Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 1, 1886, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, RECORD OF THE RED CROSS. Only Humane Bociety Established and Sup- ported by International Treaties. A BALM FORTHE SOLDIER IN WAR How It Originated—lts Systematic Operations—What is Done in Times of Peace in this Country, Talk With Clara Barton, The ear of the wh v ig familiar with the name 1 Cross socie times of war its nets of t « sick and wounded con et claimed the car ittention of humane and tender-hearted in every corner of Christendom Neverth there are very few who understand the workings of this socicty, its origin, the seope of its operations, or what it does in time of p The visit of Miss Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross of America, to this eity a day or <o ago, afforded a representative of the Brrka good opportunity of laying before the public some interesting facts connected with the society. y object,” said the distimgished who organized, and lhas really maintained the oxistence of the Red Cross in this country, “is the relief of the sick and wounded in war. It was started in 1864 in Geneva, Switzerland, by delegates from all nations in the civ- ilized world, and the personelle of this memorable and historic mecting included crown-heads, ms of royalty, heads of governments, miritary leade The representatives of America on this opes sion were Mr. Fogg., diplomat at Berlin, and Mr. Henry Brooks, the weli-known banker of Paris.” THE SOCIETY IN AMFRICA, “Ihere was no organization perma- nently effected in the United States until 1882, This dilatoriness was eaused prin- pally because the society is founded on international treaty, and is the only sociation for c! able purposes in the world that is; also some obstacles were thrown 1n the way by the distunce of this country from the scene of the early action of the Red Cross, and on account of the difference in the languages of the countries engaged in its operations. I worked under it in tne Franco-Prussian war, where the Red Cross did all that was done for the sick and wounded. By request of the nations of Europe id before the government of the United States the nature of the work, to see if 1t as- ould conscientiously adhere to the frvm,y obligatlons “entered into by other mnations. This was in 1877, and it toox five years before the United ~ States wheeled into a matter that could not be rushed into existence, for an act of congress was required changing the treaty relations of the country with all the governments of the world and, more- the articles of war relating to the department of the army had to lly altered. Finally consent was obtained and adhe: given to the treaty under the admmistration of President Arthur and the United States was the thirty-second nation to act under the sav- ing sign of the Red Cross. THE NATIONAL SOCIETY. “‘A national society had been formed in this country in 1881 such as all nations line. It was of cou may operite according to their local desires and needs without reference to outsiders. At the request of the late President Garfield I was made president. Of course there isa vast diference be- ween the last mentioned association and the Red Cross proper. The lutter is international—one mation with all nations. Wounded or sick soldiers, who come under the Red Cross, become non- combatants at once, no matter how inimical they may have been in health, It neatralizes all the rigors of war. The unfortunate on both sides of the bloody contest are taken care of by the Red Cross as tenderly as if they fought under the same flag; ail supplies for the sick or wounded stamped with the Red Cross have to be forwarded to their destination no matter where found, even in the camp of the bitterest enemy:no wounded nor sick man in care of the Red Cross 1s subjeet to capture, its surgeons must be allowed to enter any lines to care for the ailing even before peace is declared; wounded men under this treaty eannot be held as prisoners of war if their side of the conflict be able to care for them; 1o surgeons of the Red Cross are subject to eapture; it made but one hospital flag throughout the whole world where be- fore there wore as many as the armies of nations. There are t articles in this international troaty creating the Red Cross and it must be under that badge thatthe aforesaid amenities are available. Iu was LITTLE SWITZERLAND that first called upon the nations of the earth to behave better when angry, It was its government that gave the Red Cross its sign, We could not take her colof nobly and patriotica the wi cross on a red background. So, said the nations with one assent, let us' reverse it and use a red cross on white ;fronnd. Thus the yellow or other colored flags were taken from all the hos- pitals in civ { countries and the little insignia of the Red Cross adopted for the protoction of the sick and wounded everywhere. There can be no mistake now, no matter how fierce the battle rages, the Red Cross silences the cannons and muskatry and sheatnes the sword, “TI'he regular army of the United States has changed its hospital flag that was handed down from the days of the revo- lution, With the mark of the Red Cross upon it, & box of supplies can be sent from one corner of the world to the other safely, and the soldier will find a friend il‘ need, though thousands of miles from the land to which he owes allegiance.” BARTON'S WORK, “Something of your personal history, Miss Barton,” suggested the reporter, *would be of interest to the public. Are you a native of Washington, where you now residey” “0h, no. I was born in good old New England, in Worcester county, Massa- chusetts. I know full well that my per- sonal affairs would be of little moment to your 1eaders, and what is more, I do not eare to speak of myself atull, I wish I could tell you of thé Red Cross and omit the personal pronoun altogether, as the Hon. James Blaine did in his mem- orable oulogy on Garfield. In fact, I would not be interviewed at all were it not that I know the workings of the Red Cross are not properly and generally un- derstood, and it is to the press we have to look for our principal aid."” “How did you come to be engaged in the work in_which you have expend your large inheritance and all your time Well, I went to the front with the Sixth Massachusetts, which, you will re- member, was mobbed in Baliimore. My tirst work was in nursing the poor follows injured on that occasion, and afterwards during the entire rebellion. [ cr was conneoted with the sanitar gomnission because 1 commenced worl long belore it was organized. I cannot express in words the kindness of Presi- dent idncoln and the high eivil and nl'lnr‘r authorities to we during the r. It did not make unf‘ difference what I asked—big or little Tavors—they wore granted without the least husita- tion. 1 could go suywhere, bad wans- port hoats and trains at my diqmml‘ whenever I desired them.” 1N TIMES OF PEACE. | “Miss Barton_ it would seem that your society is itinlly a war asso tion We have very few conflicts in this coun tey. How do you work in times of 1 reted yon were going to ask that « ion. You are right, the United States is not cursed by a war fever and 1 hope there will be less in the futurc than we b had the past. But in Europe there is always a skirmish of K i of course the Red Cross i the Red Cross ¢ The s of Europe work only during | war times. There was nothing to hinder | us Americans domg son W ewvil work, so we organized an independent feature of the Red Cross in this country to render assistanee in e f dir calmmitios, such as pla overflows « rivers, great fevers, grasshopper visita- | tions, ete., where the suffering commu nitics have to rely on_outside nssistanc for food, raiment, shelter and fuel. Ther Was 10 organized system in this country to meet the requirements of these ealami ties. The chureh and benevolent socie- ties w not strong enongh and per! | had enough to do in their respec home localities, So it was that the F Cross, being of international existence, saw an ovportunity to do good work in times ef p N FIELD OFFICER TIUBBELL, his 18 the reason we have a field offi- which position is held by Dr., Hub- As soon as a calamity i3 reported mmediately visits the spot and makes a thorough investigation. If ther really need of assistance and of prociiring it near by, o telugrapls mo at Washington and 1 notify the socie- ties in the country. They have never failed me once in sending money and supplies, which under the Red Cross are sure to reach their destination. The first work the doctor and the society did of this kind sduring the terrible forest fires in Miclhigan in 1881 before the treaty had been made. The Red Cross did great work at that time. You remember the first t overllow of the Misstssippi in 18 wont the entire length of the river with supplies of all kinds. Ev auxihary society in the United St sponded most™ gencrously, espee |,m. in Vicksburg, Memphis and Louis, and the exuress and freight officos were overstocked with goods of all kinds sent on o moment's notice to the sufler- ers. In 1883, when the Ohio overflowed, the Red Cross repeated its good work. We got donations from all quarters soon us the exigencies of the c: wer made known. Among the most libe; was $10,000 worth of sceds given by H ram Sibley of Rochester, N. to be planted when the or would subside in district that had lost every vestige of a crop. These sceds were judiciously distributed by Dr. Hub- bell, and hundreds have testified that their growth to a good harvest saved the unfortunate section from starvation. When the next great overtlow of the Ohio oceurred I determined to go myself and see what it was Jike, I‘w n]d not have realized the real state of alalis weie T not on the scene. It was heartrending. I telegraphed all the societies to send aid to the headquarters of the Red Cross in incinnati, where the water was flowing into the third-story windows on some of the streets. As quick asthe railroads could bring supplies we had them from all parts of the country—really more than we needed. We took a boat, loaded it, and accompanied by a committee of kind ladies, went the whole length of the overflowed distri At that time the war department was authorized to expend $150,000 in aiding the suff But only ain things could ve furmshed under law, such as rations, medicine and blankets, The Red Cross selected just those things that the government could not give, and side by side the boats pa- troiled the overflowed districts, bringing sustenance, joy and comtort to thou- sands.” NO END TO THE SUPPLIE! “For four months this good work was carried on among the unfortunate of the Obio river districts, and the amount of supplies distributed by the Red Cross was over $175,000, with a grand surplus remaining in the freight and express oflices at Cincinnati. In fact we are still riving aid to people who suffered from those great tloods. The attention of th Red Cross was called to the epidemic in Virginia a few years ago, and Dr. Hub- bell was sent to investigate the matter. He found that the 1hru visitation wa caused by the faults of the suflerers, their utter disregard of sanitary measures, ete. He also was thoroughly satisfied that the community afllicted was able to support and md_its own sick and suffer- ing, cm)suqueu\lly the Red Cross rendercd no assistance. This is the one greatchar- itable society in existence that has the couragoe to publish to the world the true state of facts, and to tell the good people what applicants for assistance do need and donot need—to placard as it were be- fore the world the worthy and unworthy In the Galyeston fire we did good work and placed on their fect again many suf- ferers,” SERVO-BULGARIAN WAR. “One great feature of the Red Cross is that the public know now the medium through which to distribute their chari ties judiciously and with absolute ¢ tainty of the money and supplies reach- ing their proper des ion. A striking sxample of this could be seenin the Servo-Bulgarian war, The society in America éid not take any very active part, simply distributing the circulars sent out from Geneva, but many of the subordinate societies responded promptly and their donations were forwarded at once to the front. . For instance, friends of the Bulgarians in St. Louis wanted to send §500 to tne sick and wounded sol- diers. The Red Cross was noufied, and the amount aforesaid was cabled to the field immediately, and before sundown of the day the application was made the suffering soldi had the benefit of that $500 raised by the good people of St. Louis. So with the citizens of New Al- bany, Ind. In consideration of aid we had extended them in cases of need they wanted to do something for the Red Cross in the Bulgarian contest, Mr. De- paux, president of the American Plate i1ass company, and the man after whom Depaux college is named, telegraphed a substantial amount of moncy, ¥500, to our headquarters in Washinglon, and it reached its destination through the same channel and just as promptly as the St. Louis funds. Bankers never make any charge for exchange or forwarding, but telegraph and cable companies do. THOSs! ACK OF THE RED CROSS. “Back of this society and ex-oflicio at its head in this country” are the president, the eabinet officers and heads of depart- ments down to the surgeon general. Should any oceasion require it 1, as pres- ident of the Red Cross, have the power to call these high government oflicers to meet for the discussion of ways afd means, or any other business of impor- tance in the premises. Should | drop out of the oflice the president of the United States becomes the cxecutive head of the Red Cross, or hie can appoin: one he deems proper with the wpp tion of the heads of the departments, who are its trustees in this country. It is in no shape or manner a money makin, association. We have no funds on hau at any time, and the emergencies are met by simply notifying the subordinate so- cioties, who never fail to respond gen- erously. It is not a seeret society, but a srand” humane ago There are v fow subordinate societies in this country he fivst great work was to establish the government relations, and then to in- struet the people thoroughly in its work- ings, and to accomplish the latter we d puud upon the press. 'A‘I‘llEfl. OF THE RED CROSS. 4 “Ihe organizer of this grund society, and the man who has been the interna- tional president since its birth is M. Gus- tave Moynier of Geneva, Switzerland He possesses immense wealth, and with n few ociates, who also have great fortunes, he devotes himself entirely to *d Cross work., It 18 really the first ful step towards “heating the ord into a plowshare” and silencing sounds of war torever. The wealth of the heads of the Red Cross places them above all cupidity. There is no question of their being irusted with the ibutions of all the world, and the nations want no local representation at Geneva.” A SHOWER OF JEWELS After leaving Miss Barton many inter csting facts in her life were fearned from Dr. Hubbell and several prominent veter ans who had known her during the war arries the Iron Cross, which is the highest insignia of Prussia and was pre sented to lier by the emperortand em press personally while Miss Barton was {he guest of thew only daughter at Baden. She also received a eross of re membrance from the grand duke and duchess of Baden, also a court jewel from the latter; a court jewel from’ the quecn of Servia and costly mementos from al most_all the heads of government in the world, bedides engrossed resolutions, di plomas, ete., without end. She is un- doubtedly one of the most prominent characters among American women and better known 1n the high places of Eu- rope than any of her sex who elaim t country as a_home, She has spent much money in Red Cross work and all her time, never having received any compen sation, While establishing national cem- oteries after the war and discovering the fate of 80,000 missing soldiers she ex- pended over six thousand dollars of lier own money. This congress repaid, but never another cent has she ved from the government, nor doces she ask forany. It is unnecessary to say that she will be a leading figure in tl fonal cneamp- ment that opens in San Franeisco, Tu es- day, August 3. e - HER HAIR WAS FRIZZED. But She Posed as a Circassian Beauty Two Days Onl Springfield (Mass,) cor the Boston Globe: A few d of the Main street stores was rented to parties who v wished to open a dime muscum. Satisfactory figures hav- ing been arranged, thé proprictd agreed to rent the store and the goods snondent of were accordingly moved in. ‘The show was in no wuay great, but there were monkeys, snakes, birds and sc of tropical animals, besid organ and a young girl who acted as a snake charmer and a manufacturer of wax flowers, o man, the proprictor of the show who did tricks in magic¢, a cannon Dball act and other works on i small stage They did a good business and all went woll until last night, when a young man named Harding came from Longmeadow to the police station here, when he com- plained that his wife, a_pretty plump lit tle Frenchwoman, had been eénticed a from her home and had joined the dim inuscum And that the proprictor pefused to give up his wife’s clothing avd othct oods which she had left the Harding is a slender-built fellow, perhaps twenty- zht years of age, but 'so angry was he that, fearing that he might do violence to the mighty eanon ball thrower, he wished to have the aid ot a policeman. He: by Offic , the nusband and sorrowfully took their way to the dime museum, where they found a stage per- formance in pr “The proprictor at first refused to have his show interrupted but the oflicer soon softened him and he hunted up the young woman's luggage. Ho said, however, that the woman | come and remained of her own free will, and tl she had not represented that she was married. Mrs. Harding, it scems, had become tired of the humdrum life with her hus- band on the farm in Longmeadow, and wished to pass before an admiring world as a Circassian beanty, In proof of thi one side of her head showed that her hair had been beautifully frizzed. The fri zing had taken four days, and Mrs. Hard- ing, under s imed name, was to have received #6 a week for her services. to all this the husband objected, and after some persuasion the two sorrowfully started for Longmeadow in a farm wagon to-day, Mrs. Harding promising to be a faithful wife in the future. B SAM JONES IN NEW ORLEANS. The Georgian Revivalist Makes a Remarkable 1mpression on a Reporter, Now Orleans Times-Democrat: Sam Jones is & slight man, small in stature, sim-faced, a face as sharp as a swift yacht at the prow, and anose to second the impression. He has a black jet moustuche, the only hair on his face worn with work, with a h determination, retreating brow, eyebrows, and unimpai short, silky-looking wedge-shaped, and indicative of go through things. He talks with a naiv egotism, and_ with a delicious half con- sciousness of young childhood. One sees some scenes hedraws, and his descriptions are as vivid as pictures on canvas, His vol quavers now, and pious laughter breaks, but no tears. The two former seem mechanical. His turns in thought are as sudden and scintillating as u bright broad flash of sunlight on brilliant birdss wings as they turn in flight and the radiance strikes them, t1s impossible to tire of the pathos, anccdote, illustration, imagery, sly humor, and broadest comicalify that dance on the stream of his speech like the sea at sunrvise, crinkling with the swiftest, multifarious scinfillation in the bright light, with clouds sunlit and radi- ant, helping the wonderful effects by ray ing down their variant effulgencies varicgate the glory. He unrolls himself like a vast pano: ma. Sometimes the pulpit scems like a eireus ring, and then 1t is transformed. In an instant he is back to drollery again, What a strange cue he gives to laughter by his dry, quaint laugh, as though he wanted to dupe vou nto merriment, but he does not, for the reporter has to break out into laughter himself as he takes his notes. Itis evident that the theatre has lost one of the test low comedians extant. His expressions ot low humor are fol- lowed by bits of pathos. One laughs and cries by turns. Sometimes his black eyes seem to scintilate in his swarthy face like fiveflies in & dark night, and ke grits his teeth and frowns and drolly seratohes his head, and talksin a drawling nasality, and jumps around in action, in change of tone like » well tramned monkey at the organ grinding of s master. He says he has talked un hour or more and ougiit to quit. The audience won- s if 1t can bo 80, __Any digaity so Yes, brief strokes, DeecisionY Lots of it, His gosticulation is so free and wide and sweeping that the minister behind him dodges to escapo the wild-moving swing of his arms. Now he tells a plaintive tale of his father, and the tone simulates the tear, but the latter is not in the eye. His face does not seem pertinent to such subject matter. The look that ought to be soft and tender is not there, Long indulgence in the expression of broad huinor secis to have put its seal upon his lincaments, and to have incapacitated him for the facial flexibilities of tender mood, That ke makes eversbody laugh is ap- face vathe Y- o parent, for it can be héard.” How many weep at the softer aspects of his case iy not known, - Auyhow, he is the wizard of the pulpit, and one of the greatest prote- #us Of the tiwes in that sacred sphere, FINE PICTURES AND PRINTS, The Growth of Art Stady and Art Oollec- tions in America. SPECIMENS IN THE WEST. Notes From Omah Collectors Increasing Demand for Better Paintings and Bet. ter Prints, An The increasing interest in art and the study of art in the United States has been one of the most marked features of our developing civilization during the past fitteen years. Like branches of collecting and study, only possible where leisure gives time for carcful seloction and w th means for its gratification, it has been ospecially stimulated by the growth of large fortunes, The galleries of the Vanderbilts, Stewarts, Morgans, Wolfes, Walters, Corcorans and Clag: lorns, the growth of scurcely two dec ades, were all the result of the expendi tures of princely fortunes. But the exhibition of 1876, with the great loan collections of New York inthat year, gave an impetus to the study of pictorial art and awakened an enthusiasm which made itself felt thronghout the country. Since that time more money has been spent for pictures in the United States, notwith- standing the financial depression, than in the fifty years previous, American art dealers have scoured the foreign markets for the masterpicces of French, Spanish and Goerman artists, and the long -ne lected Ameriean school, which counts among its brightest lights such geniuses as Whitridge, the Innesses, Shivlaw, Pa, the DeHaases, Chase, Moran and Church, has found « rising and a steady market for its productions. Possession of the best paintings is only possible for heavy purses, but the en- graver's and the printer's art, jomed to the use of the photographie camera, now place faithful reproductions of the best work in colors within the reach of all. There are few individuais or families so poor that they cannot possessa first-class line engraving, a meritorious etching or a photogravure of some artistic master- picce. In nothing has there been a greater adyance than in the line of black and white art representations. Even our illustrated magazines show the effects of the advance and print each month illus- trations many of which might well oc- cupy posts of honor i our house The w and Omuha with the west, have felt the impetus of the increased m- terest in art which has swept over the whole country. Lh re seyeral collee- tions in Omaha tvhich would do eredit to much larger eities. Perhaps the largest is that of Mr. (. W. Lininger, chicfly colleeted by himself when abroad, and other which sho ale taste and discernment in its selection. The paintings include soveral excellent pecimens of the old masters, with anumber of fine examples of the modern school. The house of Mr. Herman Kountze is filled with valuable and beantiful wor of art. The exquisite Le Brun tapestry is one of the finest examples of this class of art work in the country, and is valued by its owner at, $8.000, « tigure which it would probably veadily command at ic sale in Now York. Mr. Kountze's s contain in addition a number of y selected paintings of the mod- :hsol, with many fine prints. James Woolworth isanother of our I a fine sonse of artistic ex- o and a collection which, though not large, is rare, and valuable because rare. His paintings, though unpreten- tious in size and subjects, aro all worth) of study and the work of artists of repu tation. In line engr Mr. Wool- worth has one of the most judiciously selected collections in the city Mr. Poppleton, Judgo Sivage, . V. Barkalos, Mrs, Crary, Lewis 8. Reed and J. H. N. Patrick, among a dozen others, voted time and attention to the on of prints. There1s a steadily ng demand for the best in this ic productions and art sub- seription editions de luxe and limited editions of illustrated literature find a steady rowing sale, Mr. W. F ker, of Florence, has what is perhaps the most varied, as it certainly of the most_interosting art col in the west. Mr, Parker has been collecting for years, from the time when he studied in Paris and Rome and veled over the continent with artist’s knapsack and Alpinestock. His homeis a veri the rooms hung wall 5 ble curiosity shop, with inevery s lable inch of with phofographs, engrav- ings, sepin and wash skctehes, copies of old masterpicces in lors, painting; work of his own' brush, and ¢ arranged bric-a-brac, which he pickea up in his travels. One room scoed with life-size paintings from the antique minglhng with copies of modern artists. Another is lined with pliotographs, miounted by himself, whicl aithfully reproduce the marble master- pieces of the Louvre, the Luxembourg ind the Vatican, while shelf and book- eases ave filled to overflowing with prints and etchings, photogravures and photo- graphs of the exhibits of the Salon and cademies. In the rear of his house ana embowered among the ample shade of the grounds in whieh it stands, Mr. Parker has fitted up a studio, in which he sketches at his ease, models in clay when the tancy strikes him, or bestows his a tention upon his camera, in whose use he is one of the best skilled of amateur pho- tographers in the west. here are a score of other homes mn Omaha whose occupants, while they do not claim the title of connoisseurs or col- lectors, are pessessed of a judgment which knows the best when “they see it, and pocket-bpoks which, though not heavy, open not, r r ctantly at moderate bargains in unprefentious works of art. ‘This, after all, is the class which leavens a commuunity artisticallv, because the mingle with a greater number and whh-K may be looked to to stimulate a demand for something better than the trash of glaring chromos, wretched lithograpl and the product of worn out plates which the markets ure flooded. Throwing Shdes at a Bride. Atlanta Constitution: The custom of throwing an old shoe after a newly mar- ried couple comed from the ancient Jewish custom of nding a shoe to a purchaser of lund o the completion of a contract (vide Ruth, iv., 7). Parents also gave a shoe to the husband on a daughter’s marriage in token of yielding up their authority. Urquhart, in his “'Pillars of Hercul states: ''At a Jewish marriage I was stunding by the bridegroom when the bride entered. As she orossed the threshold he stooped and struck her with the heel of a shoe on the nape of the neck, I at once suw the in- terpretation of the passage of seripture respecting the transier of the shoe to another in case the brothor-in-law did not exercise his privilege. The slipper in the eust, being taken off hand to administer correction, here used to signify obedience of the wife and the supremacy of the husband I'ie Highland custom is to strike for good luck, a8 thoy say, with an old shoe. Little do they suspect the meanine implhed.” |J.L.BRANDEIS & SONS, | WELILD FOR WL OFEN AT 502, 504, 506 and 508, South 13th Street, —WITH A COMPLETE LINE OF —— DRY GOODS Jewelry and Fancy Goods, Cloaks, Blankets & Comforters, The Mysteries of Their Work—The Appa u An un into the central telephone exc the sec teenth pression, be apt to believe that he had wandered into a female lunatic asylum, whos shouting numbers at each other and ing little pegs into a big board full sti of small hole would turn of I that the ofice” and that the young ladies were telephone operators. There is no clas harder, preciate only to mg to him. There are eleven telephono girls in the local exchange, including a head oper= ator and a night operator. to this, during There s working at the same time, the others bemg held i reserve for relief duty. To fully describe the apparatus manip- by article of limited scope, be impossible. But a general iden of it can easily be ulated given, of the c wnge, known as an answ g a4 young Jady stands with her “phone.” Themoment a subseriber his bell th peats th called, girl st which switch b bered to ent wires whi nection pins, wi ing in w rod, nection “phones' are p The disconnec! ludies “olearing board,” who wateh until th subsc by means of u de it sting o certainly, of more extended mention, did the inte space pé man of ness tact change, sho self others, lady especinlly detailed for that duty. The average working day of the tele- plione girls is one of eight hours. Some times she does not work so long as this, leuh- at onger aday. “HELLO, THERE, CENTRAL !” Something About Telephone Girlsand What arc at their post of duty carly and late, and while they do work, have sc: moment's ter of their work is not if a subseriber ever thinks of them, it is voon the answe wmber of his telephone, drops open. The operator at the answering board re- By this means the electrical col rt turnsin and * 'he “‘calls” for suby swered at an instrument apart from the NOTIONS, House Keeper’s Goods, CROCKERY, Glassware,Woodenware,Tinware CLOTHING, Gents’ Furnishing Goods. 1 i = 0 '7:‘{ ) They Do. ratus—Their Trials and Trib- lations — Facts and Fig- ures of Interest. The Telephone Girls, nsophisticated stranger, stepping ond story, northwest corne and Farnam, would, on first im- amused themselves by inmates Later on, however, he probably repent the ungallant thoughts, when he learned institution was the ‘‘central of beings who work and at the same time are less ap- d, than the telephone girls. They reely a Yet the arduous charac- ppreciated, and rest, anathematize them for not attend- s calls quickly enough to suit In addition there is one young man who helps the noon hour and after supper. are rarely more than six or seven hese young ladies would, in an rts The wires centre from all p: ity in the tower on top of the ex- and pass thence to an instrument ing board, at which to a ngs r o number, a small ng board, showing and ealls f @ number calling and the number and the connection is made L wding at the ¢ 1l the wires are connected, hoard is full of little holes, num- correspond with the differ- entor there, and con is easily established by means of iieh aro attached to wires center- vhat is known as the connecting established and the two 2 in communication, i is done by two young itting at what is known us the is crs are through talking, and then e contrivance “‘break Tne whole apparatus is an ad intricate one, worthy, ermit. Mr. E, B, Smith, a gentl long experience and sharp bus > manager of the ally when th 1kes connec 15 ofli nd oceasio ban towns are an- which is in_charge of & young Bra i Brandaig ghth Sunday she f-day? off; ev It-day’s work, and s assigned to do a i on the Sunday following, a full day's work. So that, on the whole, the length rage working day is not ex- cessiv The telephone girl possesses many vir- tues and but few faults. She must be uick to think and equally quick to act These are the primary essen of a good operator. A girl may po: m- telligence in it will high degree, bu avail hor nothing It she bo not rapid in thought and action. She must be able to cateh the subscriber's eall on the instant, and place nhis wire in connection with the “phone” he desires to talk with, and that, 100, without hesitation or error. She must be cool-headed and clear, without a liability to lose her self-possession amid the volley of calls which at times pour in wpon her. Above all the telephone girl must, and with rare exceptions does, possess the pa- tience of Job. A subseriber may lose his temper and occasionally say hard things; but the young lady at the other end of the wire must sit calm and unrufiled at the operating board, and answer his testy call for 10,719 or some other number. wsionally, however, she will forget olf and sity in tones’ slightly tinged h acerbity: **411, I do wish yon would take your finger ofl that push-button,’’ or “411, will you ever remember w tell you abont ringing thatbell?”” or **For gracious sake, 411, can’t you hold on a minute”’ But the calm is only tempora- rily disturbed, and a_moment or two afferwards she 15 again lost in & sweet resignation to her duties, But though the teiephone girl isan in nation of many excellencies of char ter, and in many respects far superior to her sisters inother avocations, she do not receive a prin lary. The L paid girl in the lo “hange is the head operator, who receives %50 a month. From this figure salaries are graded down to §20 a month, at which salary the be- ginner starts, The operator of fair abil- ity and average experience receives from $30 to $40 a month, The head operator has been in the service five years, and during that period has repeated “hello’ more than two nnllion times. Some of the other girls have been in the exchange nearly as long, while others are compara- tive novices. ‘The beginner at the business has a hard row to hoe. As already noted, she starts in at $20a month. Sne is placed by the side of an old hand, who mitiates her into the mysteries of the “switch board,” “answering board" and ‘‘clearing-off board.” For the first three or four weeks she is voted both by subscribers and her ar- agsociates, “‘more bother than she worth.” She is elumsy, forgetful, and very apt to lose her head at the most critical moments. But gradually all this is remedied by practice; she acquires ex- perience, tact and deftness, and before two months have passed away, i8 no longer considered “a ‘' grecn hand.’ Owing to the fact that many of the girls become thoroughly worn out by the arduous labor, or retive to seek exchange of work, new additions to the force re constantly being mado. Tmportant Omission, Washington Post: *Grover, step here for & moment, please,” Vet dear, what is it#" “Grover, did you write that letter to Albany-—~that one right there, that my finger is on®”" “Yes, darling. ha! ha! pretty turned, dont you think so?" “Have they printed it just exactly as you wrote it, Grover? Just look it over carctully,” “Why, yes, dearest—1 thought it would K [ yes, that's just us 1 wrote it, well ~why “Well, Grover. it remarks: ‘In present surroundings and all that the future ma have in store I must reter to the time lived inAlbany as the happiest period of my life Is that as you wrote i “Certainly; that is--didn’t they put it ont—-hung ] Soxcepting the last six or seven weeks em! they left thatofl'T added, others she is compelled to work oceasionally ten or twelve hours Once or twice a woek she has & “Ave you per-foct-ly su-—ro you added that, Mr. Cloveland? Very well; I will forgive you, then,"’ 602, 504, 506 and 508 §. 13th St. TN Vll”, The Magnificent Bequest of a Mil- lionaire Pillmaker. w Americans realize the progress which is being made in the cause of higher education for women in other countries than the United Stat A recent issue of the Illustrated London News certainly surprised many persons in this country by describing and illus- trating the “magnificent college for women which was opened the last day of June by Queen Victoria at Eghnm, near Londo The noble proportions and striking beauty of the buildings, as pie- tured, were enough to excite thie curiosity of the most casual reader, and s interest was certain to deepen on further ivesti- gation. The colloge has been ereeted with funds bequeathed by Thomas Hollo- way, the Englishman who made a great fortune in pills. In 1870 a fine tract of ninety-five acr-s, ki.own as Mount Lee, was purchased at Jgham, and since then the prin sum of 3,000,000 has been expended in_improvements. T'he main building s 550 t long and 376 feet wide,e ontaining nearly 1,000 rooms, and is constructed in an elégant and substan. tial manner. There are pictures wort $430,00) in the reception room, and the college has a fine mus 1 lecture- room and theatre, a libravy, gymnasinm, chappel, and all the appointments of a model institution of its kind. The buildings are lighted thronghout with incandeseent eloctric lnwps, and all sup- blies ave conveyed from the public roud, half mile distant, by an underground tr: After the 1 h expenditures which hi 1made there remains of Mr. Hoiloway's bequest $1,500,000 for the endowment nd further cqipiment of the college. 'I'his magnificent institution is to be conducted on a strictly non-secta- ran but religious basis. 1ts Tounder has done Jus utmost to insure its manage- ment upon broad and liberal lines, and the *“Royal Holioway college for woinen® onght to have great usefulness and fame, Its opening marks a great stride forward in the cause of higher education for women, and all lovers of progress and truth can take pride in the noble monu- ment of the British pillms y Pay or - Newark Call: There is a general inter- change of passes among railroad men, and the president and vice-president of the Pennsylvania railrond have pusses all over the country. President Roberts ery strict man, One very stormy n winter he got on the New York division and took'a seat in the middle car, The conductor knew him, as we all do, and when he passed him 'the presi- dent simply nodded. It was a catch, and Roberts was only trying to see 1f his man would break the rules and not manke hiny show lus pass. The conductor fell imto the trap. When he passed through the train again Roboerts arose from his seat, ad, tapping him on the shoulder, said* “See bere, you have not seen my pass, ' *‘No, sir,’”" faltered the eonductor, “bi but I know who That makes no difie Roberts with afrown, “‘the rules are made to be obeyed and not to be broken, The rules laid down for your guidance say that any passengor who has neither & ticket nor a pass must pay his fare or else you must eject him from the train. ™ b ll know ii,’" revlied the conductor u ' No ‘buts.’ Now you may go." “I haven't seen your pass yet, though,” demurcly romarked the ticket-punc wishing to demonstrate the thoroughne: of the lesson. ce, " retorted 3 That’s right,” raplied Roburts, ap- provingly; “make no difference befwoen the preai of the roud and the poorest pass He reached in his inside cont pocket and then into his vest pockets. His face grow red and he fumbled around his hip pockets. The conductor grinned. Robe erts’ sullow complexion grow paler and then redder, He went through his pockets again, but no passes. Tho conductor's silile grew more expansive “Humph!” exclaimed the pi “Singular! Just stop as you pass Wiy again, The conductor stopped, and the presi- dent dryly handed him a five-dollur vi and told him 1o take out the fare. He La lett his book of pusses at his ollice. sident, this