The evening world. Newspaper, October 22, 1906, Page 3

| | fo fa just what y “column of Ns yres. }) “THE EVENING WORLD, M Wave The following is the second of a sertes of articles from the pen of Miss ELIZABETH MAGIE of Chicago, whose remarkable ‘adbertisement offering herself for sale lo the highest bidder’ aroused intense tnterest throughout the world. Miss Magie has studied for years the vexed problem that confronts the Working girls of great populous centres, and has done mach to (mprobe the condition of those of her class in Chicago. Her adbice, based on her otwn carefully analysed experiences, will Le not only extremely interesting; -but- of -rare-_practical balue. BY LEAN» ETH MAGIE, Copyright; 1906, by The Pee Publishing Co. (N. Y. World ARTICLE II. Provably_no-on+_{n_the country to-day has a better op; I to study the average mental calibre and mental status of 2 Since my document first appearel, a week ayo last Wednesday, I have ters from all over the country from Maine recelved scores and scores of ii to Callfornia, froa pada to Florida, Something in my document—s one thing or anot lias appealed to every manner of man and woman, Lovers of Bokemlan life saw in me low. Some saw the tunny side and eocial and e00non condittons in the toils saw only my of.sympathy, I laugh with the jokers, ery hands wit but bare my head and bow 4 commplerciy c hentcmyt — Judging from the ch entlon-end_eharacter ter of the letters reo. Tt ¢ it feald the classes of peuple—wi of our national morallt replies appear to have & ar a large majorit noble impulse; but ve exhibited thelr apparent laci of either or intelle With-onls friend “Coun: sect’ as I, and w which Thave received Others in the Same Plight Have Yearnings. The one waic $1 writer with artistic t “Tam thorough) thing that you have d faters pnaturaliys is & aspiratt with you, 1 would like to d eanno} et the aes # ENot obey Gdd's with my mit 1 want to ¢ V To an oMmice. IT have a gocd musi ! Tam paid $i0a week to K “L have not one Every key I strike wns. I love to be sweet, and true. I want to live realize (hat omen Wile wilt make mainto-something hate Towoult-so ———to-help you in your work for women.” A married woman writes; “Lam in the same position yeu are, 1 wot Uke you. I would like to et and you ha take I am not free tu express mysclft ‘A young woman bookkeeper writ “TL -too, have Ht and have thought Jf 1 onl it for my daughter: would like to write « story bearing on economies, thig-awful drudgery and monotony of the business woman than an an mus drageous Young Woman Hears. oe Others ae Suffer from) “48ainst Sex Degradation .., ‘Conditions That Made Her Nearly Desperate, but. Who. Lack the Bravery to Defy Convention-- Some of the Men Who Read Her Offer from Different Viewpoints. and Made “Bids” in Their Own ity than eltizen: nothing more than a jolly good fe shed back wit for wit, Students of wy in-ime-a_comrade tn the -catise Those struggles for existence and responded with words vith the bitter-hearted, shake 1 jqlly gocd fellows, sigh with plty for the vulgar-minded y heartfelt thanks to those astute enough to and of the fellow (* h thanks to the as- trologers who want to tell my fortune, 1 quote from a few of the letters taste in conimon with an office or office routine. P typewriter strikes into my brain. - Typowriting ) talk with a woman | "3 ONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1906. | + | ). ne Le all the natural desires o intellectial yearnings-—all all must be:snerifioed, eae Spirit of Hopele: SHess Breathes in Letters it is very brief compared with others, in of hopelessness that makes my heart bleed for the girl, “I Nave stood ever my hooks at tlyes and sobbed quietly to myself, ~heratre tf have cd for-a Hite thae to study, and the awful s created an intense fecling of despair that ate into my very soul worse for educated girls. The uneducated don’t seem to caro 80 mnch "Oh! Twirh [ could do something to help them and to rhise myself, but T don’t see any way outing it Tama slave. I-shall! wateh your cara WITH Hitereah ve = a Another girl writes: i i * eecepas aie es: ——“E am surprised —<thatanother_gitltissiad_theeaine. eS perience that. pave had in this great and cruel world. | am eo glad you had the cou to-sot-forth rconvictions in-such a manner. Mav God plosa you dies = 5 There {s but te x eto tis letter than Ihave quoted, and, a! its-very brevity Ureathes a ep! arian T hope to seo come da , All these letters come from dlfferent parts of writes: “Lwrite to tell.you how you belleve. I, too, am a typ rtily T agree with Her at the same salary a oe —— A Good Cook Is the Best of Appetizers! Every cook ought to know that Roasts Should be put into a HOT oven, while Soups {he starte with COLD water, But ALL cooks DO? know the “thousand-and- one” fine points about properly pre- paring meals, ~Fust look and see how man SUNDAY WORLD *'Sitiation Wanled’’ Advertisers DO know these things. A It 49 the country, Still anothe on and every bit of what | ma Hfe, bur to me than {t does to you ted. He writes a first-class letter; he ts nll right; and 1 thank him | ely for his kind offer, but Tam not looking for a husban nojd man in one of the far Western States has n sure cu ra und Is going to make $1,000,000 out of ft. 1 could ge he says, 1 am the w in for whom he has boon looking yy His offer {s genuine and he is hopeful of getting me. 1 am sc br hor illion, | point the old gentleman; but again 1 must decline, with thanks recently Hlowh all to plea by ni ex ahi y-ensconeed Wa Paster ¢ very-galiantiy ¢fortune and what there ts left of him. Really, my seine, Ags I satd before, 1am not looking for a h If T want a whole one. wy numerols replies the proportion of marri me hf alr, yOu nus but if ever Amon proposals ts] the lerg Next conte the offers of a home in famitles of comparatively | poor persons, who, «mough they aye wholly. misunderstood 1 of the kindness of their hearts reach out thelr hands to take ine tnto their one into im: yet out] o&n homes to “gaye me Dear, good souls! You do honor to our country. You will nev lege prote r he col- or yet millionalres, but you haye In your hearts the stuft e made. patties sant 2 F » museufn freak" proposition 1s parsed over With tho simplé | {t Is an apt-ilustration of the fact, which I wigh#to empha: people are willing to pay niora for amusement than they ire for instruction, s | unin takos. F WIT the He should have Ke of which Stion Hat sour things are good for sour dlspe his old lemon, A letter which accompanied the tan ifes me Tor my conduct, begins ] “All the fouls are not. dead yet." [ quite agree with him, and‘shall tell him so nl , for | must write and thank him for the lemon. With ar, whith I furnished, it made a glass of good lemonnde, | A Tani 1 pictire postal card froni some wit reads; if end me a husband, and if he dies send me another, and ir} pnd me another, and if he dles send me another." and w This Horseman May Be trom Missouri. al fest-of all fs whut I call the “horse letter,” and from | ou eyes sound? Can you tell your age by your teoth? Are you yp lop-earedt ATE your legs: crooked-or straight?” —Are-yousubsect-to-cotte? Ha you the bear Do you eat your bedding? you ever balked? | Have you alw i No. -t well-groomed” and I have “balked,” 1 “kieked"g Hite at first, but Twas much amused at his letter. 1 enjoy a food Invgli, even if it is a horse Jaugh What ple of ull and makes me feel that, even tf al! the fools were dead should net be so very lonecome, are auch expressions as these: SS “bthink-your-oniepirisee qwasto-point-pomoral-that we are-aif-slaves aid tre selling ow es, DOL MWaYS (0 the Ulghest bidder, but to bidders where thers is Tlie of no Conpetrtuon.” not alw sex me me “There are few people who understand you. Let me congratulate you on your courage, which I hope will bring fortune to your feet." “Pam provi! of you, earth's finest prodiet. 1 am happy that Iam’ hon- ored to know you. Your articte tsa 27 ut I venture to ron sociotogy, You say that you do mot go-to T church, y that your article ts worthmore than all the sermons on earth, Tam glad thet you lay tl blame upon the culprits and net upon the victims of our social system. 1 thank you for~having the | ‘courage to publish such satire upon sockety In general," ~ | congratilate you on you ‘Why should not women take” the | such mutters? “a t “I don't know whether there Is in roallty a Miss Magto, and 1 doupe | that there tsa reste in ing for the highest bid js something requir-j ing £0 much decison, nerve and will power that T doubt much that | any woman can find the same and say what she thinks, I regret that 1 do not know you. I hope that your step will bring you the happiness to which | entitied.'* m glad te Know that there {8 one woman who has Initiative enongh to case her to break the shackles of environment. I wish you all possthle “Its h alive 1 —, but bit ‘em again! I trust that we shall hear further from -"I admire your frankness. You are certainly something above the! avernge ye woman, and tt {8 refreshing to know that a person so adur- ‘bly unique os yourself exis “You have ai shod votreell—as-an honest, -reaily-virtious woman-ot high Ideals and an re of the kind that revolts at what would neoe: ssarily: fallow 1 ML DrOstipUOn that the masses would gather-from-your ad! ay letter {s wonderful. You have in you the making of a revolu- tionist.”” Truly, {t takes all kinds of people to make a world, —\____and_ makes the clothes. ‘wear out so soon as-i-helieve-veu nomon= $1e-pe it-thot rs who d herhund ¥ cal Th sac {and tha Opportunity “tl ers Péent tant Pts mast or ve: Tehall work {sympathy ana enerry born tor-you.—li Crete drudgery you whore fight U ant you to th rol Wilo de the biggest slave ¢ fortune ut $10 Wr te Broke Iler Neck—W 1 has speclal don't wish to betvay confidences mum think ean y he will gct in return a jowel of do what you can in ihe fight fo something of gor Sowey jo real genuln nd? ini r fr om.: nor in Uits country? John D. Rockefeller, 100,000 and you like you, Juer tl fut labors of 200,000 toilers whos }owhy has ke t r ir infinite tribut mm. thelr le the , and IL wor the first water, fterominded, fowantit if-youswith-tetm iselves for sale. heart bleed TWO Ww one, lookin=<to says another, © 4 Out stem ‘of moder nk of that! One man power to do it? ignorance give {nip the upon the earnings of other other public one, and f cannot ants a New One. fon to the ccna letters T hat give any names, but what do T Institutions. Rut tht x into It in the b: ck anid pa on tho next ho feels THEY Ldon't mean ; often do it {n such of the thing.” With I will work | Ake-you- from your you belong; but ia the moari time T must 1¢ dawinable soctal and -economi ink of Uh wise of your slavery and fes at $500 per annum, (re {rouble to send mena lemon by registered mall.) ey ( EE "If you accept’an imitation of Fels-Naptha you'll be disappointed, Scientifie men said, make a soap that will wash clothes in-water at a Se temperature-and_the clothes will last a great deal Jonger; it’s the high tem- —perature-of boiling water-that hurts the-eleth fibre CAMILLE TO WORK FOR TILED HUSBAND: IG el Son’s Bride. Oct 22.08 will T then — the Bruce, any Tela | rea, stim. | bad Swill b Must--Continue. to..Act After ..Lord Aberdare, in Pajamas, Spurns tht in the vile 1 motored bick to Lon American eet- Mra.-Bruce and (ture compelled to vnd‘ his keep Gt work and dastst in. maling @ £63 husband, Sead, Another Orauge Nome Robbed, 2 pk Frederick: Miller, on New. que, Orange, wan robbed y burglars of oon- cltding @ ladles’ gold jewelied fob—and, ia pin, pale or i a iver mounted opera Klasses, ua a inter diamond stad. ‘Thepoltes act - Absoiutely Pure A Cream of Tartar Powder free from alum or phos= = phatio acid’ Special for To-morrow Plaids, Checks, etc., at Value $24.60 BROADWAY. Commonsense’ Now, Fels-Naptha has the scientific 2] Anty Drudge Prescribes for a Sick Baby aol can't understand what's the matter with m awfully sick this mor and I've been ¢ my clothes ithat | hadn't the t to tend Mrs. Careless— ee-"'Yes, you don't have to tell clothes, your house smells like a ( That's what's the matter with the baby the boiling soap-suds has turned his 5 Why don’t you use Fels-Naptha soap your-eluthes in cold or lukewarm w cuts out steam, smell and stomach sic said, make_a.soap that y [ and you'll not only save the clothes, but a lot of time and back-breaking labor. So Fels-Naptha soap was made,—made to wash clothes in cold or luke- Ww arn. water; and to get them perfectly clean without hard rubbing. 2 ll do away with the hard rubbing facts and the commionsense back of it. _ That needs no argument. But it re- mains to be- proved to you that Fels-Naptha wall do the work, and da it easier, quicker-and-better.———_—— We can give you the testimony of more than--a—million—users——Or you, yourself; can try. a cake of Fels-Naptha soap this coming wash- day. If you do try it, don’t use it as you'd use an ordinary laundry soap. Follow the easy directions On. the wrapper and you will have a wash that is*cleaner, whiter, and done quicker, and with less labor, than’any wash you ever did ia the old-fash- joned way. Directions for other uses of Fels-Naptha on eR the inside of the yied— and ; vrapper. “ip eae eas a Stren Paar ey Hh ENTHENTH AND EIGHTEENTH STRE! pa lS Smart Tourists’ Coats, In all the §$ 00 new rough-and-roady Mixeuress whethercottan_or_ woolen, Work ing Girls All Over the Country Sympathize with Elizabeth Magie — and Deplore Their Hlelplessness to Cast Off Their Slavery [Elizabeth Magie Rebeis