The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01
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r ltSs Mu61d nsG havsS Saahted there
III ihs ~ E. a glance at the food
With which she sustained herself ex-
rlainsd their existeace. Thsy were tho
way marks Of exhsastion. The fuel with
which she was feeding her phydcal
machinery to keep it in running order
consisted of tho regulation two slices Of
Vlsnns brsad. 1 small dish Of stewed
tomatoes, and cup Of tea This meal
.slso cost is cents.
/ Hbt ene IN tea Of the women eueins in
1hib plscs wersserved with meat There
where few whose outlay exceeded 20
cents. The bill Of fare showed that for
this sum fish or several kinds Of meat
under the head Of entrees" could be
Obtained, these orders, according to
custom, being accompanied with bread,
butter and potetoes. Few of the women
who spend 70 cents avail themselves Of
this ist, but ordered dishes far less
nutzihious.
ado / think the girls that work here
have enough to e., 71 snapped the sharp
featured, black-eyed foreman Of q factory
where girls are exclusively employed.
II don't think nothin' bout il. I just
know there's lots Of 'em that don't,
Some live at home, and of course they
do The most Of the others just rent
rooms. They don't board nowhere,
they run out 1t noon and just get bite
Lots of 'em don't have no stoves in their
rooms, winter in, winter out. Some
have little oil stoves that they cook q
bit on. Others just buy something at
the bakers and sometimes bologna or
the like. That's just how they lives, il
you want to know. wish some of the
folks that go bout exhorting poor girls
bout the beauty of honest toll an the
terrors of sinful idleness would have to
live an work as some of these girls DO,
ThereH beless talkin' and more doin.'
"Do you think there are any girls
working in this store who do not have
enough to eat tfps
The question was asked of a young
saleswoman in one of the low-priced
State street establishments. She arose
to answer the inquiry from her seat on a
luxurious and inviting nail keg that the
thoughtfulness of her employers he'd
placed behind the counter for her to rest
upon in her idle moments.
II often think that some do not"
"Do they say so?"
@Bless yon, no. Do you suppose girl
would tell that, Of all things? live at
home. I know I'd starye if I didn't
have any more to eat than some of these
girls. Actually, know girls who just
rent rooms and board themselves, who,
1 believe, don't have vegetables or meat
once a week. There comes the floor
walKer!'' and she busted herself with
her stock. - rs 3. ' .3f&
Numerous young girls employed in
State street stores eat at the noon hour
in restaurant advertised as q lunch
house for ladies. Their checks"
divulged one of the mattresses, never
exceeds II cents. They have the same
things every day"
What are they?"
"A cup of tea, bread, butter and piece
Of pie"
please bring me those things" re-
quested the reporter.
The Spread was brought. There
was small cup partly filled with de-
coction the color of tea. There were
two slices of bread thin enough to have
been grudgingly cut during a famine.
The plate of supposs ID butter had the
circumference of 25-cent piece and a
trifle thickness. The size of the triangle
of apple pie was proof of its injury to
digestion. This constitutes the food OF
many growing girls whose work and
atmospheric surroundings are enough to
impair health if they were amply sus-
tanned with wholesome food. Every
one knows that hunger has wonderful
faculty for magnifying life's ills.
A satisfying meal often removes deiec'
ton that is almost desperation or despair
The undeyeloped girl, with her un'
formed mind and growing body, craving
hearty food with the hunger of youth
deprived of it is a prey to allurements
and phantasies she would never be sub
iected to if her physical system wa
properly nurtured. Is it any wonde
that virtue, sitting at her scanty meals
looks askant at the plethoric repast o
vice, and sometimes reasons immoralit,
less indecent than hunger? Is it an,
wonder if the road of dishonor SEEM
filed with plenty and preferable to tn,
path of chastity, with want as compan
ion? This is not an epoch of effusis'
and demonstrative martyrdom. 1t is al
age when daily, in this productive lane
where markets and warehouses ar
crowded with provisions, women g
about their honest toll lacking prope
and sufficient food.
A STORM BREWING.
concluded fromy First Page,l
if to preserve the Union it is necessary
to preserve slayery. slavery will he pre