Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-01

finish four pair In a day, few more, Al
widow aud her daughter work with a ma.
chine and make these little pants. They
can hardly live and pay their rent and
buy food. Every little while there * no
work aud they live upon taolr wrotched
savings until that Is gone and then they
must sell or pawn something, and Heaven
knows they seem 70 have little TO spare
Men'a pantoloons are given out IN ia.
mCnse quantities, and Of every quality,
and they 90 into the very poorest and
most miserable localities, whore II would
seem like risk TO send decent garment,
let alone pile OF dozen. And yet they
are always sale and always returnea
! properly and promptly ltmakcs no an
I ference 30 the NJ kkers OF these garments
whether they rot the work from the man.
uiaclurer direct or I ON contractor, as
the pay Is about ne same. Tho price
Varies from nlue co tsN pale 20 twenty
/ live Tor the very finest. AZ the
/ last price a really good worker can earn
seyentN.lve cents day twelve hours,
moro II she has little glrl 20 help her In
the pressing. Ona OF the saddcst Sights
! IN an the city 10 that Of an aged coapls
\ who slave from morning tlll night to
earn subsistence on nno tailor work
I rhoy are both too old 10 have To work.
aud yet they toll c1aselessly to keep a
shelter over their heads and 30 live indie.
/ pendontly and together, Their little
homo OF one room and nm alcove for a
bed ~ clean and orderly, though every.
( thing ia very poor, Ia one house Is q
widow who supports herself by finishing
shirts and drawers, aud, In answer 20 a
4 query as TO how she managed, she told n
story that has but TOO many like Il.
| She earns on an average The
/ year round a. 20 o week, She pays 50 "a
u month for rent, but young girl who
works In q saddlefy factory pays her
! So 25a week fer board and sleeps with
her. The room was bare OF everything
save two chairs, q common wooden table,
a stove, u lamp, a bed, and few dishes
and pots and kettles. Tho floor was
bare, but she said she had some carpet,
which she saved for winter She has q
sewing machine which she tents for 25
cents week, aud 80 Il helps her 70 pay
her wash bills. She says she prefers
shirt finishing because II requires NO
thought nor care, II has become mcohan'
lcal, aud Il leaves her mindfree TO plan her
expenses aud 90 think how TO ret she
most nourlshlng food for her money, and
NUt w UNN NnHNllls nut ~ 10 ANlNiN iNhl
anyone has the ability and forethought Il
! regulate her expenses "a does this woman
! Besides, the majority of women who
work for u pittOnce have children, ant
with them there Is no chance 60 think o.
TO make rules AK 10 expenses, or follow
J them. Very many women whose huS
bands work In the lahorlous and leas
! paid callIngs take IN rough sewing Z,
; help along IN their household expenses o.
; IN providing clothes and shoes, aud, q
E course their earnings are very small ,atil
they work as hard ~ they can. In wv,
: placea were two women working with al
h their might upou ladies' SIN mitts, Thee'
! are given ont uncut, ono yard Of materia
= making Just one dozen nnlr, according 4
< pattern furnished The thumb piece
y were already cut Tho material ~ u soft
< pllable silk, quite difficult 20 cut unl0s
q YOU have an extra good pair of SCISSORS
Q and even then II will take them half Al
Q hour TO cut them out end adjust tn
. thumb pieces TO the proper place The
+ are sewn on machine and the thumb ha
D two rows of stitching, For these tn
u manufacturers pay cents dozen pairs
o They sell az ~ per pair nj retail An eN
n pert worker can make one dozen pair
g after they are cut out, aud finish them 1
h two hoursl Five cents for two hours an
y half's work. Tho only thing In lts fave
* Us that II Is light aud can be done I
i home. Mons white poronle necktles AZ
v paid for at the rate OF 80 cents a groa
g twelve dczan, and tcw, indool, can MAX
u two gross a say, Handkerchief FOR odd
d nary use are paid Tor NJ the rate OF frol
IS 70 80 2S cents u gross, for plaiu hcmmo
n ones. Hemstitohod ones, Of course, al
o paid for a little better, The result seen
n to be always the same. just enough pa
k forslavsh toni to keep body and soul I,
u gether I'm one frall tenement.