The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-30
FINANCIAL KINGS
DAUGHTER IN the
RANKS OF LABOR
Declares Her Sympathy Is With
Those Who Rebel Against
Bad Conditions.

New York. Dec. 2S.-In marked con.
trast to the daughters o. many Of
Americas financial kings, who have
squandered h fortunes Of their sires
to support the whims and extrava-
gances OF their titled husbands. is Miss
Anne Morgan. the only unmarried
daughter Of J. Pierpont Morgan, who
tor years has been spending her time
and money in improving the conditions.
Of thousands Of o working girls.
Her name has been associated with
charity works Of every variety. but her
most recent step along these lines.
n one that clearly illustrates h
democratic character of this fair phil
anthropist. is her recent enrolment In
league. In New York, to assist the 40, 1000
girl shirtwaist makers. who have been
on strike for the past two months.
Will Be Walking Delegate.
As a member of this organization sha
will pay the dues Of 81 per year. and
will be entitled to the same privileges
and protection accorded the thousands
of poor working girls, who are com
PEELED to exist on a miserable pittance.
She will thus be In q position to act
as the girls representative in bringing
about a satisfactory adjustment of their
grievances.
The magic name Of Morgan will open
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vate offices. which would remain closed
to the ordinary worker. inc will enable
Miss Morgan to more forcibly present
the girls demands, while her unQues
toned judgment and recognized BUSH
ness ability will inspire the confidence
81 he employers.
Conditions Very Bad.
In a recent interview on the subject
Miss Morgan said:
we can see from the general trade
conditions nov difficult 1t must be for
these girls to get along. OF course, the
consumer must be protected, but when
you hear of a woman who presses 40
dozen shirts for SO a week. something
must be very wrong. And 81 hours a
week seems little enough to ask
Rose Schneiderman told me Of a
woman who had worked In q box shop
IN Chicago for 80 years and could not
n 10 hours a day make enough to live
,n-she could only do it by working IL
20 IA hours. These conditions are ter
rible, and the girls must be helped to
organize and to keep up their organi-
z~ation, and II public opinion Is on their
side they will be able to do It,"
Charity Her Field.
Miss Morgan's efforts, however. on
behalf Of working women, did not be-
gin with her enlistment In the ank
Of the girl shirtwaist makers. 1t is
only a striking example of many chart
table works extending over q period Of
years. With her charity has not been
an hysterical hobby to be k up as
a purely social duty. and abandoned
when the exigencies Of society de-
manded. On the contrary. she o n
siders it a life work.
Surrounded by every luxury since
her birth. she developed an intense
dislike for society and for any osten-
tatious display of her enormous wealth.
AS soon as her education had been
completed, she embarked on her phil
anthropic career, n the calm, cool
work. soon placed her in the Helen
Gould class. And like that we'll known
p~hilanthropist, Miss Morgan is an ex-
pert business woman.
he untold good that Miss Morgan
has accomplished toward ameliorating
a matter Of history. Her work in the
women's department of the National
Civic Federation has time and again
brought her in the public eye.
She Aids Workingmen.
But her philanthropy has by no
means been confined to her own sex.
One Of the most striking examples Of
her work among laboring men, Is the
restaurant which she opened In the
Brooklyn navy yard and which Is con-
Quoted on a cooperative plan. Here
the laborers can secure an excellent
meal at cost.
While it has been her active p~artici-
patton in widespread charitable projects
that has chiefly attracted public atten-
ton TO her she has also assisted per-
sonally and privately a great many
families in the vicinity of St. Georges
parish, New York. Many a little ragged
urchin has been taken quivering from
tho street. at her orders, n fitted out
from head to foot in new warm clothes.
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gether or the bare floors Of a bleak
tenement house AVE had their carts
gladdened by Christmas turkeys and
suitable gifts. Indeed 1t is said that at
one time Miss Morgan was temporarily
paying the rents of a dozen families
to help them over a hard pinch.
Is an Outdoor Woman.
But what diversions has a woman
OF his type? is a question that may
be asked. One glance at her tall. robust
figure will suffice. She Is a typical out
door woman, and her greatest pleasure
next to her work Is to tramp the noun
tains with a rifle over her shoulder. In
search Of big game. She is a crack
shot and many a bruin has fallen O.
victim to her unerring aim.
Miss Morgan Is also very fond Of
yachting n spends a good part OF
her leisure time cruising about or the
Corsair, her fathers palatial boat. She
Is also perfectly at home on q horse
and rides magniicently.
Although she would not be consid-
cred beautiful, Miss Morgan has clear
cut features and big brown eyes, with
an abundance of hair Of the same color.
and she Is a very attractive young
woman. She has a well shaped, deter
mined mouth Inc a characteristic way
Of closing her lips which tells plainly
Of her force Of will.
She's q Born Fighter.
This latter quality was s%trikingly IL
Illustrated in an investigation which was
conducted into the business manage
ment Of the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals.
The charges were directed against
President Haines OF the society. At q
meeting called to discuss the charges.
a motion was made by Hafnes' adher-
ents to dismiss them, but Miss Morgan.
although in the minority. made a ring
ing speech ~denouncing the motion and
urging that the inquiry be continued.
She won out.
1t Is also claimed that she was large
ly responsible for the dtscontinuance of
the performance of "Salome" at the
Metropolitan opera house after its first
presentation.
Naturally Miss Morgan has had many
proposals Of marriage, both at home