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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

salesWomen, stenographers, telegraph
and telephone operators. In manufac-
lures the women operatives almost
equal the men in numbers. There are
thousands on thousands of women mill
| and factory hands, and many thous-
ands OF women are in responsible po-
sitions in the management of manu-
featuring corporations. All these occu-
pauons as nursing and teaching school
and music, were once exclusively in
the hands of men.
The cause of the change is the same
as that which has revolutioniZed every
part of modern society-the amazing
discoveries of science creating an
enormous number of new occupations
and radically changing the method of
all the old occupations from house
keeping TO carrying on national gov
eminent.
Lack of War Responsible for the
Change.
War was the department of human
endeaVor which not only excluded
women from itself, but also kept her
fast anchored at home. Until the sec
ond quarter of the last century war
was the chief thought, the chief pur-
SUIT OF the human animal. He was
either just going to war or engaged in
war or preparing for an imminent war.
obviously, so long as war occupied
this position in human affairs, woman
was inevitably in the background, in
the secondary places, n household
drudge or a plaything. But war is no
longer the principal business of the
race, with peace tolerated as a breath
ing spell now and then. Peace and its
arts are now the serious business of
civilization, with war as q dreadful
nightmare. Civilization has been forced
upon peace basis by discovery and
invention. 1t clamors for skilled hands.
not for brutal hands. Hence, the vast
opening for woman and the vast thrush
of women.
This country was remote from other
great nations and, therefore. from the
ever present threat or actually of war.
1t was also-perhaps through its free
dom from war and war alarms-eager-
est in seizing upon and using the
mighty industrial machinery which
science gave to the race. Thus it has
come to pass that with us the progress
toward the industrial equality of the
two sexes has been most rapid.
Where European societies had a
very complex organization, our society
had from the beginning simplicity as
its chief characteristic. We were real
ly all toilers-until recently almost all
toilers at occupations close to manual
labor The women and the men were
througout on that equal basis which
in Europe was, and to a great extent
is yet, found only among the peasant
and the shopkeeping classes. And as
the new era-the era OF steam and cleo
tricity-developed with US, our women
and our men naturally remained side
by side.
why Women Were Backward In
America.
Our government was founded in
war. It's founders assumed, from the
history OF all other nations, that Of
Tense and defense were 70 be its main
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Women and the Vast thrush of Women.

Only ten years ago the women num-
bered less than one-fifth of all the
wage and salary earners in the United
States. When these figures were pub
lished, there was a great outcry of
wonder and alarm-wonder at the
changed conditions, alarm lest those
changed conditions might be perma-
nent and the old-fashioned woman of
the fireside and the stove-side and the
cradle-side might be passing away.
To-day nearly one-third of all the
women in the United States earn their
own living outside their own homes,
and these independent women consti-
tute no less than one-third of all the
persons in the United States engaged
in gainful occupations.
1t is evident that the changed con-
ditlons are not passing, but perma-
nent; that the new woman" is the
woman of the future. Yet we still have
the old order talked Of as if it were
not departing order, and the new
order criticized as if it were the crea-
ton of a few freak" women.
The theory still is that man bears
the brunt of the battle for food, cloth
ang and shelter, while woman is shell
tered and is comparatively at her ease.
This theory never was sound. From
time immemorial among the masses
of the people everywhere the men and
the women have worked equally for
the support of the family both at
home and away from home. But lat
ferly, under the pressure of modern
conditions which are forcing all into
the general service OF society, the
women have been drawn from the OBJ
scure toll of occupations within and
around the household; and also into
the ranks of women toilers have gone
hundreds of thousands of women from
the classes which, until recently, did
try to keep their women at home. We
may presently see practically all the
capable members of our society self
supporting, and the home fundamen-
tally reorganized to meet the changed
conditions.
Some Modern Occupations of Women
To-day the women vote in four
states and hold public office in all the
states and under the national govern
ment. There are women policemen and
fremen, women locomotive engineers,
women masons and plasterers and gun
smiths, women street car drivers and
conductors, women blacksmiths and
coopers and steel and iron workers,
and even women sailors-to take only
few occupations which. on the face
would seem to exclude women. In
fact, there is not in this country a
slrgle department of skilled or un-
skilled labor, except only soldier and
Man-o'-war's man, which has not it's
women workers in swiftly increasing
numbers. In the professions there are
thousands Of women doctors, lawyers,
authors, professors, musicians, artists,
decorators, journalists, public speak
ers' ana more than a hundred thou
SAND women teachers. In the trades,
there are thousands OF women hotel
and restaurant keepers, insurance and
real estate agents, bookkeepers, clerks,
merchants, officers and corporations.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

are larger than the mans. We have
the familiar restlessnes of woman
as she views her own condition and
compares it with mans. Are not these
unmistakable evidences of a coming
race of women who will have the
same ambitions for careers, for get
ting on, for industrial and social indie
pendence that men can have?
To be prepared for astonishing
changes and developments in the rela-
lions of men and women to each other
and to the social organization which
Is ever more purely industrial or
ganlzation, one has only to compare
half century ago with to-day the
time when our mothers and fathers
were young, with this generation of
ours. Then, the woman who showed
herself in any department of life not
Immediately related to the house
mold was looked on as a suspicious
character, if there was any reason or
excuse for thinking she might have
remained in Seclusion without starry
ing. A girl was the close-kept ward
of her parents until she was. married.
A married woman was, to use the
legal phrase, in the condition where
husband and wife are one, and that
one is the husband" Woman worked
as hard as she does now, probably
much harder, so far as physical toll
is concerned, but she was the great
unpaid laborer of the world" To-day,
ali one has to do to find out woman's
Industrial position is to glance about
him as he walks the busy streets and
goes in and out of the bee hives of
any American city or town.
There will be irritation and suffer-
ing, loud cutlery, fierce protest, while
the new order is establishing. Change
always means discomfort. But in the
end, since work is the secret of hu-
man content, and since work at a
fitting, time-filling occupation with a
futNSe in it is the secret of human
happiness, who will venture to say
that the end is not to be for the best
of bests? And, as we can't alter the
DEGREES of destiny, may we not as
well accept them cheerfully?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

They Chew and Choose the Finest
Brands of Tobacco.

They Chew and Choose the Finest
Brands of Tobacco.
From the New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
Tobacco bugs are better judges of
the higher brand of the weed that de-
lights than most men," said an old to-
bacco man, land it is an extremely rare
thing to find these pestiferous insects
in the grades of the cheaper kind.
They will simply have nothing to do
with the cheaper kinds of tobacco.
They know a good thing when they
see it, and despite the tricks of the
trade there is absolutely no chance to
fool wise bug when he takes a no.
ton to bore into cig@ or into a plug
of tobacco. You will always find him
in the finest thing in the shop. To-
bacco bugs are not without curious
sort of interest. They seem to come
in cycles. 1 have known them to skip
several years. Suddenly, as if by magic,
you will find the whole place filed with
them. They are not very large, and
will not measure more than one-twelfth
of an inch in length. 1t would take
a very delicate pair of scales to weigh
one, they are so small. But they are
active and as cunning as a fox. AS
rule they are discovered by mere ac-
cident, and after they have got under
good Roadway.
Several years ago New Orleans was
invaded by regular army of these
little creatures, and there was not a
cigar store in the whole length and
breadth of the city that was not in
Tested with them. Dealers and GUS
toners alike complained of conditions.
How they managed to get such a start
no one has ever been able to learn.
They suddenly appeared in all the cigar
stands of the city, and there was great
hustling to get rid of them by the men
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

who did not want their regulations to
suffer on account of the appearance
of the bugs in their goods. There is
but one way to get rid of them, and
that is to get rid of the tobacco you
find them in. This plan was pursued
at the time to which 1 have referred.
The bug bores a very small hole. You
never find the hole until the bug comes
out. And when he is ready to come
out he has done all the mischief he is
capable of doing. He has ruined the
tobacco, and has grown a pair of wings,
and is able to begin the new kind of
life that is before him. Besides,
sufficient quantity of eggs has been left
behind to bring a new supply of to-
bacco bugs into the world in due time.
But the point I had in mind was that
the bug always shows a decided pref
erence for the better kind of tobacco,
and really it is a very rare thing to
find them in either cheap chewing or
cheap smoking tobacco.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

Prior to taking inventory on Feb. the en-
tire stock will be sold at Reductions.
People residing IN the country will find this
good time to do their shopping here. Make
this store your headquarters while IN the city.
Cars from the depot stop right at our door.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

The Mail Order Department offers now On
usua1 opportunities for Bargain seekers. You
can shop from distance just the same as
YoU would when here, besides, we prepay
charges on orders of $500 or over. Early
orders secure first choice.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Carpets, MattingS.

Linoleums, Cocoa Mattings, Door Mats,
Rugs Curtains, Portieres Screens, Easels
are included in this sale at great reduc-
tons from prevailing prices.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
SCORES GULLIBLE PUBLIC.
Jersey Chancellor Says Stocks
Are Inflated For Fools.

New Jersey Chancellor Says Stocks
Are Inflated For Fools.
You know and | and everybody
ought to know that stock is inflated to
unload it on the public. l consider
it a fraud, and the people who buy are
fools. The men who initiate stocks
take advantage Of the old adage, tAll
fools are not yet dead" said Vice
Chancellor Pitney during the argument
in the application Of Edwin A. Nc
Alpin and others for a receiver for the
Universal Tobacco company at New
ark. N. j..
Attorney General McCarter Of coun-
sci for the defendant corporation
claimed that the allegation of insolv-
ency made by the compliments was
false. He said that the fact that the
corporation wanted more capital was
proof of solvency. He asked, where
are those men who have made millions
out Of the scheme by selling out?"
Vice Chancellor Pitney, interrupting,
said: II do not quite agree with coun-
sci that they made millions. l as
sumo that they made about $500, 600.
less expenses. What they got beyond
that was by cheating somebody"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.
No Material Change at Laredo, Tex.,
In the Past Few DAYS.

IT'D
Laredo, Tex. Oct. 5.-There has
been practically no change in the vel
low fever situation during the past
few days. The official bulletin Sun
day showed that there have been four
new cases and one death. The total
number of cases to date is sixty-one,
while there have been five deaths.
The work of fumigating, general
cleaning up and the carrying IN of the
house to house canvass is practically
completed and has resulted in placing
the city in a perfect sanitary condi-
ton.
Conditions are improved at Nuevo
Laredo, the day developing only one
new case and three suspicious cases,
while there has been no death re-
ported. Reports from Monterey, Mex,
state that there have been two deaths
there from yellow fever. The physi-
clans, however. have the situation
we'll in hand and claim there is nc
danger Of the disease becoming cpl
demic.
Reports from Victoria and Linares,
Mex. state that the yellow fever con-
ditions are gradually improving and it
is expected the disease will soon be
stamped out,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06

plan he is now considering is the APP
pointment of medical officers connected
with the public health and marine hos
pital service to be stationed at all for
eign ports of embarkation to make a
medical examination of emigrants who
intend coming to this country. MI.
Sargent said at present these two dis
eases are often not recognized by those
on board vessels, and many passengers
develop the diseases before arriving at
their destination by coming in contact
with those so afflicted.
Bertillon System Extended.
Chief .Wilkie of the secret service has
completed the installation of the Ber-
tillon system of criminal Identification
in the twenty-five districts into which
the service is divided in the United
States. Mr.. Wilkie has had an expert
give instructions to his agents in each
Of these districts. He says that it re-
quires at least two months for a man
to become proficient in the use of this
form Of criminal Identification.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
Tornado Does Great Damage in Wis.
consin Towns.

Waupaca, Wis. Oct. 5.-The lorna
do which struck Blain and Almond
Saturday night killed five persons
near Sheridan, and blew down twenty
buildings, as lear as cal be ascer-
tanned here. Other persons may have
met death.
The known dead are: M. R. Ny
holtz, Mark Wood. Mrs. Fisher. Mrs.
Cipperly and an unknown girl.
The way in which these persons
met death is not known. except in the
case of Mrs. Cipperly, who was in her
home. which was blown from its
foundation. killing her in it's ruins.
A barn on the Aprerly farm, filled
with grain, was blown to atoms, and
not q piece of it has been found.
II a field. in tho course Of the storm.
$1.100 in money was picked up, ap-
parently having been blown there by
the storm.
TIVE zen. names unknown. were
drfywneH in Green 7 AXE by being cap
sized. while cut fishing during Satur-
days storm. Two houses. several
barns and several windmills were
blown down five miles west of Ripon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
IN HONOR OF Plus x.
Special Services Held in Baltimore
Cathedral,

Cathedral.
Baltimore, Md, Oct. Especial
services. ere held at the Baltimore
cathedral Sunday in honor of the
election of Plus x. Cardinal Gibbons
preached the sermon at high mass,
and was attentively listened to by a
congregation that filled the ediice.
So dense was the throng which filled
every inch of the cathedral that the
procession of clergy, seminaries and
acolites following the mass was de-
layed until hundreds Of persons clear.
ed the aisles of the church. In add.
ton to being the first sermon deliver.
ed at the cathedral by Cardinal Glib.
bons for three months, it had been an.
nounced that he would speak of the
conclave which elevated the new pom.
tiff and speak Of the general conditions
at the vatican. At the conclusion Of
the pontiical mass, the pope's prayer
was chanted by the choir of st. Mary's
seminary of thirty voices.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
M OF THE HOUR
such q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


when l saw that she was almost
beyond my CONTROL" said the railway
engineer, Il threw her over
"Brute!" calculated u gentleman
wearing eyeglasses and grassy whis-
kers who was Internationally. straining
his ears to overhear the conversation.
1T didn't do any good" continued
the engineer, $50 l shut her Off. But
still she was jumping pretty. hard and
sliding around
"Infamous!" said the grassy whis-
kered man.
Sliding around. So l give her air.
"Ah. then you have some little in
stinct of Kindness" growled the in
censed listener.
but it wasn't any use, and so l
jumped and got away just when she
began to smash things"
And l don't blame her one bit!'' as
serted the man with the eyeglasses and
the grassy beard. Its a pity she
didn't smash you, so you couldn't come
here and boast of your cruelty. l am
not surprised at the number of d.
vorces NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
NEW WIRELESS SYSTEM,
Invention In Telegraphy by q Chi
cagO Electrician.

cagO Electrician.
A Chicago electrician named G. s.
Piggott declares that lie has invented
a new system of wireless biography
which is simpler than those now in use.
''The new SYSTEM" says the Milwaukee
Sentinel, SHOULD it prove commercially
practicable, has, it is claimed, many
advantages over the style used by Mar
conf in his invention. First, there is no
pole at either receiving or sending sta
ton, and although in recent tests the
receiver was exposed on the deck of the
vessel the transmitter was in the room
Of a house, and. according to the in
ventor, the receiver would have re-
sponded to every message even if it
were carried in a pocket. An intensi-
fer makes the poles unnecessary. To
prevent the interference of foreign cur
rents each instrument is to respond
only to a current of a certain rapidity
of alienation. This, says the inventor,
may be done so accurately that no in
reference of any kind is possible, no
matter through what medium the vi
brations of the current must pass in
their journey from one instrument to
another. A special code of telegraphy
is used by Mr.. Piggott, called the dou-
BILE dot code, in which dots are used
instead Of the dots and dashes of the
Morse system"
The invention is described thus:
Instead of employing a Taper and a
sounder on my receiver l use a Taper
sounder,' one instrument which does
the work of two and takes up less
space. l also employ an intensifier of
my own construction, which makes the
station poles unnecessary. This sys-
TEN, which l call space telegraphy,' is
timed to a certain rapidity of alterna-
ton, and if outside vibrations of differ
ent time intervene they will not affect
the workings of my instrument. The
current has Approximately 10000 al
formations per second. and all other vi
brations of lesser or greater alternating
rapidity will not be recorded on my re-
ceiver. My transmitter is what is COM
monty called an alternating current,
static. electric generator. mechanically
operated. This is a mechanical con-
trivance which gets it's current from
the ether. and therefore l do not use a
spark coil"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
TWO MEN ELEcTROcUTED.
Another One Also Badly Shocked in
an Accident.

Montreal, Oct. 1.-Two men we're
instantly killed in Point ST. Charles
and another badly shocked by the
boom of a derrick they were operat-
ing coming in contact with an cleo
trio light wire. A. Parent and P. p.
Provost were turning the handle at
the time. Provost had only one hand
on the handle and did not receive the
full force of the current. Parent was
using both hands and was instantly
killed. Prevost's cries attracted the
notice of J. Curtis. the foreman. He
rushed to Parents assistance and was
instantly killed. Provost will recover
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
BissELL SERIOUSLY ILL.
Former Postmaster General Suffers
No Pain.

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 5.-The Hon.
Wilson S Bissell, postmaster general
in the Cleveland administration, is
seriously i'll. Mr.. Bissell recently re.
turned from a long vacation in the
East and resumed his law practice.
Ten days ago he was forced to give
up his work but his condition was not
regarded as serious until Sunday. His
physician declined to confirm or deny
a that Mr.. Bissell is suffering
from an internal cancer.
"Mr. Bissell's condition is serious"
he said. that is al! we care to say in
regard to his illness at present"
Mr.. Bissell sleeps most of the time
and suffers no pain.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
TRIBUTE TO HERBERT.
Memorial Service to Be Held in Wash.
inqton.

ington.
Washington, Oct. Sin a memorial
service to be held at st. Johns church
on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at noon, the Rev.
Roland Cotton Smith, the rector, Off
ciating, this government will pay Off
cial tribute to the memory of the
Right Hon. Sir Michael Herbert, G.. c..
M. G., c. B., his Britannia majesty's
ambassador to the United States, who
died Sept. 30. The president. his
cabinet and the diplomatic corps will
attend the services.
This service is without precedent.
Sir Michael is the only ambassador
accredited to this government who
has died while absent on leave.
The service is in accordance with
the wishes of the president. who "a
for years a warm personal friend Of
Sir Michael.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
He Feared 1t.

"And how is your brother Johnnie
gittin' along in New York, Mrs.
Peachy, ma'am?"
Hes gittiE' along fast, Mr.. Barclay.
In his last letter he said he was in a
skyscraper.
That's too bad. l was afraid he'd
get in some scrape or other fore he'd
bin there very long."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
The Old Excuse

Shea poor tramp stopped at the
door today, and I gave him a good
meal.
He-What did you do that for?
You're the softest thing!
She-1 just couldn't help it. He re-
minded me so of you. l asked him if
he'd saw some wood for me. and he
said he was too tired.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
WAGNER FESTIVAL CLOSED.
Several Countries Represented in the
Final Concert.

Berlin. Oct. 5.-The United States;
Germany. England. France, Russia,
Austria Hungary. Norway, Italy and
Spain were represented by composers,
conductors or singers at the interna-
tional concert at the Philharmonic
Sunday night which closed the Wagner
festival. A brilliant and enthusiastic
audience was present. The overture
to "Oedipus T~yrarnus" by Professor
Paine of Harvard was we'll received.
the composition being rendered by a
leading Berlin orchestra under direc-
ton of Kapellmeister Pahlig of the
Royal opera at Stuttgart. Professor
Paine was called before the audience
and heartily applauded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
Pittsburu Policeman Killed.

Pittsburg, Oct. 5.-Andrew ]. Kelly,
a reserve policeman, was shot and
killed last night while trying to ar
rest Dusan Meliez, a Hungarian.
Melicz was engaged in a struggle with
q young companion when Kelly inter-
fered. Melicz drew a revolver and
fired three shots at Kelly, two taking
effect. MelfcZ was arrested.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06
Storm Creates Havoc in Iowa.

Burlington. Ia, Oct. 5.-Saturday's
storm did much damage throughout
this part Of Iowa. At Wapello, smoke
stacks, sheds and small buildings
were torn to pieces. A number of
buildings at the Wapello fair grounds
were blown down. Some stock wa.
killed, but To person is known to be
Injured fatally: