is a little embittered,
perhaps. at being so persistently, cru
ely and .prematureiy relegated to 1.-The
shelf of encroaehing years and, suppos-
ed incapacity. But she is still codr-
ageous, undaunted, determined not to
be altogether defeated in the unequal
conflict with poverty and. discourage
ment.