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Show a rim Mm. fie Uvea In Le Ifafflt Tadr (Hty, aofl . Inows Xots About Maohinfiij -" . . nd&tcft. , CKBil XBKD 3AT0B OP LOltDOT. jaJrirflnaBkMa Tyio "Win Serve- on the, Columbian WodJi TaiT Oommittee Dwf8 of Intelligenooi jHua Annre era Barr is one of the few female engineers in this country and the only one in Chicago. She was born ( jt at St. Louis of a French father and German mother, and is now 25 years of age. ' She began ; her experience as boss of a stationary station-ary engine four years ago, and .now she can shovel coal and make the whistle , shriek with the AOTOT DB 8AKR.' oi a man. . - She takes care of all the machinery connected with her ' department, and is looked upon by her employers as a real jewel." The world would have known little or nothing of Miss de Barr had it not been for an enemy who complained to the: board of examining engineers the other, day that she was working without a certificate.' cer-tificate.' The young woman was summoned sum-moned before the board, and' soon showed, to use the language' of a, member, mem-ber, that she "knew more about engines and machinery than half the men. " She got her certificate, Kiss de Barr is tall and . slender. Despite the rough ' work she does she keeps a handsome complexion com-plexion and nice looking hands. |