The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-04-10
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The New York Sewing Girls.

A0o new York sewing 0rlS.
a magazlue writer gives ,i,e following
sad picture OF tl.. lie led by sewing girls
and wo. IN New Yorx.v 1t is, unfortu-
patesy, eAly tovlrue
q NAtt It's third tla sand 40 lnen nov out
Col enip oyhaent ia rms wilderness OF seity.
,~est, shou Abd IRE SAM 10 1e sey,ns
sslFle They sie. 6tst lhss shop girls, who
I s.t 90 ivtsk uSe ~ aud dows The .l.nyth u
the crest dreary OF pile ~ pro
miscu"u.y ia less pretentious establish
nchts. Iaeu there arc the dfe,,ulaAe rs.
the cioakmxke. s. tailUressvS, seanstres,e,.
ard takers IN Ut shop work. A picture OF
one OF the vast establishments where the
shop girls work Will do for all the rest.
Larkss Veil lighted chow, roonls, Tattentiys
statesmen, watchfal door walkers, spry cash
boys-all these will The eager huyer lind in
the lower TopWa Uvwp stairs TO see eYen-
Ing ores es, Y acre bi,1iaut gas Jets fame
out to chow the effect; up ST airs To sec the
bargains III cioaks aiiJ shawis; wherever
tisds 90, The saaIe genial aight mud soft RI.
1diauce is thrown.
The ~O k-roou is very different place
to the show r8unI-. heiseyer. On the third
lion arc The Inst work r.oals. They are
large aud wei hgntei, though btit poorly
Ventilated. The impression made upon
Que lnlnd Is that breath ut fresh air mas
lOt snsera ID that cso,e atmosphere fofa loHy
time, aud yer the windows srU thrown up
as high As they Will ~ every night at
sweeping hour. Bul one nust remember.
whensixty human b,ings, some Of them
with diseased lungs and horrid breaths,
work IN these rootns for ten hours daily
Chat ventilation Is almost alpossibie9 TIL Sc
are the lace workers and zngus.n finishers.
Lucy prsiafe tiiG-y del,cate articles of is,iit.
gerie which so win unc q heart from the
win3pw or case where they hang. Intaats
rohes are lad :. uaUlcs ba>keis are thor
ousA'y prepared here. The girls look tirei
evsn NJ ah hour before. i,ov,ss uhey, bend
ov' shocklng.y, aud nearly all of them
have sore eyes and sofef hearts, poor
thugs. SIX doiiars d week is the sive faye
praceG made here.o Some there aie WHO
mAhs nns Ias majority 9eliiy make five.
The fourth Hour, one lin.ueuse .ron,n,
ruIl!ilag over tbs whole f,or, fiiom back 10
iioilt aud from side t. side, is occupied by
'tne cauak u,aAers. There are four long IA
O'es uown the centre of rtle room and
enai!er ones iaced q little 10 he side
Here, udilng the DISK season, uinetv- live
girls work. Now ths number canlfut be
more than twenty. flm wnne,, working
mere seemed More cheerful than ,ho,e
worslng un ule lower floor, but they, toe,
a. e uVertaxco, and allow themselves to die
D} Inches, just because they fancy they are
lnaking All. honest iive!lhoud. They aver
age uiure chan the snuSu workers. s ,mts
VI thetn can maze ten uoi ars q week, b It
these are old hands Ut the business. On
the NTH to0r Is a s,l. aier work roam than
either OF the others. ItA,s devoted to the
tnaSlng up OF plain underwear for ladies'
anu cnud,e.. There ars about twenty five
OF th!i,y emp:y hers, rae. wan aud
Sck but. oiia re II ugh. more content
Win ihrir ut than those of eitier Ut the
doors below. la>keI one old lady, whose
a-e would surely ou,i,e her To rest, how
she liked to aork there. She repiei, d"
thanx God chat can take care Of myself
| IN my od age. - She is sevenIy-rwo years
OF age, aud earns three dollars week.
Coz help her. | could not help wonder
,ng b " she managed to reach the fifth sto-
~, win Nor poor, rheunirtic iimbs aud fee
b.u strength Aslf divlni',g my Thoughts,
N; SAID: 10 be sure, IL = good way,
up aud L have to cIn.e very slowly; hut at
ter "ncc get Aele there's ,od rest to
nae until htght. a little ere .ture of thir>
te IA, Dut who Looked 10 more than MI e
va bt>lng he.u la Il corner. She Was on
ly b 81 n ng 20 sew. she n d. and had been
therc wow. Ks. but in a fortnight more
would be paid for WORKING. Upnn a>kins
her how much, she . laweIel. with a pro-, d
infection OF voice, = Five delI.rsa month.
The face of the employees throughout this
establishment glneral.y wo.c a sh ,cked
startled expression, as it u O were forever
.'n the rack. A great majority seemed TO
be suffering with lung aui throat diseases.
P".r'y pad, lily CT r.,, ani fal, they 40
Oh tom one year 8 n to an, thaI. -f n