The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-24
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j. Events Of interest in Fairmont =
| j. and Vicinity Told in Z.
!. Paragraphs. 4.
Storm doors are being installed
lat the Dixie ITheater building. 4
| "a hotel mans life along about
this season of the year in almost any
part Of the country Is not an easy one
and the lo:al hotel men are not. an
exception waen 1T comes to bad loaf.
ers who love to warm their feet at
the gas stove Of freedom as long as
they behave themselves. As an Illus
tration, Proprietor Thomas A. Deveny,
OF the Marietta. Hotel, had considera-
BILE exercise last evening about sun
down--if the sun went down-when
he elected a third.srade loafer from
his hostelry six times. The man when
asked to wake up and get out told the
proprietor where to head in. where
upon he was showed where to head
out, incidentally being assisted out.
Then, the intruder went to another
door and was put out, then to the 9TH:
er door, same thing occurred, another
/ door, ditto, and SO on until he got
tired and went down toward the B;
and o. station. Mr.. Deveny could have
had him "pinched" tupon. his. second
entrance, but did not but he did APP
point himself a reception committee
Of one to, meet the gent when he
stepped into the several doors.
1t is Understood from an official
source that there is going to, be a
thorough investigation among a num-
Der OF merchants, especially the for
elgn dealers, in regard to short weight
and measure. 1T is alleged, that
great deal of this character OF work
goes on in certain parts of the city,
and that ore dealer has been giving
thirteen ouaces for a pound for some
time. He is being carefully watched
while the city officials are also keep
ling an eye on a number OF other ,mer-
chants. 1t is likely that some OF them
Twill be arrested in a very short while.
! The little news items under this
caption-"Much in Little,"--areg lit
| tie happenings. OF local interest, but
nevertheless the following. taken from
| a est Virginia paper, would read well
in any part of any paper and at any
| time, especially in this time, the Twen-
\ tieth century:
"Mrs. Knott did not need any O..
4 Henry to tell her story. She told it
herself while she was in jail at Wash
tington for working the badger game.
Listen to the story Of why she went
wrong:
4 4 was not taught trade you see.
i At twelve years of age, ! began to
lean my own living, because my moth
Ter, then an invalid, was married to
her second husband, who refused to
Support stepdaughter. worked in
a laundry, and got odd jobs at clean
ing rooms In q hotel. BIT as it was,
| never had enough money to buy de-
cent clothing with. and I had heal
thy appetite that was never satisfied.
because after paying for my room and
what clothes had to have. couldn't
buy enough to eat.
But the year when was Is ] be-
gan to go to pieces. got fired from
the laundry. | was then chambermaid
in hotel, and one day safter had
walked through snowstorm to do my
cleaning fell in a dead faint in the
corridor When came 10 they tolu
me they could not have a girl around
that was weakly and sick.
Well, | made up my mind that no
girl could live on 81 week. and that
didn't want to try any longer. I was
sick and cold and hungry. \ hated
charity worse than l hated sim
1t may be argued that, this girl had
a flaw in: her character, but hunger
and cold are mighty hard to resist.
Don't overlook the fact that she was
forced, before she lost her job. to
work for "a a week. Notice that She