The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-08

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made by hand sewing. Collars, wristbands
| and eussetsiput on with double rows Of
stitching all round. The seams all felled,
kthree button holes, ibnttons and Stays, rcss
| qdying upward Of two thousand stitches.
The woman who made this garment was
sixty years of age and too deaf to, 60 to the
store for orders. She has worked on these
shirts since the war broke ont, receiving
seven cents each-one Of them being q good
DAYS work for her. Younger women might
make two or perhaps three in twelve
hours, furnishing their own thread This
old lady occupied with another woman,
| a damp dark basement, whore she strained
her eyes even in the day, and sewed by the
light of her neighbor's lamp during the
evening. At the end Of the week her net
earnings, after paying for needles and
thread, amounted tV thirty nine cents in
''currency.'
| A knapsack, army work. an article made
of strong, coarse linen, sewed up with two
thousand five hundred coarse stitches en-
tirely 10y hand, making eighteen felled
seams These knapsacks arc afterward
| painted, vanished aad trimmed by male
worklnen, who complete them for the sol
| ders.
Three of these knapsaclss can be compile
ted in one day by an ordinary geod seams
tress working from six o'clock ia the
morning, an quitting abont eleven P. M.
The operators furnish the thread, and re
ceive for each completed article seven and
q hall cents, ortwenty.two and half cents
for their days work.
A fine white cotton shirt, with fine
linen plated bosom, nicely stitched and
wadded, throughout it, containing eleven
thousand five hundred sewing machine
stlches, six button holes, felled seams, &c.
Two of these shirts are finished each day
by tho OPERATOR who employs nearly every
moment of her time, finds her own thread,
and receives for tho garments sixteen cents
each, or thirty two cents for more than
twelve hours labor. These shirts sell for
three dollars to three dollars and fifty cents
in the retail stores. Their total cost to the
employers is one dollar and fifty nine
cents.
A more common white shirt, with plait-
ed muslin bosom, collar and wristbands,
containing 5000 stitches, six button holes,
&c The stitching is done coarsely on the
sewing machine. These ,shrts ara chiefly
worn by workingmen as their Sunday shirt
They are well made and servceabe articles
Three are completed in one day by the op.
orator, who buys the thread, and receives
from her employer eight cents tor each
shirt These garments generally sell for
one dollar and twenty five cents, costing as
follows:
Three yards of muslin at "a cents 75c
Labor and thread &c
Buttons ....-.. &c
Total cost - 1L--.'---.. ---,.-'. 83c
Ladies collars and cuffs containing L.
700 fine Saving machine Stitches tho outer
edge being ornamented with an insertion
of various coored trimmings.
These articles of ladies' wearing apparel
are made for twenty one cents per dazen
sets--a set consisting of the collar and two
cuffs Three dozen sets are made per day
by good operator, working early and late.
The thread is paid for by the woman who
takes out the work. A dozen sets will cost.
One yard of linen SO 70
One yard Of muslin 25
Fourteen yards OF trimming at 8 cents per
yard 81 %
Labor and thread 81
Total So 6S
Their etaiI price per set in tue Broadway
and Bowery stores is seventy five cents.
The Wholesale prices are not less than five
dollars per dozen sets.
Fancy flannel Zouave shirt, with vest
front very beautifully made, containing
bout fifteen hundred machine stitches, and
eight buttonholes, &c The woman who
made this shirt is the wife Of soldier in the
army. who was never obligated to do any
thing for her own or children's support until
the last few months She stated that her
husband has been sea captain. for many
years, but had enlisted in the army with
the expectation OF being transferred to the
navy, where he woald receive better pay !;
but being disappointed in this, she had
been compelled to seek employment to as
sit in maintaining herself and children. The
price she received for making this shirt is
twelve cents She stated that with some
assistance in basting, sac could complete
three a day with machine. By hanl she
could not complete more than one.
A fancy flannel shirt, we'll made, on
machine, fifteen hundred stitches, six but
tonhoes and seven buttons, double stitch
ed wristbands bands and gussets This ar
ticle was made for eight cents, and is sold
in the gentleman's furnishing stores for two
dollars and fifty cents The cost Of the
article to the merchant is one dollar and
twelve cents.
BoarC which was formerly one dollar and
fifty cents per week, is now two dollars and
fifty cents to three dollars.
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