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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
(Copyrtght 1907 by w. B. Northrop. British
Rights Strictly Reserved.)
Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON England February a. 1907.

Copyright 1907, BY W; 3. Northrop. British
Rights Strictly ReservedD
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, England. February IA. 1907.
roMEN blacksmiths. and other
women who do mems work,
NM are attracting much attention
w in English political and social
circles just now. strong
agitation has been started against chain
making. nailmak!ng and other trades in
which women work like men, and efforts
are being made in various quarters to put
a stop to what is considered disgrace to
twentieth century civilization. Man promi-
'nent social leaders are interested In this
movement.
In the midland districts-that is, manu-
featuring centers near Birmingham-there
are numbers of women engaged in trades
suitable to none but men. There are women
blacksm women chain and nailnakeEs
women brickmakers. and women VINO 90
other manual. daily drudgery in when only
the strongest men should be employed
Several attempts have been made in recent
years to abolish these terrible occupations;
but competition has been so fierce and the
conditions of existence so distressing that
all efforts to cope with the evil have been
ignominious failures.
In some respects the condition of women
In these occupations has been practically
reverslon TO the primitive state such as
one finds among tribes of American In
dians-the men stay at home, cook the
meals and attend to the children. while the
women-the white "sduaws of modern
England-go out to the forge. the furnace
and the brick field. But this IS not the
worst feature of the case. There are many
instances in which even men cannot stay
at home to do the women's tasks. and tiny
children are compelled to accompany their
mothers to work. Sitting all day. strapped
10 the side of the forge, with sparks raining
on their tender skins. they become In some
cases actually pitted and marked as II they
had smallpox.
Now and then there comes up before the
coroners court in certain of these midland
towns cases in which little children have
fallen into furnaces and been burned to
death while their mothers worked at the
Sanvil close by. The outline OF facts mere
given may read somewhat like the usual
newspaper sensational. SIN. turned out for
the purpose of making good copy, but,
unfortunately On this case, the conditions
are only two real Truth is certainly not
only stranger but far sadder than fiction.
Through England today-especiaily in the
manufacturing centers-experienclns an
unprecedented wave of commercial pros
perity the benefits of material progress
certainly do not seem to have reached
anywhere near the wretched women en-
gagged in contributing their share to the
country DOaSted WeIlare WIN lHtH II IL
truly an exemplification of Hoods bitter
words:
Work work. work.
The labor flags.
Ard what are its wages bed OF straw,
\ of bread and rags.
The principal places where this class of
womens labor is INDUCED in are the little
towns OF Cradley Heath. Bromsgrove and
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do but to bring these very young children
with them. The little ones, many Of them
fair-headed and beautiful, have to sit up
hour after hour beside hot FORCES. 1t is a
very usual sight in the chain-making dis
trict to see children with hands, arms and
faces permanently SCARED and pock
marked all over from sparks. Day after
coal fires. AS a consequence there Is an
immense amount of infant mortality in the
chain-making district, most of it due to the
fact that children are compelled to lead I'M
natural lives just at the time when their
constitutions require the freshest of air and
the best OF food to give them a start in
life.
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The Chaplain and the Soldier.

Lord Dunmore, the Scottish earl who has
been touring America. talked at dinner In
Boston about Mrs. Baker Eddy. upon whom
he had called in Concord.
II think Mrs. Baker-Eddy is a good
woman" Lord Dunmore said and ! think
her work has been on the whole beneficent.
They who misunderstood her. | am per-
suaded. misunderstood her wiltully.''
Smoothing his gray beard LorI Dunmore
smiled
They are like a certain soldier who
served in my regiment" he said.
This soldiers chaplain saw Donald max
ing for public house one day.
q" Donald the chaplain shouted. Don
aid Oh. Donald
Donald turned gave him a hasty look,
frowned and darted into the bar.
THE chaplain loitered outside the door
I'M Donald came forth again.
" Donald he said reproachfully. 'didn
YOU hear me ca ling?
&c Yes. sir Donald answered. L ID: but
but 1 had only the price of one. "
Putting Him Down.
Prof. Brander Matthews, the essayist. en-
livened with an anecdote a Shakespeare
Bacon discussion at the Players Club in
New York.
"A literary woman said Prof. Mat
thews. said one night to her husband:
when ! get to heaven / am going to
ask Shakespeare whether or not he wrote
those plays?'
The husband chuckled.
d" Maybe he WON'T be there he said.
80 Then you ask him. said the lady
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Young America.
The late Ferdinand Brunetiere. the
French critic, said of America in one of
his witty after-dinner speeches in st.
Louis:
lyon owe your progress in great part
to your. inordinate energy and ambition.
This takes you very yeung-a wonderful
thing. but a little hard and pitiless. There
Is no room for old age in America.
I remember calling on friend of mine
in Brooklyn one afternoon. A boy of nine
or ten years opened the door,
" is Mr.. Brown in? said /.
But perhaps you want to see old Mr.,
Brown my father
Precaution.
DIR. Samuel G. Dixon, Pennsylvania
noted health commissioner. is waging a
fight against the public drinking cup
DR.. Dixon said one day in Harrisburg:
Il have seen people clean their teeth
with tooth powder and dental floss, rinse
their mouths with listerine and other anti
septic washes. and then DO and drink
calmly from the public cup in a railway
station or a theater
such people remind me of schoolboy
of Ardmore.
Seeing this boy wading ankle-deep in
q il-1TOIeH puuule Ouc Jay III
Z said sternly:
Tommy, why are you not at school?
I've got the whooping cough he an
swered. splashing about vigorously"
The Personal Aspect.
Congressman Perkins was talking about
his bill for a progressive inheritance tax.
Even a Millionaire he said, would APP
prove this bill If he looked at it in a broad
way.
But few billionaires look at such things
broadly. Everything to them has but the
one narrow. personal aspect.
'They are much like the old lady who,
seeing a storm signal asked what 1t was.
She was told that the weather bureau now
forecasts far in advance all over the coun-
try.
1.-The old lady, being personal, could see
but one, advantage in 1t. and she said:
oh, isn't that convenient for the wash
erwomen! =.
A dood demonstration.
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Her Own Interest.

John Wanamaker superintends. as all the
world knows. one of the largest Sunday
schools in the world-Bethany Sunday
school in Philadelphia.
II is said of Mr.. Wanamaker that one
Sunday he delivered before the infant class
of Bethany q brief but eloquent address on
the lesson. At the end he said:
"And now In there any question that any
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graduate most heartily, for 1t is seldom
that girls of your appearance find hus-
bands. Never forget that you ought, by an
Interchangeable sweetness and a devotion
without bounds, to try to make amends
to poor George for your physical short
cOmings. For you are, 1 repeat a real
blunder of nature.
land now. my dear children, I will pro-
coed to unite you in the holy bonds of mat
rimony'"
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laugh, that a thick-set man called on a
hardware dealer about.
I'D like to sell you cheap 400 burglar
alarms the man said.
"'Are you manufacturer the hard
ware dealer asked.
:" No, SIR was the reply. I'm a bur-
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perintendent, smiling on the tot In Xindly
fashion.
please. Mr.. wanamaker.'' said the lit
tie girl, what is the price of those large
wax dolls in your Window
Not Too Coy.
=. II. c. Prick described at directors meet
ing the amalgamation of two railroads.
AT first" he said, 1.-The ky people were
coy. Yet they were not too coy. They
were like Pat and Biddy.
Biddy.' says Pat timidly, did We liver
think omarryin'?
'Shure. now. says Biddy, looking de-
murely at her shoe, 'shure. now.S the sub
ject has 'niver entered me mind at all, at
all
Its sorry OF am says Pat, and he
turned away.
Wan minute. Pat said Biddy softly.
we've set me thinkin
Tell the Truth.
Jack London, before setting out on his
world tour in a small boat, was the guest
of honor at a dinner in San Francisco.
My friends have been very frank with
me about this tour" Mr.. London said at
the dinner They have told me that / am
a poor sailor; that know nothing of navi-
cation; that ] won't get anywhere near
around the world; that I'll be wrecked; that
I'm a fool, and SO on.
"Frankness is good thing, but some
tunes II Is MY
frankness reminds me of the unusual ad-
dress that an eccentric Frisco clergyman
made to a young couple that he was about
to marry.
George. the clergyman began. from
the bottom of my heart congratulate you
on the wise step you are about to take. 1t
was sad indeed to see you wasting your
youth In drunkenness. But ais well that
ends well. and am glad to think that you
have bid an eternal farewell to drink; for,
of course with your prospects not so much
as a weekly glass of beer, but only the
barest necessities of life, will be within
your means
He then turned to the young woman
And you, my poor Henristta, ! con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
a Good Rscommendation.

William J. Flynn. the secret service
agent. was discussing q certain German
burglar alarm with New York reporter.
.It was this ALARM he said, with q
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NnecdOteS Concerning
Well-KnOWn People.

little boy or girl would like to ask me?'
A girl of eight or nine years rose.
We'll, Martha, what is it?' said the su-
perintendent, smiling on the tot in xindly
fashion.
please. Mr. Wanamaker." said the lit
tie girl. what is the price of those large
wax dolls in your window"
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to poor George for your physical short
cOmings. For you are, 1 repeat, a real
blunder of nature.
land now, my dear children, I will pro-
coed to unite you in the holy bonds of mat
rimony.'"
Chivalry.
Senator Tillman was attacking an Of
fender who had pleaded a hypocritical and
false excuse.
why" he cried, ''the man is worse than
that rich coal dealer who said to his weigh
clerk during a blizzard:
Jim. make that ton of coal for Smith
$50 pounds short. Mrs. Smith Is poor.
delicate widow, and she will have to carry
all of it up two steep flights of stairs.
don't want her to overtax her strength
Sarah's sunshade.
ION Nine. Bernhardt's last visit to u.s."
said manager, ''she was beguiled one after
noon to charity bazaar at the st. Regis.
"She was beautifully dressed in gray,
| with an umbrella of gray silk, and as she
stood at the embroidery booth she laid
the umbrella on the counter.
Instantly the young girl who conducted
| 1t over her head, and cried:
How much am 1 bid for Mime. Bern
| hardt's umbrella? Fifty? Twenty five?
Ten?
there ensued spirited auction that ended
| in the umbrellas sale to western brewer
| for $50"
It Wouldn't Go Down.
1t is often claimed that artists and
| scientists should not marry. A wife and
| family, the contention runs, divert a
mans thoughts from pure art or pure
| science to money making, and in other
| ways besides they distract and constrain
him.
Henry James, who is usually serious
| defended the above claim rather frivolous
| ly at a dinner in New York on his last
visit.
For example," he said. "a friend OF
mine declared one night that he believed
/ in study.
Nobody can learn in a life time all
| that should be. known he said "A man
| ought never to assume that his education
| Is complete. / must and will keep>abreast
| Of the times, and propose to begin the
| study Of astronomy at once
Jerome said his wife, calmly. youth
have to think Of some better excuse than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Young America.

that for staying out to all hours of the
night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

The principal places where this class of
women's labor is INDUCED in are the little
towns OF Cradley Heath. Bromsgrove and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

OMEN blacksmiths. and other
women who do mems work,
are attracting much attention
in English political and social
I-lnn i,,rt nam Strnn o
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>As the children grow up they are drafted
into the terrible trade. and men raise fami-
lies in order to uprear workers. When
three or four out of a family are engaged
in making for them a livelihood. the idle
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1t is seldom that women at this trade are
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
DRY GOODS

the highest priced: this
sale &c. dozen -STc
salt MackereL. 5-lb. kit.
74c. lob. kit, S SO;
l0-lb- kit No shore
mess. 81: lob. Ri
blOater mess - s. ~
FLOC R-Invincihle White
heat Pastry
Flour. 1O-lb. cotton sacks.
special ...-------S soc
"a lz-lb. sack ......SSc
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

" h eat. 3-lb. cartons.
1AC. dozen. .--S Sl.OI
Assorted Glace Fruit. =
10. box FOR this sale.
ST. 40
Oregon Pruucs. extra
large size, regula- price
a1sc. this sale. = M. car
ton. 2&C 25-ib. box.
50 -
Lily White brand corn
Starch. compare iJ with
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

Jessamins brand Jams,
peach. green gage. goose
berry: Zoe. jar; dozen.
St.14
Red Star brand Table
Salt. BIB. cartons -- / &c
Red Currant Jelly. finest
quality. made OF pure cur
rant Juice and Grauulated
Sugar: 1909 glass - / sc
Lily White brand Pre-
pared Flour and Buck
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
AFFLICTED ONLY AT TIMES.
Good Reason for Capt. Rascomb's In
termittent Hearing. =

When Capt. Bascomb had left his
old friend, Capt. Somers, and the new
school teacher sitting on the south
porch, and had disappeared down the
road. the young woman spoke of him
with some curiosity.
Il understand from Mrs. Bascomb
that her husband was very deaf, al
most stone-deaf,' she told me, I'm
sure" said the school teacher, "But
ne seemed to hear all we said with
perfect ease"
Capt. Somers leaned toward her
and spoke in a low, cautious tone. al
though there was no eavesdropper to
hear him.
Don't let Mis- Bascomb know It,"
he said, hurriedly. He does seem
to hear pretty well when she amt
round, but none of us folks ever let
on to her. She's a good woman as
ever lived, but a most tremendous
bosser and an e%yerlastin' talker. An
we all think that Gersh Bascomb be-
gun to realize ten years ago that If
he didn't want to be harried right off'n
the face.o' the earth, the thing for
him to do was to grow def, gradual,
but steady-an' Ae's done 1t, to all
intents an purposes, miami
Youths Companion.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
LEFT 1T TO THE OLD HENS.
Amateur Fancier Thought His Re-
sponsibiIity Had Ended.

An Indiana man tells Of the efforts
of an author belonging to the Hoosier
school of historical novelists to put
in his leisure time as a hen farm
er" in that state. The literary per-
sons venture afforded his agricultural
neighbors no end of amusement.
During the first year the amateur
farmer discovered that all his little
chickens, which were confined in
coops, were languishing at the point
of death. The novelist went over his
"hen literature to locate the cause Of
the trouble, but to no avail.
Finally he called upon an old chap
named Rawlins, to whom he put the
question:
What do you suppose is the mat
ter with those chickens?'
well | dunno" said Rawlins.
what do you feed EN-"
Feed them!" exclaimed the novel.
ist-farmer. why, l. don't feed them
anything"
Then, how'd you suppose they
was a-goin' to live?"
Il presumed" replied the literary
person, that the old hens had milk
enough for them now."-Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
BABY TORTURED BY ITCHING.
Rash Covered Face and Feet-WouId
Cry Until Tired o~ut-Speedy
Cure by cuticura.

my baby was about nine months
void when she had rash on her face and
feet. Her feet seemed to irritate her
most, especially nights. They would
cause her to be broken in her rest, and
sometimes she would cry until she was
tired out. l had heard Of so many
cures by the Cuticura Remedies that
| thought I would give them a trial.
The Improvement was noticeable in a
few hours, and before I had used n
box of the Cuticura Ointment her feet
were well and have never troubled her
since. / also used 1t to remoye what
is known as cradle cap from her
head, and it worked like a charm, as 1t
cleansed and healed the scalp at the
same time. Mrs. Hattie Currier,
Thomaston. Me-, June 3, 1906"
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
WHAT'S THE USE?
To Pour in Coffee When It Acts as a
Vicious Enemy.

Fasters have gone without food for
many days at a time but no one a go
without sleep. For a long time | have
not been sleeping well, often lying
awake for two or three hours during
the night but now | sleep sound'eyery
night ard wake up refreshed and Wig
o%rous," says a Calf. woman.
do you know why? It's because |
used to drink coffee but finally cut 1t
out and began using Postum. Twice
since then | have drank coffee and
both times ! passed a sl%eepless night,
and so | am doubly convinced coffee
caused the trouble and Postum re-
moved it.
my brother was In the habit Of
drinking coffee three times a day. He
was troubled with o Il stomach and |
would often notice him getting soda
from the a to relieve the distress In
his stomach; lately hardly a day
passed without a dose of soda for re-
lief.
Finally he tried a cup Of Postum
and liked 1t so we'll he gave up coffee
and since then has been drinking
Postum in its place and says he has
not once been troubled with sour stom-
ach."
Even after this lady's experience
with coffee her brother did not suspect
for a time that coffee was causing his
sour stomach, but easily proved 1t.
Coffee is not suspected in thousands
OF cases just like this but It's easily
proved. A ten days trial works won
ders. There's a Reason"
Read the famous little book, THE
Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
FULLY UP WITH THE TIMES.
Oklahoma. city Surprised Marrow.
Minded New Yorker.

u. ENM EI W. MA ML EH. AL AAH
Oklahoma amazes an fastener. The
wide, asphalted streets, the plate glass
fronts Of department stores, the clean
sidewalks, the well-dressed, unhurried
shoppers, the finish, the metropolitan
air you find In Oklahoma City, for Ok
ample, seem marvels to find in a ter
ritory only II years old. But do not
say SO.
A New Yorker who went there on
business complained that fate was
thrusting him into a wilderness, and
his Oklahoma associates could not re-
assure him. But coming down to
breakfast the first morning, at his
hotel In Oklahoma City, he stared
around in wonder as he entered the
dining-room. u
This" he exclaimed, this is Okla
homa!! Why, do you know?" conf
dentially, II even found a porcelain
bathtub In my room"
WELL" said an Oklahoman, drily,
don't you have those in New York;"
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
Her Secret Sorrow.

THAT woman over there has some
hidden sorrow,"N declared the SYM
pathetic one, as she came in and took
her seat at a table not far away. Il
have often noticed her. See. Her
companion orders everything she
could possibly want, and yet she sits
there silent with a face like a mask.
! am awfully sorry for her."
Don't you worry advised her pes
simistic friend. That's her husband
with her. She's bored, that's ALL"
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22

A lecturer on The Philosophy of
Art at the Harvard summer school
declared that beauty, which is a func-
ton or entelechy subsisting between
an organism and its object when the
adaptation of one to the other is COM
plete and harmonious with the organ
ism's act of perception, is grounded
upon the psycho-physical character of
the organism, which determines the
form of the beautiful object. All of
which goes to confirm us in the belief
that beauty is only skin deep after all.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
The Crack in His Armor.

"It's a good thing for a man to be
a little bald" said the girl as they
walked along in the real of n be-
meath whose hat showed a small bare
half moon. ut takes the cpnceit out
of them. Now there's John. He has
a bald spot that he has spent about a
hundred dollars on to no effect. When
he gets too smart all | have to do is to
glance carelessly toward that vulner-
able spot and he subsidies immedi-
ately.'
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22

Scientists in the bureau Of ~eth6ology
at Washington say men are practical
ly of the same stature and have the
same size Of brain to-day as before the
dawn of history when they were busy
hunting the woolly rhinoceros in the
Thames and Seine valleys. The scien-
stists ought not to talk this way. Do
they expect any one to believe that it
took as much brains to hunt a woolly
%rhjnoceros, inquiries the indianapolis
lStar, skeptically, as 1t does to chase
1.-THE festive baseball or pursue and cap
ture the fugitive dollar?
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22

A man In q small western town
bought a quart Of milk and on arriv-
ing home found II wal ~adulterated
with water. The next day he posted
bills In different sections Of the town
reading:
4 bought a quart Of milk yesterday
which found to be adulterated. Ir
the scoundrel will bring me another
quart I'll not denounce him.
The next day he found three quart
cans on his doorstep. There were
three dairymen in the town.--Judge,s
Library.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
A Country Marvel.

The little fresh air boy was COM
fortably CHARTERED in a farm house
near the salt water for his summers
outing. The first day he strolled down
the road to the marshes and he stared
in a%stonishment at the cat-tails grow
ing there. Then turning around to a
native of the place who was con
panying him he said: Gosh; didn't
know that sausages grow on sticks"
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22

That motherin-law joke, which has
been overworked anyway, will have to
lbe called in. A wealthy Cleveland law
yer was so disconsolate because his
Mother-in-law left his home that he
went to the courts aud took out a writ
lof habeas corpus to get her back again.
He based his application on the state
ment that the estimable lady had been
induced through Misrepresentation to
forsake his domicile and was restrain
ed By force from coming back. The
motherin-law, speaking generically
has been grossly wronged AT las
abe Il getting d full ~yindication.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
A Misoqynist.

me father" said Mrs. Murphy, cal
ways gifts up whin a lady enthers the
ROOM"
"The ould man is too suspicious"
Mr.. Murphy grunted. II never seen
the woman yit that 'ud be name
enough to hit We when We was sittin'
down."-Chicago Daily News.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22
Late Already.

Five minutes after the tardy gong
had struck, the principal of the school
was walking through the lower hall
when he saw a pudgy little fellow
scampering toward the first grade
room as fast as his fat legs could
carry him. See here, young man, I
want to talk to you," called the prin-
cipal to the late conner. II hain't got
time to talk to you; I'm late already"
replied the b%reathless beginner as the
door Of his classroom closed.-The
Circle.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22

BY. following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package OF
Defiance Starch, Mems Collars and,
Cuffs al be made Just as stiff as de-
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try it, 16 or. for 1Oc, sold by
all good grocers.
The Globe-republican., 1907-08-22

II two Moorish armies fight five or
six days with a total death list of go,
both sides included, how long could
all the real and make-believe soldiers
IN Morocco stand mp in front of a few
French regiments?