Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-01-11
The RecordIof ain Experiment.

W % we called her, is young
Mss BT rosfal but skiliedd c Ia an has been
l5D line Of WOIH' # her home a year ago
,.I She ~ IN ner pocket ABOVE the
&C. Exactly 81 fare to San FRANCISCO,
w. ot her Ial,.n, the poorest asplrant LOT
paw, that t' bo,, nuest with that meaSre
~ startS upo" TnOn reaching san iran
I'D in Immediately ln l5 ioadinp news
eo ,ssnaTrrfsement in the III GO -N''>
~ sssr. r,.tcrr woman not afraid OF
PA yOuls "" POSITION where energy ana
fors, des n,ii be appreci;atteo, Mice BROWN en-
While Wait"9o 81 per week in one Oh the
,sgqd oaSlss7,, with Whlch lhe S n
ss,aDng houS,l 10 end, and meanwhile
.smd rom en- taDIiliar manners OF her
y, amazlIsE mt her on her guard against
aIog bOaTdtiS Illness. Ii was "a way they
.n much II, l sbe was told when she
So5 out tneg an extensively forward
gropstrated WIZ
plps man. came promptly and IN gF ia NY
ng nunDei >i,ir Of the fourteen answers
,sreable ,NNitnrad pleasant" life in ex-
.fersd H'll,annauf0nship three young
EaHge I0I NOD agreeable houSekeepefs,
s3cheIOrs ,nsvrr offered an honest, re-
md only On a,natfon which happened TO De
petapLG trrirg concern, where experience
4 manu- az .i,- necessary. Miss Brown then
sss absoluteiy ",d,,rtispments, with slight
rad ansNeIin9 Within the week she
N better suCl-a', annI0vment in a fruit
catned tempoI b;.E required a certain
/ s,rking h0uSt Nat she soon acquired.
1iSness Of lo Ier.I,. -1ffcient to cover her
,l1rent expense, Da' siio1,tlv better paying
until she ooIaliLJ. office, All subsequent
ashton IN d '--rlIrraG more or less OBJ
araTtsem5Hls -. and many of the wants
adlOnabIe ",5 - ,fo,nIy cleyerly dis
Ap answered g4iU she kent right on
aRed personals ,. i've sake of the desired
boxing tor W. %a[t -5c obtained a position in
experience -''N iarg the male customers
shoe SloIr r;,I, folnnd familiarity. Three
treated ntI | VIZ, ,,rortunity came to fill
weeks laleI INC ,rl,,, oneratine office. but
vacancy ID i''' .,,n,iaL that the sheIIo
Miss Brown ,; 2o1~ .znects no consideration
girl in Cali tlr ,.,,,I,jovers or any of the
either from ngl tEa ofices At the end
nen tla' ,,,o,,tE- aftor having tried every
Of three me- i,,r,.,r fbat the city afforded
form OIL eL"t 5'r325s-sforaj branches she left
except lue Pin ,.arv unfavorable report
for ChIca I5r,r ";s" a- = field for working
I Of san
yoneD' s la,... hunt for profitable en-
4 AFTER d nv r,fi,..ro Miss Brown obtained
& F0!hehI. IN ,osftfo1 in a big department
-
S 9@, VA was i'm q basement, among tin
VI wy, ortffriaIlv lighted and poorly Venti-
way ff tho ouIv means of ventilation
q aFG III 20 "a JorhlG stairway. which let
Gns'. .Ea ' W. atmosphere from the main
4 GOWN .ls t,o Store she left after four
0v; VI and resumed her quest of expert
VIA .ea
'AT w. +ro weeks Miss Brown remained idle,
Il ,,5 meanwhile she lived very precariously
s snG TqIEed many weary miles each day in
aO S''nE' I n'''rio,,,,onf and was finally
s .l, VI TI octapt sami-menial position as
m.t5srs helm ar $40 a month and board
n"in, tbq+ mon+h She spent every spare
s SurrU2 IN ioobipa for other employment, and
so1iIg secured an engagement at food
G 4asios aI in y" a the Cbicago experience
r rse'I lass unnJeayant than that Of San Fran
q dTo though neither was calculated to en-
sorr35a the average working girl.
Tbs NEXT seat or gyDeriment was Pitts
8 brg where Mis-, Brown had the good for
hume to obtain employment at once in a
3 5sr factory at &G a week Her boarding
S yas literally choked with smoke from the
surrounding factories and docks. The field
! did not look promising. for the only re-
nmeratiye work in demand was shorthand,
ghh seemed 10 be i'm constant demand.
B here was sprinkling Of incidentals in
tt way Of nursery goyerncSSeS, Seamstress-
& S AOUernaknr, and v,aitresenS wanted here
md there about the citv. but generally the
s. oI.mk was dnr fer fho noHonrof t
yorker Miss Brown tried five different oc-