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TUe STATE YOUNQ WOMEN'S CHRIS
T1AN ASSOCIATION.
Ths ntad of state organization did not
beoome apparent until there were a
unbar of states, each having several
associations organized and at work In
college or cities, but all isolated and
with no affiliation with the others, who
were trying to do the same work. But
as soon as the need was fully felt, the
plan of the Youug Men's Christian As
soolatlon was followed and tho separ
ate organizations grouped themselves
by states, districts or sections as seem
ed best Experience in other lines of
Christian work had also shown that
"In union, there Is strength." Charters
vers readily obtained, giving power to
oertaln bodies, called "State Executive
Committees" to act as advisory and
supervisory counolls over all local asso
ciations, that elected to pluce them
selves under their leadership. There
was but little red tape needed In order
to do this. It was only neoeesary to
make official request for admission to
th state association, under the name
of "The Toung Women's Christian As
sociation of " and to submit a
constitution, which required the evan
gelical basis of membership and stated
as the object of the association, "The
promotion of the physical, social, In
tellectual and spiritual welfare of
young women for and by young
women."
The eleclon of the members of such
committees was to take place at the
annual state convention, which was
Provided for in the state constitution,
he number of such members was to be
determined with due regard to state
laws, and, when not limited, could be
Increased at any convention, by a ma
jority vote of the delegates. These
members were to be representative
Christian women, a quorum of whom
should reside at headquarters; the rest
to reside in amy part of the state and to
be connected or not with the local
work. Our state committee Is com
Based of eighteen members, eight of
them residing at headquarters.
The state office was to be at a point
bast adapted, in tbto minds of the com
mittee, to Its object; the effort being
made to have It located In connection
with strong local Interests, where prac
ticable. 80 much for the plan In gen
eral Now for the results following the
adoption of It In our own state, which
I counted among the strongest
Pennsylvania has had a state organ
isation since lfta. Eight associations
became members of it when It was
formed. Since that date, this number
baa grown to thirty-three. Ten of these
arc In large cities and twenty-three in
schools and colleges.
The state office Is In this city, at No.
205 Washington avenue. It was put
hare at first and there have been no
arguments sufficient to warrant its re
moval to any of the points that have
since asked for it. Scranton Is a center
of wide and growing Influence and its
people support and foster Christian
.work In a most postlvo and aggressive
way. Why should It go away from old
and tried friends to new ones, who
could not possibly treat It bettert
The chairman of the committee Is al
ways chosen from the resident mem
bers. Our state has been peculiarly ad
antaged In the personnel and perman
ence of Us commute members. The
first choice of a chairman was a happy
one, Mrs. H. M. Boles, whe was admir
ably adapted to the position In mani
fold ways.
Tor seven years she served as a wise,
progressive leader, sparing neither
effort nor Influenoe to deepen and to
spread the work over the entire state,
with such an extended and Important
.field, the ears and responsibility was
great, but her energy and desire was
always toward more and better results.
No one can measure what her helpful
ness, so genially and graciously given,
has meant during all these years to
the many oo-workers on the committee
and throughout the state. Her succes
sor, Mrs. L. M. Gates, one of the ablest
Christian women in the state and In
the whole wide work, was one of Its
first promoters and has been a member
of the committee, continuously, since.
There need be no fear of a backward
step in Pennsylvania state work so
long as there Is succession In office of
rare women, whose faith and works
equally energise and spiritualise the
centre and circumference of It
The only paid officer Is the state
secretary, although at times the em
ployment of other helpers gives the op
portunity to the associations to hold
special evangellstlo or other meetings.
She state secretary studies and reports
ke whole field. She Journeys from place
to ptaee on different errands. At one
point Is a vacant secretaryship. She
meets and talks to the board of man
agers and than seeks to fill the place
with the meet consecrated' young
woman that she can find. Then shs
must help the new worker to get ac
quainted wlta her new Held, If It Is
possible for her to stay with her for
awhile She Is a medium of Informa
tion, striving always to present the
highest Ideals to each place. Inciting It
to think that It does not want any
lower standard than Its neighbors.
' Besides visiting organized points,
he goes to new plaoes where she may
sow seed or at onoc plant a new branch.
There arc yet a score of Important
points where the work ought to go.
with few exceptions, the leading
schools and colleges arc already at
work. The exceptions are considering
the advisability of affiliation with the
state body and It Is onlv a question of
time, when there will be a sure and
rapid morose In the number of college
chapters. When students get thor
oughly alive to the advantages of visi
tation from experienced and helpful
workers) direct correspondence) with a
counseling committee, together with
printed matter bearing directly upon
vital points and methods and the bene
flta of Inter-eolleiriete conferences at
or state convention and summer con
ferences, they will not long delay te
become : accredited members. .
onsM g also
Silk
olila mrtA mnM tlma la elven to the
study of sociological conditions exist
ing In them. The depression in oum
ness has retarded the advance sorae-
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WUBli UUI tWIUIMlHw - -
secretary work under a banner of
promlee and will not rest unui m every
city, where there are large numbers of
girls and the promise of support, there
shall be a building, rented, it it must
be, but built and ownea wnere u mjr
be, over whose door shall be written
the sign: "The Toung Women's Chris
tian Association." Under that sign
,).,. ha Much nmvlfllon for rest
and growth of body, soul and mind as
shall result In culture of character
whloh might be gained under no otner.
MART S. DUNN.
TUB NEW WOMAN.
The "new woman" Is a fact to consid
er and to Bonrove. and not a disagree'
able one, either. We make all haste
to explain that we do not refer to the
masculine woman, who affects mascu
line dresa and masculine Vices, such as
Bmoking, which she doubtless admires
in her male acqaulntances.
She does not come at all Into the
mind of the writer, In connection with
the term, "new woman," as used in the
finer sense of this article and it 1 de
voutlv to be hODed that she will not lin
ger In the minds of the readers of th
"wqman s Paper."
Neither is the "new woman" a fancy,
A fancy Is usually poetlo and aesthetic.
We acknowledge that there are women
who Dose In idle crace. who think them
selves far in advance of those who walk
the dreary round of practical life, min
istering to others. They do not realise
that real poetry Is intense and active
and that the poets who live In the
hearts of the people are those who write
of sacrifice and struggle. Hands ana
heart and head were all given that they
may all be kept busy In this great world
of neighbors.
To be of no use is worse than being
dead. Living pictures would bettor be
In frames permanently.
But our "new women," for their
Is lesion, where are theyT -
They are In their home as wives,
mothers, daughters, sisters. They are
In business life. In over Ave hundred
occupations. They are in professions
and a new dignity to those professions
is added by them. They have good old
fashioned morals, old-time modesty.
the old grace of considering others bet
ter or as good as themselves and the
ancient, the very ancient rule of living,
called golden. They have some new
Ideas, new notions about health and
dress and women being sensible.
Are you beginning to think that this
article was astray, under the heading
"Physical Department?" To mislead
was not Its intention and this Is not an
advertisement for any cure-all or even
for the gymnasium of the Toung
Women s Christian Association, al
though we would like to see It better
patronized by those who would ever
sing Its praises after only "one course
of treatment."
When It became the ambition of wo
men and other than women, that there
should be a new raoe, which should be
beautiful because strong, then the
press, physicians and men and women
who could write or speak Joined a great
movement that IB still extending. Ke
forms were proposed and planned
which should not shock the reasonably
conservative.
It was the old question, to be or not to
be, answered by brains and hearts. Bo
long as women were expected to be
weak and ailing, even though the caus
es were far from providential, nc great
effort was made to remedy the condi
tion of things, except after the mischief
was done.
They could dress In abominable gar
ments, violate every health law, neglect
physical exercise and recreation and
there was not very much fuss made
about It It would take too long to fol-
low the course of events which led to
the multiplication of gymnasia, the
introduction of tennis and bicycling as
popular sports, and the dress which
does not make a woman hideous while
It makes her comfortable. The im'
provements have not come In a day.
neither are they through coming. The
physically strong and Intelligently
healthy women of the twentieth cen
tury will live and learn, and continue to
work out their own salvation. Once in
a while, now, there Is a spasm of de
generation which disturbs our rest for
a few nights. We look askance at the
needle-pointed toes of women's shoes.
until we find that men are wearing
mat Kinu 100, ana tnat there is room
and to spare. Men never wear an un
comfortable shoe, not even in the
Flowery Kingdom, where the poor
women hobble around on little more
than stumps.
With the use of electricity, it Is to be
nopea tnat tne aork ages are gone.
Tyranny and the war of races are
things of the past but the sway of
hurtful, heathenish fashion over the
noblest creation, the lost creation of
the One, who pronounced His work
good.
PHYSICAL TRAINING FOB. WOMEN.
Until within ten or fifteen years.
physical training had been largely
negleoted by women, yet If ever there
came a blessing calculated to benefit
them. It Is the training and developing
or tne noay oy gymnastio exercise.
It is ordained that woman shall be
the mother 01 the race, and her condi
tion, habits, strength and endurance
are among the greatest factors in d-
termlnlng the character of succeeding
generations, ana enter very largely
into the inherited possibilities they are
to have in th way of physical, mental
ana spiritual development. .
Wc have to admit as a fact, that wo-
men are, as a rule, physically Inferior
to men; they have less strength than
the other sex. This would be a less
serious matter aid we not And that, In
proportion a her body Is weak and un
developed. It Is prone to disease and
thus liable to unfit her for th duties of
everyday lire, ' . , -j ;
The need of exercls for women to
proven by th good results quickly
gained from a Judlckm use ef It .,
Few women realise that beauty Is
wry closely allied with the nerfeet
pet for mane by each member of tho
body, of Its own function; that perfect
form declares the proper development
of each muscle; - that grace simply
means that an economical way of doing
tnings is usee moving in curve in
stead of angles, steady movements In
stead of Jerky ones; that self-control Is
merely an absolute obedience of the
muscles to the will.
Systematic physical training gives
health by aiding digestion, clearing the
brain and Increasing and freeing the
whole circulation; It gives greater
strength, better physique, self-possession,
grace and recreation. What wo
man, can afford to say "I have no need
of these things?"
The amount of physical work accom
plished, the quality of mental work
done, and all thai gees to make up lite
Is largely influenced by the amount and
kind of food eaten, the amount of oxy
gen Inhaled, the exercise and rest taken;
small matters these, yet how much de
pends upon the thoughtful, conscienti
ous disposal of them.
If office women, saleswomen, teach-,
era and sewers whose lives are confined
In close, dusty lU-ventllated rooms,
week In and week out with little or no
open air exercise to counteract their
pernicious effects, would take dally or
even weekly, exercise in some gymnasi
um, we would have fewer consumptive
chests and weak backs among the
classes. The Idea of supplying th
physical needs ought to be as much a
matter of principle with us as prorleV
Ing for the mental education Is,
It often requires some effort at th
part of busy women to find th time and
money to spend In th gymnasium, but
It Is an investment which payg wall,
according to th testimony of many
who have tried It For those who have
leisure time and abundant means and
still neglect the body, there la no ex
ouse whatever.
A woman would feel herself disgraced
If she neglected the care of har home,
allowing It to become disorderly, th
dust accumulating In unseen corners,
and yet this Is the manner In which
many of us care for our bodies, permit
ting a sort of estrangement to exist be
tween the mind and the body. The
former, regardless of Its faithful part
ner, soars aloft into regions of Ideal
life, while the temple of the spirit, Ilk
a discarded dwelling, is allowed to fall
Into premature decay.
Wa cannot long continue to overlook
the needs of the physical organism and
still hope to enjoy life to Its fullest ex
tent. W cannot be to others what we,
In our noblest moments, aspire to be.
We cannot do for others the countless
deeds that we, as women, are privileged
to do. We cannot I repeat, live the
Ideal life that every ambitious, unsel
fish, womanly woman has In her heart
as her inspiration, and ignore th means
by which these things are mad possible
to vs, for
"What avail the highest gifts of heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go
amiss?
How tasteless, then, whatever can be
given,
Health is the vital principle et bUsS
And exerclse'ot health."
L013 LOUISE SIIARDLOW.
PHYSICAL CULTURE.
As Ctrriad On by the Swedish Movetxent
Srttm
From the time of that organisation of
wexoung women' Christian Associa
tion In Boron ton, th Importance of th
pnysicai deportment was recognised.
Th first year els 01 la physical cul
ture were organised. The nlsssss
were held la the reading room, and
much enthusiasm wa manifested,
A gymnasium was soon found a neossv
slty, and at present th upper floor of
the Christian Association building if
used for that purpose, being cqulppod
with the most a eatlal apparatus. Dur
ing the past year th Swedish system,
when to based on the Ling principle of
unyncai culture, ha been used. Dr.
HJalmar Ling, the greatest authority
on the science of general kinesiology
and educational gymnastics, Is Its
founder. This Swedish system of gym
nastics ha been derived from mechan
ics, anatomy, physiology and psycho
logy, and all of these branches of
science enter Into th course of study,
which embraces both educational and
medical gymnastics. The first to used
In school and the regular gymnasium;
the second Is applied to pathological
cases, largely by massage. In teaching
& class after giving them first the cor
rect standing position, a movement ob
taining the correct carriage of the head
is given. Then follow a few general in
troductory movements for control of
the body. The exercise follow In a
regular sequence, no matter how far
advanced a pupil may be, and this
sequence I the kernel of th whole sys
tem. This system deals with th pupil as an
Individual. Its aim being to develop
one part of th body la proportion to
all the other parts, and to have all
under perfect control of the will. Every
thing Is subordinate to the best pos
ture of the chest and the fullest expan
sion of the lungs. Every movement la
really a breathing exeraUe. Good
breathing capacity to of greater value
toon muscular strength.
One of the best features of th flnrad.
lsh system to Its adaptability to every
situation and environment Excel lent
work is often done In private houses,
where only chairs, a rope possibly and
a pole are available. Of course mere
can be accomplished if one has proper
apparatus, yet there are free standing
exercise which no apparatus In the
wonu can substitute. It Is believed
that free exercises develon cn.nrdin.
tion and general physical culture, while
movements on applied apparatus cul
tivate force, The proper use of respira
tory exorcise during a snrmnastlo Im.
son leave th pupil rested instead of
rauguea. in using gymnastic a a
science th idea is to improve the cmal.
ity of the muscles, not-to see how large
wiry ran oe maoe. Tne mere outward
measurement doe not gtv th real
vaiue or muscles, in many gymnas
iums the measurements are taken and
a standard is mode towards which th
pupus worn, put in gymnastics as In
any process which has to do with the
aeveiopment ot a numan being each in.
dividual should have as his ideal atajiA.
ord the best ot whloh his abilities make
him capable,
Those who learn the lesson that the
first wealth is health, can the bettor
aerve uoo. ana ineir lellowmen.
JANET E. AC AMI
CONUNDRUMS.
1. Why Is the Younar Women's Chris.
tlan Association like a turnpike road?
Because it cannot bo made a Sllooaas
wiuiout "uates."
2. How are the Younr Woman's rrtwtm.
tion Association of this stat Ilk a
man who will not pay his bills? Tney
are all subject to a "Dunn."
8. Why to the new secretary of the
Toung Women's Christian Association
like a cloudy day? Because ah I
ijowry. -
4. In what resnect is th Wo
men's Christian Association Ilk a styl
ish spring garment? it must have a
"Ripple."
6. Why has the Toung Woman's
Christian Association succeeded so well
with out the men? Because It has al
ways had th "Boles" with them.
S. In what respect to th Toung Wo
men's Christian Association gymnas
ium like the veritable garden of Eden?
"Adam" to present every eve,
7. Why are all the member of th
English class Ilk to become th
"New Women?" They are la Oban ef
one of th "Fellows."
8. Wherein have th Educational
classes of the Young- Woman' Chris
tion Association In the past resembled
a paiene raeamneT uuon ec their suc
cess was owing to "KeonedyV' dlsaov
erle .In what way does Vi Yotsng Wo
men's Christian Association naaiiilili a
pomplete laadapanot la th seauty. of
II "vvaaraav-
SIMM
MRS. NELLIE A. LOWRY. ) AH nr
MISS ELIZABETH ROOT, "lors-
STENOOJUPCY AND TYPB WRITINO,
(hwffikgtloss Necessary to Becosu a
Ooos Stesttcnpaer.
Thai la life's earnest battle they only
prevail
Who dally march aatward and never
say fall"
It to quite safe to say that no pro
fession, trade or business to so murder
ed as that of stenography at th present
time. It I no exaggeration to say that
there are not tree steoograahers In
very hundred. "Why Is tots so?" The
reasons are numerous and varied.
The qualtfleatloBS necessary tor suc
cess as a stenographer and typewriter
are more extensive than th majority
of those who take up th study suppose.
Th ability to take down la shorthand,
at a given rat of speed, the words ut
tered by a dictator or speaker, to the
very smallest part of what ocas tituto
a nrrt-cJAas stenographer.
It Is, ef course, understood that th
ability to spell and punetasat oorreotly,
and a knowledge of th proper con
struction a sentence. Is mdtopensable
A good education and altar business
bead ar equally hepertaat A quick
perception to understand the employ
er's wish and good bearing are also
peoessavy. And though It may not
seem to have anything to do with the
subject th stenographer must be neat
and careful la dress and be of pleasant
disposition. More than one stenogra
pher ha lost her position because
bar slovenly personal appearance was
such that the employer wa ashamed
to keep her around the office.
One of the most Important requisites
for either a shorthand amanuensto or
private secretary, should be a 'close
mouth,' never speaking of any of the
business affairs of his employer, out
side of the office.
Another point frequently overlooked
by the stenographer, to th proper di
vision of words at th and of a line.
Word of on syllable, as "against" and
'knight," sproper nam, have been seen
In work written "agai-nst" and kni
ght," whloh would mar a page of other
wise perfect work.
INTELLIGENCE A REQUISITE.
In order to make an Intelligent tran
script of anything written In shorthand
the matter must be intelligently heard
and Intelligently written; t a, whan
you ar through taking dictation, you
must know th gist of what baa been
said without referenoe to your notes.
The mind must' be concentrated upon
the subject during the dictation, and
then in transcribing, you must be cap
able of the exercise of Judgment and
taste. Th transcript is what the em
ployer sees and must Judge from as to
the kind of work a stenographer does.
Th young man or woman. Intending
to take up the study of shorthand and
typewriting, who Is not prepared to
offer these qualities as a supplement to
shorthand, bad better drop the subject
Without these qualities ao curacy la im
possible. Having these qualities, then must be
added perseverance, or stlek-to-atlve-neea
Too few are willing to atudy until
they are qualified to do) thorough work.
Oftentimes tbey'aesk positions before
sufficient speed Is aqqulred, and, at the
same time. It to also true that speed to
too frequently cultivated at the ex
pense of accuracy. When speed and
accurr-cy are combined nothing can
close the way to succesa A student,
who is studying under a competent and
conscientious teacher, should stay In
school until th teacher is willing to
recommend him to a position, tot la the
end he will find that It pays.
Having acquired a thorough knowl
edge of shorthand and typewriting th
progressive stenographer will keep
himself thoroughly posted in every
thing pertaining to his duties by taking
and reading as many shorthand maga.
clnes as he can afford, and by giving
prompt attention to his Work, grasping
every idea to better enable him to fill
his position with efficiency.
The recognition cf the art of stenogra
phy by th business world and the pros
pect of lucrative emplcyment ha In
duced large numbers ot young men and
women to seek It as a pleasant means
of livelihood, without stopping to con
sider whether they are adapted to It
and without any intention of becoming
thoroughly qualified In It To this may
be attributed largely the reason for so
many Incompetent stenographers, and
th lowering ot the standard of pro
flolency, as well as th lowering of the
Standard of wages. How this evil can
be remedied would require too much
apaos to be discussed In this paper.
, E. It BUSH.
THE TELEPHONE.
The telephone to popular because so
few people know hew to us It It
would em as If Nineteenth century
Intellect ought to grasp the Idea In
twenty years, but they have not. In
some casts th Idea has grasped their
Intellects.
Some Scranton lan appreciate the
modern telephone a much as they do
modern porticos.
The way that Scranton clings to that
ancient variety proves their love for
antiquities, and warn outsiders not to
effect to much at a time, as an air of
clo-cum-ness pervades our city.
Th telephone wa mad to make
time. It Is Indispensable to the busi
ness man. Through the telephone he
can transact Important business In a
distant city In five minute which
would otherwise consume hour and In
cur considerable expense bestdea
A half decade ago this was an un
known possibility.
Up to that tlm th only device for
transmitting speech wa a little toy
called the thread telephone, consisting
cf two boxes open at one end and closed
at the other with a diaphragm of parch
ment. Knotted to the center of each
dlsaphragm were the two ends of a
plsce of twine. By means of this sim
ple contrivance people a hundred yards
apart would keep a conversation with
out difficulty, as the vibrations of the
voice constitutes so many pulls on the
cord leading to the opposite diaphragm,
causing it to describe similar move
ments, and reproduce the original
sounds given. That evidently was ade
quate to the needs of the people at that
time as they progressed no farther.
It was reserved for Prof. A. O. Bell
to solve the problem, and win the tro
phies of the discovery.
He produced the first form of articu
lating telephone In 1878, a thing his
conscience would not allow him to do
had he foreseen the degree to which It
injures the morals of the people today.
Although greatly modified and Im
proved, this instrument Is still In use,
known as th Long Distance Bell Tele
phone. Th combined Interests of the tele
phone, telegraph and cable systems and
messenger service place our people In
direct touoh with all parts of the world.
We have all the latest appliances and
Improvements en the "Bell," In connec
tion with telephone system In our own
city, In charge of a large corps of com
petent operator, and no city twice its
else can bdeit of a larger number of
chrono grumblers on the subject of
"poor service."
it is as popular in tn Business world
as th "ser
clety circle
ant girr- question is in so
Th nabu
of worrying themselves for
fear th
irator wiu not ao nor duty
ML
li as so affected some men and a few wo
men, that It develops Into sort of "tcle
phonio Insanity," and the only relict a
victim gets, is some satisfaction.
The grumbler Is always In a hurry.
He knows the call for exchange is one
bell, but saves times by ringing three or
four times. Ke never has time to get
the number; docs not known that most
people ask for their party In a courteous
manner, or that three parties cannot
use a line at one time without a slight
complication of affairs.
To Inform our "insane" friend of any
of these facts, has an effect as thrilling
as water on a mod dog.
Why, they will not tolerate such "Im
pudence." The operator does not know
her business at all.
This must be reported. Then follows
an Interview with the manager, during
which excitement runs high; his tele
phone must be removed should it occur
aguln a thin? which would mean sure
death to the office boy.
Why the presumption on her part, to
tell me how to use a telephone. Why,
I have used tried to It every day for
twelve yeara That to genuine "satis
faction." The secret of the trouble Is not with
the operator, nor the telephone.
The operator Is always alert and
watchful to see that your call 1 an
swered as quickly as possible. Al
ways willing to do any favor hsr tlm
will permit True, there are delays and
annoyances sometimes, but never wil
ful negligence.
Tou alone can Improve your service
by properly using your telephone and
not until all realize this fact and profit
by it will that perpetual growling about
"poor service" cease..
Let us welcome the day when the last
hello and grumbler are burled together,
and when the subscriber Is willing to
extend the same degree of consideration
and courtesy he expects to receive.
SALLIE J. BEVANS.
THE TELEPHONE GIRL.
MHllo, hello!" "What number
please?" "6272?" "They are using the
wire now." "Through, through?" "Tes
I will call you when they are through."
"Oh, didn't they answer yet?" "Hello,
hello!" "Oh, dearl who cut off 812?"
"Walt a minute." "Here they are
now." "I wish you would stop ring
ing." Who?" "6064." "Tes, yes."
These ar some of the many excla
mations that you will hear all day long
In the operating room at the Scranton
Telephone Exchange, on Adams ave
nue, as each of the operators answer on
an average, seven hundred calls each
day.
The operators' room Is on the third
floor and occupied by eighteen young
women and two men, the chief opera
tor and the electrician.
The switch board, operated by the
ladies, is In twelve different sections,
including two sections for the long dis
tant messages.
Adjoining the operating room to a
parlor, handsomely furnished for the
benefit and comfort of the young wo
men and occupied by them during their
spare momenta.
Very few of the subscribers know or
have any idea of what the operator has
to contend with. Each girl has a sec
tion, with fifty wires on each and an
average of five subscribers on every
wire. The operator Is supposed to know
every subscriber's number and when a
call comes In, If the number ahould be
1783 the operator connects the number
of wire the call Is on wire number
ITS and then rings two bells the last
figure in number of th call Is the num
ber of 'bells to ring and the numberof
wire. And In this way all ealle are
mice.
If some of our eubgcribera could visit
the Exchange and see how busy tbe
operators are kept, they would at tlmee
have a little sympathy and patience,
not tire themselves by ringing so
much, thinking that they hurry and
annoy the operator by doing so, as the
bell does not ring at tbe Exchange but
Instead simply drops an indicator.
MAMIE LORETTA NALLIN.
WHAT WB DO IN THE KNITTING MILL
It would be Impossible to tell how
many hands a garment must pass
through before It Is ready for th mar
ket. The wool goes through th carding
and spinning rooms befor It la ready
to knit Aa that Is heavy work, It to
all done by men and boya.
After the cloth has been knit It to sent
to the cutter. They use shears very
little at this work, knives In the shape
of saws being used) Instead. The
garments are tied In docens here
and aent to the looping room to have
the cuffs put on, when they ar ready
to be aeamed.
After the gooda have been seamed
they are sent to the wash-room, where
they are washed and bleached or dyed,
as the case may be. They are
dried on boards the same slse
and shape as the garments. In a
room heated very warm for the purpose.
They are then sent to the flnlshlng
room, where the bands are put on, tne
button-holes made, and buttons sewed
on.
It would seem strange to one not ac
customed to the place to see the many
sewing machines which are run by
steam and are placed In the form of a
hollow square. The button-holes and
button-sewing are done by machines.
The garments are then ready for ln-
spectlon, after which they are sent to
the press-room. Here they are pressed,
folded and boxed. They are then ready
to ship. CORA TURNER.
THE DRESSMAKER.
One who carefully examines the pages
of fashion magazines, and looks into the
history of dress, will find this conclu
sion forced upon the mind that there
has never been any attempt on the part
of fashion designers to clothe the body
consistently. Novelty and display have
been the ruling object. One might offer
defence of the dress of today, but be
compelled to reverse the decision to
morrow, for what obtain today may be
regarded by the fashionable world to
morrow as "perfectly hideous," to quote
an often heard remark. Any style may
become the vogue without regard to
external fitness. Dressmakers In the
Nineteenth Century must be skilled In
art, as the work demands study of the
form and adaptability of fabric, color
and decoration. A knowledge of and
regard for form and fitness will make
simple dress no less attractive In Its
place and for Its purpose than the robes
of the lady ot Wealth whose social re
quirements demand splendor and rich
ness. ELLA BRONN.
HEAD ADORNMENT.
This time of year our attention is
called to the beauties of Nature as
shewn In the flowers with their har
monious colors and shapes. The Divine
Artist has given us th model for our
own adornment
We often wonder whether our head
gear to for protection or beauty or
Style. It would seem that many of our
little bonnets, consisting cf a bow of
ribbon and a bunch of (towers, were
certainly not for protection; and It de
pend much on th taste of tho wearer
C K. ZBHNDER, ProsMsjtt.
L. P. BOWER. Secy.
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whether they are beautiful. Th aim
ot every one should be to secure that
which Is becoming aa well aa pretty, re
membering that what looks well on one
Serson may not on another. And the
nest hat will not make a handsome
woman or lovely face, for tbe real
adornment comes from within. A cheer-,
ful dlsposlton makes a sunshiny face,'
which look wall under any hat.
NELLIE) FARC SSL
LIFE IN THE SILK FACTORY.
Comparatively little to known about
lire In the silk f aotory. except by taAl
who spend time there at work. Kany
girls spend seven or eight year of their
lives in the same factory. This seems a
long time to bo In tho employ of one
firm, but I know one young woman
who has worked fifteen years for a
company.
On the exterior snoot factories look
dismal and confining, but on enterln;
them you find they are not so. Any
time after half past alx In the morning
girls can be seen with lunch basket In
hand, hastening up and down hill to get
to their work, for all hands must bo on
the premises when the last whistle
blows at sevon o'clock.
It Is an Interesting aoene to see th
girls hurrying to and fro, on all th dif
ferent floors, getting ready for the day's
work. At ten minutes after seven the
machinery to in running order for th
day. Life in a silk factory is one of ac
tivity, but by no mean on of drudgery.
Like all mechanical work it become
monotonous, as the day goes by.
In order to get an adequate idea of
what takes niece in the silk factory
one must go through It, and those who
never availed themselves of that oppor
tunity would be much Interested in
watching the girls as they work the silk.
There is sorting, winding, doubling,
spinning, twisting;, reeling, serving,
drying and pressing in the raw silk de
partment. After the raw silk Is dyed, It Is called
soft silk. The skeins are placed on
swifts and wound on to bobbins. Silk Is
known as "tram" and "organ." Tram
Is put on quills, which are given to the
weavers and put In the shuttle. Organ
la used In the warp. The silk goes
through many processes, each different
from the other, yet there Is an Interde
pendence rf all.
The employes are paid' semi-monthly;
each foreman pays his own hands, thus
saving a great deal of calling out of
names by the superintendent Each
girl is provided with a stool to rest
whenever her work la In good running
order. But she Is not allowed to read
or crochet for this might be carried
to excess and the assigned work be neg
lected. The only change that comes during
the week to cleaning time on Saturday,
when each girl to provided with a
piece of wast to clean her frame or
loom,
Aa a rule, those having charge In silk
factories are not only competent men
but are courteous to those under thero,
The principal things that Impress one
in the factory are the noise of th ma
ohlnery, the brightness of the employ
ees and their utter absorption In their
work.
MARQARETTA WATTS.
WOMAN INSURANCE AQENTS.
One of the latest paying employments
for women is that of life insurance
agent. Until within a fsw years In
surance com panics wer avers to issu
ing policies to women. But tlm has
changed all that and some ot the old
est and best companies now sM wo
M'sr.
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WUXUn CONNEIX, PftvUsak
CHAA R, CONNfiLL, See sa4 Trsas.
B. a CONNS. SuftUtUnitM.
men a clients, especially those who art)
wag earn era, also married women with
children or dependent relatives. As
many women now carry Insurance and
more seek It either to provide a life an
nuity for themselves or to make pro
vision for-othars In case of th Insur
er's death, the new stats of affairs has
brought women Into the field as solici
tors or agents among their wn sx.
f, those who hav taken up the aewj
Industry sem energetic women fag-art
largo nnaDBial sueeesa
WOMAN'S PLACE WtSSlffl
For a century nasi, mejabers 'Of tho
other sax hav straggle eesperatelx
against th truth, that woman has s
plao tn tho business world. They hav
tried their best to confine woman tp
tho home-life; they hav) teolared that
har Intellectual lowers are so far In
ferior to those or man, that ah eanne.
cmpt with him In Intsllectnal pro
fesslons; they have don their utmosl
to exclude her from the bar, th pisi
form, and in faot front all positions aoal
pursuits which they hat been aeoue
tomed to monopolise. In the face Of
all thla opposition, women, 'troog
minded women," as they are somewhat
contemptuously styled hav studied,
concentrated all their efforts, sad do
voted their lives, perhaps, to some one
art or profession, and now we have wo
man received at the bar, women lector
era, postmistresses, business managers,
reporters, bookkeepers, and women la
various other positions, that at one
tlm wer occupied by men exclusively.
A business education Is certainly of aa
much, If not more, value to woman than
a classical one. It haa been proven
that she has th brain, and what is
more, she ha th patience, to master
what she undertakes, and make of It a
auocess.
By the Twentieth century, woman
will hold her own with man In the busi
ness world, and each decade It la be
coming more and more apparent that
a business education to a essential to
woman as to man. B. is. WILL,
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