The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-29

,orv vomen who own nice little pieces OF
property. DOJTht by their savings nno"
cag. means increase or money ivt ~
ment Nv ire Hundreds Of yards OF sttcn-
ing and The dozens soon run into nlce
lille sums when II Is known tnst ,ne
chain stitch machines are speedeh ir ON
. 500 TO $500. the lock stitcn Irom i'-0o
10 l,so0 for the finer grade OF IVORY
The worker at home OF necessity nss
TO change the felier to the tucker the fui-
fer to the hemmer, and so on. esch neces,
sary operation taking up certain hinouS.
Of time. until she thinks trat snS ".s s,a
COrld make any sort OF living u ere ~,
expected 10 turn out DENNY. nun',
OF garments day. Hers woud De pr
tance pay and so would the wage OF VIE
workers in these factories were not tne'i
machines adjusted TO just the sort OF woIn
they know bow 10 do. and whlch sp,s
On from morning until night Win hsnt-
uirg-like rapidity. Fancy home seam
stress putting in gathered sleeve VIII
ont basting II. or making a Tow OF III, no
finest tucks without marking them. lnc
trained eye, however. OF these worketrs
slips in the gathers under the needle with
the def use OF PIN point. ana the luCn,s
are merely turned and stitched as tnousn
Ly instinct. There are no inaccuracies
either. measurements tally. one side cor
responds exactly with the other, ana me
whole thing 10 the uninitiatcd seems al
most supernatural. -,
Convincing as all this must be to those
who read. there undoubtedly mrhs W
some feminine mind the dim suspicion tnat
exacting labor must be demanded some
where but when they are toid inat a
machine clips out the musnn euee y, - ~,
broideries another one makes Dultonnolcs
and a third sews on buttons with sixteen
GOOD strong stitches, the greatest skeptc
must parforce acknowledge that th,Ic
are wonders undreamed OF IN ner ie'nin.ne
philosophy. In Just twenty-eisht n'nu.yyii
as dainty a petticOat as any woman couiu
:
souvenir OF her visit. and when she nehsiu
n I'm its crisp completeness, with 1ouo's
gathered ruffleand trimming. she wiShep
that she could raise II rs nag 10 Prov
the falacy Of laboring over garnl.h.S
at home that. I'm niue times out OF zen,
are nor one half as satisfactory, ana Ten
times out OF ten cost twice as mucn rs
those offered I'm the phenomenal couec,'on
AZ Miller X RhoadS that mas nelpeu w
make the stock on hand IN the ,ac'V,S
but "A small one. the girls working naru ~
I'M orders now coming in, ana re)olclue
i'm a deal that means steady work iof
them. which would have been dehien u
there sad been great quantities 10 carly
The smallest girl there employed me
novice can make two and two ana n ~,
dollars a week and. with lh..ea9"e
knowledee. their stipend grows. MANY
wee woman not over sixteen is uoinS
tho finest sort Of work. and SupporunS
har family well by her earnings. InoSe
who are under the age allowed ny law
have permits from the Justice OF me peace'
but their duties are OF the hgntss, s"I,
and such that any active chiiu "ouiu
scarce deem work at all. -,,-.- an,
outside families whose cleanliness ana
health are vouched for recei'. work III
their own homes, All the ineHpeIs t@n, r
mart In q sort OF sewing bee that Is pro-
ductive OF eight to twenty-tour dozen
pieces OF work returned by them each
week Straight seams ana Such sttchius
as may be termed plain sewing Il w
only sort sent outside the factory as tne
stanna,l If excellcdre maintained by
the firm demands surveillance over the
finer quality 4 measurer goes over each
garment 10 see n II has been made ug
I'm accordance with the size on the cat}
attached 10 II. and nothing Is numbered
until this tally IS proved absolutely cor
rect.
Across the way from the Wilkesbarrre
factory is the laundry, where the white
garments are dampened and pressed. pihh
"a into n neat arrangement or parts ann
lined with colored tissue paper that
adds so much 10 their attracuVeness.
Next the bundles are placed IN pscNus
boxes and the las. step is the shipping
10 the great city emporiums that get their
goods from this source. At Pittston Is a
sort OF annex where nightgowns only
are made. the cut-our forms being sent
over from Wfkesbarre TO be completed
by a corps OF young women equally as
attractive in appearance as those seen
nine miles away. The same pleasant
conditions exist here as i'm the other
factory and. from the girls own say
so the word OF the inhabitants OF botn
towns. the praise of the clergy. the en-
ercomiums OF the State Factory lnspec-
tor and my own observation. prejudice
against such centres OF industry betrays
only ignorance and desire to fuss about
something that needs no remedying, while
there are hundreds OF crying evils de-
Inanding all the sympathy and Indignation
that is wasted on this special form OF
employment as exemplifed at This partic-
MAR placs. EDITH