New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1925, Page 13

Mrs. Huck Gets 50-Cent Tip As Maid In P;ttsburg Hotel Winnifred Mason Huck, former pongresswoman and the first woman to preside over the house of repre- dentatives, got herselt sentenced to prison. Gulltless of any crime, she sought answers to the questions— Are our prisons humane? Can a girl, crushed by her fellow men, regain her place In society? This is the twenty-first written for the Herald, By WINNIFRED MASON HUCK Former Representative to Congress from Illinols On Sunday I received my first pay envelope. I still have it, On the out- side Is printed a legend to the effect that “it is not how much you earn that counts but how much you save." T learned how to stand in a long Hne before the cashier's window and wait for my envelope, with a curi- ous exaltation stirring in my heart. 1 bought a newspaper, pald the boy 10 cents and told him to keep the change. I had always felt mean as | passed him in the morning, full ot breakfast and of news, and never bought a paper. Meekly, I paid my landlady. She gurgled and twittered. She chirped that it was customary, etc,, etc., and she had meant no offense, etc., etc., and she was so glad that I was be- ginning to see things right. I left her chirping and went to my room. My Escape There I laid plans for my escape to Pittsburgh. I was not making enough money in Wheeling, and I thought I could make more in a larger city. Restlessness it shook me, as shakes every drifting unfortunate' whom prison doors thrust out into a friendless world, to make the great fight for a start upward into respectability again, Within 24 hours from.the time that 1 left Wheeling, I found my- | selt applying for a job at the Wil- llam Penn hotel in Pittsburg. 1 had passed through a servapts’ entrance, whers the doorman look- ed at me closely, 80 as to recognide me thereafter. He told me to report at the house- keeper's room to Miss Walters. The latter proved to be a keen- eyed, ed at me inquiringly. 1 trled to look the role of a wom- an seeking a job in a hotel, What I said was, “I am locking for work. I have had no experience ¢xcept in private homes, but I be- Heve I can learn rapidiy.” story, | | work. She led me soft-volced woman who look- | YW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, 'J"UTQDF\Y JULY ald B Hquor ss for the \va- flare rt several y Godsey and Bowman Facmns Fight in Street Chattanooga, Tenn., July 31 (A— { Membe ot the Godsey and Bo man clans have fought it aut aga with guns in a revival of their an cient feud, this time in the ver shadow of the police station. I'wo of the Godseys, Benton and Sam, were wounded, Sam seriously, | when they met Lawrence Bowman | yio§ pALMER SHOWERE | near police headquarters last Stiss Mliigiro! Palihcy ie | Bowman, who with Dr. W. Tl aleie Mason, was assaulted, kidnapped s of Als LA A and tied to trees in the wilds of sl iy efraatit Ao Signal mountain a few weeks iy dacoratadl for ik was uninjured. Both of the Godseys ik | were shot in the leg. A bystander, Miss Palr | Attorney General George W. Cham- of gifts. | Tke | several months ug | The | Bowman and atte ing ol Bowman by & nig Ca color schen d a close escape when his hat £ { hoon served, vas knocked oif by a bullet during R encounter, ), o August 1 i m Godsey the battle wi braiding Attorney General Chamlee for not indicting Bowman for carry ing a pistol In another case Bowman's story does not conform to that of the Godseys, He said Sam St ey | Giodsey was cursing him to Attorney : N aoutnie neral Chamlee and when he 8aW | .. . R \l\l}ll M 1—tira of th TNLARGING yiy work 1 Jus': looka.-H}\a{" she There weve sorme ashes floor beyond the bureau WINNIFRED MASON HUC MAID'S ance, Within an hour, lashing me for carclessn na and into a room I had “Just look at that J 1 There were somea 1 the beyond the hmv’nl that I h missed. Before telling me ahon she had reported at the that T was lazy and carel Now she stood over me, ins me elaborately she was tong on linen ro intimatedq t} (only a person who was filthy he self could have left those m | scoplc ashes on the floor T looked at her dirty fingerna and the wilderncss of unkempt 1 on her head. I longed to retoit. B T held my tongue, T was not 1¢ |10 be fired, for T had not yet fon out what treatment the hotel w give me when it learned of prison sentence, et Out!” Job Open A night maid’s job was open. T did not tell of being in prison, for Y was more interested in getting the geb than in learning the ho ¥ecper's attitude toward an ex-con wict. Besides, I knew I could get that Jater Her questions indicated that they careful whom they emplo, ted as references my thers and a neighbor. «n I sent a telegram in code to 1ny brothers, {instructing them Yow io reply to certain inquiries re- goriing one Elizabeth Sprague. Until they recelved those mes- sags, they had had no idea where 1 wos or what I was up to. At the outset of my odyssey, 1 had sent them word that 1 w traveling in “strange lands,” whicl atively speaking, was true. our hours will be from o'clock till midnight,” said M Walters. “You must have a blac dress. e supply caps and apron Report first to the linen room.” Linen Room The linen room was the heal quarters of the maids, where tashs assigned and supplies fssucid e place was an institution in itself. It was stocked from floor to ceiling with literally thousands o! pillow cases, sheets, vauntcrpanxx.i towels and shower curtains. i There was an attendant at the | telephone 24 hours a day. | As soon as a guest checked out, | 2 maid was sent to put the room | in order. The first night I was shown how to put a room in order. The next night 1 was sent on the rounds with an old employe. | 1t was evident that I would not | be permitted to work alone until the managément haq heard from those whom I had named as refer- ences. two Her Accident The old employe who piloted me was a dour little creature whose arm was in a splint from a fall down the stairs, but whose bitter tonguc was uncrippled. Her name | was Miss Fall. The ftirst time I saw There, she was telling of her accident. The Jast time I saw her she was telling ot it. And in between, she told of it at least a dozen times — not that she cver spoke to me — but to her equals and superiors and the guests. She left me for a few minutes | while T was deing a room the first night, When she came back, she burst out, “Now see here, Elizabeth, you stop to clean house. Come! up. You have to do.” | 1 followed her meekly, feeling very virtuous at my own forbear- Wherever skin is broken apply FC, the soothing, non - poisonous | antiseptic, Stops infection Worst paln-—Hornet Stings. | hospitals (including City of Nex York) Industries, Railways and U.S. Nary. Ask your drug- gist for a bottle— 10c and 39¢ other rooms | fo reom 68. T!\ re's n in there.” baggage” meant a n He was a kindly ng m CAP AT WILLIAM PENN st don floor ulting v b w"age Bowman he reached for his gun Bowman then shot down Benton Godsey and hit §am Godsey in the | | | | z0 game, Oc leg G jowman sald his marksmanshp | | was bad because he was afraid he‘ b ut wi s\'u'fllefl. onthe { A8 RHE 3 LONKED IN CHAMBER- HOTEL PITTSBURGH. | T picked up the papers Ieft by 1« departed guest, dusted the bu- | and %, emptied the waste | ot and was getting a supply of | Is and soap from the cart when | ed s Tlall appeared again. 8he | flounced 1nto 68, and on into the | bathroom. | JTust look “T was just ad at that "e snapped om ing to do the bath- you aiwagss to ithroom first? new baggage do | " looked at me 4 not.to look too his heart was tou then I left the room, 1, n me, He ady | tip ails and the joke was | had given mo a 50 cent | opyright, 1 my FOMORROW: 3 o . " i ORD dealers desire to makre satisfied owners of new or used car buyers. 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