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impossible II she had not courage

have been impossible If she had not courage
ously come here.
where should 1 have found houses TO
decorate?p a woman asked The SUN re-
porter. -Icould only do that. l had studied
1t and there was nothing else open to me
when / found l had to work or starve. In
the little Southern town lived In there was
very little house decorating Of any kind
and the women of the place, aided by a
German paperhanger, were able to do all
that was necessary in that line.
New York seemed a very audacious
attempt, but | decided to try it. I came here
and haunted the decorators until / was
finally hired. l got less than enough to
live on at the beginning and my salary had
to be supplemented by small advances
from home. One week my watch went.
Il stuck at the work. l was a sort OF
GRAND girl at first, running out to match
hangings or trying to find certain kinds
thing about the work and, after a while, I
had the opportunity to show 1t. My en-
ployer was a woman, and she gave me INV
chance when the summer came and che took
her vacation. Now | am roxt to Ter in the
business; and, like every other woman deco
rator, hoPe after Il while to know enough
people TO so out for my elf. When / camo
TO New York had ono letter. II was TO a
firm of architects. The exter B Of their assist
was n letter OF Introduction 10 a deco
rator II the loan of a bushes directory In
which / found tho names of othors ia that
bust ess."
1t is an exploded idea that the Southern
woman cannot take care OF herself. She
has shown herself just as progressive as any
Of her sisters, and hor success In various
kinds OF work is new evidence Of this. Few
ob the large number hat como every year
Is New York have any business or eocial in
huenoe here. They come to the metropolis
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man is not going to praise an employer for
putting in shower baths when that same
employer has restricted the quantity Of
piece work to a certain output, thus drag.
ging down the workman's wages.
"In another, the same day a model lunch
Dom was opened, the wages Of the entire
factory were lowered for some outside
cause and, Of course, the workmen would
not Use it. 1t has often beer my duty to point
out to the employer that the lack Of justice
and not the ingratitude Of the workman
has been the cause of the regrettable con.
dition of affairs. Without justice no super.
structure can stand no matter how fair
seeming 1t may appear
Asked if she had ever been callod upon 10
adjust strikes, Miss Beeks relates a recen
experience In Syracuse.
Il was called in to help adjust a difference
that had arisen in regard to the rights OF
the women employees. For a long time the
elevator in the place had stood in the middle
of the building, but the need of room forced
it into a far corner, which, in turn, made II
necessary for the women who came to their
work a half hour later than the men to go
through the room of the men, which was
overcrowded already.
This resulted in much annoyanos and
delay, and the use of the elevator was de-
MED the women. Their strike threw tbs
whole work of the mill out Of the market,
for nothing could be done beyond their de-
partment, and even the men urged them 70
60 back, but they would not.
After talking with them and the en-.
ployers, and studyin e the condition OF
affairs pretty thoroughly, l was able to help
effect a compromise. The girls agreed 70
come to work at the time the men came ana
go home a half hour earlier, using the stairs.
1t was a very simple adjustment.
Hunger is only two weeks behind tne
average wage Garner. No matter how
attractive a place may seem on the surface
unless the proper foundation is there 1t WIZ
only stand as a failure, only the moro con-
spiouous because of its fair seeming.
The welfare work is designed to help Jay
this foundation by methods that are nov
seeking notoriety, quietly, unostentatlousily,
without coercion or aggresslveness. Inns
foundation must consist of:
First, steady work; second, equitaoie
wage; third, reasonable hours Of labor
"A notable recognition of the need OF the
specialized work Of our Welfare Department
was the recent demand upon us by the lsth-
mian Canal Commission for two men 10
investigate the needs and opportunities lot
recreation of the employees of the Govern
ment at the Canal, the Government finding
It essential to provide recreation for the men
in addition to sanitary measures, as they
become depressed and. in consequence,
subject to the diseases of the tropical ollmate
with nothing to ocoupy their leisure time
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Miss BeekS, After Dinner Speaker
@mF
H0 Hearers AZ Capitalists lsd Ia Hsvs Il Always he Same How
10 improve Conditions IN Factories loI Why ~ Pays 10 d. So,

'%CewHueHs IN he@ hlscas mii Wss
nerts Nv \ ets fHrufisf 'afN mlrh tetisf
fhaH I %ftpeeisf fn mi from ant svefV
shsfs havs mes NE musi erfdHsi e0ufeft
UoH end ansls'y ~ ~ ihN hesf mat ea0 ~
accumulated
sOWf Nuft IL HHyer e~Hrtriye W. ~ mi
~ inta n mans fsrtnfy w Hslli RRd n w.
nad conditions thefr witch afe unhenlihiul
NJ eenalie ~ lmrteyefprht itrraien w.
fearft ~ Tho iaw N ~ NJ nvrfeiy ~rrtine
experience I am slirr, n IN tho cunttsfy
I an thera w Invitation w study ct,ara
and eTerts eay frankly what should 10
dpnr and what undons
= found thesa mills In the sri,h nen.
rtailv weli ishted and ventilated heated In
The winter and coolcd In the survivor Zen.
crafty Inc employers have been 0uick 10
utilize tupdefH Inventions. sttch Ne eyhauat
sys'ema for tho RENEWAL ~ tho MT. and
cold water srrays instead N tho bot water
srraya In tho summer 10 humidity Tho
atmosphere for manihncturing purposes
and tho I lower system Tor heating IN the
winter and cooling tho air In the summer.
"Some ~ tho most progressive ~ thcar
men have cold water sprayed m the roofs
or the sidcH ~ tho mills exposed 10 the
eun In exceedingly warm weather and In
one there ip even ice placed In the chamber,
through which tho fresh air Is drawn into
the mill. Therefore the statement that the
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WHIST happsnsdg They ass ihals hnshs.s
" hftegs ~ twenty minutes sad Iss
d8asef m Fsntalelna teu minutes,
~ Int ~ VWf Haat ~ fhatf Aad NO
sefe niuaf ~ fhem ataNdiaa ~ thsif fs.s
nesfiy ~ dag Nv tte factory
The Me- efmiok mill enhshlss sss
" ~ HaHisl eftstih bmehfs. tsftses h.
eH,1se u W. Nv Reat in nuit me fhsi $40
Nv dHna nv the isfsfi ~ the emftavsa
hes teau HmHtsi Tho = ~ i1uti ibs,
NHta efFftsl Nv fhis Feifffs Waft fhe a,s.
rtBYef teUYHel w. gNHtFi ~ N sa ~ Asss y,
NJ crraFprfisi output aNd ~ Iotstiy
Ne Hsaa w. feui ANT hrrt t1si NJ w,s
fff e1msH tu errf r1liv hotsei has
thay sfa ~ n WI tielf fenfestlon haass
iha' fhey aW hept' sn.i w fYri kssWt
IN fhe Other tsoi many IN e,rrievtt 10.
~,nes diaTF Htlsi iartfr hrter hstssdtse
ite fact ihs' he hsa dHNc rr much IN bts
mru. they nv nlWHts atfttluf
sNaty a ufHe I hFvH huti such men t1ls,
sut the we'll Known factory tlsht In dst.
which " W. h,tuUfulit complete ~ N :
pu-siile ~ tnt,rivp anil ttt hea had ssts
sitter stSihe wutl mHl ovnefa look ~ n 10.
riaivelv end arr
THAT l. What cores ~ rouf velfsu
WORTH
mot a. oil, n u alsoiutSly distinrt from
that AMI Invest as'inn pruvss " A vorh.
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WOMEN WHO SUCCEED HERE,
MANY FROM TIE SOUTH WHO
WIN DESPITE OPPOSITION.

Every Argument Seems Against Them. but
They Triumph o VINO Found a Liv.
Ing In Serving Meals TO students
-Hardships Are Common at the Start,
New York is still tho place TO which every
woman who has to support herself looks
forward, The thought that its business
opportunities may be shared by too many
and that competition may be too strong
never seems to destroy their confidence.
IF the expected thing happened" said
the manager Of a teachers agency to THE
Sun reporter yesterday, these won en-
would all fail, They should be told that in
their native towns they at least nave friends
who will help them when they are in dis
tress II their own families are not with
them. Then they are known in these
places and are likely to be treated with a
certain degree Of respect on account of their
family position.
This is especially true OF the Southern
Women who come to New York from small
places in order to support themselves here.
Nothing seems moro impossible than that
these women should succeed In getting
paying places in New York. Every chance
b world seems against it. Yet the
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The fra IN ih.@ ovsHs ~ask 1hg dsnlest
fshfsuhsit
ftNus f1ffFifylsFn hfys fFyvhfsf NJ
flvldif4l wsah fsHns, which ~ tfsis ths
i%slHYfpfa ~ faHH slsIHfs lsffisf hsfsfa ptits
fins ou iieif eiufhiae ~ ~ iuHs otfefa
htvr shfgsf hIfhf fef msu1hlaFa
'tons ~ \ piotut5 n IN oti feshioaei
ffBsgiu w Vii " WgffHJsn sara eNpeeiei
Nv iah ~ IN arY .sry afaf fiyN Hfsd dsy'a
ErfH EHt 49, efaYtff v sith . eiefdFe
sitfSina fhf Ffgt rBNH siiuh t6stty - ~
elut Hrfiv fgffmi " mif thti ~ slssune
felit' Ottr ~ nFsfHtff ~ e,in'H sataf ~
fhH vffit f1pn ltt lHsilvtf NJ ipyNis Nftk
iwt sNfi entt sa'ef, aHd hsrtsff wlssfs
mon fnrv HHep r. ehaafH ~ elut hine, aHs
Nhieh 80 themselves ventilated A swim
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ming pool has been supplied by one en-
ployer who had to have n tank Of water
for manufacturing and conceived the idea
Of making it serve two purpos !
The value Of the emt &7ea hospital
has been evidenced by the tesrIfh0ny that
comes from numbers Of employers. One
says:
Our hospital has been a preventive
instead of an emergency room as we had
anticipated. Instead of being patronized
now and theu it ia used continually.
Previously when a man injured his
hand he would be satisfied by putting q
piece of waste upon it. Blood poisoning
followed perhaps, and he would be laid
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plant where she began operations. "1asked
for a hall where the women and men could
dance. l got it.. .-f
Everybody who has studied the con-
diions of factory life realizes that the most
important thing. next. to God and drink,
is recreation. People must have it.
upon it depends their mental and
physical health. To illustrate this in one of
the other mills where I established a lunch
room and where the people, while recog-
nizing its advantages, hesitated against
spending the few cents for soup, meat and
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~ . baaas ~ fsuf ~ sieif faoms Tirur
ssetals sAsf ~ fstusH IN the Investment
but malHfEle IN eust ~ nrfaifs aagi im.
ffoypmeHgal Ths etofal 'enH ~ htsag ~
il~ viiiaara has leeH atatly improved ~
Hehfiha ~ sfssHfa Nth eestHffY
IN sBiu. Instances the interviews N ~
ehHpiHfeHH' hefnHH Hee thfs iNhtfftnHfed w.
slHNe ~ Ne iHHfaHs eFaH afHge Ifafh faiNHs
sith eHc tuia have IseH lntfuiueei ftafa
afr aHfisn etu's siih efisas nv vees'ahhes
sNd hnWefs AHrte ~ ~ yifis ers sFe at
cesdlNeiy t~au'ifti, to'h ~ ~ ~ aftls
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~ arnaisf sfnoaaf n iases ~ savveft ~
sshu0ls faf w" fesutsf term n fHW month";
sHti lhau, N askii'iaa, hIaintslH ihssH ~.
nfsiy N ileif 0sU esfnHaa ~ ~ sshtfsouai
fuue Nohgita Tho amftpyefa efrrt ~
hWiliiNas w 10 HalUfifg n fhe filaaes,
~ Nei ~ Ne heHies ~ w isaeInfs
'fur ~ ehlhIFen en- Wofk N ~ mills
thefs sfe hlahf elaarss IN %afghfre'ie, frat
lea snd ffitiNe ~FfNrmHtly hsf n NJ
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vegetables, preferring to eat cold lunches
In a corner, I saw that some extra induce
ment would nave to be offered to draw them
there, and consequently had some lively
music installed for them to listen to during
the half hour
1T worked like a charm, for without dis
hnction Of nationality or age or SEX they are
as a class p~assionately fond and wonder
fully susceptible to its %enlivening influence.
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Went Together.

From ~ GdrirUiHrtsia.
He-Have your forgotten the opera Rlnssess
He-Why?
shemseeauss I have forgotten to put my
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-06
OLD MAPLETON NEWS.

Mrs. L. A. Phelps and children re-
turned home from Glencoe Monday even
ing.
Miss Hazel Cornell is visiting at the
home of T. w. Hart in Mankato.
Word was received Monday from
Pierre, S. d.. of the marriage of Charley
Herman.
Clair Haserick, Harold and Donald
Rogers of Minneapolis are visiting at
the homes of j. E. Heckert and w. f.
Otte.
Vern Cornell returned home from
Westbrook Monday morning.
The social at the home of G. H. Phelps
last Saturday evening was success
Over 500 was taken in.
Miss Pearl Hartman closed very
successful term of school Friday in dis.
trict "a.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-06
THE MILKY ALPHABET.

The sun rose DER the hill of Cream
One lovely morn in May;
And saw the Alphabet stretched out.
Along the Milky Way.
The Alphabet's a famous route,
Go mark this down for truth;
1t takes its rise in New Orleans.
And sets up in Duluth.
A royal arch across the globe,
As straight as flies the crow.
And at the zenith you'll observe.
There's Cream and NIankato.
st. Clair is on the great lie Sueur,
And Cream is OH Bull Run: 4-
There's Plum upon the raging Cobb;
Now Christened Wilmington.
There's Albert Lea and Freedom too,
And further on Glencoe
And many other thriving towns,
Twould profit You to. know.
Her cars are painted heavens blue,
All spangled DER with stars,
Her headlights 'oft mistaken for
The fiery planet Mars.
She leaves a streak of light behind,
Ashining DER the rail:
At night you'd surely take it for
A mighty comets tail.
Her wheels are oiled with butterfat,
At least that's what they say;
And buttermilk makes all the steam,
Used on the Milky Way.
While Capt. Bruels holds down the brakes
And Tobie's the engineer;
It's safe to ride the Alphabet,
No need to have fear.
Some like to ride the air balloon,
And some the airship use;
But if you'll let me take my pick,
The Milky Way I'll choose.
For no collisions ever occur
At least \there's none as yet,
Upon this airy, fairy line,
This Milky Alphabet.
For Hannah tends to all the grades,
And makes the bridges strong;
Then slump abroad old Milky, Shon.
IND pring der fran along.
j. d. ID. in GAINESVILLE Ar@us.
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He had searched for years, and if he
could find such clay it would be the
height of his ambition. However, the
brick being used by Mr.. Klein is not
made of clay. but of sand and lime.
b. F. Pay said that the brick used by
Mr.. Klein is sand mould brick. made
of lime from Mason City, Iowa, and
said This kind of brick is made in
st. Paul, Sioux City, Red Wing and 9TH
'er places. Thirty or forty of these
plants have sprung up in the last three
or four years.
c. y. Andrews said that the material
is here and can be developed by promot-
ing the enterprise with certain
amount of money.
Mr.. Wheeler said that the sand eth
er the river or the white sand and lime
here have been thoroughly tested and
make a beautiful brick. All that is
needed is capital.
Mr.. Andrews suggested that the Sec
rotary inform Judge Cray that if he has
about $4,000 tina! he wants to invest
he can start sand mould brick factory.
Mr.. Pay said that about $4,000
ought to be added to that sum-
Secretary Spencer called attention to
a gift that had been made by Prof.
c. c. Owen of the Toland Business Uni
versity to the club in the form of an
engraving of the organization of the
club. 1t is Il beautiful piece of work.
and the club voted to accept it with a
vote of thanks to Mr.. Owen, and to
have it framed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-06
HOW TO MAKE A DRAG.
One Farmer Constructed One at a
,.no Price of Seventy-five Cents.

80. Price of Seventy five Cents.
From Fridays Daily.
The Sterling correspondent of The
Mapleton Enterprise says of the split
log drag: ''The split log drag is given
quite prominent mention in some of
our daily papers, giving it great praise
for the efficient work it will do, and add
vising town supervisors to see that one
is in every road district. Whether the
writer of these articles we read about
ever saw. a log drag or ever seen one
work we cannot say. But we have seen
them and saw them used, and we are pre-
pared to say they will discount any $3.50
road grader that ever was bought by a
foolish town board of supervisors, land
the writer was one of those fools.) We
made drag recently, it costing IS cents.
besides log and work, and if we could
not get another one $50 would not buy
it. Split twelve inch log, eight feet
long through the center; bore three two
inch holes in each half, and put them
together 1.-THE split sides to the 'front.'
thirty inches apart, the same as you
would a wood rake bolt or spike piece
OF heavy band iron on the front half,
near the bottom, use chain and draw
at an angle of forty five degrees"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-06
TITLES CONFIR MED.
Judge Cray Files Decisions in Three
Cases.

From Saturdays Daily.
Judge Cray today filed three decisions
in actions relating to the title of land.
I'm the case of Victor a. Tenney VS..
Margaret j. Chamberlain and others
the plaintiffs title to lot II. block G.
Hinckley's addition, was confirmed.
Henry Harein VS.. Evan Hughes, plain
tiff gets Judgment that the mechanic
lein upon the north half of lot 5, block
I, Dukes addition, he declared null and
void and cancelled. The claim of the
defendant to the lein is declared to be
without merit The sO-caled lein was
filed Oct. 4th, 1904.
In the matter of the application of
Minnie Nj. Olson for judges deed, the
petitioner is found to be the owner of
lots 10. / and H. block Ga, townsite of
South Bend, and entitled to the convey
ance thereof by judges deed.
The suit of the First National bank
VS.. Ernest Remer was tried today. 1t
was followed this afternoon by the trial
of the suit of Jesse r. Broadbent vs.
Eliza Y. BrOadbent
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-06

German Lutherans Decide Against
Secret Organizations.

New Tim. June 29.-The German
Evangelical Lutheran synod of Minneso-
tn and other states. in annual session for
a week at Sanborn, has adjourned. There
were present sixty nine ministers, pro-
fessors and parochial school teachers
and forty-five lay delegates from as
many congregations. During the SEES
sion three new parishes, four ministers
and three teachers were admitted to
membership.
Treasurer A. Gllndach of Elysian re-
ported that the total receipts were over
$4,000. leaving balance of $1,000. 1t
was the most prosperous year in the his
tory of the synod and shows a rapid
growth.
As the synod will soon celebrate its
golden Jubilee, an album containing a
history of the SYNOD and every affiliated
parish and to be illustrated. will be pub
lished
Rev. f. A. Winter of MankatO deliver
ed an address on The Relation of the
Lutheran Church Toward All Secret So
cieties." Every morning session was de-
voted to discussion on this subject
and the synod condemned all lodges and
warned its members not to join them.
The next annual meeting will be held
at st. Paul, June &c. 1907. at the par
ish of Rev. A. Schroeder. For the teach
ers Rev. A. Fish of Sleepy Eye will
prepare an elaborate work on the teach
ings of the Lords supper.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, Rev. c
Gausewitz. st. Paul; vice president, Rev
A. Schroeder. st. PAUL. secretary, Rev
F. Joehter, Nicollet; treasurer. A
Gundlach, Elysian; visitors, First dis
! trict. Rev. A. Schroedel of st. Paul; Sec
| ond district. Rev. c. j. Albrecht of New
| Tim: Third district. Rev. G. A. Kuhn
of Lake Benton.
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Kings Device Makes Roads
aSmoOth and Hard
WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESULT
Members Of the Commercirl Club
Gan Consider That Their Money
Has Been Well Spent.

From Fridays Daily.
40 the Editor of The Free Press:
Yesterday / inspected the work of the
King road drag on the st. Clair road
from the head of the cemetery ravine
TO the Dickinson school house, about three
miles. A part of this road has been
dragged two or three times by Mr..
Schwickert and the improvement there is
very noticeable.
From the town hall to the Dickinson
school house the road has been in very
bad shape all spring, full of ruts and
mud holes and practically impossible for
loaded teams. Mr.. Frank Wenner had
been over this ground once in the morn
ing and made distinct Improvement
many of the .ruts being filled and the
deep holes partly filled.
If anyone is i'm doubt as to the Off
cheney of this simple tool a trip over
this road will convince him thorough
w. Although we had heavy rain Tues
dav night. there was not foot of this
road but what would have been a good
smooth dry road if the drag had been
used on it from the opening of spring
and the ruts and holes filed Up and the
road properly crowned.
The drag not only smooths the road,
fills the holes and ruts, but actually
packs the ground so that it dires out
very hard, in fact, has the same effect
as pudding" When our country roads
are once put into fair shape and men are
engaged to 90 over the road after a rain
with these road drags, three-fourths of
all our trouble from poor roads will
have disappeared.
/ hope the members of the Commercial
club who contributed the money for
these experiments will 60 out over these
roads and see what material improve
ment can be effected at very slight cost.
1t is surprising that so much can be ac-
complished by man and team in few
hours, Of course, it is very much hard
ers to do the work the first few times
over the road. but after the road is once
in shape it can be kept so easily. The
solution of the good roads problem is
much easier than we have believed and
there is. absolutely no reason why we
cannot have good roads, passable for
any kind of business practically all the
time with reasonable care and at very
light expense.
Every man who has used a drag or
seen it work so far as I have heard is
enthusiastic over its work. Every farm
erashould have one for his own use. ]
believe the time is at hand when farm
ers, will be unwilling to endure poor
roads, past their farms when it is so easy
to have first class roads which will
speak louder than words for the enter
prise and public spirit of the owners. Re-
spectfully, G. NJ. Palmer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-06
HAS NOT REPLIED.
&. L. Tobie Ienors Invitation to Com e
to Mankato.

From Saturdays Daily.
President Hixon of the Commercial
club has written to Contractor f. /.
Tobie inviting him to appear before the
club for conference. Mr.. Tobie has
not answered this letter. Whether as
an answer to this or not, an Albert Lea
paper came out with an article in which
it was stated that Mr.. Tobie had been
commanded by the Mankato Commercial
club to appear before it, but saying in
substance that Mankato was cheap
bunch and he was going to pass them
up. 1t is not known that Mr.. Tobie in
spired this, but at any rate it is not
likely that the club will make any fur
ther effort to influence him to come here.