| Show A MEXICAN NEW WOMAN bhe Is a thoroughly capable and careful railroad station agent there aro many things of interest along tt ioline of railroad between puebla and basaca mexico but few attract the northern traveler more than the station agent at etla thia is concha bianca a young woman with honest brown eyes and a great mass 0 bavy black hair etla her post of duty is the floco where tho indians flock from tho mountains for miles aromnd for their annual feasts and also tho shipping point for the big haciendas in tho fertile valleys among these samo mountains when tho train stops at etla in tho dark a young woman in white for concha dresses to match her surname stands at tho door of tho express car lantern in hand chocking the packages on tho big receipt book when tho freight arnin stops sho flits in and out of tho long line of cars telling tho brakemen what to take and what to leave she goes from ono end of the train to tho other seeing that no mistakes aro made tho bareheaded girl in a white dress is full of business sho wastes no time on empty words the trainmen respect her sho does everything about tho station but handle tho baggage thero aro plenty of stout mexicans of tho other sex hanging about for that work concha bianca is so well esteemed by the management of the road that she has been twice promoted until now sho has ono of tho most importance import anC stations under her care she does all tho telegraphing besides attending to the ra coining and shipping of freight it was her knowledge of telegraphing that got tho woman her first recognition her father and two br othera were operators sho learned to use tho key A station was given to her chero there was not much to do besides the telegraphing her aptitude for railroad work attracted the attention of general manager morcom and the promotion followed conaha bianca lives in the station her mother keeps bouso for her and a younger sister sits at tho telegraph table learning the vocation of the hew woman in mexico tho conductors havo got in the way of pointing out to travelers senorita Seno ritu concha along with tho ruins of the ancient city on tho mountain top tho site where tho battle f tehuacana Tehua can was fought the hieroglyphics on thy cliff at tho entrance to rio salada canyon and other objects of interest chicago chronicle |
