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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Thankful Building Wasn't On Fire.

This seemed such special honor tha'
awaited myself OF It without delay, ana sat
IN q little box OF place containing DESK
which. Tor q mans poasession, was q mar
OF neatness. For an hour sat there wall.
Ing and p.ctur1ng to myself the well ordered
business man who would do such model
housekeeping in this funny little office and
bring girls up those awful stairs. While
waited the whistle blow In the big factory
across the street. answering whistles re-
peated ito cry like boats In fog. wheels
stopped, belts sagged, and the factory dis
tr1ct ate its sandwiches and hard boiled
eggs Before the wheels began spinning
again the superintendent entered. He was
a kindly looking man with clear blue eyer
md q mysterious, states secret manner lie
told mo In . low voice that had come to
the wrong place, that his factory was too
small TO count for much In an ton,
assured me that his girls were all happy and
welt paid, and directed me to the larger FAC
tories on tho west side. As left the build
Ing thanked heaven that there was no fire
Aend chasing mo down those stairs, and
wondered what would become OF those peo-
nile Il a flre should ever break out there. This
found to be general In all tho feather dus-
ter factories. The conditions OF work are
good when once the workroom islrea ched,
but OF the three factories. two occupy the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29

~HERD is a good living awaiting the man
who knows how to repair typeWrlters
In the little cities In the middle western
states. There are any number OF cities
OF from 10000 to 1t. 600 inhabitants that
are awaiting for such person, because type
writer users are now dependent upon the
monthly visits OF the typewriter salesman,
In conjunction with this repair business the
sale Of the office supplies VIII bring IN an
added Income.
One hundred dollars will start person IN
business, and from that tins forward y -
only matter OF hustle and get the business
II is all there, and part Of It viii come to YOU,
bit the pa TT that does not come to you usually
represents the profits on the month"; opera
lions.
began such a business with the following
stock of goods, which found TO be entirely
sufficient.
l,obO sheets cheapest grade carbon IN three
colors Observation-Disclosures. WV
1000 sheets medium grade, In blue, black'
and purple .,,,.,,.,,',,' ,''.'''''''.'''' WV
1000 sheets, (" average GOOD )" In blue, black
and purple Observation-Disclosures .'''.'' 3toV
500 sheets best grade, In three colors,,,'', !o'oo
10 dozen ribbons. divided between tho most
popular machines Uhree IN numper) IN
blue, black. and purple. copy and record.n 5000
An assortment Of typewriter, pa pers...',n 1000
s ------
$3.50
AS these were sold out constantly rep|eR'
!shed my stock by small express ORDERS from
my jobber In Chicago,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
!. Case Of Genuine Kleptomania.

.iAu, example of genuine kleptomania was
that OF a woman who made q habit to steal
ace whenever she had tho chance. When de-
,ectpd her excuse was that she couldn't get
waited on. The woman's husband paid the
hill. and sho was requested to discontinue
visiting the store. Then tho other stores
found her out, and they made the same re-
quest.
Zone of the meancst, shlartest women
ever met professionally was a woman known
all over Chicago as prominent In women s
clubs and that sort Of things and who had
an income Of Sl6.O 900 year. She was a widow.
With one daughter, and you would think she
might be willing to pay her honest debts.
But no. shetd do everything she could 10
defraud her creditors. but she was so clever
that for a long time she managed to keep
within the law.
" She trppedI at last, OF course, and cross
questioning her was q liberal education In the
detective business, She was so quick witted
This was the sort OF thing she used to do:
/" One day she brought IN scalskin coat to
be made over. wasntted for It, just as any one
else would be. and the garment was finished
and sent home, She professed herself salts
fed with the work, hut demanded the scraps
of sealskin which Mad been left over. and
which the furrer always keeps, just as a
jeweler keeps the filings OF the stones he cuts,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
MAKE. 90 to 100 Per Cent Profit

The prices ! received for my goods netted
me from 40 to 100 per cent profit, and soon
found that my customers knew little ABOUT
carbons and trusted moro and more 70 my
Judgment. At first was troubled some by
competition from travelling supply statesmen,
hut after had established myself and had
practically ali OF the business, they found It
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
lunch Room for Women Offers Good Field

coffee. There II It Is asked for, It Is possible
to get small cup and without cream at
cents. This scores also In he popularity Of
this place. At other places serving we'll
cooked food at prices which are lower than
anybody could expect. the theory Of cereal
coffee Is upheld and you can't insist hard
enough to get u cup Of the Other kind with
out having the cereal defty mixed In It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
"Buncher." Make from $3.50 to 81.

This splitting Is the last process In the prep
arat!on, and tho feathers are now ready to
go 10 the "bunchers," who arrange them
for the makers to handle. They gather the
correct number OF feathers for ono row Of
a buster, cut of the quill. run clothespln
over the ends, and toss the bunch on TO q
shelf In front OF them. The makers ma.
chine stands back OF the bunoher's table,
and there must be an endless supply upon the
shelf for him to use. The bunchers are piece
workers and range from $3.50 to ~ week.
The makers are all men. The ma chine used
Is a little foot power treadle aHalF' when IS
too heavy for girl to manage,
Many OF the feather workers are Italians
with sweet, fresh, elhn beauty, and they lend
an ,,naccustomed brightness and cheer to the
atmosphere. The glggldng and hysterlcal
.ruberance OF the northern factory girl may
"a a forced hilarity to meet. the hard condd-
tions OF her life. but the gayety OF the Italian
!. wholesome and genuine. Happy as they
are under the treatment they are subjected TO-,
what might they not be II they were really
siven chance? In one factory an old Italian
woman sorts feathers at the side OF her little
daughter. Together they earn 50 week.
Near them IA the woman's niece, who earns
$3.50 a week and Ia the only support Of q
family OF nine,
The supply does not meet the demand for
help In this Industry. tits dif1ouN to procure
girls enough at any time. The work Is steady
throughout the year. unless there Is q scarcl-
" offeathers, The work day IL nane hours,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29

~rln making Of feather busters Is one
Of the most interesting occupations
among the minor industries Of Chicago.
There arc only three factories OF any
pretensor II, the city and altogether
they do not employ more than 1925 girls; even
tibet, the girls outnumber the men nve to one.
but, although tho factories are small, they
keep up with the largest plants In industry.
speed, and comparative output, and one
rarely sees a more interesting aggregation
OF girls than these young workers who sup
ply the aln,pertinent parlor maid with her
tluffy weapon. gi 4 s.ss
In a fury Of energy 1started out one morn
Ing TO 40 oil Of the feather houses In
town.. The first place on my list was In the
factory district on the north side, in maze
OF roaring, throbbing factory buildings, A
slgn over the door announced the location OF
the place I sought Another sign on tho
wall read /" Feather Duster Co.. fourth floor"
a narrow passage Just the wddth Of the stair
case led to q steep stairway. Up went 70
the second floor, passed q nondescript factory
there, -reaohed tho third floor. and was oon-
frontcd with another hgn. Below. the light
from the second story windows had some
what penetrated into the hall; here the I've
and purpose Of the third floor factory were
screened from the pubic view by q WOODEN
door. and there was no light except the faint
glimmer that nltercd up through the dust
from tho dusk down stairs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
kle1otornania
Is Plain Theft left
Bv wv. C. Green,

49, 11ERE isno such'thing as kleptomanis.
Such Is the general consensus Of opn-
ion expressed by the heads Of the vari-
Gus detective forces employed BY the
big depart mentt s torres on both sides of
state street.
kleptomanin- .astthe term Is generally IN
tcrprcted, Is q 1nisrnmer. That a law Of their
being, which thoy must. pcrforce, obey, I'M
peis mon and women in comfortable crcum-
stances to appropriate tho belongings Of other
people Is q theory, pleasant, but untenable.
There Is such thing as insanity. On that
point all cctectorstare agreed. There IS such
a thing as poverty and starvation so fearful
that It wall force ar honest man to take what
docs,not-bclong to him. Such cases are meet
only for pity and Immediate succor. and arc
not to be confused with kleptomania. at the
suggestion that the taste for other peoples
nroperty IS a craving like tho craving for
liquor or cocaine. and to be treated as such
by a phys scian, the detector IS apt to smile
with q skeptlclsm born of long and varied
experience. and to shake.his head emphat TIC
ally.
"Ive are,early'taught charity IN this busl-
messy detector in chief declared TO me the
other day, when interviewed on the subject.
hut much so-called kleptomania IS nothing
more nor less than downright stealing and
simon, pure cussodness.' This is true about
nine times out Of ten. and the tenth time It's
proba bly, insanity. A case Of that Kind came
under my observation q, fewyears ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
ByGraCeClarke
Reasons for Her Success.

Crittenden. Lunch company. Is doing one OF
the hes. paying lunch businesses In Chicago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Club Woman Was Crooked.

She was so insisteut that the furrier at
tempted TO look up the scraps for her, and not
finding them, replaced them With pieces
which she herself acknowledged were better
than her own. She wouldn't take them, she
said she was entitled to her own scraps and
those she would have or none, Until they
were returned to her she wouldn't pay for
her coat Legally she had the upper hand,
so she kept the jacket and the money. too.
for the time being.
When we finally caught her in open dis
honesty we forced her to do the right thing,
All over the store the Salespeople had been
begging me when canght her to pay her in
full for the contemplate acts of which she
had been guilty. but didn't want to let my
desire for revenge get the better OF me- |
made her settle in full-told her to keep away
from the store. ] kept her secret. One day
I did give her q piece OF my mind. We hap
peneG TO meet and she was brastng of how
she was going 10 address mothers meeting.
] advised her 10 quit that sort Of thing alto
ge,her. Suppose some one should begin 70
look up your record said l. I've shielded
you this far. but II any one should ask mo
about you went lie for YOU That scared
her back Into the audience, anyhow,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
FACTORY D,fficul, 10 Reach.

The stairway, 90 far as vleible. ended on
this third floor. and as glngtrly put my foot
on the landing I wondered X $these-workers
In feathers had made themselves wings with
which to got to their work. Then bethousht
me that perhaps there was hall somewhere
in this encircling bIackness which would
lead me to another stairway at the front OF
the building, 20 literally /" CROPPED my way
waving my arm In front Of me and kicking
my foot around TO discover any possible IN
cline, and nnully found a stair Once start
cd. a pale light above beckoned. and man
aged TO got to the top, where another sign
told me bluntly that would absolutely not
be admitted into the factory. Remembering
that certain class OF people. which enfolds
many in its embrace, rush In where angels
fear to tread, l opened the door. souha
OF whirrlng wheels. a strong smell OF NOM
balls, and cloud u fine down bade me wei
come. After wandering around for while
making great deal OF noise, attra Geo INC
attention OF young man. who Informed mo
tha+ the mana ger had not yet arrived, but
that might wait for him In his once.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Claim They Like Their Work.

asked her II she would rather work hero
than stay at home. to which she replied
earnestly that she would, In spite OF the fact
that she keeps house for her father and does
all OF her housework after she goes home at
night Her married brother and sister help
her q little. but her $3.50 a week Is the chief
income OF herself and her aged. decrepit
father.
From the tumbler the feathers go to the
splitting machines, where the shaft Is split
and part OF It removed. The feather passes
over little sharp wheels which cut away the
part that Is not required for use. A pneu.
matte tube carries OF the dust and Allngs
and deposits them In shed built for the pur-
pose In the yard.
The girls who do this work are paid 81
week. One girl has worked at 1t for twelve
years. She is o bright, good natured, healthy
looking girl. who seems to bear the burden OF
supporting herself and her mother lightly
When she told me her res possibilities looked
at her in wonder " Do you buy clothes and
food and everything for two with ST a week? :"
gasped "How do you do II? 0. my
brother pays our rent. 1cant do that" she
answered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Old Lady Stole to Get Even.

"a "a little old lady was brought here de-
tected in the act Of stealing SIS fur SCARF.
She was SO evidently unbalanced mentally
that decided at oncc to let her go, but, OF
course had to have hersname. This she re-
fused to give. In vain ! coaxed, and even
threatened. She cried bitterly, but said she'd
4 (, to prison for life before she'd tell who she
u&,s At last / sent for her lawyer, and from
HI, a learned her name. Now said !. I'm
s,,A you're sorry and won't do this again
Go Nhome, forget all about It. and you'll hear
from me no more.
..W ELL, she and the lawyer walked away
In a 1:ind OF daze at her good fortune. In an
hour Nhe lawyer was back with flour sack,
which he implored me TO examine. It seems
she h;.d insisted on his going home with her.
where she broke down and confessed that
she'd ,\een SO defrauded by inscriptions
ncon,e tlat at last she determined to get even
h.. stealing. The fact that I'd been kind to
her had brought her to her senses. Her only
thought ,Fas to give back everything she had
eto,en ann hidden in the flour sack. Ten per
cent of the stuff was ours, The rest be-
Hanged to Our neighbors up and down the
erect. That was the last ever heard Of the
old lady, ANIL consider this case OF real In
sanity.
Another woman who took 70 stealing ad-
mitte6I that she did 1t because she thought her
husband didn't care for her any more. Had
brooded over h1at until she had melancholla
and stole for excitement. Didn't have $40
worth OF stuff iN the house that she ca me by
dishonesty. she was tho neatest house.
keeper ever sa W, but that was all she had tc
occupy her mind4 SO she got batty.' All she
needed was anticipating and attention from
her husband and she'd have been al! right
again.
. Sometimes we are called upon to pass on
the case OF expecta.ht mothers. Occasionally
a womnn,in that condition seems possessed
to take everything in the shape OF baby
clothes that she can lay hands on. For her
the little slips and caps, and tiny shoes are an
Irresistible temptation What can man do
In a case like that? Just be charitable. Who
could sit in Judgment against such womau2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Good Job Open for a Hustler
inEverySmall CityandT own.
By James T.. Jones.

,unprofitable to make the town and had the
Y held practically to myself,
MyFexperience since that time had led me
to figure the amount Of supplies required ~
one machine In months work as, roughly,
81. Fifty cents OF that dollar is profit Tor
the supply salesman. Repairs on tho ma
chimes In operation and overhaullng them
averaged 30 cents per machine per MONTH
and that was all clear profit from the Begin
Ming, During the first three months I was
in the city made an average profit OF Wv
per month, then foundthat a good deal OF
money could be picked up by selling second
hand machines. and Anew weeks later got
the agency for one OF the most popular ma
chimes on the market From that time for
ward my monthly income Increased steadily
though 1t depended entirely, upon the way IN
which Wnrked,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Must "Hustle" All the Time.

The supply and typewriter business Of all
others demands thatthe proprietor keep
everlastlngly at It. He must call on his
trade all OF the time. In few months
began. 10. branch out into the little towns
that surrounded my CITY. selling the profess
sIonal men their typewrlters and their SUP,
plies, had a list OF over q hundred pros
poets" OF men who were likely to be In the
market at ono time or another for machine,
and 7 kept In touch with them all Of the
time, \ placed assortments OF my goods IN
the small stores In the surrounding towns
and In that way gradually built up jobblng
business for that section Of the state In which
I was located, I found another source OF
Income in the rental OF machines though the
prices that I received were hardly, up to the
city standard.
hut throughout all OF my experience up 70
the present time tho thing that founa sns
most helpful in the business was keeping
eyerlastngly at It. II was mo onty sn.Ns
which would bring results and the only tHlns
that showed q balance at the ena o. 'he
month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
57fHW%aFTn Amone the Men who Work 4lEkX19V
u h&s lAA1155 VI IL II nnd BrAi -
Making Of Feather Busters
Interesting Minor Industry.
Bv Zelda Ermine Stewart.

upper stories OF old buildings. ono Ia on the
second floor with n foundry beneatiit, and
all are approached by narrow wooden stair.
cases, 80 dark that It s almost impossible
to see ones way. and In two OF them the
only outlet to the street IL through an ordA-
nary door, '
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29

yHEN a woman has to support her.
I self she IS apt to look toward the
\ tea and lunch room business. She
intuitlvely grasps the factlthat the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-17
new OIL STEAMER PORTER
GOES ON TRIAL TRIP TODAY
Shipyard Crew viii Take Ship Ous
For Spin on the
Atlantic.

The new oil steamer w. S. Porter,
being constructed at the shipyard
fer tAc. Associated oil Company. OF
san Francisco. will be given her trial
nip from This port 10 Cape Henry
ana return today. Manned by il
crew Of snipyard mechanics ANA with
several OF the officials aboard the
steamer VIII leave the VAIL early
this morning ana steam out to the
Capes, where She Will be given her
speed run on the Atlantic.
~ The conclusion OF that test sho
will be put through various manoeuy-
crs to test her stclrng gear and
when that is completed she will re-
turn TO the shipyard
The Porter will be completed in
Il few weeks. After leaving the ship.
ward She will load Il cargo and start
for San = ranCis.o.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-17
OR'EASTERLY STORM CONTINUES
WITH UNDATED VIOLENCE
Vessels Seek Shelter in Hampton
Roads-Work at Coal Piers
at StandstII.

The norcast storm which swept
over this section late Monday even
ing continued all day yesterday and
last night with undated violence.
Tlerc was continual downpour Of
ran here throughout he day and
there was dense fog outside of the
capes, making navigation exceedingly
dangerous. ~,
Several coal lalGn schaoncrs ami
baTges, which left port yesterday.
anchored in Hampton Roads. and
quite large feet Of these vessels
are now gathered there from this
port ard NoiiJlk. The feet will get
underway as soon as The storm sub
sides.
The continual rain almost com
nleteiy stoTpcd operations at the
Chesapeake ~ Ohio coal piers. but
work al the freight piers went stead
ili ahead in spite Of the disagree.
able weather
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-17
CAPTAIN h'LEAh HELLO
FOR FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Pipe" Story Told by Deserters From
Navy Causes Skipper of the
Osceola Trouble.

IN Associated Press dispatch from
Wilmington, y c., last night said:
After IA hearing oi some length.
before the United States commission
CT here today. probable cause was
found, and Captain Mclean. OF the
British steamer Osccoa, was required
10 give bond of $2,5O0 for his an.
pcarancc nj the next term of the
United States District Court in this
city To answer charge of violation
o: section 5455 oil the Revised Stat.
ues in connection with the alleged
SnnnShaiing Of the two sailors from
The United States cruiser Columbia
at Newport News, Va.
This was in spite OF the fact that
evidence was introduced To shaw that
the men had been regularly signed
before the British conSul nj Newport
News and were descriers from the
navy prior tn their being taken
aboard Captain McLcan's ship. Five
OF the scamcn on the ship here are
under bond of $500 as witnesses in
the case"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-17
SOciaI-.-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

Nj. Harry Morton Ncwkirk of
Dayton Sinclair viii he married his
afternoon Al O'Clock al Trinity
champ. The pastor. The rhnrch has
been beautifully decorated for Inc
occasion.
Mrs, Lewis IittIcpauo lrft yrstnrdnt
tional Womcn's Foreign Missionary
Conference.
Mrs. !. W. Krllnm has returned
from a visit la relative in Accomac
county.
-
Mss Louise brooks ms returned
homo IF .cr vIs! to friends IN Now
Work ana nntigtlclphin
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-17
ON LINE PERMANENTLY.
Steamer New YORK viii Ply Regular.
~ Out of This port

II was announced yesterday that
inc clyde liner New York, wnich
sailed from this pct yesterday after.
h!nh for Norfolk and PHILADELPHIA,
VIII IN the future make regular trips
between this pert. Norfolk ANA phila
ueiphia. There rs been decided
increase of freight on tniS route dur.
.hg Inc FAST few months and In or.
der TO handle the traffic properly the
ci'iciaiS OF the Clyde Steamship com.
pany deemed il cXpedicnt - Increase
ne heet on the rtutc from three ia
lour steamers. by plac.nS the New
York in the service.