Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-26
Rise Early and Work Hard.

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effects of their toll when they turn in each
evening.
Rise Early and Work Hard
The men in the camps are early risers
and but little time is lost by them in get
ting to work after they leave their beds
One of the first things that is done by
those who are on the day shift is to visit
the commssary and make purchases for
the morning meal. This is repeated when
the days work is finished AS a rule four
men form a mess, and in this. way they
manage to live economically. A double tier
of bunhs in the long frame structures at
ford sleeping accommodations. and the
cooking is done in small shacks about the
camps. The men also do their own laun-
dry work, which is help in keeping down
living expenses.
An interesting scene is witnessed at the
commissary when the men have stopped
work for the day and go TO make their pur-
chaSeS for dinner. In case where four
men dine together four pounds of maca-
roni. 4 cents worth of lard and cents
worth OF a tomato sXtract will provide a
dinner. The cost of this meal for the quar-
tet is &c cents. Occasionally fresh meat is
INDUCED In as a luxury, and this is about
the only thing used in the camps that is
not to be found at the commissary. Cheap
prices prevail at the commssary, although
the ticket system is in vogue and the credlt
of every workman is good. Pie and sponge
cake are greatly in demand at the Car
field camp. and the laborer who does not
get a scent pie at the commissary eVe"y
day is an exception. 1t is said that 30
pies are sold there daily. Two kinds of
bread are obtainable at the commissary-
Ike ordinary white loaf the product of
local bakers, and Italian bread, such as is
popular in Italy. This bread is baked by
an Italian baker. in Anacostia, and the
loaves are much larger than the ordinary
loaf of bread, the product of American
bakeries.
Rushing the Growler,"
The "canteen" is conspicuous because alb
sent The Italian workmen, however, have
learned to initiate their American friends
in the matter of rushing the GROWER.
While they indulge in beer as luxury. they
do not consume near so much as do the
other workmen. There are not the usual
Saturday night disturbances to character
iZe the gatherings in the camps, and the
police have not been called in as in the
case of other camps just after the men had
received their pay. At night and other
times when the laborers are resting they
spend most of the time playing musical in
struments games of cards. While card
playing is frequently INDUCED in, the men
do little or gambling, as it seems to be
the desire of every man in camp to save all
the money possible. They realize that If
they do much gambling or squander their
money in other ways they may be without
means when they want to go home. or when
the time arrives when they must return to
Italy for military duty.
1t is said that many of the Italians object
to aSsociatng with men of other rationale
ties and for this reason they will not live
in the camp at Magruder, where many
Funga rians are quartered. Some of them
also seem opposed to working with coored
men. In TACT, one day this week a colored
man who was sent to work in the tunnel
with party of Italians was forced 10
abandon his pick and shovel and seek
place of labor elsewhere the works.
There are no women in the camps.