New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
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IN the face CT unqualified opposition frora
Miss Margaret Haley, Jane Adams has put
through a plan for Chicago schools which can
hardly f>sl 10 AFFECT teachers and school systems
IN other parts Of the country. Miss AdtaInss
Plan provides that every teacher n the pubic
schools shall be required 10 devote ons after
noon weekly for ten weeks n alternate scnooi
years 10 study az the Chicago Normal scnooi OF
in the normal extension department Each
teacher Is be allowed this time for study with
fun paw and g substitute IS 70 be employed az
every school TO carry on the work or the teach
ers during their absence This provision VIII
mean the expenditure OF SSl,50O a year Tor Sas
salaries Of the substitutes. Under the plan one-
hal; Of ths entirs teaching force viii take tbs
courses each year.
Lobster catching IS the cold. sloppy and Tn
feminine craft by which Mrs Kate wilson ox
FfshermaR's Island Me. supports herself and
her three caildren. Since the terrible day three
years ago when she saw her husband 50 down
with his little schooner almost within hallinS
distance OF her own home she has tempted tho
perilS OF the sea in rubber boots and sou wester:
The sun rising above the level eNpanSe Of
waters. has seen her tOtiug over her lobster
pots. and IN all that rugged nsigheorhood there
IS no woman more respected or better hked thah
John Wilson's widow.
At her husbands death Mrs Wilson was lsfs
with the family homestead and his big nShinS
sloop as her only assets. Doubling her strenstn ms.
TO haul IN the lobster traps, she SOLD tne s-oop
and bought a smaller boat. in which she N
stalled 4-horsepOwer gasolene engine and q
revolving drum operated by motor power Aav-
ing learned from a trained mechanic how TO
operate the machinery, she set out 10 catch lob
sters for herself, and has perseyered in her
courageous purpose Till now her business is said
TO be paying we'll Yet this young wonan-Shs
is only thirty-ons or thereaoOuJs now-waS born
and raised a farm. Although she has
taken like duck to the water, she has been
careful 10 keep her young family together. max
ing it point to limit her work at the traps 70
the morning, so that she can spend the AFTER
noon with her children.
Ono meal day is enough for woman Ae
o-s
Miss Girevra Falkenburg assert, and. having
practised this seIf-denying ordinance for some
thing over decade they have a right 10 an
opinion WHlismina is forty, Ginevra forty
three, but neither is said to look a day over
twenty-five and the two. though not related.
have lived together like sisters for twenty years
These singular persons walk i've miles 10 Work
every morning, work eight hours at some man
ual labor in the city OF Pasadena and then walk
five miles back 10 dine on whole grains, fruits,
raw vegetables skins and alD. and nuts. Bread
they consider curse 10 humanity. Eggs they
look with acute suspicion Potatoes are
dropsical. diseased growths. Meat IS crime.
Salt. pepper, sugar and spices? Neveri There
are no plates or dishes or glasses their table.
The fruits. nuts and grains which are ali they
have to eat anyway, are served in baskets and
eaten-proba bly-with the fingers. while not
even water is drunk. except between meals The
repast finished Ginevra and Williamina 90 TO
bed at once. for they regard exercise after
hearty meal as a most baneful practice, and
from dark to daylight they sleep on cots near
open windows. In their quest after nature these
feminine apparel. and have built for themselves
a charming one-room bungalow at a cost OF
$3.50. People laugh at them. but they laugh
back. and from all appearances Williamina and
Ginevrs have the best OF tt-in spite OF their
names.
Economy. which is practised by tho French
as of the major virtues. has recently
achieved veritabe triumph through the action
of the Academic Francaiss in publicly recogniz-
ing the remarkable performances IN saving OF
one Mile. Renandin. of CherboUrg. Viewed In
the light OF the gay and easy going expenditure.
the prOdigal frtttering away OF dimes and quar-
ters that goes on I'm this country among even
the poor this French wOman's enconomIes as
sumo the proportion OF true heroism and ths
nobless sslf-saCri1ce As Paul Hervieu repre-
sentins the Academic at the time. described II.
'AIelaine Renandtn, OF CherbOurg, earns ons
| franc GO cents) a day. and with this she
manages TO avert all privation from her mother
who is old and blind" IL is good to know that
/ this marvellous record OF courage self-deniai
and prudence has been rewarded with gift OF
several thousand francs from the Academic.
| AMONG A BRIDES PRESENTS.
| One of last weeks brides included among her
| wedding gifts tho prettiest little travelling bag
| Imaginable. Not much larger than an ordinary
| wrist bag. but OF the broad. box variety, with
hinged door tops, Il was made OF fawn-colored
| tirely in ivory and gold. The dminutivs hair
/ brushes and combs were OF ivory and gold. tho
tiny crystal scent bottles cosmetic Jars and pow
der boxes OF crystal and sold, and the little
| was compactness Itself and exquistely dainty