The evening world. Newspaper, October 20, 1906, Page 3

‘THE EVENING. WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOB BER 20, 1906. ~ TOILERS INSPIRE ee Young Woman .Who Bue Made a Study of of the Struggle for Life in -a Great City Tells. How Battle May Be Won. The following ts the first of a -series-of arlicles from the pen of Miss ELIZABETH MAGIE of Chicago, ‘whose remarkable adbertisement offer herself for sale to the highest bidder: aroused intense interest throughout the world. Mss Magie has studied for years the vexed problem that confronts the working - Elizabeth M agte Wane Working Women to Be Self- Reliant — In Order that They May Improve Their Social Condition ‘GREAT REFORMS o— Elizabeth Magie and Types of Workers |. | Whose Condition She Seeks to Improve SELF-RESPECT VS. — \It Is Possible for a Young Woman. to Maintain a Decent Appearance on $5 a Week, but It Is: —a Hard Struggle i owas réady to stand by { ew—the -multiitide swoldn’t confident that I could SMALL SALARY | Tt wourd hood tf W sorry compliment to American manhood wor: oung woman-American-sinys"” {my qualifications, who offers herself for sale to the highest bidder, could jsecure no higher bid than a dtamond ting or other Eniy pauble, Honor ta a bigger word than gold, und the man or woman wlio offers freedom to tife ____girls of great populous centres, and has done much {a improve the condition of those of her class in Chicago. * Her adbice, based on her on carefully analyzed experiences, will be not only ore. interesting, but of rare practical value. BY ELIZABETH MAGIE. Copyright, 1906, by The Bus Publishing Co. (N.Y. orld). ARTICLE I. ) “'T habe something to say to you. had sald to me, y-one “Tn ten’ days you wi!l have ‘T should h Ten days ago tia The World after ~tapped-my-ferehotdr Bit somehay : When The Evening World proposed that I write a rerles of articles based upon my personal experiences as a working girl and which would 90 helpful to the thousantls of girl workers in great cities like New York an —€hicago;-t sew ato 4 Just the. opportu jena aioneta you," ve dat hiya, turned sadly away and that xery.thing bas happened, that—it-om for—the opportunity for usefulness Tas thd (ise place if wishto make ’albrlet explanation 1 have enn bucking hard st fate tot last iwo yoara. Fate seemed tobe piling it on, but 11 once lust my faith in ¢ In the divine wisdom of Isuly own: priv things, although have been a Nite Kinder, f thought, the things I felt God intended | should do, 1 1 toa friet ot Tong ago, “F. will get tirea{ y and and hh % up her mind to do ft {ting more desperite, turn arot th me by ene me.” m to be mak Bur she fooling w didn't see All the very soon, time T kept ge 1 was hungry, my clothes were wearing out, & tramp and feit ike a slave, I had be: trying with ail the G a money at my command and by all the legit) apdie wid cOMsenLGil elods BHGWI 10 InG ta better day eendition but Wrelinout avail, x A week cried ovr old. days, | looked like Sunday the last s est Were all sik but fe slaves, as in the Musers Of privilege, ie) to be put up on the block and “For sale to the highest bidder; young ave! And then followed the “document,” all written aL the ou =a Uesperate, surcustic “outbreak Aap vphy and protest. 1 eupied 1 on the typewriter and read vertheless, s1y G0 auctioned off woman Ame —within-two-ho of humor, philos ft over again. ; Her famous Document Appears in Print, sWeuldn't it over @ ficuitiol: the advertising ii { capected rate cards happened. 1 was pacaiyzed shocked ‘and re on secou own-account — hore than might have we a good Juke,” TP iouga ust to io have it printed—ot course, © what would Lappenii" So 1 submitted tt to S, WSKINg for an estimate. but you see whar Xt day. I was uds than on my sb mind-is-no 5 have strength. ane ers of Severs when grigved, the super, bech expectec 4 p Intervie the truth is be enedit, However, 4 to soak in, and Tum getting some Anta eslncer lt yainse : PAN noaeeEn At . Satna ie ¢ et Eas Albert dom in order that they may make of {tin the service of others should ‘| _fine letiers of commendutivn and app.velation trom people who have read} Iher ee snl : between ue Sai ee aE ee ee T have tivaty teat a ESS my “document” 4 Ay vd etra en the thick ‘ and eve 2 2 winds. = ts uk some hough: People-whe-are-nor = = SOLD TAILS est Rata ena ut, bilefly and hurricdly stated, my p ath the habli of thinking cannot be couxed 1 They must be shocked = x teh steer ae ae = 7 Tee eaT eat = 7 a in _Nillng tle . i Ea A a soar TiS S i | n that rerins of articles on re -irl Slaves of . yi ‘0 tallc it. I'ye whockea them, “hd whon they get over the first effects of the spirited, as nts “will | non interested come of the girls themselves, learn how and whore they live what th, ———shock they'l-sitam-and take woti % ad stipulated at tts pur- NOT aR a ROI SVOTy fn og eothe) what they Ait All my iffe-t-have felt the System_and-haye-vanted-1 do something to help. But whenever I have broached the subjectof-my plans I huve been called odd, eccontric—aye, even a crank, I have sought i vexpression and have been tiught suppressiGa,I-haye been counselled to “conform. Rit Tin) coitorat Tai giy— airs People who conform never do anything else, something worth while—something for the people—the"workthg poople_ baye-confidence-in-thenn—but;d-am-sorry to-aay, there's a inighty lot of Moral cowards among them. —At the same -Unie The greatest forces that | make for human_proxiess spring, not-from the brains ot plutocrats, bur from the minds and hearts of the comon people. Whatever principles are enunciated “and advocated by social reformers and the refiections of the mental attitude of the conimion people, They are: the peychological leaders of the world. A nation {s never any greater than | its average citizen.. A stream never rises higher than its source. he I-Want-to-do something— Reformer Is Hackneyed—She's a Developer. I have been called a reformer, .I am not a reformer. ‘There have been reformors for a long time—a good many of them—every, one with a pattern of his own, They're a good sort, these refutmers—dear, good souls—and they've done a lot for the world, and yet why {4 It that the word “reformer” has come to be almost tn /disrepu It's because people don't want to be reformed. They want to be DEVELOPED, I don’t want to be-w RE- FORMER. I want to be a DNVEIOPER. I don't want to make people over | 66 =) Isn’t lta Burning’ freely money that is made easily, If you is too "Sane, Safe and Conservative," go and spend Sunday World “Realty Bargains,” so that Shame 2? O are experiencing this difficulty and feel that your money Just as fast as you please, But for You May ALWAYS Keep On In bitterness of spirit 1! There's no use trying. | political leaders are put} slave bids higher than one who offers all the Jewels in the world. i There's Something Good Left in Everybody. . But, be yeople fools or philosyphers, plutocrats or wage slaves, there's romething good In everybody, and {t's the xood that's In them, be It ever so a chance to We're all in st road may develop is the bi good quarrel’ about whl get-there somehow. At the so let’s not get in each othor’ at each other in overything, w I but everybody has some claim to » hearing, advocate cf the under dog in the fight, that the epper dog m © some rights the world together. ‘Let's not aven, but let's help each othar ye-a-reugh time getting there, — ny. rate, not agree with wide and varied opinions, While I may be the outspoken yet I don't lose sight of the fact to hi 8 very the tems; their ch vo heen. a &2 ings their Mier the most degrading. ‘Therefore, while I do not fail to realize how bitter must be the position of an Intelligent, self-respecting man who finds himself a vie- tim of-the system, yet T wish first to deal with the subject with particular lresard to women. The question has been asked: Can a girl malntain har self-respect on $10 a week? She can, She can do ft-on And I proved it, Several yerrs-rgo-t-was-setting-$104-n-month-tn-onr-of the deparimente al Wash> T fad what most stenographers would call a “good thing'’—short ay and casy work. But I looked around among atter_a few y my fellow little, that makes tt worth while trying to overcome the bad-and give the 7 clerks pay osslfic | get out « 4 of such en ice ond sure I dida't want to run any c AL sypullf rather and hustled. I took a position In a lawyer's erty content with not a clam, ts Jn, T got out tion si nd hustle. 8 cells of a nd haye presched conte t after m eyery chance in the world my patiern to make themselves after thelr own pattern. ‘The t do it now under] thank God. It’s hard Deir Vd"rather be a slave and know it [oss for $5 a week. I got avhull bedroom near the office, for which. I patd ithe system. They're In elavery hem to sce thelr slavery, figure to be a (Oven mond-stiidded shell, and not know ‘my | aoweek. “Tate 19 and 15-cent meals, did sme of my own’ Washing” Out terontinergt {fal tfor-thelr freedam slavery, = ‘ Tend had about 2° cents a week left for theatres, bon-bons, books and dra_ old and herly Wha self-made] matic le’sons, and was so reapectsble that I didn't even smile lest some Ea! Among my letters from dear motherly e’re all slaves | | foahlenad—people whe. neontro! What do th! slaves: io andeof-4-faw—men ale mon me. But then the combination of an artlatic tei” | mean by self-oantrol? By contentment? 1 suppose they the pow perament and eok Isn't yery apt to make one smille. Oh! yes; a girt with conditions, The curse of the world is contentment | { Int slavery:3 CM live ‘ d means STAGNATION ; The princi PaO AT GEE But my, cese wasn't a faly test after all, for during those few weaks | But there, let’s not quarcél. It’s all a mutter of temperament and fall, 1 (1 tmyselt for sale, ‘hat 1 ived on $5 a wees, jult:to prove that {t could be done, 1 had-a tittle environment. If T bad been born end raised In luxury may be T wouldn't | Altiough Taidn't intend to de it « yet when it was done ‘ouey In the bank and I had some pretty good clothes left over, and-that ttle bank-avcount mide all the difference tn the world, While {t was j there, although I did not touch it, 1 did not feel the uctual fear of want, | Bes [vas laying pla HORSE ROMPED ON PAPA HAS SWITCH "YOUNG MILLIONAIRE |W STAIRS OF & ity FOR BOY ELOPER WORKS TO COLLAPSE, Stairways: Walter Rhoads Sells Out! $2,500,000: and Goes to s for the opent s of & typewriting office, Which-developed All Should Be Free to Elevate Themselves. Iam the friend of the opp man, woman or child—but my-deep- / GU synipathtes are with Uiose Wit souls to fev) and minds to percetve the ‘{njustice of the system<and who-tong- for-freedom-and-opportunlty-—not farlem Equal Se aaa freedom from labor, not opportunity to live at the expenso of another's , Say % i 3 en lnbor—but_freed and opportunity ¢ ke be: e ey 16-Year-Old Albert Spicouco, { Will Open Booths for Casi- vbor—but frecdem and opportunity to ma st of themselves, All | should be free, whateyer thelr mental of moral capacities, however lofty or | Who Bled with Girl of 15. Sanitariim. i ing Straw Ballots: j however mecloorve thelr amiltions. nty-are-all worthy of the opportunity. | ESSE EEN i to develop the tif they don’t nt to do it it's their own loss, Dut thosé of lil and noble sus who are anxious for thelr free- | Animal Rated—on Warm Welcome Home Awaits and Spent’ Night in a Back Yard. ind of I seck, aspiry obile read, what nmusements the their talents wha Ahetr crvtronment: 1s in “to find ther words, whether or not ertiin tthe ata passing auton ad sturted Oi A Wid dash toward t [terry.oMr— Simmons: sipped —t seat to the pavement | Mr. Simmons started in’ purault, nue, that Alber wax yldd-when he “saw: the horse Reet eee omie=ld-ent: told “somebod, Just how much or how Mittle nae-of-thelr-condition,and-to-get—their shay. fea of the degree of ght they Pave piven to the c: an: ctors the hae —— s I knew that I cou'd easfly command a better salary. thin $5,but_f toward the aidewalk. Ho was horritio it) up tae Sonne lome ct ephey inven = la-moment later, however, 7% S63. {The father went to Jasper] tenlay i the Kny way, girls, big ana Attic [disappear through the small doorsy: as fast ag his toga w take | President ot retlon women under Its yay and guinea my eco, ferothe Sfathouse-Ne G4 Weat_ Forty but tt waa a aA lhert | Company. )-for-thelscana JA [peeond—siyeot ‘Tha wagan ciught O08 Thad pot heen th = aa sd. : — the jambs of .the door, 0 ores There fs a pitiable as well as’a hu- Rhoads, wer We handes it proved cael NEARLY | Weenshea himaeif free-trom the races; morous ade to-tho story of thes tw te, the w Tat be UtWe people, Who are wo determined rear of and ran toward the {Woman fought Of Hears {He found further progress_blocked- and get marrtéa “that they rin -mway. + si altempriad-to-turn-around— The ene Kether_overy: o._they get cit a xt Ranks Lite- to thé cillar stairs yawned at his te dreary Jersey hillsides are their refi Lonalve j | Pina Ole and dawn them bo fell, Tho alg y wandering about now Ite Dra Uvdla 3s JD proved ‘too much for Uh Gals i day h In the “woeds, ts¥lvania Tu En} ; | ‘ is the new perfume suggesting with nerves of Mr. Simmons, who ran to wet and cold and hungry, drenched by | § ENG Si ferry, and theneg to his home, Ire tho rain and cut to the marrow by U tin : ; every breath refinement and good there ho telephoned to the firm that nad | raw winds, sleeping perhaps tn hay- | ¢ 1 com=1 Yood, made nr | taste. Exquisitely dainty and elusive sold him the horse. at | mows and barns and tempting pneu |; ath y atd pds ieny ts —yet so highly concentrated that the 7 5 here thoy’! monJa and a dozen ol} Is © be 000, 8 wiete years i i ‘Men hurried to the house, wh nonia and a dozen other {Ils to t a Beer eata NT wel prion ‘al } un to ninety-five found the tenants quieted from S) But Francts's motier, janitress att 1 r a A state of panic to one of amusement) the Charlotte apartment-! ss Woman Victim One in Group © bed quilts i For sale everywhere, From the cellar a door Jed to ® COUT | weit One Hundred 4 in the co Sho DR. KERKOFP, Parts, France, and of -tho--bouse, : S That Ran death, ALFRED H. SMITU CO, yard in the rear 4s stl] Inclined to r Across Tracks [through this Mr. Simmons's steed had! thinks he hepy palr ‘ : 2 ; me | bad nine children sinners Fresno gone. When tho stablemen arrived he} an they did o Before Speeding Car. tchildren; Ofty-two gren was munching a pail of oats some kind!| sions whon th 5 aren and nine t = person’ had given him. time before this t from his wittell ‘the stairs had been demolished tween them ard ¢ 7 aati iT O MOTH ERS! ! his. fall, although the horse was) days, 4 thes Mertect Tad While Nursing, By ablemen could fine 5 meanw tom as n {not to e i Homi’ J uninjured, ‘Tho stablemen could find] th thé meanwhile em 98a | not t i * L ity ee HOMAECN Canons) ho” ways.of..rescuing him, so ho re held | known 4 ght andy : uae , 5 be THE ONLY IN FOOD, mained in the back yard last night. THe | comp 0 tenet ISSINY: Corea esa fneliac rate i ENGLISH, PATENT BARLEY, allowance has cut » there Is & WED WHEN HERE A’DAY. Ropal, Liters Patent Granted 1933, Traite! Mark Red Scallop Sh Ai Grocers and. Drums WER ocla Oat be A spanking. . Tih porters i Miss Saxer Travels Four Thoasand | “Gg WwW ’ Stra both--thag is, unless the boy ‘ aah SOY. SMT ‘OMPANY, Mijes to Become a Bride, home sick, ong ce} rong NEW YORK— TcAaoeY ‘ANUS, After a journey of almost 4.00 nitles a Se Demand for More Fay to Ne Made... P er y a1 m0 {Hes - o . s ¢ » ve ln. . of Conduct: when a Liver ts congested 4 nga may of just Gventy-four hours | RUBBER BAND KILLS RARE BIRO| Be Sb he Ma saeowon stuieaes ith Coffee. Us ; Inthe; United Sth tes, Misa) Ls er band lodgvd The Har Hoatnini’s 1 of an ey bere with Coffee. Uso : A rubber band eed in the ft wh vis wutrested i who in those twensy-four hours esta ot the rare bird, the Coliforn ne | to Inte naoed see catrrtemree shy ‘ a i Keer Nahed a residence at No. %% Grimth| la meating) held’ laaelnight, {a} ote G f e children. \ E ‘ dor, which for, two. re hos i was ‘marriod in. the | fdomantl the North It Maen TS Bronx "400," has caused the bird's, death, ‘Tho band had closed the pyloric orifice of the stomach and prevented qi- or t but Linck on Force, Appeals: yeaterday or- strect, Jersey City, rn 3 of th panies for a 10 p wages’ and extra piy Séoond Reformed | to, Werner. Kueb- POSTUM| NE of man’s greatest failings Is to spend too 4 Sunday World Businéss Enterprise “Opportunity” your own good and welfare be sure to (spend it for Spending Money Freely! City Broome strast, No i The couplo were betrothed In Switz season. sstoration of Sergvant Henry, xestion completely. An. autopsy ane Hinelbuy to police du In May, 19 te Ri ” erland,. Kuebler came to this countny held, aa the SURGalty, ee Director Horns | If their demands are not acceded to fit! 0 poll bent A o i There's a Reason’ n) ny Ae peveral years ago, and went for his aday wos aroused the murs ho 100 memberk declare that they wil! Huribug and thirty others were retired Rad iene e Hanae 3A ‘bride last month, symptoms mam the, Zot Blbate “' ele up North River trafila: _ «by thf Police Commisatoner, a i f ta i mate ’ ”