Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-22

SNtdlSlNll ~ SltlIl. ISNS illlt lO complain of myself. " she says flor I get $S q week as button sower-the very highest wages paid for ten hours work-and I always have window, but most of the girls only get $3 week for working tcn hours day in tiny room packed with 20 or 30 people, and want to sec them treated better ''
 Miss Preski is only l9 wears of age and is fragile little woman with a pale, patient face framed in sunny hair. She is 'chairlady" of the button sew CTS branch of the United Garment Workers and has already succeeded in organizing 500 of the 5000 girls em- plovcd i'll this branch of tho business. It is her aim to organize them all, so | that they may mako successful stand for shorter hours, better pay and work rooms fit for human beings. She only continued her work as walking delegate a short timo for the reason that sho was insultcd and driven away by the bosses 1 and discouraged by the lukewarmness of many of the unfortunate girls "Whcn I went among my fellow workers and found 20 or 30 of them hud- died together like lot of cattle in one 1 small room, and asked them to better l their condition by joining our orSaniza- | tion, they were indifferent to their | fate she saws. The trouble Is they 1 arc ignorant and don't know what or l ganizatiun means But what creatures | could Cnduro the hardships and trials, 1 the poor light. the hot foul air, tho 1 crowded quarters, the beEgarly pay and | the long hours of the sweat shops and retain their natural abilities? Their mar l TOW. Cruclly restricted lives stunt their 1 minds and dwarf their sensibihticS l They are wholly unable tu comprehend l tho meaning. the requirements and the | rCa>uES ut an organization. 1 cannot see 1 how Il grown woman can 1.-Two on $3 .I week, even if shv hIs parents, and l shall keep up the fight for shorter hours 1 better Fay ard iUftrr working quarters = 1 A Painful Contrast In Manners.
 When wAs very little boy, ChiINSe lccturrr wh"m will cau Wong Foo Ching came to the lit;lr town whcrc lived for the rurI,,,r,, uf entertaining and instruct ing nS many of the townspcnplc as desired to pay an admission fee with description of the Celestial Empire and the customs and habits "t it's Vcnplr
 | l passed the grcatcr part of tho day in the villagr hall, wondering at the Celestial and his stranss" Farh, watching eagerly the preparations for the evenings entertain, ment and hoping against hopc that hy | some luckv accident would ho enabled to l earn a pass to said entertainment iu some | of the usual ways
 I a iN fl,fN ,fsN-Nh,n l U,Nnt1pr. ing if would hr obliged to spend tho long, cold CvrniAs on tho roof of Deacon Slo- cum 'S in the rear of tho hall witnessing such DOT: ion> "f thc evenings pleasures as I could catch SIln;p~cS of through the soc oINi window hrhiud tho stove, which coln nlandyd rather contracted view of tho atagc, when Won: Foo Ching suddenly cs pied me ,!uwE in the corner of the hall and bcckunvl rIr to him. Iwcnt with nlaCritv l Twill you for llc an crrand acCompli>hE'
 he asked
 int;matrd tr htm that would if in il there was sol:lrth!ng in thr uaturc of { 1 pa>tvhoara courtesy He smiled and pro
 srutrd tlr coveted pass,
 Will you kindly, " he said, Ito the Cen
 trll hotel gu, presenting my compliment
 to Landlord Rollrtt, and ask him if he wil
 be SD kind ;t~ my small valiSr to send whicl
 was in tho main office lcft?'
 sped away and arrived quickly at Ri
 Rollett's Central hotel, Tho lordly Xxi
 was behind the desk. Proud of my duty,
 stepped ur in front of tho counter and rs l peatcd my message as nearly ns could
 MT Wong Foo Ching sends his com ! plimcrts to Mr Landlord Rollctt, an, will MT, Rollctt be so kind as to send MT l Ching's small valSo by mo to the villaS halI."
 Twas considerably awcd by the impor
 tant commission and somewhat embar
 rassed for fear that l would be unablo t
 remember the courtly message which tn
 genial proprietor of tho leading hostclry c
 our town would undoubtedly return to tn
 visitor from the other side of tho world.
 MT. Rollett surveyed mo for q momen
 in a way that did not tend to put mo pal
 ticularly at my ease, and then, turning t
 the porter this is what he said: Say, Jim
 where in - is that - - heathen
 gripsack'" CHARLES NEWTON Hoop.