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By DOROTHY DIX.


extremely worthy of study. 1t spends us
time pacing sedately back and forth. WIN
the Arm, assured tread Of one VINO Is
monarch of all 1t surveys. among the
tables in the hotel or restaurant dining
room. AS soon as 1t sees number OF per-
sons enter the door 1t approaches them ana
observing that they would like to sit at q
table in one part of the room 1t pounces
upon the luckless wights and bears them
to the opposite end. No one knows MY
1t does this but eyeryb9TfSS es saG IN legend
hardy hare man defled the Head Waiter ar an ld
picked out his own table. but ne pal l
erabiy BY slow starvation before anyone
would take his order. SINCE taeH W. ~ ;,e pN'
has ever dared disobey Head M VA, ,ho
After having once seated ITS vlGtlns ,,a Ing
as a grand inqnisitor. 1t stands around
looking supercilious and contenptuous
until It gets upon the individuals nerves.
and rattles them so that they order iar
or could afford, for while there are many
people who are heroic enough TO lead a
f3riorn hope on the battlefield. or FISK
their lives TO save drowning person,
nobody has ever been found with courage 1,ta ~
with Oscars eyes upon them.
The Head Waiter is also responsible LOT
the prevalence of dyspepsia IN TINS coun-
try. as it is the torture OF leelns ia I'M M
on them that causes most people TO bolt
As may be supposed, the Head Walter
Is by no means a tamily pet, tH1usn
s Whieh p they are afraid affect species Of
II known as the Butler IT is. however,
n creature of some intelligence and
lea rms to do many interesting Things III
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for the boxer who can spring In. strike ik
and in the same instant be so far Win.
drawn again that his opponent cannot
rea oh him at all.
far backward, still balancing on that
right toe. that he would fall over II he
did not stick his left leg out to balance
himself. Thus, he can let a less skilful
ryinE, at all. He merely pulls his head
mans hands cannot. quite reach him.
This is not only, fine boxing. but It has
nent. There is nothing 50 disheartenng
that he cannot get at" his opponent.
Many man who will bear lot of punch-
blow after another without landing.
Now try the third step. Stand as be-
fore. Then Spring your body into the
but keeping them in position so that
YOU will land again in just the same
position as YOU We're. Do this until
you can thus jump forwards. back.
that shows.
Remember that the object Of it is to
eqa6le er to abp o% 9u Of ths bs nd
Hence your muscles must work SO
smoothly that you can leap without first
bending your legs at all Your toes
must throw you UP into the air as If
you We're a rubber ball.
After YOU have worked that down fine
you VIII have acquired the al art Of ,a reach en-
yond the utmost reach, Of your extended
stride. Also, YOU will be able to get
away from your opponent If he PUSHES
you.
But you must remember. too. that
jumping around like this Is only to be
done when YOU need it absolutely. 1t Is
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1t is a true saying that one-half OF the
world knows not how the other half lives.
Certainly. that half of the world Of wo-
men. who in the luxurious exclusion OF
their elegant homes toll not neither do
thew spin" never know how the other
half. who by their individual effort, must
provide their own food. raiment and
habitation. manage to live, In every large
city there are innumerable ways, un-
known TO the majority of people. by
which girls are daily supporting them
selves Engaged In what is known Din
lieu OF better name) as general office
work, are large number OF refined. we'll
: educated girls This work is clerical In
the main, but includes all the work done
IN the Offices OF the various large estab-
lishments. such as manufacturing COM
panies, insurance offices, information hu-
reaus. collective agencies, publishing
companies and mercantile houses,
II is Impossible to classify or describe
each particular kind Of work, but there
are a few general heads. under which
the work may be protitably discussed, so
that the unlnitiated may form some idea
OF the character Of the work which N re-
quired OF these girls.
There may be. and undoubtedly are
places in this land of ours where the COS
pei is not preached: records show thai
there are communities SO obscure tina
even the detective agencies know not o.
their existence; but there Is no corner
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1t is not necessary for boy to confront
another boy. Ho can get pretty near to
perfecung himself In 1t alone.
The first great thing to acquire is a
perfect balance. This power of balanc-
Ing must be SO complete that even If
you were to be showed or hit with great
force you could retain your command
over your body like steel spring.
Stand with your arms hanging down
by your sides loosely. SO that they will
rot help you in the least in balancing
yourself.
Set your left foot as far ahead OF your
tody in perfectly straight line as YOU
can make it go. Do 1t just rs If you
were taking a very, very long step.
If you have made a good long stride
you will find that your body Is resting
largely on the ball of the toe of the
right foot Look and see that this right
foot Is turned out slightly-not in an ex-
aggerated way. but just enough, as
person would do In walking, If he is not
pigeon-toed
Now, without bracing your arms, swing
and rock yourself forwards and back
wards and sideways. You will find that
It is not easy to keep balanced. You
will feel 1t necessary to shift your feet
often to prevent yourself from topping.
Well, until you can swing like a spring
in all directions without lifting the ball
of that right toe from the spot where
It Is planted, you are not ready to bother
about boxing with your hands. You have
not learned to box with your feet.
Now notice one thing. II you are stand
Ing correctly, even If you have not ac-
uured the science of balancing perfectly,
You should feel a grand freedom OF body.
You should feel from head to toe that
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But you must remember. too. that
jumping around like this Is only to be
done when You need 1t absolutely. 1t Is
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dangerous. first, because while you are r,
in the air YOU are without that spiendiId u
brace of your right toe. and, second. IT Is
going to use W your wind
But it will save you from many a
blow.
Now get up against another boy S,,n or
at ata a level with Your chin. a small foot
ball Is lust the thing. If you use paS.
II should never be larger than your Own n
head II II Is bigger You VIII nH1 sea ''
practice you should IN Striking az
small mark.
For general practice the bag is the RESI-.
1t will make you much quicker than box *
ing with another boy, for no DO! \. ~
swift as a bag pumped tuil OF All. ~ and
parry it and leap away from it as . ear !.
estly as you would from boy VINO !. Is
punching at you, you will become a sooa
boxer without any other help.
But there is one thing that you cannot
learn from n bag. and that Is nerve. lou
can only get that by facing ano,her per
son who Is trying his best to beat you.
Don't face that other person unless you
are sure down to your very soul that you
are willing to be hit II it must be ana
that you are not going to get mad y u
stngs When you are MT Ha as sr you Mi
that you want to punch only 10 gst
square. In the first place. that Is no way
for a decent white man to go INTO any any
sport and IN fh e s ,a pace ou
There Is no contest In which anger IS
SO harmful as in boxing. Boxing demands
the clearest and quickest Judgment, hho
no persons Judgment Is clear when ne Is
Not only does boxer, lose his power
of cool thought when he Is angry. out ms
opponent can see in his eye what ne * is
going to do. No angry person can as
guse his intentions then
Bcfore facing another boxer or punch-
ing the bag, there Is one very Important
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w
tSz.s2j called The Terror Of the Desert.
and also Of the soup. In nothing else Is
the mysterious and inscrutable purpose
OF Providence SO manifest as in the crea-
ton of this strange beast. whose sole pur-
pose in the world appears to be to take
away peoples appetites.
Few studies In natural history are more
fasclnatingly interesting than the evolu-
lion cient q 1ns }Sa o tbe Ro
in order to remind the diner that man
ha eprapn an Vas mostly Se @
warm sports from whooping things up
Careful investigation shows that the
Head Waiter is the lineal descenIdant OF
His Bones. and has precisely the en; same ~ .
a pa It," enters resta urant, the minute.
they catch the Head Walters eye they
become silent and sad. and 1t IS only 100 700
the tn miilionai Ire becomes les meek and cowed.
the man who controls thousands Of en- m
sits where he is told to sit, and thus IS
the wholesome. lesson impressed upon US
that We are nit.
proudly, claim the honor Of having Pro- or
while It Is hat Of that
they call a Head Waiter. 1t Is an in
ferior. weak spirited, unaggressive species
that is not for a moment to be com COM
and here alone. in all It's lnsoience any
utter disregard for a mere customer, 70
to be found the species In its unparalleieu
perfection. 80 ,os,
dangerous creatures that man ever en-
counters. scientists have pla ced u amons
the man devourng animals genus ,laaS
mupis), hut inasmuch as, ike me wien;
1t can be hit by silver, It mas Deen 1o imtn
necessary to subdiyide the species lhlo
two classes the maitre d'hotei. when De,
comes innocuous and even lawns ,upoii;
you If you t1ra ten dollar pllls AZ Il, a ~
the wise, ordinary Dub fIeaa " a sl', !.
which can be hit In the rleht spo' Wy
dollar. r,,. al.
+ The appearance OF the Head waiter. Dr., as as
has been said, is such as TO stIlke ter usa
to the heart Of the boldest ana 70 c a,Ith
timid woman to almost col!atPiS.e Wi Win
fear. 1t is always black and wn.te, VA Va,
a massive gold watchchain. cieaM .,hinh u
face and large pudgy feet on W., %t,'f fnr ~ ~
sways back and forth while wa ATM. a iop g
victim. Tho most remarkable thlrg apG ~
1T however, Is its hypnotic eye, aiia ~, nc
expresson of absolute yh Gnerw vests ike
veil upon its marble eounte ma Germs 20
never changed except for one "a ~ ,av orders
| contempt when some intreplu Jay ofalef'
| a cheap meal n,,., a.. aIso
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ending series Of the daily duties Of mum

ending series OF the daily duties OF hun
dreds OF girls.
A girl who has been engaged in doing
Office work for some time writes this
account OF her work. from the time she
applied for a position until she had, by
diligence and close application, obtained
one OF the best positions In the office:
being left some three or four years
ago entirely dependent upon my own re-
sources, began to look around for some
way by which could make a living. /
had not been trained for any special
work, and although possessed OF good
education and some common sense.
was very much puzzled as TO what !
should attempt to do. ] knew that there
livelihood, but had never taken in
| terest or trouble enough to find out
what they We're, There was school
| teaching, but even II ! possessed the
requisite qualities of a teacher II was
| springtime, and therefore entirely the
wrong season In which to start a school.
l was not n stenographer, ! had vowed
that | would not go into store, and l
had no talent In the world for sewing.
SAW HOlHllB Hlleuu VI me eaceIpl w De-
come housemaid or nursemaid. One
morning. however as was eagerly
scanning the want column OF the news
paper caught sight Of this advertise
ment, wedged in among a miscellaneous
collection OF advertisements for coach
men, cooks, nursemaids, &c:
Wanted-A young lady TO do general
office work. Must write a plain hand
Apply TO the Home Manufacturing Com
many Mt II o'clock A NJ
seized upon this advertisement. ant
hastily arraying myself ] sailed forth
to the Home Manufacturing Company
When arrived although it lacked some
minutes of being II o'clock, there Were
many girls ahead of me, AS ] entered thu
office gentleman was talking to brisk
business looking girl. who appeared Z
know exactly what he wanted her TO do
My hopes went down to zero immediate
~, for surely, ! thought he will engag
her and ] will have TO be n nurse mall
after all, and ! began to feel exceedngl,
low spirited
Presently, when this gentleman has
talked to every girl In the office excep
myself and each one had gone. he SCENE
to be waiting for me 10 speak, So screw
Ing my courage TO the sticking point,
walked up to the desk and said In a mos
dlgconsolate tone: II wanted to do ger
eral office work, but j suppose you don
want me. there We're so many"
Lets see about that" he answered
, courteously What can you do2"
\ l answered honestly that j didn't know
and he laughed outright. don't remen
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her all that was said that morning, but
1t ended in my being engaged to do gen
eral office work, whatever that might De,
for which l was to receive the meagre
sum of $3.50 per week. The next morning
at s o'clock began work. The first
week 1 did nothing but put blotters ad-
vertising the firm into envelopes-a sufti-
Gent number, I really believe, to supply
half the homes in the Union The next
week l addressed envelopes. and so on
for several months. doing the simplest
work in the office. Then gradually I
learned the different kinds Of work. I'M
til to-day I am the head of the adyertis-
ing department and am familiar with
every detail of the work and am being
paid salary of $40 per week. THIS al,
vance, however, has not been gained
without many months of hard work and
continued effort.
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F ALL the exercises and pas
IkN times of the world there Is
" none that Is so perfect for
HfQ1i1EI the development of swittness,
CHfHEu endurance. springiness and the
making Of muscle throughout
the whole body, from the heels to the
back OF neck, as boxing
Parents often object to boxing, because
It's practice leads to a certain amount
OF brutality in many cases. In this they
are quite right The boy who is malicious
or revengeful finds tempting opportunity
for satisfying those feelings in boxing
match.
But boxing. If carried on under proper
supervision, and after making square
and clean agreement between the boys
can Re made the finest OF almost all
forms OF athletics, with less cause for
rousing angry feelings, than even base
ball.
Let the boys understand, first OF all,
that the object of friendly boxing Is not
To punch" the other fellow. The boy
who aims only to "slug" and hurt" his
opponent should be debarred. at once
from further participation.
This Is not SO much to save the Others
from being hurt. Everybody likes a boy
manly enough not to be afraid OF
little hurt. But the boy who boxes with
his friends and wants to hurt them Isn't
a tit person to associate with clean
minded, decent and manly lads.
Every good boxer must be able to
strike hard, swift blow But the way
to develop that one particular ability is
by punching a lively. air-filled bag, and
not by punching a friend.
Remember, too, that In ten cases out
OF eleven, when two boys are going at
each other hammer and longs they are
doing very little boxing. They are just
maullne one another, and under those
circumstances the chances are thai any
boy. without knowing anything except
little about common. ordinary rough-and-
tumble fighting, could do just as wen as
they can. for they are not using any OF
the science of boxing.
Boxing really is science. The fact
that so many professional pugilists call
themselves professors and prate OF the
cultured persons to view the science OF
boxing with contempt. But It is science,
and 1t was founded in science by the
Greeks, who based their athletic sports
on strictly scientific grounds.
The striking OF the blow is only the
smallest part of real boxing. The boy
who hopes to become good boxer must
learn whole multitude of things before
he thinks OF using his hands
Many instructors Ii boxing begin at
once with teaching the pupil how to hold
his hands and arms, ready to parry and
strike And. TO be sure, no person could
become a boxer without learning this.
But. in the end. every skillful boxer must
hold his hands In the manner best suited
to his temperament and build, just as
every good shot must have his gun hung
and fitted to suit his particular need.
The true acginning of boxing is In the
foot. There is the very first, the vital
element that makes for success or failure.
Learn to stand right and you will have
vast advance in the road to becoming
a good, clean. pretty" and able boxer.
To practice this first step In boxing
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The Test Of Skill, Strength
and Quickness Against the
Skill, Strength and
Quickness Of Other
Living Things. Box
ing as the Finest
Of Sports.

+ ALL the exercises and pas
times of the world there is
none that Is so perfect for
the development Of swittness,
endurance, springiness and the
,,,p;,e ~ r,yscle throurhout
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letting your arms hang loose ana llrnoer
at your side. Step forward as swiftly
as II you were going to hurl yourself
ahead violently, and the moment you
have reached the full limit OF this mo-
ton draw yourself back as II you were
trying to fall bodily backwards with all
your might. This is going to take some
hard practice. You will find that the for
ward lunge will throw you ahead so far
that your muscles will require certain
number OF seconds to recover and get
under way to haul your body back.
Do YOU see what that means? 1t
means that II you had leaped forward
this way at another boxer to strike him
you would have remained near him
ION top" OF him. in fact--long enough
to give him a beautiful chance to let
YOU have one or more good blows. 1t
would be just as If you had purposely
showed your face and ribs into the way
of his fists.
So don't weary until you can lunge for
ward and pull back again and SWING on
that important right toe SO swiftly. that;
instead of seeming two motions, 1t VII!
really seem one. Come and recover,
"come and recover" until your muscles
act like lightning.
boxing. Your opponent strikes not when
he sees your arm or body move. put
when he sees in your eye that you are
going to move His blow. If he Is real.
Way. So nothing slow VIII answer.
And do you see now that boxing Is done
with the feet?
Consider, and you will realize that the
close and staying there, with no way to
save himself from return blows except
BY parrying with his hands. is no match
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nook Of the vast continent which Is not
permitted, so to speak, by the exhaustive
system OF advertising employed by the
various business men In their efforts to
introduce their wares. Advertising, then.
plays most important part In the office
work of every large concern. Here the
girls put up ready for mail every con-
culars. botters calendars, cards, etc.
These are sent to dealers and customers
every season: some firms, indeed. go so
far as to have a system of advertising by
which every one, In any way connected
with their especial line of business, is
reached by a circular letter every month
All of this work is done by girls.
Filing is another feature of general
office work. OF course, every business
man knows what filing means but to
the ordinary run Of people, TO file n
bill or letter would mean to mpae it
upon the regulation wire file. In a large
office, however. filing means the separat-
Ing of bills, letters, etc, and putting
them into alphabetically marked com
partments,
| Then there is the bill clerk with her
big black book and busy pen, doing a
work which a few years ago would have
| been as unintelligible as Sanscript to
any woman. She, however, seems thor
oughly to understand her work. as mol
pen glides along with the confident man
ner of one who knows that they are do
| ing the correct thing
Copying by hand or typewriter is
| closely allied to the advertising work
hut deserves special mention, because
1t gives employment to so many. There
| IL. perhaps, no work more firing ol
J wearying than copying. Imagine making
1 hundreds of copies of the same letter OF
announcement, The phraseoogy of thcs'
| letters or bills becomes so fixed III thu
mind that sometimes the girls who dc
this work will find themselves uncon
scously repeating what they have been
writing all day. Just as they might hun
the refrain of some popular song merel,
because 1t is so familiar 10 them.
The task of putting up the mail sound
simple and easy, and 1t is not difficult
but there is right and wrong wa,
to do everything-one productive Of tn
best, results and the other apt to lead I,
some undesired confusion. So II is j,
this case IL the one who is doing tn
work IL familiar with It, 1t is child
play; but TO one ignorant OF what Is re
CURED an error easy 10 be made
This is bat the merest outline of gen
eral Office work. There are various kind
of work, peculiar 10 each different hranc
( of industry. which it is impossible eve
: to touch upon without beginning an ur
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the hold-up line. although II never , ae-
quires any vocabulary, except Keep, the tnree
are enough to do the business. -,
New York possesses a magnificent col
lection of Head Walters, these {, along ,'r
Fifth Avenue being OF unrlvalea na ant, ~
the most dangerous sports known to man.
and few escape without being skinned.
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he HEAD WAITER. = Among
the animals whose very appear
ance is so fearsome it paralyzes
man to behold them IS the Head
Waiter. which has been aptly
called The Terror Of the Desert.
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good arm position for parrying straight blow that
comes in for just struck by the boy with his
right fist But his feet wrong, and evenifhe pares
the coming blow successfully he will be thrown out OF
position and be open to successful attack
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-06-12
YALE MEN FORM 4
CLUB IN SEATTLE

Twenty. five graduates of Yale
university gathered Together al the
residence 81 W. A Peters last ni9ht
and. after singing the old songs they
sang 90 Ions ago and sossiping
about old ehums who had gone a.
Norwich or 90 Rome" ~ the old
sonk Sues organised the Yale Club
81 Seattle.
An invitation nom tbs Harvard
Ciuh e. an outfocr reunion Al the
Cnuntf9 Ciub. usas Port hiakslex
and an accompanying challenge g.
game Of baseball was acespted
with great enthusiasm.
The bylaws which we're adopted
provide that any resident Of he city
who has attended a term IN aGy as
pastinsut % Yale shall be eiistslr 10
membership. Ths annual aaea asFs
dxed az 81
The following officers wSss sieetsd
by acciaFustioni " A Peters. prrs-
lent Charles D. Shepard. vice pfeni-
dent. T. a. Downing. secretary, and
Edgar Anes. secretary.
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COAL DEALERS
ARE FINED

CHICAGO. June u All she members
% the illinois Coal Dealers AHsoeias
ton Who we're indicted foe conspiracy
Ia restraint ef trade durinE the recent
zeal famine we're found guilty thls
morning aud fined SO tefh sen.
tence was also Imposed GA members ~
the Retail eaai Dealers Assaciatie
They we're finsd soc each.