davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
The Human Hill.

CHARLES FISHER, the Chicago skating champion
~ said frosty mornings
III seems almost clear enough for ice The ice
made by such weather this however would hardly
do TO skate on. Never go skating too early in the
season. IL you do you'll have trouble
Mr.. Fisher laughed gaily
There chap" he said who went
skating too early, AMI all of sudden that afternoon
loud cries for help began to echo among the bleak hills
that surrounded the skating pond
"A farmer cobbling his boots before his kitchen
hrc heard the shouts and ycs and the pond at
brcakneck speed He saw large black hole in the
icc and pale young fellow stood with chatterng teeth
shouldcr-deep in the cold water
The farmer laid board on the thin ice anil
crawed out on 1t to the edge of the hole. Then ex-
tending his hand, he said:
Here, come over this way, and ri lift you out
NO, can't SWIM was the impatient reply.
Throw rope to me- Hurry up. It's cold in here
II amt got rope said the farmer; and he
added angrily: What if you can't swimyou can wade
l guess! The waters only up to your shoulders.
up TO my shoudersr said the young fellow
It's eight feet deep if it's inch. I'm standing on the
blasted fat man who broke the Ice"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
A Topeka Diplomat.

HH IPLOMACI is hard TO lehne,' said Sena tor Cur.
- It's at luncheon in Topeka. 1T is, however,
easy lust Here is illustration of diplomacy
"a Topeka girl, brisk Autumn evening, sat
beside the and clanking radiator with a young
man. This young good tch. But, though
he called often and though he showed many evidences
of affection for the girl he had vet mentioned
rage. IIe seemed uncertain He seemed 10 be still
on the fence
We'll the brisk evening I'm speaking Of at about
o'clock, the cook knocked at the paror door, entered
and said respectfully:
What shall give your father for his breakfast in
the morning, Mss2
peka girl Father, these cold mornings so fond Of
devilcJ kidney
eyes, Miss; and would you mind telling me how
to prepare it, lIissY
Z" Soak the kidney the reply for three hours
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

TT ALIlING with Miss Strachan ono recognizes how
characteristic was the fact TINT she led the women
teachers to triumph after vcyear fight, when all the
time she herself had been receiving the same pay as
man. 1t was their battle she was fighting; it was no
personal quarrel
My own part of the teachers salary fight was
fought out eleven ago." she I'm 1000 when
the Davis law was being drawn up. I had just been
made a district superintendent. was in Buffalo at
the time visiting my family, when heard that It was
proposed TO insert provision that men district supcr
intcndens were TO be paid 5000 year and women
in the same position, doing exactly tho same work
$500 took the first train back to the CITY, and
made great uproar over it all, and of course the
sentence was changed it read, in the law. $1,000 a
year for the district supcrincndept
Then as took up the district superintendent
work Miss strachan went on, Il noticed and
moro the discrepancy between the wages of mon and
the wages of women They doing exactly the
same work. let young man began his teaching with
yearly of 5000, and woman had to ten eight
years and be examined three times before she could
got that much BY the time she receiving $3.50.
the man getting Sl,625! Before she could get 5000
after teaching eight years she get special
certificate of fitness and ability; the was required
to furnish such guaranteed!
THAT. and other instances like It, seemed to me
most unjust. ! talked to other women about it, and
found that they though SO, too. So used 10 hold
little meetings TO discuss it, and tea cheers
got interested
myself, that We would get what wanted il we all
wanted it, and if we just stuck it So did
1hc oii way OF phSinS, tne discrimination against
women because of their sex, unjust as be
immoral. That has been put stop in New York.
1t must be everywhere.
I'm our battle, most of tho hardest opposition has
come from teachers and superintendent. II may
be now that the appointing power the Board of Edu-
cation and the Board of Superintendent, who were
against us may seek to put in positions as
teachers-for a little while at least
But We do not fear that really. Capablity is the
real test The new salary schedule will higher
standard of efficiency The womens work stands
acknowledged good.
"A principal told me the other day" added
Miss Strachan, smiling that good mother worth
her weight in goli and that good woman teacher
worth much than that, for she was forty or
fifty mothers all in one!
and man who has worked against us until just
recently informed last week that he would for
anything we suggested, no matter what it was, just
because we were so constant and persevering
Constant and perseverlng-thats the womens
spirit declared Miss Strachan. emphatcally That is
the spirit everywhere, in all professions. That is
slogan in the campaign for equal pay
The day that the Mayor signed the bill was the
anniversary of the surrender Of Cornwais" she
marked. That is most symbolic to
This, 100 is n victory OF independence, tic be-
ginning Of n new era
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

in cold water changing the water twice Then cut into
slices, season highly with salt and pepper and fry
bright brown. Now add little water and stow
very gently Meanwhile prepare the sauce-four table
spoontnls of cold gravy, of Chutncy paste one OF
catup. one of vinegar two caspoonfuls of made mus
ard, two of salt and four of butter. Mix WELL poIr
on to tho kidney, ana gently again till done
Oh thank YOU, Miss said the cook gratefully
The cook had hardly when the young man.
new and tender light shining from his eyes, floppcd
down knee
Miss Cosgrovc--Nfildrcd- one he began"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

MI lSS SIRAClAN is far from agreeing with the
49, theory that womens right to equal pay is
lcssecd by the possibility of rriage and retirement
II may he that great deal of tho inequality Of
teachers salaries in the past has sprung from such
theory, she said. hut the theory is not fair
What my services are worth TO the Board of Edu-
cation and the city of New York to-day depend simply
upon the efficiency of my work to-day
MY income ought not to be regulated on tho sun.
position that some hmc-tcn years hence, pcrhups--I
might possibly get married and give up my work
Ten years hence ! might be dead. Ten wears
hence man might he dcad. ] can't see tlc Justice
OF that point of view, in teaching in anything
Speaking of sex discrimination in the pa yniont OF
mon and women in other professions than that of teach
ing Miss Strachan cited the case of a woman artist
She knows
She is girl of marked talent and ability" she
work does not bring anything like the price paid to one
OF the boy graduates of the same school.
ana she told me that she had been advised not to
sign hcr work with her entire name, but use only
ner iasi name and her first initial. 1t explained
mat her feminine name. proving that the artist was
woman might influence buyers against her. so that she
would not he paid much for her work!
nave heard that there employers who pay as
,nuch TO their women workers 10 the men. But |
nave never met any of them a department store man
once ,od me ihat he was willing to pay woman
buyer tho same salary buyer; but lie was very
vague about it.
AS to medicine and the law, realize that women
are mere oaoies III these two professions Women
.aaWEers ana doctors do not command anywhere rear
c lceS mat eminent men lawyers and doctors do. But
AFTER all no exceedingly eminent--no pre-eminent-7-
women lawyers and doctors These professions are
IN lner INFANCY among the of America.
-i'sS ochah is careful to keep clear of hyserical
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
Equal Pay Isn't Going to Stop With the Teachers of the
United States. It's Going to Extend to the Stenoq-
raphers, the Artists, to All Working Women, and Its
Extension Is in No Way Dependent Upon the Growth
of Woman's Suffrage---So Says Grace Strachan.

Obviously she argues things reasonably and without
personal prejudice. She is the sort of woman who
would work for months almost in silcncc--but who
would never stop.
She speaks i'll low voice slowly, with ouict
force She is the sort Of who would never
make a fuss about what she doing but who
would Just irresisbly in the face of all opposition go
on doing it. a large, athletic, dark-cyc1 woman she
looks the hard worker she is In discussions she has
knack oil listening without word until her opponent
finishes speaking and then tearing his argument 10
pieces with sentence two. 1t is plain to be seen
that the weapon in all her conflict has been com.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
EQUAL PAY
FOR WOMEN!
- z.-:- q
a Nationwide Fight IS
begun 10 Establish The
EQUALITY OF The Sexes, and
GRACE STRACnAN
Who Won for New York
Teachers Will Lead II

for womcns higher wages" she said, 'but as opening
the door toward womens broader life and higher
cnpabilty.
"Whatever assures tho woman worker of more
money makes it possible for her live wider life.
1T makes it possible for her TO develop her mind
and her character in way that is forbidden long
as she lives upon little more than starvation wage.
The woman teacher for instance has becu practically
prohibited in the past from full development of
mentality. her powers. She has been too grevously
underpad. Now that she is of being paid the sal
nry TINT she is worth, paid every that she earns
1t will be possible for her to broaden out.
Her work will be enlarged and made better in
consequence.
And what is true of the teacher is of the
factory girl, the stcnogrn pher tho artist,
What is true of New York is true of any other
city in America.
"A lawyer told me few days ago that the passage
OF the equal pay law here will do for
throughout America than would the passage of equal
suffrage bill.
Personally. do not wish TO discuss that partly
because feel that the suffrage question is
sariy connected with tho question of industrial recog
milton. and partly because perfectly of the
concrete workings of the pay bill and not
perfectly of The workings of sura
Suffrage is too general thing TO dismiss with
tcncc
'Bu, am absolutely convinced-and I know that
fifteen thousand other convinced with me
that the passage of this equal pay bill does establish
womens industrial equality. absolutely convinced
mat the teachers action will be the signal action
by women in other professions
Il am absolutely convinced that the general status
Of women in labor and in life is going be better
than it has been before 1t is going be better
because working women to be paid for thc work
they do and not because they women
u don't think that the public realizes how far
reaching thing the passage of this teachers salary
bill is how revolutionary its influence how deep it
goes into the industrial life of the nation.
The teachers salary bill has been n sort of test
case Its passage means the women's victory"
The signing by Mayor Gaynor of the bill providing
that no discrimination in teachers salaries be made
which Miss Strachan has been carrying for than
five years
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

teachers for instance, there is sex discrimination
III the pay list at all.
>. Women have wider scope, encounter fewer preju
diccs, in the cities of the West
We noticed. oddly enough, that these things be-
come better as one travels westward. Think of the fer
rlhlc condition in Japan. China, Indiai Then in east
ern Europe it is little better. getting gradually better
sun as one approaches England The condition of
women in England is fairly enlightened
Yet English acquaintance have told me that it is
DS NJ" means an uncommon thing for mdde-class
.wo baro :, -. ~ "'i. . ) oootS!
cities of the United States, have gone farther than
mat liut even so there is much be done. And the
w estern cities arc more advanced than We The far
lher YOU get from the East the more preudices you
drop by the wayr'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

statements, OF emotional arguments Talking with her,
It is easy to understand how she became the leader Of
me teuchers battle. how she the victory how she
mas come to be recognized all America as the
woman TO whom other rally in their fight for an
equal wage.
There is absolutely nothing bystericaJ about her
nothing excitable. Obviously she has no neryes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

r ARlY in the year 1906 she began 10 organize the
- teachers, to asitate the question of equal pay
equal work In April, 1906 an association of public
school women pledged 10 work for The passage Of nm
equal pay bill, was formed. Since then the war has
been wased increasingly. The teachers bill has been
presented and defeated and presented again Men have
voted against it, repeated their opposition at its next
presentation, and then been convinced its Justice
helped TO urge its final victory Miss Strachan has been
untiring, has refused accept defeat or discourage
mcnt has gathered her forces together again again
mas done battle vaiany, and ut last has Won
Now she has received kilograms ana congratulatory
messages running into the thousands from every State
III the Union She has received invitations address
meetings of women workers in practically all our big
cities In many places she has already spoken. She
is accepting the invitations.
6" believe the school teachers 10 he the lowest pad
set OF workers, proporonatcy, in America she said
They are badly paid in New York and they arc worse
paid everywhere else
But realize that they not the only women
VINO need wage revision believe that the brain
workers arc. In proportion. the lowest paid. But
understand that the protest. ions. he trades the manu-
factories, arc conducted alike scales of sex dscrim
nation.
We'll. all that, as i've said is going 10 stopv
So Miss Strachun has addressed tho women OF
fnhalo-"herG tn" maximum woman teachers salary
LOT inc year has recently been raised from $40 to
S'o She has spoken in Philadelphia; and not only
women women teachers, but women mill workers and women
artists have come to hear her She will speak OIL Dc
ceinber = III BOSTON where the intellectual women of
tho communicate women who work with their brains
have asked her put The womens case before them
She has gone into the towns of North and South
Carolina, and the women of the factories have come
with the women of the schools 10 hear her talk of the
wage scale and the work Of women. She has lectrred
IN Baltimore to teachers ana stcnograpcrs and libra
rans and nurses and all types OF who work.
She is about 10 make tour through New England,
speaking in Providence, i'll New Haven in Bridgeport
IN Springfield, in the big towns where thousands of
women work.
She will lecture in Cleveland in tho cities of the
West She will travel. speaking in the great new
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
By MARY KATHERINE WOODS.

<ITT lie women school teachers of New York lmv
sounded the raying call of the women
90 revolution.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-08-21
Ell Colera en-
Nueva York

Desde ell dia 13 de Junio hasta e]
20 de Julio de este aTo hab1an lega.
do & la estacion de cuarentena de
Nueva York buques con casos de CO.
leras, va desarro1lados a bordo duran.
te la travesia 8 despues de desembarcaa
ALI los pasajeros y marineros.
De uno de dichos buques, ell Moltke, .
procedente de Genoca, Napoles y Paler-
mo, de entire nueve pasajeros de proa
que aparentemente estaban en- cabal sa-
lud, cuyas excretas Sc exahinaron bac-
lteriol0gicamente en- Ia estaci6n de cua-
rentena, Sc encontr6 que cuatro de ellos
eran portadores inconsistencies del bacilo
|patogenico de la enfermedad, en- estado
latente, en- sus organismos. En- un ma
rinero de ese. vapor Sc desarroll6 Ia en-
fermedad durante Ia travesla, como
iguahnente en- once pasajeros de proa
|detenidos en- la cuarentena, de los cua-
les cuatro fallecieron. IA l..s@
I'm vigilante de dicha estaci6n de
cuarentena, que habla estado allf vi
gilando aquellos viajeros detenidos, y
quienes Sc snponfa estaban en- completa
salud, -fue en- una lanchita de vapor a
la yecina isla de Staten Island, que esta
muy poblada y constituye hoy en- d{a I'M
barrio de Nueva York, separada de Ia
estaci6n de cuarentena por un brazo de
mar de dos millas de extension, y: am ca
y6 enfermo de c6lera ese vigilante el dia
Is de Julio; fue tranportado, al ha 81
guiente, a Ia estaci6n cuarentenaria de
Ia isita Swinburne, y allf fallec6 Ell
d{a Is de Julio.
N dla 80 de Junio sc present6 IN car
so sospecheso de c6lera morbo aiatico en-
Ia ci,raad de Auburn, en- "a Estado de
|Nueya York, sitpada s ia millasl del
|Oeste de Albany, Ia capital de dich9 81 Es-
|tade. 81, enfermo era. an muahacho it,
liano, inmigrante llegado al puerto Dc
Nusya+ Ym sl ,6a 20 de Junio, en- el vas
|por "Dpeo sdegli Abruzzii; = proeadsute
de G6noca, N6poles y b iala de Msdera.
< s
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-08-21
AD,arn. }. naeasa Aaseare &arcas
Alcohol de serrir,

Gaanfase pas aula yes pregantaron
ai celebre hganosista Mark Twain 81
era partlaatlo he Ia prohibiei6n de La,
venta ae aleohotes, respondi6: ";De
que s11Ve VUa sc proEiba la yenta de
aguardiense 81 con serrar las patas de
una mesa, eualquler hombre pnede en-
borraeharse90
Mark Twain sc referfa al hecho de
que sc pnede gacar alcohol de la made
ra y de otras sabstancias Sin embargo.
pesar de sns esfuerzos, solo han podi-
90 transformer la MADEIRA en- azdcar
por hidrolisis, y eonvertir ell azdcar asf
obtenida en- alcohol por fermentation;
pero los proeedimientos necesarios pa-
ra semejante transformation son de-
masiado eostosos, inutilizables desde
Ell punto de vista comercial.
Ell 1ltimo que ha estadiado el asunto
1ha sido un qnimico aleman, Herr T.
Kooner, y no ha logrado gran cosa. Ex-
perlmentado con serrin, con papel de
pa]a y con papel de MADEIRA, solo ha
conseguido sacar del 6 al .12 por 100
de alcohol. Ell mayor rendimiento alco-
holico 10 obtnvo con ell serrin, calenta
DO en- I'm antoslaye q nueve atm6sferas
de preston. -.
Semejantes resnltados pueden COST
derarse como negatives, porque en- ta-
les condolences es impossible la fabrica-
el6n del alcohol de MADEIRA, comercial-
mente hablands, y, por 10 tanto, Mark
Twain exager6 un tanto en- indicar la
pos1bilidad de emborracharse con el
producto de has patas de- nn- mesa. =
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-08-21

Nueva York Ell dla Is de este mes de
Julio. En- ell trayecto Sc enfermaron dos
indlvldnos, cuya enfermedad el medico
de abordo dagnostic6 de aimples dia-
rreas; pero Ell ezamen archaeological de
la estacl0n de c,larentena demostro Ole
ara ell e6lera naorbo asiatico. Uno de
los enferrnos era TN fogonero el otro un
ln1nlgrante. Ambos Sc cnraron, pero el
suque continnaba todavia detenido en-
la estaci6n de cuarentena el IS de Julio.
lei wapor Principe di Piedmonte, -
que zarp6 de Napoles el 6. de Julio, lleg6
a Nueva York Ell 20; Ell "San Giorgio" Y
!el Berlin" sc esperan en- Nueva York
esta semana; ell "Canopic," procedente
de Napoles, sc espera en- Boston ell 7 de
Agosto; Ell "Carpathina sali6 de Napo-
les para Nueva York Ell 12 de Julio, Y
ese misano dia sarp6 tambi6n de dicho
puerto de Napo&es el e"Citta &li Paler-
mo" para Nneva Orleans Ell 13 de Ju-
ho el "Oceeania" sal6 de Napofes para
Nueva York, a donde va neg6; ell Is ell
Verona" saf6 para Filadelfa, y ell 19
el "Dnca di Genova'' para Nneva York.
ambos procedantes de NApoles.
En- otro pr6xlno articnlo hahlare de la
presencia del c6lera en- Italia, Francia,
Alemania, Austria -Hungria, Grecia, Ru-
sia y Tunqu5a, desmintiendo asf rotun-
damente con heehos probados y compro-
bados que no es cierto 10 que Sc public6
sn h Habana hace poeos dias, de que
hoy en- dfa solamente en- tres naciones
nuy atraeadas de Europa puede existir
una epidemiass de .e6lera morbo .asiatico,
y que esas SON Russia, Turql.fa , Eapa-
ia, = Misunderstanding anticieatiaaa = one
earece hasta de ssntido coni1n.
pr Ag*sH. ~, . IS 's s' K e Ibe,y>s,
/ esocio cossssaaip o.ssai fSIdsente Ell ks Estx,os
Unidos de la Rsa1 "A das5assa s as sEessalie;ca.
= Cirnisss 7e Barcelona, dsaassse .stssl-: 4.
y del Cfsaslo' Msheo Argss gsufiiuo Iii a al 1.aae.
nos Aires.) .i:',,e-
.s ~ ~ i s,sss.4r
Hsbane: julio 1911.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-08-21

Aqui finaliz0 mi balance secular; DO
dr1a insistir en- los puntos senalados, mas
no es precise; justifcan bastante ell aser-
Ito. IL
Ademas, La altura historical actual,
no es una question trascendente: :: Meva-
mos varios siglos en- otra fusion de mol
|des mas extensos: mas de cuatro cen
turias han entrelazado, para gloria de
Espala, todas sus regiones, y ell honor
acumulado en- los dias felices de hege-
mon1a, todos nos dio abolengo y blas6n
|el suelo espanol es la patria com1n: q
todos nos avalora el igamen, porque 81
Ell ambiente de poes1a de la historic ges-
tada halaga a cada region, todas Sc vigo-
lrizan .viviendo reunidas.
Els bello el arco iris con sus lindos ma
tices espectrales, pero tiene mas belleza
y mas vigor Ell sol radiante que los pro
duce.
EaAseb90 D10s.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-08-21
NATTER


Orient6 sus ideales: entonces fue GUAM
do modelada la lengua y consagrada la
literature, vislumbrando en- la A1hambra
la ensena morada, comenzo a pensar en-
lejanas aventuras.
Esta es la Castillo que trajo la vida
espanola, al for1nar la unidad nacional,
un rumbo nuevo la polltica, a saber, la
domination de la America, descubierta al
momento mismo en- que Arag6n y Ca
taluna impulsaban al Oriente siguiendo
sus tradiciones.
The Washington times., 1911-04-23
Sale of Small Wares

Linen finish Neckbands, for mems
shirts and women's waists. Well
made. double stitched. All So
(Six for 25c.)
Lead Dress Weights, regu- 40
larly 10c dozen. n..........:.... ~
Nickeled steel finish Scissors and
Shears; strongly made; all sizes.
Values worth up to 1Sc o.
pair -.....----- .'-.-. ...... w
AH-over Hair Nets, best quality
silk With elastic. All shades. So
Regularly 1oc each. h..-........ W
Convent Embroidered Edgings.
white and dainty colored ef- 10o
fects. Price ......... IUC
400-yard spools of Black Sewing
Silk, equal to 4 regular 10c Ito
spools. Special at......--.. LII
Gcod quality Leather Sewing
1dae,h Machine Straps full 1Oc
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-06-16
FRANKLIN NOTES.

The Williamson County institute
had their annual exercises last Mon
day night at the M. e. Church. A
number of the members of the insti-
tute appeared on the stage, after
which Prof. ". M. Reynolds, Rev. D..
T. McGhee, DR.. G. H. Robins and
Rev. R. B. Ross each made inter
esting remarks. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Cook entertained at dinner last Sun
day Rev. W. B. Denny and DR.. Ste
vens, of Columbia. Mrs. H. D. Ewing.
of Clalborn Heights, was on the
sick list last week. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. J. Ewing, and their little daugh-
ter, Nora James, were in Nash
Vile last week visiting relatives and
friends. DR.. Houlett spoke as the A.