The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-24

ss,v that 1 should work Hut when
| I teii vop that this suit ! have on
/ j. nav beHtMnnd IL cost but ~ you
.s,lit uuaafFfHnd 4 have oth"r hnttFs
but tbeV are Ola SAN. because h"tfs
~ the other hands have bslhit
wenr ms best % work
MY feWsiry consist 81 Whh, 80
zee. gold and jade ehrf1hkH ahn 49,
ornaments. They weif h.ias
presents. vas married ~ nan
past ~. -. 81.
u live many steps AMY from thts
fssfofv hut. AZ my feet are nov
touud the distance doesn't seem 2"
tong aa 20 those 81 my sister Wpfh
err, who live nearby yet HhoH' tsst
are hound This h my daughiff y
my side She has brought my luhfh.
Her feet are large. TOO.
~ I have another dnushlef
shall bind her feet 20 thsrf HtY y
"a lady ia our family POT ~. .i. ~
husbands savings ana my ~ gt.th
voff here We could now afford that
extravaganza. ,u.
~ make 20 cents "a day here. ! Ike
the work There " nothing 'ih% :
t.ould rather do read no novels
OF books. because ! cannot fs"h.
my husband and ! work Our
children do not We make -Wth'
enough.
Il dress my hair thoroughly once
week smooth u down aH oitss
az ! get chance. Yes, am ""tt
Of my hair
my husbands mother Keeps
house and does the cooking. othet-
Wise. I could not work here. Yes
1 mind her I have 90. II ~ the
custom Of our people.
Yes. I am Happy. ] have enough.
What more could any woman ASA
what sermon 20 American
working women contained " the
last remarks Of All Y8W. factory
girl OF Mgcaol
DO yaI care 10 observe the process
Of making steam reeied Eilkf Then
gaze down any one Of these many
long rows 81 girls and women, eseh
a. work over "a stsaminR basin Win
IA pair Of chopztieks whifling the
swelling coc0Ons into the two little
dancing punches from which their
combined invisible threads are car
fied up through the holes IN the
two ends Of "a prOng-like guide,
uniting In "a single. barely visible
thread. fine ~ a spiders flm ana
only 20 be seen when you eaten u
under the right light
See with what eouHumnate nbih
they guide the floating e0noofs INTO
the dancing swim. A deft Twin OF
the chopaticks and nsN cocoon
enters into the thread. A quick
Nip and the dead worm Of used
up cocoon IL thrown aside.
But often the thread breaks. the
prong like arrangement ia Htatlon-
AIRY There IL no give" 10 a. The
strength 81 silk fed into It's separate
ends ~ not always the same. To
practical American mind u would
seem that a bail.and- socket joint.
or even "A spring. might 0bviate the
constant breaking Of the Hiiken firm.
as II finds it, way up from the
steaminR basin and onto the reel.
Or. a little give in the reel might
do. Anyway. at least one tenth Of
the operators time IL lost IN re-
pairing the continual breaks. and
aue-tenfh OF the silk. lost Were this
difficulty overcome. and u looks that
any practical American fnachinist
could quickly accomplish H. there
would be saving 81 10 per cent to
the factofy This 10 per cent. equal
" divided between the firm and the
operators Of the basins and reels.
would mean . per cent Increase OF
fAsAfN 10 tfFstt ana "a z pct cent N
creas. Ia the volume Of raw silk
produced b. the firm. But this IL
china. And IL Is barely possible
that the breaking Of the thread and
its consequent uniting Is a pleasant
advertisement 20 the constant feed
ing Of cocoons. And, possibly, u
may be that the inEtallmenf OF even
80 slight an Improvement might
n.cessitate "A whole new system Of
manipulation: hard 20 learn, ex-
nansiye 10 inaugurate.
The proprietorE Of the Kai Cheong
f>DoRg factory having informed the
that on account Of IL days Of steady
rain IN the district from which their
cocoons are secured they we're run
ming at loss to themselves. asked
them: why don't you shut down -
And they answered. No, that
would not do. We have made
1880. 0oe in the e years we have
been operating in Macao. In that
time we have had to depend on these
people for their labor. and they
have come TO depend on US. It
would not be fair 20 them to shut
down now"
Mr.. American Millionaire. what do
you think Of that for a lessen In pzo-
lltfcai economy II there nothing
here for you 10 Learnt
DICK WOOD.