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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25

IL UHCy AuhC dO luuCu CIlC IL ID
who work in the shops down town,
and they will toss their heads, and
snap their eyes, and say: "Well, |
should say SO. | make 5000 every
week, and sometimes more; but those
girls at the laundries and White s
and Kress' s and the other stores are
glad to get $500 week, and none of
them make more than $500"
Then another put in: eyes, they
think they are too good to associate
with us, just because we work in the
mill, and they have to be dressed up
all day, while we do hard, rough
work.
"Humph, they make me tired the
way they put on airs, so high and
mighty, as if they was too good to
breathe the air with us. Whew,"
and noses will go up and eager as
sent will be given the speaker.
"We may have to go to work ear
lier in the morning than they do, but
we get off every Saturday afternoon at
twelve o'clock, and they have to work
until nine and ten clock that night.
Who wouldn t rather get up little
earlier every day and have whole
afternoon once a week ~ was an ex-
preston Of sentiment that voiced the
thought and met with the approval
Of the entire class as to the hours Of
work.
On the way to a picnic at nearby
park on the trolley-cars, one Saturday
afternoon, when the car was passing
through another mill district, one Of
the girls said in rather loud tone Of
voice: Yonder is Mary Evers, sit
ting on that doorstep. Don't you re-
member she came to Night School be-
fore Christmas and now she works in
that mill? pointing to giant struc-
ture that doomed before us on the ca
nal bank.
80 shut up, Lizzie,", said the ire
pressible Nancy, in a loud whisper,
"what do you want to give us away
for?"
"Give what away?" the teacher
queried.
ooh, letting everybody know we
work in mill, :" several answered at
once.
"We are not ashamed, but we don't
have to advertise ourselves" explain
ed Susie Jones, apologetically, and all
the rest heartily agreed with her.
During the winter months, the en-
rollment had been rather broken up
by constant entrances and exits; but,
with the spring, the pleasant weather
and the attractiveness of the school
had kept the attendance up to such
high. percentage that the teacher fat
tered herself that the girls came sole
ly for the love Of learning, even
though it was only to get books from
the free library; but enlightenment
came unexpectedly, and the secret of
the success Of the Night School was
disclosed.
1t was in this wise. Late in April,
a new pupil came in, and on enroll
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
6be 3etferson,an
Conducted by Grace Kirkland

NoiOAj N'h0 o1lAhAy odlu3 SOL LlI0u
of having such faded, ugly hair, so I
dyed it." That was all there was to
it with her; but it almost paralyzed
the teacher.
There were young girls who had
never been to school-and there were
women of from twenty to twenty-five,
who were in the same class. One and
all, they were eager to learn and we'll
behaved, a most attractive set of girls,
IN personal appearance and also in
their manners.
Inquiry as to the reason they work
ed in the mill developed the fact that
without exception, it was hard neces-
sity that made them toll, not only for
their own daily bread, but in many
instances, for that Of their brothers
and sisters, and, in some cases, for
the mothers and fathers as WE'LL They
were happy, care-free, glad to be able
to earn good wages and to carry the
money home to the family. AS to the
wages they made, they answered one
night, In answer to the question,
"Some of us work by the piece, some
by the box, and some by the day."
In explanation, they said, "When
the cotton is taken from the bale, it
goes to the spinning room, then it is
taken to the spool-room, and lastly
to the cloth-room"
Those who work in the spool-room,
attend to the filing of the spools, and,
when a box is filed with spools of
thread ready for the cloth-room, they
received eight cents. Some Of the girls
who worked in this room had made
as much as $1.6O in a day; but the
average was eighty cents, and some
times the ''boss'' does not allow them
to work fast; the spools must not be
filled faster than they are needed, and
this cuts down the wages a good deal
at times. The slower workers are
found here.
Those who worked by the piece re-
celved twenty-siX cents for a piece,
which is length of sixty-fve yards,
and some days they made as much as
$1.82 in day. Some of the best and
steadiest workers made regularly $3.50
a day, and the average wage was from
$500 to 5000 a week. They also re-
ceive five per cent additional for elev-
en- days work in two weeks, and six
per cent for twelve days work. But,
only one girl had ever received the
six per cent bonus.
This is a striking illustration of the
responsibility Of the mill population
as class. They stay away from work
on the least excuse A headache, a
sore finger, anything that would not
be considered enough to stop a ste
nographer for five minutes, is a sig
nal for them to knock-off. The mills
have no redress, and the girls know
1T. They need all the workers they can
get, and, if a girl is "fred" by one
superintendent, she can easily find
work in another mill in another part
Of the city. This makes them indie
pendent, and, with their care-free dis,
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- allowed her for the teach
ing. But the girls must be taught.
Glasses were formed, the grading
made as accurately as possible; the
spelling classes were assigned seat
work and wrote and studied while the
other classes in arithmetic worked out
their problems on the black board.
The Night-School had been made
possible by the generosity of the trus-
tees Of fund that had been left for
the establishment of schools for the
free education of the mass, before the
state schools provided education for
the mass as well as the class These
trustees now expended this money for
RECONSTRUCTION Of those who were pre-
vented by their daily occupation from
attending the day-schools. The build
ing was we'll equipped, was we'll heat
ed, lighted, and ventilated; and the
girls Of that district showed their ap-
probation Of the opportunity by the
avidity with which they seized the
chance to attend and the regularity
with which they came-for a season.
The girls were of varied and sun
dry types. There were thirty-fve Of
them in all, interesting as individuals
and as types. There was the delicate,
refined, gentle-faced girl, with the big
brown eyes, with the soft brown hair
that waved around her piquant face,
intelligence written in every one of
her dainty features, and grace in her
every attitude, a girl who would have
been at home in any gathering. Her
sister, with mass of the most beau
tiful curling auburn hair, had not yet
realized the seriousness Of life, and,
therefore, was a tax on the discipline
airy powers Of the teacher.
Closely allied to her in disposition
was Nancy, the irrepressible, the only
one Of the girls who was boy-crazy,
the only one whose motive in coming
to the school was decidedly not to
learn, but to get out with the girls
after dark
There was Susie and Matte, girls
who were truly genteel. Refinement
showed in their hands, and faces, in
the care of their hair and the neat
ness Of their dress and in the very
tones of their voices. Fully a dozen
Of this type were among the number,
and it was indeed a pleasure to be
able to help them to realize them
selves and to open their eyes. to some
of the beauties Of life, as eXemplifed
in literature, music, and art.
The two little Moss girls, twelve
and thirteen, were of entirely differ
ent material. Mary it was who came
to the school one night with her hair,
which was usually Of faded blond
color, dyed until it was of the most
fiery red. On being asked what she
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25

bring him certificate saying that I
go to Night School, answered Mag
gle.
Sure enough, every one Of them had
come in order to keep their places in
the mills; for, under the Child Labor
laws of Georgia, no child under eigh-
teen can be employed in a mill, unless
he or she goes to school at least three
months in the year.
When the foreman asks them the
fourth question, "Have you complied
with Section Eleven of the law?" they
can answer in the affirmative because
of this school. The question arises
then if the trustees Of the Free School
Fund had not seen fit to open this
class, how would the mills have been
able to get workers and keep within
the law?
Would it not be a wise provision
for them to establish these schools for
the benefit of their employees, as. is be-
ing done, by the largest mill in Au-
gusta, and has been done for some
time by the Olympia Mills in the city
Of Columbia, S. c.?
Although the schools may be estab-
lished for selfish motive on the part
Of the factories, in them the girls are
taught the principles Of right living,
they are given an uplift, they are
shown that Life is more than meat,
and the body than raiment.' They
are introduced to the best books of
the best authors, they hear good lee
lures, good concerts, and above all,
they are taught that it is neither pow
erty nor riches that makes happiness,
but the Goodness with contentment
that IS great gain"
Ed. Note: Mrs Dillon has we'll de-
scribed one phase of our industrial
problem. There are thousands of Just
such young creatures as she depicts,
whom dire necessity has forced to
labor for their own and others main
tenance. What is to become of them,
in turn, without education and indus
trial training? After some years in
the shop or mill, experience shows
they become unfit even to keep Up to
the old standard of wages They drift
to piece work and make what little
they can, unless marriage offers
way out. And mill or shop life as at
present wrecks the health and units
the girl for housekeeping or child
training, in the event she does marry.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
By Julia Lester Dillon.

VERY seat was filled.
The girls had come troop
ing in by twos and threes,
until the teacher was in a
quandary to know what to
do with them in the brief
night-sesion Of one and
one-half hours that was
allowed her for the teach
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
THE ANSWER TO QUESTION
FOUR.

From Spool to Cloth Room With the
Girls in a Great Cotton Factory.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07
Compared with chinaware.
INDIGESTION, GAS, HEARTBURN AND
HEADACHE FROM STOMACH CD,

relieve sour. out-of-order stofnachs o.
Indigestion in five minutes Diaper
sin is harmless and tastes like candy
though each dose contains power suf.
ficient to digest sand prepare for as.
simllation into the blood all the food
you eat; besides, it makes you go to
the table with health appetite: but
what will please you most is that you
will feel sure that your stomach and
ntestines are clean and fresh, and
you will not need to resort to laxa.
tives or liver pills for Biliousness or
Constipation.
This city will have many Diapepsin
.cranks, as some people will call them
but you will be cranky about this
splendid stomach preparation, too, II
you ever try little for Indigestion
or Gastritis or any other Stomach
misery.
Get some now, this minute, and
forever rid yourself of Stomach
Trouble and Indigestion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07

up his sleeve" than any other doc
town, and the latest OF these was told
by the doctor day or so ago at a
club Of which he is a member
Heard good one this morning,
he said. "A little girl and her moth
er We're walking down the street
when they came to place where
straw had been spread over the pave
ment to deaden the noise. because of
the illness OF a woman living in that
square.
Oh, look, mamma, cried the little
girl What's all the hay doin' out In
the street.?
That's because Mrs. E has
a tiny baby, which God just sent her,
said her mother gently, and after a
moments pause the little girl said
slowly:
'Gwacious, she must have been
packed well. ''-Philadelphia Times,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07
Couldn't Say ANYTHING.

The boy had been repeatedly
warned about running to the neigh
bors, and had even that day made the
best of promises before gaining his
liberty. Yet no sooner was the door
safely shut behind him than he had
disappeared like magic.
Why did you go to Gardner's?" de
manded his father upon his return
The boy looked steadfastly at the
floor.
Il am waiting for an answer" Stil
silence.
Come" said his father losing pa
tience, don't stand like that! Speal
up like man"
Well" said the boy raising reluc
tant eyes, you've got me right where
can't say anything !"-Exchange.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07

DR.. Young-Yes. I'm fully fledged
NJ. ID. Now | suppose / must look up
some unhealthy locality and wait like
patience on monument.
Miss Cinique-And after that the
monuments will be on the patients.
Ell?
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07
ONCE WAS ENOUGH FOR HIM
No More Typewriters for Our Coun-
try Friend-Too Great a Strain
on the Mind.

NO, | don't want it," replied the
country merchant to the agent who
was trying to sell him typewriter
Il had one in my store for three
months and it gave me so much
trouble that | had to get rid of it"
Did you try to run it YOURSELF"
was asked
20, no, l had a girl from the city
who knew all about it"
Perhaps you couldn't dictate your
letters. Some folks find it very hard
work"
Il didn't try to. | sat down and
wrote them out and let the girl copy
them. | didn't save no time there.
Then ] had to read them over and
see if they were correct. Then | had
to talk with her and see that she
didn't get lonesome and quit her job
Then dozen times day, | had to
throw young fellers out of the store
young fellers that had come there
to flirt with the girl Then every old
widower for 10 miles around came i'll
and made her an offer of marriage,
and when she turned them down |
had to run EN- across to the saloon
to show my sympathy"
Anything more?" smiled the
Peent
Just little My mother-in-aw
was indignant, my sister mad all
through and my wife sitting around
the store for seven hours at a stretch,
and after the minister had given ne
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07
A LITTLE DiAPEPSlN MAKES
YOUR oUT.oF.oRoER STOMACH
FEEL FINE IN FIVE MINUTES.

If what you just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like a lump OF
lead, refusing to digest, or you belch
Gas and Eructate sour, undigested
food or have a feeling of dizziness
Heartburn, Fullness, Nauseau, Bad
taste in mouth and stomach heal,
ache-this is Indigestion
A full case of Pape's Diapepsir
costs onl 80 cents and will thoroughly
cure your out-of-order stomach. and
leave sufficient about the house in
case some one else in the family may
suffer from stomach trouble or Indi
gestior
Ask your pharmacist to show yoL
the formula plainly printed on these
50 cent cases, then you will under
stand why Dyspeptic trouble of all
kinds must go, and why they usually
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07
Enlightenment,

Mrs Boggs-Hemy, did you hear
about Mr.. Jones? Mrs. Smith was tell
ing me this afternoon how"
Mr.. Boggs--That's just like you WON
en-, gossipping about things that don't
concern you, and | suppose you have
the story all mixed up, anyway. Now
| got the whole thing straight at the
cigar store and the barber shop and
the facts in the case were like this
1t seems that, etc.--Puck.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07

Here is an imperial decree" from
the North China Daily News Decree
commanding Princes Tsai Heun. Tsai
Tao, Pu Lun, etc, to offer up incense
In the temple of the Great Exalted
One and other shrines ms a plentiful
shower of rain has not resulted from
former prayers offered up"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07

the cold shoulder and the Masonic
lodge threatened to bring charges
against me, let the poor girl go and
sold the machine for half price. 1t
was too much of a strain on the
mind. You can do those things in
the city and no one says a word, but
out here it's so years too soon, and
you've got to heed public opinion or
lose your place in the fire company. 3"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07

"Precocious children do not always
grow up TO be geniuses" No" an.
swered Miss Cayenne Sometimes
they are kept so busy thinking up odd
things for their fathers to tell down.
town that they neglect the ordinary
branches of education. - Washington
Star.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07
Reckless.

That French aviator who tried to
fly across the English channel doesn't
seem to care whether he dies or not"
You consider the flight a perilous
undertaking, them"
Not the fight itself, but as soon
as his fight had failed to kill him he
was found smoking cigarette
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-07
Lucid EXPLANATION.

How Is your mother this morning.
Edward?" asked neighbor of five.
year-old hopeful.
She's better, thank you" replied
the little fellow, "but the doctor says
abe isn't quits SO better as she Was"
Eef,ected~UIory.
i think that Mrs. De Blink acts
awfully uppish"
Well, why shouldn't she7 Her
daughter has just assembled Mont
Blanc"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-16
BRIGHT CHILDREN
WRITE SANTA CLAUS


Don't Forget My Brother"
Dear Santa Claus. I am a good lit
tie girl and want you to be sure and
come to see me. l want a doll and a
doll bed, a little table and a rocking
chair And I have a little brother one
year old. He wants a wagon, and
don't forget the candy and fruit. l
am your good little girl, Myrtle
Mayo, 10 East Romano street, Pensa-
cola, Fla.
Another Call For Fireworks.
Ny Dear Santa Claus: Please
bring me a bicycle and a rainsuit and
some fireworks. From your little
friend, William SimO, HOS West
Government street.
Wants Train and Auto.
My Dear Santa Claus: Please bring
me a drum and a train and a little
automobile and a shooting gallery
and some blocks. From your little
friend, Ralph Simo, HOS West Gov
eminent street.
"suit of Clothes, Please"
Dear Santa Claus Please bring me
fire truck, a drum, some f1re-crack-
ers and a suit of clothes. That is all
I want this time. Linton Knowles,
SOC East Strong street.
Marbles and Tops.
Dear Santa Claus: I would like
you to bring me some marbles. 1
would like one OF those tops which
do tricks and walks strings, and
would like a book. Ralph FOutz, 1900
East Hernandez street.
Don't Repeat 1908 Gifts"
NY Dear Santa Claus: I am little
girl from Warrington and my name is
Hilda Louise Rance. I hope you will
not forget me this Christmas San
ia Claus, have my rocking chair and
little carriage you brought me last
Christmas, so you will not have to
bring those this time 1 want a very
large doll, dressed as a baby, and a
trunk to put her clothes in, and horn
and a teaset and lots OF fruit and
nuts and candies. From your little
friend. Hilda Louise Rance, Warning
ton, Fla.
Auto and Firecrackers Expected.
Dear Santa Claus: I thought l
would write a letter to let you
know what I wanted for Xmas. I want
an Irish mail and toy automobile and
lots Of firecrackers and some candy
and fruit. So l will close. Yours,
Robert G., Paxton, Fla
Would Be Satisfied With Wagon.
Dear Santa Claus: Please bring
me an express wagon, firecTackers,
candy, nuts, apples and some oranges.
As there are so many children for
YOU to give things to, I will be salts
fed if you only bring the express
wagon. Yours truly, Bonnie Burt,
313 East Intendencia street.
Roman Candles For His.
Dear Santa Claus: I wish you
would kindly bring me sOT nv Christ
mas a pocketknife, a ball, a street
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-16

HORSES AND MULES.
Just received, fresh carload
horses and mules.
w. R. TAYLOR & CO.,
209 z. Garden St.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-16

This holiday time of the year
would you think it, now-is a time OF
perhaps the greatest heart breaking
tragedy in the life of the child of the
very poor-the real grief, the annual
crushing, relentless sweeping tragedy,
Of the EMPTY STOCKINGi
Don't you know the pathos of this
Empty Stocking proposition, Mr.
PensacOlian2
Haven't YOU watched the large
bright eyes of the unkempt pUny lit
tie ones turned with the longing that
knows perhaps no earthly equal to
the flashing holiday things in the
down town stores?
And couldn't you read a story
there?
You've seen your own husky young
sters run wild on an Xmas morning,
and WhOOp with a IUSty JOY that is
good to see-had YOU thought Of the
OTHER SIDE Of the same Christmas
morning?
The Journal received a Santa Claus
letter yesterday from wee Wisp of
a girl which said, Santa Claus, you
see, hasn't been to our house in
FOUR years, now, and I'm hoping The
Journal may bring him!
Now that's JUST what The Journal
means to do!
1t means TO awaken these beautiful
Xmas thoughts in all our hearts
hardened perhaps by the wOTkaday
grind of it all-it means to tell the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-16
DO IT NOW.

It'll pay you to begin using Blue
Ribbon Vanilla Extract today It's
pure, goes twice as FAR and
the favor Is perfection.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-16
1.-THE Empty Stocking"
By Bonnie Burnham.

people that there are just likely to
be LOTS Of these pittfully empty lit
tie stockings this year and every
year, for that matter, if we're not all
mighty careful and mighty thoughtful
about 1t all!
There's the Elk ladies.
As usual, their beautiful work OF
Xmas charity is going on, this season,
and as usual The Journal, invites
everyone having Xmas toys for the
poor children to leave them at this
Office, where they will be given to the
ladies for distribution The Elks have
already made a cash donation TO the
cause.
Are you planning your Xmas box!
Get it ready to send to The Journal
Remember, Santa Claus has made
a habit of getting mighty confidential
round these parts for many years
past-and any business connected
with HIM will be gladly attended to-
Remember, too, that the Empty
Stocking is one of Santa Claus most
serious propositions, and one that
causes the dear old fellow more heart
aches, perhaps, than anything, most,
in the world.
Want to help him, don't you?
Then send you donation, Xmas
boxes, etc. TO The Journal, marked
For the Distribution Of the Elk
Ladies'" and a daily report of the
work will be made in this depart
ment-
Remember the Empty Stocking!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-16
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BY mixing II at home no man
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Lack q poIse and equilibrium in
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