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JULY 30, J904. WE SUNNY SOUTH, FIFTH FAGE C © *a* • t» —, - — - — - - ww-- w«> v •••© ©.>. 9 ® *e* 0 »•* fl 9 •*» • *•* • • ••• • • ••• • 9 ••• ® *w w*~ w^” w^* *»• w»- w ^ -»-w - w --- w--- w w - -1*--- w •-- w --- w —- w - » - — — — — — — - - — — — — — — — - - * ! London's Pallid Poor Get Summer Outing in Defiance of the Landlord \ © ••• © O • •© ••• €i © «•©.*. ® -o- 9 -c- f> -o- © •©- © o- © *c* © *r - (> o- ©•*•©•<»• O •«• © © .a.© .»j. © -a-©-*- ©•*•©•••©•«■ ••© •*••■*•#•©• O ® •*»'©•*>• ft**** © « - 0 « Q «t - ©•«•>©•- 9 »•©-»♦•••-©••-••* © o•►©*»■©•=• © »-© p 6*» e^e *- ©*»©-«. < ♦ i : -T* 1 ' V* • 5. "* .St S*, 3Pp V <liK ' •■•■ - . Vlfc&'ii. . "f: a I ■ f ’ll 1 ■'- v -*^'-^-'.VfcJ*.. ■ ■ ' -•*!-. *- - - - ■ - - ■• - —’,. ' r. *! ' -- -'- ppy and Contented Poor Family Enjoying Outdoor Country Life in England. io know anything of | rated a movement some few months ago, chairs, ,iindon a poor are aware which took tangible shupe Inst June, to vicinity n L’lrlr struggles to meet live out of doors during the entire sum- the demands of the land- 1 tner season is so-called houses on wheels, lord and to provide food | free frnm the heat of the city, landlords for themselves, starvation 1 :inrl 1,v ' dreaded rate collector. This out- at times staring them in Washday in a oloCny of Poor People Summering in the Country. Typical Street Scene in a Vigorous and Healthy Settlement of Poor People in England During the Summer Season. •ring primri they lind a -Mr temporary It ses and violets eadv sale to vit Ik about In the u V j M „ ro , irv homes, gath- whicb nitun To this class of people, In tears gone by, a summer >utlng from their humble lomes. short or protract- ?• nt t he by the throe hundred and more res- the idents of the “colony on wheels,“ is be- “W* Ing enjoyed at small expense and is a dish pronounced success. in t These three hundred men, women and good children are happy all jay long, and re- to 11 •-f t exceedingly the time when thev will they he forced, by reason of the severity of outd winter, te forsake their summer homes cntii for their loss cheerless and comfortable lt j, ^ dwellings in various parts of London. , Tt has escaped general observation in j., ;,. England that such a colony of London’s poop Is spending its summer out of doors in tiie manner mentioned. These dwellers in houses on wheels, as a rule, Th arc very industrious, and at any time t, v . of I he day visitors to the encampment . will find the women hard at work making baskets, flower stands, mats caning by : hers, endei receipt 1 having necessary fur- , wagons, some employing their time i | needle work, n.ille others bask in th Generally the beds tiro on three tiers, sun. surrounded by their children, morel something like the berths on a ship, only I gossiping. Other housewives more indn- that they are a good deal wider. The I triously inclined are engaged in the fan middle one Is the largest and most sub- j ily work, which, by the way. always taki stantiul of the three. It is no unusual place in the thing for six people to sleep in one of I of the week, the ru these houses on wheels. cd linen presenting The lines of “living wagons’’ excite the j many visitors. a body and clamor for healthy faces aglow’ with e their pinafores outstretch hands cannot hold enough later and they are happy Don't withdraw from th olony" on thf eond wl jO up the St. Thf 11 fold wonderment and euriosit >r t< olio w tl (1 n\ t! HOUSES ON WHEELS. laze upon the animated pi<- the living colony on wheels. Instantly lover tubs and buckets in elos the eye travels along them, you miss to a fire, on which clothes something. | briskly, these women are bu? Ah! the horses! i rubbing and rinsing with a \v They have long since gone. The steps j again going off for more wat am down in the places they occupy while j at one end ot the ground ses are on the road. Some | In another section of the lispose of their horses In j be observed a “mother’s” g • cost of keeping them in in this important household close by another child mav be Re: tuc movabii of tin* envoi idleness. On and between the lines there is a ' bing tin curious air of domesticity. Women, most I brother, of them, stamped with their humble con- j And n dition in life, sit on the steps of the half do? •hubby face ! bier classes in London, tin the left is a tiny which hangs a collectio j copper ornaments. The < “house” is mostly taken : placed underneath the ne jdow. And, lastly, thre j rains at the far end ol 1 vista of a snow-white tends across the whole wagon. Big as the bed is con bed. wl herself. ' s i ze of Some does nc IIJ . gy © .*. © c © •* © •*. a - • ©.«.© •••©•■»• SI •«'©• omen Succeed as Brokers. Inventors, Bill Posters, Deputies and Wha Tj . ■ mi mi . •UtiSi'sS menr, li.iv*- gradual esc various bra r.ee.t her* to t ail ed to Oman with ■gy and determined! is a winner, as one of the best re new business womfl rated her abilities Id of work conducte I, is Miss Leonide wh,o is admittedly inert workers in met d previ Lavaroi manager of the only operr Iramie, which has a seating capacity of seven hundred. Xollilng s” veil exetnpllfies the true characteristic western energy of the new woman, under the most trying circum stances, than the occupation of bill post ing followed by Mrs. Root, who has a number of persons in her employ. At the time of the breaking out of tl'.o Spanish-American war, with true pa triotic spirit and devotion to duty, all the bill posters in Mrs. Root’s emplay .shoul dered their trusty rifles and joined the vanguard hound for the Philippines. Mrs. Root, with energy and spirit, hired other men, who, however, proved abso lutely “green” in bill posting, and incapa ble of doing the work required of thorn. Nothing daunted, however, she shoulder ed her long-liandled brush, and with a liu- ket of paste and the green hands along, proceeded to do the work herself, meanwhile instructing them in the art of putting up hills and posters The war had its many successes, h-.yt none was more potent or signal than that won by Mrs. Root in overcoming the dif ficulties which beset her, in consequence of the desertion from her ranks of the mainsprings of her business—the Dill pos- ni been moving iging women %r colors Into hs. fashioner Mrs. Root has greatly enlarged a creased her plant since those stn times, and is now doing as nice a hr in that line ns many others In larger cities. The business world now has a si ful stock broker who is a woman— Mrs. Folliette, of Cleveland, Ohio pays particular attention to womer ulators. and lion- office Is the oniy ■ the kind in the United States. She agers the ofiice herself, and most of the "employes are women and girls. Her office i s located In one of the biggest skyscrap- | ers in town, and numbered among her i patrons are men and women whose ae- (and th counts run into six figures. t. • engr The opening day of the broker’s office, , . , conducted by Mrs .Folliette. was different g( from that of other similar enterprises ! punctu and was made harmonious with the ! click o tastes of the gentler sex. A charming lit- steady tie reception room off the board room j ”To ! proper was decorated with dainty flow- 'margin oppersmiths, black- crg aT1( j palms and furnished with wicker 'the fin wood and leather. c p a ; rg and taborcts and other accessories gage. -lever and versatile artist has nt- great skill working in copper, her being original and unique, con- i graceful sujygestion of atraos- She has a skilled way of making al work look a thousand years old iflng heating tools and acids. After ling and polishing copper, she etches ,-lth curious designs, which seem ie- Japanese, Grecian nor Egyptian, gives a wonderful lrredeseence to her ; in -copper, which has won her high- praise from art connoisseurs who watched her working with queer implements, cutting out infinites- I strokes, carving out. irregularly ed settings, into which beautiful i are inserted, causing her visitors ■onder how her brain can plan, aDd rs execute such wonderful things. ,» wave of' “arts and crafts" which vor the country is <Cilers of delicate black- «e-•••«-- ISLE HAS Leonide C. Lavaron, Mixing Acid for Copper oWrk ;s that go I “It is difficult the brok- how can s 3 femir -tently rd the Verily the modern Cel- * a woman. WOMAN BILL POSTER. -M- c tt f Hoot I>aramu\ \\ yo„ woman bill pOHtrr in that of th« country, the likelihood of th til© west. She Is also that appeal to women. In these surround- bond ings several hundred women gathered to i Z e t partake of tea and light refreshments and man Incidentally dismiss the financial outlook onlv •mg type c ichronism. rcal- \TO- Tho not posses. One instance, said she bear, because she prettier than bulls, serve my gravity o her what stocks she ‘ 'Rut 1 don't owi and I couldn’t mal stock could be born S i :>■ was consoled, suggested that if sh might be squeezed would he fa<- more r> xplain to a woman f the humor of tlic situation, and whenever omething one does 1 have served an irate person with a my customers, for court summons 1 always wish them 'good rould like to be a day' with killing good nature. firm and its cidos look ui eially raised they both be In trying to change things. Miss Reeks alw her pet idea which she trial betterment work, every human being, the as the employee. Miss Bocks i; known as the but she does not company alone, calling her into Whenever her the tment, lead o aciologlcal D onfine her labors to this i other big concerns are ■oquisition. ervices are required she thought bears weie I managed to pro- f demeanor and asked e would like to sell: in any.’ she replied, her see how the red for her to sell, however, when I became a bull she >y a bear, which Torah!e for a wom- s the only living part . k: ■ > <- - • -'.A* - 'y iv“ inuation of the steel common dividend necti an fat than to be tossed by a bull, which might overtak* her if she became a •ipiTrtS *4 , g k . Women have invaded many fields, but. It is not likely that there will be a rush to follow the ex.anvpdt- of Mrs. Harriet A. :'arr, of No. 172 West Seventy-seventh treel, New York. She is a process server the only woman process server in the world. She says process serving demands unbounded courage, cunning and—er—a fair amount of affronter}-. She ought to know. SERVING SUBPENAS. Mrs. Carr lias a brisk and pleasing presence. She is a well-preserved middle- aged woman, who dresses fashionably. The is employed by four law firms, who keep her busy. She only tackles diffi- e lit cases, and her fees a: i- larger than ihose usually paid male process serv ers. She has a lively sense of humor and keeps a detailed account of every paper she serves. Her subterfuges to gain an audience with inaccessible folk are orig- i> al. Anything from “mash" notes to decoy telegrams are employed to lure peo ple from tin ir imprisonment, and even shrewd lawyers never suspect so wed ..roomed a woman has a summons from tin- supreme court secreted in her wui.st bag. Mrs. Carr lays great stress on her gowns, although at tim.- s it suits ht r purpose to appear shabbily dressed. “A few years ago.” said she, “1 was thrown upon my own resources, and from an every-day bill collector I have i veloned into a full-fledged piocess serv Mrs. E. Weatherred is a bright woman of Oregon, whose unique business it is to represent her state, as commissioner, at expositions. She has made a cartful study of the wonderful resources of her state, its agricultural and mineral wealth, industries, etc., with the object in view of officially exploiting the information In the Interest of the state at national and international fairs and expositions. Mgs. Weatherred was a commissioner on the general board of the Pan-Ameri can exposition, and all her pr-»scnt time is now taken up at the world's fair in St. Louis, where she is representing her state. Later on her duties will be cen tered with the Lewis and Clark centen nial exposition, which will be held in Portland, Oreg.. in 1905. in an interview regarding the coming I.ewis and Clark centennial and Amer ican Pacific exposition, she said: “Portland, Oreg.. is fairly in the swim of expositions in the future, and is mak ing great preparations for one to be held in 1905 At that time the northwest will celebrate tho 100th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific. These noted explorers were sent out by Thomas Jefferson to examine the soil and in a general way learn of the vast country told by the Indians to be situated west of the Rocky mountains. In ISC4 Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain "Willis Clark left St. Louis with a company of forty-three men for their Jong and perilous journey. After thrill ing encounters with Indians and wild beasts, storms, cold and hunger, they starts out cautiously. In her latest achievement she began among the 40C girls employed in the twine binding de partment. There was dissatis throughout the department and murmur and threats of revolt were common, on saw that something must he done t avert the strike which was imminent. The first thing she did was to plac • dtspub thority i Parti j strengt : conferi crown ondroi hi Italy j paint* large mirrors in the girls' dressing room. | 1888 and For many years tin Bardsey under the gu nificent patron, and th are still held by his old peasant. Lord Ne burie r- ,„i n .yces and Some of the Patronesses in Dainty Dooms Set Aside for ■fe Folliet and Staff of Pr»«y Women Employees ^ ^ “The rewards are greater, although the "'it k is a bit tedious, and I have spent i iiuhs trying to nail an elusive etuomaii or i sprightly grass widow. Jt is merciy a case of knowing human nature, and I must always be on my guard. 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