The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-08
What She Does in the Evening and How
She Dresses on S1.5e y Vyeek-Just the
Story of Thousands OF Working Girls
in the Large Cities.

was that in her manner which told me
more plainly than words that / might quiz
her all day without receiving any satisfac-
! ton, so l told her what / wanted TO and
out.
Very well, but you VIII not tell my
! name. I should get discharged if the firm
| knew had talked to customers. They are
very strict about that" she answered. I
| promised eternal secrecy, and that neither
/ her counter nor the shop in which she
! worked should be mentioned, and that not
/ knowing her name, l could not repeat it.
How long have you been in 4 shop"
/ was my first question
! "Over four years. she answered.
| "What is your salaryY'
Sour dollars per week. "
| STRETCHING FOUR DOLLARS
"Do you live with your parents or do you
boards"
/ Il board"
"How much does your board cost you?'
'"The people where l am staying are
friends. They have fst have a little
room, and have whatever they have to
eat. l am like one OF the family"
''How much do Won pay for your boardY"
1.-TWO dollars and half week"
And your laundering"
''They let me use the stationary tub and
I do it myself
How about your clothes' You seem
well dressed"
Il make them ell myself in the evening
after ny work Is done
and your hats and gloves and shoes.
How do you manage 20 BUY those things
with only 81. a weeks"
Il buy gloves when we have Il sale and
can get pair cheap. pay fifty cents
pair for gloves, and one pair lasts me three
months with mendi1g and care"
but your hats
q buy 3 cheap hat. bend it into a new
shape and sew the trimming on myself"
And your shoes--hoYY mach do they cost
your"
Shoes are expensive. II takes two weeks
savings to buy a pair of shoes. pay 50 a
pair, bat they lnst for SIX months"
But where can you 1nd money enough
out OF your wages for bose, heavy skirts,
fannels and linen for outside garments and
dresses for warnl weather."
- maize all Of my clothes except my out
side jacket. l buy the jacket ready made
and cheap. It takes several weeks TO buy
one, but It lasts q long time. I make my
own summer dresses of dark ginghams
They are cheap, look neat ana wear long
time ] also make mp M own linen. l
buy cheap stockings ard keep them
darned."
DO you cit your own waists?''
eyes, l have a pattern that is Just my
measure, and then I buy jerseys to wear in
the storeT
How Go you spend your evenings1
Don't you go out at ALI"
Sometimes. l have many friends, but
sewing takes up most Of ny time. Some
times go TO the theatre with a lady friend
We eit in the gallery and it only costs us
. cents apiece. She pays her fare and
pay mine. But we don't 20 often because
it is so late when we get home and the next
morning we are tired. Besides, my sewing
wouldn't get done"
How do you spend Sundayf"
81 lie abed Sunday morning-it Is tho
only morning can rest, and I sleep most
Of the day. In the afternoon / read tho
newspapers and at night 90 TO church"
SUBSTITUTE FOR HAPPINESS.
'fThis is your daily hfe-are you happyF"
I'm used to it."
What do you look forward top
Nothing" she answered, dejectedly.
Have you no ambitiO1f"
What good would it do me, am not
educated, but l am sensible"
Don't you look forward to any happi-
ness-most girls have sweethearts and look
forward To . home Of their ov7n-they plan
their wedding dresses and have never to
be fulfilled dreams OF happiness in mar
naRe"--
81 have no sweetheart and I never dream
i don't have time during the day and at
night an too tired"
May / csli ~ your home'"
"You may come il you want 20, but my
salary is al the assistance / want. / want
nothing do not earn"
/ admired her independence, yet asked
for her address, notwithstanding her re-
fusal Of assistance. Sac wrote il On 8 slip
Of paper-her name / viii not mention.
Her address WIS on EIath avenue, near
Nineteenth street
Last evening called at the girls home /
rather boarding place Il Was a tsne- /.
ment house fat, In the fifth story Of a
gigantic block paused at ecch landing
Tor sufficient breath 20 mount another /
fight, and was az last admitted 70 the /
right place
Il have bean trying TO Think Just what /.
pay for everything" she said, referring TO I
. sEp Of paper she carried Il pay e a
year for shoes; g for gloves; 81 for two jer- 1
seys; So buys me fo1r Bingham dresses .
and hxinEE = buTs beth sTnroer and win (
ter hats for one year; n J lins1 ard dAaDels 4
cost about ~ hsndkeTcAt=fs, hose. ribbons /
and E0chinEA 81 two cashmere dresses, 4
tlo-one for beSs, enc for every dzy-Rnd 4
wear ja-sBy waists and szTs the made one /
and the rest I spend On car fare and Christ
El2s presents for tie children 7 forgot 70 4
say ny outsids jackst cost 20, bat /
bought "a winter before lz--"
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