The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-30
He PUT THE CLOCK BACK
Complaint Of a PantaloonS
Finisher Against a Pluto
cratic Employer.
DRAGGED HIM INTO COURT.
Miss Tosey's Friend Comes to
Her Aid and They Win
Victory.

"He turned the clock back on me, and
no matter what his clock said it was al
WAYS late at night when l got home, ex-
planned Miss Louise Tosey to Justice of
the Peace Groeziuger Wednesday. Her
cheeks were flushed at the time, her eyes
ablaze. and she looked all the indignation
of very much abused young lady of supe-
rior qualities.
Miss Tosey was suing her late employer,
S. Cohen, pantaloons finisher, for six days
work at 81 IS day. Miss Tosey had
angrily quit her work at the end of the
sixth day and Cohen had handed her 81 so
as compensation. Miss Tosey had flung the
coin at his feet.
Miss Tosey, although a 'pants fin
isher' and not bloomer builder. is still
up to date on matters pertaining to the
rights of her sex. So she appealed to the
law to do up the arrogant car who swag-
gers in lordly fashion over some dozen
pants fnishers in his Natoma-street empo-
rum.
Miss Tosey appeared in the courtroom
backed by her bosom friend and con-
fdante, Mrs. J. Jacobs. Up to date Mrs.
J. Jacobs has not figured prominently in
the courts, but she fairly shouldered her
way up to Justice, clapped her smartly on
the shoulder, and sharply announced that
she expected verdict for everything IN
sight on behalf of her friend, Miss Tosey.
She got it.
Pants maker Cohen, backed by Mrs.
Cohen and a dozen relatives, did all he
could to stem the onslaught of the pants
tinishers, but he might as well have tried
TO withstand the mighty march OF the
victorious bloomer with basting thread.
He was lucky to escape with Judgment
against him of 81 80, as his friends after
ward admitted.
In giving her evidence Miss Tosey every
once in awhile wandered from her woes as
a pants-inisher to tell of her troubles with
the Cohen clock. mo matter how early |
got to the shop" she explained, in her
s2ucy, Lert way, 81 was always late. |
used TO think he had string tied to the
hands, and pulled it when he heard me
coming in the door. Then he and his wife
would lecture me on the wickedness of
coming late, and how l was expected to
make up for it by working the harder.
mo matter how long | worked seems to
me it would never get6 O'CLOCK. When my
watch would say it was 8, his clock would
be crawling to O'Clock, and getting
slower every blessed minute. 1t always
got paresis between 5 and 6 O'Clock"
Sort of an intermittent fever" sug-
gested Attorney Perry, gravely.
nodding her head, and the vigilant Mrs. J.
Jacobs echoed, Worse"
why, it got to be a joke, but sick sort
of joke for US, that we'd begin work on
Thursday, saw, and the first thing we
knew we'd be working on Wednesday by
that clock. One of the girls said she never
expected to reach her next birthday unless
that clock ran down, and another girl was
sure we'd never see Christmas by it, be-
cause It was regularly losing time so fast"
II suppose it was rolling back time so
fast that you were all getting young
again." put in the attorney.
Not much, because we got old waiting
to get the pay we expected, returned the
witness.
Cohen's counsel tried to show that Miss
Tosey was not an expert pants-hnisher,
and accordingly was not entitled to more
than apprentice wages-25 cents day.
What" exclaimed the indignant Miss
Tosey, very much aghast. LET me tell
you, sir, and it took the combined efforts
of court, counsel and spectators to head off
the indignant Miss Tosey.
Before she could catch her breath the
astute court called Mrs. J. Jacobs. Mrs.
Jacobs had been fairly holding herself
with both hands during the recital OF Miss
Tosey's exciting experiences with the
astnmatlc and rheumatic clock. She be-
gan by announcing defantly that she was
Miss ToSey's friend. MISS Iosey nodded
vigorously and stage whispered You are"
And 1 know that Miss Tosey was detained
in the shop long after O'clock" she con-
tinued, because sometimes it was long
after o'clock when she got to our rooms,
only half block away"
Mrs Jacobs wanted to express her
opinion OF the clock, but the court headed
her off.
Justice Groezinger very Justly remarked
h.,
might know about finishing pants she
was certainly entitled TO more than Is
cents a day. mot enough to pay Chi
nese." He declared that the ladies evil
IDENTIFY knew their business and he gave
judgment for the full amount, 81 so.
Miss Tosey and Mrs. Jacobs rapturously
congratulated themselves and the by
ISLANDERS on the outcome. Then they
sniffed soornfully at the crestfallen Cohens
and lightly fitted from the courtroom
arm in arm and beaming on all the whole
wide world.