The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-27
upon which he predicated his action
for divorce in this state
White Girls With Chinks.

lOE QlVOTC0 IN LQlS state.
White Girls With chirks.
One OF the surprising things dis
closed by the recent police census
| OF Chinatown was the large number
OF white girls found living in the
dens OF the Mongolians. In the dark
and gloomy retreats below ground.
where the opium pills are rolled and
smoked by the slaves to the drug,
girls from ten to fifteen years of age
were discovered. One Of the most
fragrant cases developed by the police
In its investigation of conditions in
the quarter came to light the other
day when they found a thirteen-year-
old girl in the company of an ugly
looking yellow skin. The girl had
been brought from Scranton, Pa, by
her sister, Mrs. Tom Lee, who is mar
ried to Chinaman of that name, and
had been delivered to a Chinese mer-
chant of some means in Doyer street,
much as a chattel would be turned
over to its owner. The woman and
her husband were sent to prison for
a year yesterday and the child turned
over to the children's society.
Mrs. Mary Hunter Austin, the Cal
norma novelist and playwright. whose
new drama. The Arrow Maker" is
TO be produced shortly at the New
Theatre, has only Indian characters,
says the Red Skin, marries only for
love and on the average makes a. bet
ter husband than his white brother.
Her forceful ideas on this subject to
which She gave public expression
the other evening gave some Eastern
mollycoddles rather a stiff jolt.
AS a matter of fact" she said. I'm
dams marry for love oftener than we
do. We marry for position or money
or because We haven't anything else
to do. We cannot pride ourselves,
In the modern world, on our romance.
On the whole, the Indian woman
is better treated than the white wo.
man. We are too apt to think of
what is really only the top segment.
There are the thousands of factory
girls, who work for long hours at
most trying employment and receive
the merest pittance on which they
cannot eat or dress or live in decent
comfort. There are the girls in the
great stores with the continuous
strain of standing, and again the only
recompense poor lodging and poorer
food. Among the Indians there is
an immensely fairer distribution of
both wealth and work.
Mrs. Austin talks with the author
1ty OF a woman who lived for fifteen
years among the Western Indians.
1t would be interesting to note-if
1t were possible to discern and collate
them-the feelings Of John D. Rookie
teller on Sunday last as he sat with
doWncast eyes in the Fifth Avenue
Church, of which he is a member and
heard the Rev. DR.. Aked. the pastor,
lay down the golden rule that man
KIND shall not live alone by stocks
and bonds. Since he took charge OF
the spiritual administration of the
OIL Kings church, DR.. Aked, who was
brought over from Liverpool for the
purpose, has not shown himself as
suppliant to the whims and caprices
OF John D. as many believed he would
at the time he came here. As his
reference to stocks and bonds fell
on the hushed congregation all eyes
instinctively turned toward the seat
OF the worlds richest man who was
visbly embarrassed.
THE world needs the Church's per
ennial reminder of spirited relatives,
unseen but eternal" said the clergy
man. 1T needs to be told again and
yet again that men shall not live bv
stocks and bonds alone, but by faith
and hope and love.
The world has need of the church
es yet. The city has need of us. and
the nation. No one among you, not
the one of most commanding genius
Of greatest versatility of spirit can
hope to escape hours of detection,
encouragement and depression"
New York has had all sorts of freak
weddings in it's time from that of
the bride. who insisted on being mar
rled In her grandmother's crinoline
skirt and the super-sensftive bald
headed bachelor who kept his high
hat in full tilt while he rushed nv
mems garden gate. but 1t was left to
Mrs. Mary Schley Bowen, a wealthy
woman Of San Francico to hit an en-
tirely new trail. In the presence of
a number OF personal friends the
other day at the home Of Arthur Del
roy, traveller and lecturer, who is a
mutual friend of the couple, she was
married to Percy Evans, a prominent
shipping man OF Vancouver, B. C.
Some time ago while In Japan the
OAiuc WAS presented with three JaDa-
nese spaniels by a high functionary
OF theMikado's Empire. She is deeply
attached to the little dogs and insis.
ted upon having them present at the
wedding as her personal attendants,
serving her in the capacity of brides
maids. They were arrayed in gowns
especially designed for them. it is
said, by Worth Of Paris. It took
their Chinese attendant the entire
morning to arrange their toilet and
make them fit for the FEAST Their
department UP to the time the clergy
man began to ask the couple for their
responses was most circumspect. But
when the bride and bridegroom be-
gan to repeat the answers to the
dominee's question they decided it
was time to say something and as the
story goes. broke in with a growl
which brought upon them the quick
displeasure Of Foon Chuck, their c.
lestial valet. Extravagant tales are
related of the gorgeousness Of the
bouquets worn by the dogs and their
chic appearance as thew stroda into