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The Washington times., 1905-12-24
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The studio--a fair-sized barn OF mod
err brick-fronted on the street. The
double doors through which a scuIp-
tors larger work may pass were
flanked by a little side door painted
staring and most Objectionable green.
on the right the roof of a red-tiled
shed crept up TO long windows under
the caves. The side door stood ajar-
a most urgent invitation to my curios-
ity. After all, ] argue. studio re-
mains a place where the strict rules of
etiquette may be avoided. even though
its owner be dead. An &C, without
troubling further in the matter, l
pushed the door gently open, and
walked into short passage. the fur
ther end Of which was barred with
heavy curtains Of faded plush. Be
yond them 1 could hear a whisper of
voices. / drew back the edge Of cur
tain and peeped within.
In the center of the big room was a
tall pedestal, upon which was set the
bust of Nero. which had won no small
measure OF fame for poor Czarnecki
in that years academy Under the
proud and merciless features OF the
Roman Emperor stood Inspector Grey
smoking a cigarette and talking TO a
big fellow with 3. thick black beard.
couple OF men kneeling at their
feet were replacing a mass Of loose
papers in the drawers Of a roller-top
desk that had been pulled some dis
tance from the wall.
I was just about 10 announce myself,
when one Of the men knocked over a
brass candlestick which stood on the
desk. SO that It rolled 70 the farther
side With a grunt of annoyance, he
stepped leisurely round and dropped
on mis- knees TO recover il. Once out
Of sight OF his companions, however.
be whipped out a square of wax from
his pocket. and with an extraordinary
rapidity. took an impression from
key that he had kept concealed In his
hand. It was all over in five seconds.
and from the shelter the desk gave to
him. no one but myself could have been
the wiser. He rose. replaced the can
dIestick, and continued his work
whether the fellow had played his
companion a trick or not. ! had no
desire TO be caught acting the spy. SO,
pulling the curtains aside, ] walked
into the room. They all turned quick
ly upon me, the black-bearded man
staring hard as IL attempting to recall
nv face. But Grey was the first TO
speak.
Good afternoon. Mr.. Phillips. he
said. as II 7 were a visitor he had eX-
nected. you are just in time TO drive
me back. Have you cab waitingT'
mo" ] hesitated.
ITS of no consequence We can find
another at the top Of the street. And
now. Mr.. Nicolin." he continued. turn
ing TO the big man, who had never
taken his eyes Off me. ARE you quite
satisfied, or - --eu wish your men 70
make a frssE9 DEsrch2"
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waddled when he walked, and his
dignity no longer permitted him TO
stand on his hind legs and gaze over
the edge of the pen in search of
house-wOrn victuals
Neighbors alluded casually TO the
g-neighbors who always sent Mr..
Rosy slab of meat when the grim
destroyer visited their own tidy pen.
That is the cheerful way of neigh
bors at Dope Springs and elsewhere.
Those VINO infest large cities little
know the heart interest, the health,
habits and future prospects of COM
mon backyard pig can stir up in a
small community. Folks paused and
beamed upon Rex, and said he had
reached the zenith Of his power to
please
Also ] cherished some clandestine
thoughts about Rex, since he lived
just across the fence from where
was cottaging with more or less
ardor. / fed him fish when Mr.
Rosy wasn't looking, and imagined
] was doing the pig a favor. Day
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after day for months | angled in
the Gulf and brought home baskets
of parlor fish. In general contour
and ferocity the fish l caught re-
sembled those samples that inhabit
a glass globe behind the lace cur
tains in the bow window. Not be-
ing a fish-eater myself, l conferred
the products of the chase upon Rex
and said nothing. All told, | must
have fed him a million parlor fish.
Founders, hardshell crabs, and eels
were likewise esteemed by Rex.
y never did see such beast yet,
Mr.. Rosey said one day He gets
fat on so little don't see how he
does it,"
May be the climate" l said.
''The sea breeze and the piny odors
tone up his nerves"
"It is very interesting" said Mr.
Rosey, looking at me and then at
the pig. No wonder these North
ern visitors are charmed TO come
herei"
As | was a snow bird taking on
flesh, it was up to me TO feel stung,
but | couldn't Such baseness was
not in Mr.. Rosey. Besides, he owned
the cottage and l paid my rent in
advance.
Meanwhile, vast quantities of sea
food went to nourish the pig. He
spurned potato parings and coffee
grounds, either hot or cold. Fox
became a furtive epicure of dainty
desires Fish alone appealed to him.
In time the row of bristles down
his back assumed the form of spines
like those on a sunfish. Rex stop
ped grunting and lay for hours at
a stretch in mis- little pen puddle,
where he wriggled and splashed in
a style that astOnished Mr.. Rosey.
That leading citizen would have
yielded to sentiments akin TO awe
had he seen Rex wriggling in the
tidewater puddle at night. His ro-
tund body threw off a pale nebu-
lous glow like the head Of a damp
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Continued on Page Kks;ss This section.)
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
Gun and Dog Always Ready to We'll
come Photographers.

drive through The rambling village OF East
Quogue and q scrub oak woods Only one or
two other houses are TO be seen from the veran-
da. which runs around three sides Of the house.
These ars some distance away 70 the south on
the edge Of the pretty little triangular bay.
From the boundary OF the plot containing these
houses Mr.. Murphy's place e1tenda along the
shore front fer a distance OF three-Quarters OF
mile. It contains 116 acres. large proper
ton OF the land is covered with email pines and
oaks In the open space on the south end of
the strip Mr.. Murphy has planted several acres
Of corn for the use OF his three cows.
The house stands on the edge OF q grove OF
small oaks a hillook with gently sIoping
sides. It overlooks Tiana Bay and the short
pier which Mr.. Murphy is having built. While
almost invisible from the road and the neigh
bors. 1t may be readily from the water.
From the veranda one has uninterrupted
view Of the bay and Of the spot where, dead, the
bodies Of Clarence Foster and Sarah Lawrence
were found floating almost exactly three years
ago. Across the bay Rampasture Neck tuts out
into the sparkling blue waters Of Shinnecock
Bay. To the southwark the low sandy bar
which separates Shinnecock Bay from the ocean
may be seen
| Just below the house and near the little pier
is anchored Mr.. Murphy's twenty-five foot
launch. It is said that he has given the craft
Clellan TO give the Tammany administration
clean look. so he VIII use this launch to give
himself an occasional bath When he desires TO
take a dip in the surf he VIII use the launch to
cross Shinnecock Bav TO the ocean
The house is a long one, extending north end
south. II contains about fifteen rooms. enough
to accommodate several Ta1nnnany commission
ers. should they feel the need OF visiting their
chief in the part Of the week which he viii spend
at East Quogue. II was built IN 1854 by John
Layton, from whom Mr. Murphy bought the
place last fall. The house, like the farm around
ii, has not been kept up Of late years. On the
inside II looks like deserted yacht club house.
The coat Of red paint which made It a marked
object from the water Of the bay Is being
cred with yellow paint
Although he had a reputation a hayrnaker
when he left the city, a Long Island farmer
il cannot be said that Mr.. Murphy has proved
success. His corn looks thin and poor. Daisies
monopolize the meadows The timber looks
hardly worth cutting The small ponds not
large enough to furnish much ice.
He's spending an awful pile of money the
the newspaper men to the estate confidently
teen carloads of bluestone and a carload of
lar q load"
Mr.. Murphy disclairns any intertion Of spend
ing much money the place. He is laying out
bluestone roads. and will probably have tennis
court and q short golf course. A fishing dory
reached Quogue for him few days ago. The
| secrets which it may hear before Mr.. Murphy
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25

Charles r. Murphy, the golden nouthe6 leader
:. Tarnrnany Hall, Is not seeking notoriety this
r-nner Whoever may be welcome at his re-
,.,tIv purchased summer home on the westerly
shore OF T1ana Bay, between East Quosue and
s.oo6 Ground Long Island. newspaper men and
nbotographers viii not be- Retainers VIII see
.hAt his Iordly hall shall not be entered by the
ambassadors of the public Their visits will be
encouraged Mr.. Murphy has a gun and q
Great Dane. These facts daring local pho
,oS-spher discovered two or three days ago
,ben he ventured to set up his camera near the
house.
A week ago Mr.. Murphy moved to his place.
thinking that he was sufficiently public char
soter 10 make description of his retreat Of in
..rest 10 their readers. several New York news
uapers sent representatives with photographers
N 0uogue one day last week. They gained little
sor their trouble When the newspaper men
arrived MI Murphy. garbed in blue serge suit
sn6 a gray golf cap and accompanied by his
hrindled Great Dane. was occupied in directing
ths ten aDagoes." as a youthful hack driver
s-Tied them, who are laying out a bluestone
road on the place Some Of the visitors got
further than the entrance TO the grove Of small
naks with which the house is surrounded Others
succeeded IN reaching the porch before anyone
ouestioned them as to their errand. Those who
beiug painted and that It contained large hall
furnished with g few red leather chairs. They
also discovered on the porch a couple Of boxes
IeheIIed whfskey.'' On a table opening
into the hall could be seen two or three dozen
mart bottles whose tops were swathed in tin
foil
wr Murphy was as uncommUnicative as
ouogue or any other kind Of clam He volun-
teered no information, and replied TO questions
IN single sentences As his visitors talked, his
Great Dane walking at his side and suggestively
smiling them he silently led them toward the
entrance Here is q speciman OF the conver-
cation which one newspaperman attempted TO
carrr On with the hope of securing an opening.
as he marched down 10 his carriage:
You have an automobile and some horses
down here, believe Do you prefer driving Or
the automobile?
u enjoy both" Mr. Murphy replied oracularly.
shall you play golf to any extent down
here?"
a. nay play little"
DO you expect TO do any hshIng?"
Possibly"
Are you thinking of fitting up a library
here?"
By this tine the carriage was reached.
Impressed with the significance OF Mr..
Nurphy's eloquent silence. the newspaper men
left him. one By one. and We're driven back to
ths station.
It's place which Mr.. Murphy has bought is
said TO be the anest in the neighborhood and to
have cost hizr $4,000. 1t is three miles from
tho Qupgue station. from which it is reached by
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has applied for = place, ana to-day X ~
frankly admitted that II the doors Of other De-
troit factories were thrown open to colored
workers, hundreds Of employees could be secured
who would work for less than white girls now
demand. In view Of the fact that the expert
ment In fhe Progressive Knitting Mills has
proved that colored girls are peculiarly adapted
for factory work, Detroit employers and thou
sands OF young women now face a problem
which is undoubtedly of national interest at the
present moment
This innovation In Detroit factory was made
only after an investigation by members OF the
firm which covered period Of several years.
One of these members went personally among
negro families, and for a long time made ac-
Quaintance with young negro women. This in
vestiga1on revealed the fact that of the 1000
oolored people OF the city Of Detroit there were
at least 1000 young women willing to accept
employment Of almost any kind Many Of these
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
Practical Educators Discuss This Topic
from Many Points of View.

who has the school at Madison-ave. and s5th-st.
THE woman teachers Of New-York, and you
know there are a great many Of them. nearly
ten thousand, are fine body of women" Miss
Blake observed. 81 think It would be a great
pity and very wrong to keep such women as
these out of marriage, and 1 certainly cannot
see how the schools would be benefited by such
an act. No, indeed, do not feel that mother
hood is objection in a teacher, but, on the
contrary, it seems to me that when woman
has known the happiness Of having her own ba-
bies around her she must always be better
teacher because of that. Naturally a mother
loves her own most and If she had her child
In her class at school she might show a little
partiality, but all the same, that love makes
her a more comprehending teacher. The plea
that the married teacher is taking the bread
out of the mouth OF her unmarried sister is a
trifie illogical and beside the point. man
doesn't give up the work he wants to do because
somebody else may need the place, and no one
would dream of expecting it of him. Wed think
rather poorly Of man who, upon inheriting a
little money should drop his occupation and pro-
ceed to live on his income and it seems one
sided to say that woman ought to drop hers.
whether she wishes to or not, because she has
a husband TO support her as the phrase goes
Moreover this argument takes no account OF
the teachers who are widowed Of those whose
husbands though living, cannot or do not sup
port them. OF course" Miss Blake concluded.
rehectfvely, when woman has a family of lit
tie children she can hardly teach school during
those years without neglectng her family. at
least
Joseph Wade of the school in 145th-st- near
Amsterdan-ave gave in two brief sentences his
reason for disapproving of married women as
teachers THE important thing in public school
work is regularity of attendance ON the part of
self that q married woman cannot be depended
on in that regard"
Miss Margaret Knox, principal of the school
in 5th-st near Avenue D, has several counts In
her Indictment Unlike Mr.. Shields. she feels
that there are altogether too many teachers
.And women with husbands" shs said, have
no right TO take the work away from the unmar-
rted 70 whom 1t is a question Of livelihood.
while with them it is for nothing but pin money
very often Il is true there are exceptional
instances, like that OF teacher know. one
lately reinstated, whose husband had gone to
pieces financially, so there nothing for her
70 DO but put her shoulder TO the wheel. But
it would be better for the schools IL no married
women were appointed. They cannot be SO free
for the work and then there is the fact Of moth
erbood TO be remembered. and always the pos
ssibfIjty that In such cases the teacher won't have
the discretion to resign when she should"
One principal who declined 10 have her name
used, a woman at the head of scnooi on the
we.t Side gave a. graphic picture of what she
endured with q teacher who would stick at her
post when she should have been at hsT home
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25

a teacher who IS mother continues to teachs
In spite of her not being able to do the WORK
well, and it becomes the duty OF her prlnclpaI.
supervisor, to remind her OF the racts why
it's not a pleasant state OF AFFAIRS, ana lt pc
comes less pleasant If she happens TO be de-
sirOus of holding onto her position Tnere were
more Of such enbarrassments in the old times,
when there were more married women teaching
But it Is always likely TO occur so long as there
is in the schools The board ought not
TO appoint them"
A man who has had good deal to do with this
controversy, though he is not a school pr1ncl-
EaI is Senator Guy, the Assistant Corporation
Counsel. He was in the legislature when the
Married Teachers bill was introduced He told
the reporter how the fuss began. '"The eslta-
ton started.' he said. 'fn what was really
joke on my part. When I was serving as
school commissioner handed in q resolution 10
the effect that the bylaw declaring that mar
'riage the part Of a woman should terminate
Ter career as a teacher was invalid, that Che
school board was transcending it's powers. and
that such right lay only with the state Iegis-
Iature. / affirmed that the board took the posi-
ton of discouraging the institution Of marriage.
which position was distinctly un-Amerlcap ana
directly counter to the opinions or Theodore
Roosevelt, who was then Vice-Pres1dent- l
merely meant to have q little fun with my
grave colleagues, but the matter was taken up.
and what began as a jest developed into a Sc
rous discussion being carried later TO the lesfs-
Iature in the shape of the Hartmann BILL
"And seriously I obliged to take the stand
that il is not advisable to permit married women
to teach in our schools. know that in the per-
sonal sense this seems hard and unjust There
is no doubt that the cost OF living has increased
greatly in the last few years. Many young
man who wishes to marry hesitates to do so be-
cause he knows that his earnings are not suffi-
cient for the support of wife But II the wife
can work and contribute her share, as the
woman who is teaching can, why. there are
two salaries instead of one, and the problem Is
sirnnIffed However the State cannot con-
slider personal questions; the interests OF the
schools should be first And I think it is pretty
clear what would be best for the schools. There
is no doubt" Senator Guy added. that the bill
ought to have passed
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
COLORED FACTORY GIRLS
Experiment in Detroit of Employing
ONLY Negro Workers.

One of the most important experiments in the
employment Of labor that has ever been made
in Northern State is now being worked out In
Detroit Mich where one Of the largest fac
tories in the city employing female help is filed
only with negro workers. The result of years
OF observation and study by the factory owners,
this experiment has now reached point where
Il presages the revolutionizing OF factory life.
and opens to the hundreds of thousands Of col
ored girls in the North the promise Of field OF
labor, heretofore practically closed against them
Since the beginning Of the experiment seven
months ago almost every colored girl IN Detroit
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25

received fairly good school educations- Nearly
a either high school or college gradu-
ates and only recently one young woman left
the factory to become a teacher in the State
Normal School at Ypsilanti. The factory num-
bers among its ernp-oyes two girls who have
been graduated In photography under one Of
the best professional photographers in the city,
and yet who have been unable to secure en-
ployrnent in Photographic establishment on
account Of their color. Among the 100 girls
there are nearly 40 who play on some musical
instrument, half Of them being pfanists- In
their leisure hours three of these teach music.
Already seven Of the knitting mill girls have
formed themselves into orchestra, which Will
soon number twelve pieces Two of the colored
girls employed china painters. one is a young.
woman who has local fame as q stage
manager and another is elocut1onst Of con-
siderable ability. Numbered among the workers
are ten girls who occasionally take part In anna
teur theatricals and it is said that two of these
will soon leave the factory to act in vaudeville
Fifty per cent of the girls are well read in cur
rent literature and the best authors.
In the factory they earn from 50 to So week
The output from the factory has steadily in
creased and has now reached point never be-
fore equalled in the history of the mills AT the
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25

girls were wen educated. and ssv possess<o
college educations. Each year the belfo's
public schools have been graduating coioleo
girls but the investigation showed thas Ai0er
leaving school these girls were unable 20 seouie
employment where their schooling might oe u
value to them. They were barred from s'ores
and offices. and In one institution where Ii was
proposed to bring in colored girl clerk, a ao1eh
white girls threatened to go away. MOI oiiiS
young women Of education. but others OF con-
siderable talent. were found holding meniaI po-
sitions which barely provided them Win h'e-
Ithood, and it was believed by the proprietors
of the factory that IL such young women could
be brought into factory life. the results would
be highly gratifying. Soon after this II was
advertised that factory just completed Dy
the company would employ only colored girls
Immediately hundreds responded, and OF these
nearly hundred were chosen and set at work
At the present time the Progressive knitting
Mills present q most unusual object lesson Of
the hundred girls employed there. eighty have
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25

returns to the city would be Interesting 10 de
public It win accommodate only two III.
Murphy says he understands there is a nioe road
leading down to Southampton. he probably viii
enjoy It for he has automobile well q
driving team He has recently bought Roses
Grove. pleasure resort bordering on Peoonio
Bay. Just north of Southampton It is not known
what he intends doing with It. but It will be left
urldisturbed this summer
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
QUARTER TROUBLED HIS CONSCIENCE

C. Wilbur Billings. secretary OF EdinborO Fair.
received le'-er a few days ago from man living
I'm Crawford County. who inclOsed . cents and
stated that six years ago while attending the fair
he beat his way through the gate. and that ts
sent the quarter TO ease his conscience. which he
said had been troubled over the matter FOR a long
time-(Edinboro Independent.
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begfnnfng many OF the girls came to no fncSoty
as early as 6.15 o'clock IN the morning pdt tne
employers did not believe that this oVerproMp,I
ness" would long last r-ov, however, e. e.
morning sees half Of the girls at WORK oy osov.
half an hour before they are required 70 D sI
their tables. and during the seven months sliiy
two girls have reported late.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
STUDIO NOTE.

Grace Larome who has studios at Carnegie Han
and at the Pouch Mansion. Brooklyn viii sail for
Europe on July s. accompanied by some Of her ad-
vanced pupils. returning about September Is to
sumo her teaching.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
The Exquisite
Beauty of
TOurn1alineS

In no other phase of Natures work
40 we find her marvellous processes
crowned with a more beautiful creation
than the Tourmaline; the crystalline form
that vies with the floral world In the won
derful procession of it's colors and tints.
Glowing with the warmth and light of
the sun. more durable than the granite
founda tons of the earth. In it's variety
of colors the Tourmalne combines the
fiery red of the ruby, the magnificent
green of the emerald, the golden yellow
of the topaz. the deep blue of the sapphire
and the rich violet of the amethyst.
Tiffany & Co., the New York jewelers.,
are placing these stones on the market
with great success. Prince Henry of
Prussia recently paid $4,000 for single
Tourmaline, while ordinary specimens
readily bring from s12 to $50 carat In
offering the stock of the Mesa Grande
Tourmaline and Gem company for sale
we do so feeling fully satisfied that every
dollar put into the proposition will come
back to investors with several more dol
lars. just how many no man can tell.