Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-03-05

This was the reason why the adver'
;tisements were discontinued.
CHAPTER XVIII.
IN THE woRKRooM.
! IN an upper room furnished with
eight or ten sewing machines there sat
as many girls at work. The room was
well ventilated and warmed; the girls
looked contented; there was no talking,
4 but every girl sat over her sewing ma
, chine and guided the work, while the
needle Jumped up and down in that
most surprising and wonderful instru.
ment. In smaller room at the back
4 forewoman was at work.
Downstairs there was a show room.
quite an humble kind of show room, In
which one or two more sewing ma.
chimes were at work. And at the back
Of this was small Office or sitting
room In which there were two laden
conversing. One of them was the
lady who ran the concern. It was con.
Quoted ON cooperative principles,
which is the reason why 1t has since
been closed, because, of all things
in this world, there is nothing more
diflcult than to persuade people to
: buy things at cooperative productive
stores that is to say, where the pro.
ducers sell their things without the
medium Of boss, chief, bourgeois, OF
master.
This particular attempt was just
then. in the stage when a little feeble
public interest in it had been excited
by superhuman efforts Of its friends,
and success seemed possible, though
there were many anxieties. The two
ladies in the Office We're discussing
these anxieties and possibilities. One
of them, the manager Of the concern,
a lady no longer young, had spent
her whole life among the working.
women.
my DEAR" she said to the younger
lady-it was the same young lady who
had caught Katherine on the bench as
she was falling forward-"I really do
think we have made move"
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The above stars represent quite a
long conversation about linen gar.
: ments, and orders, and expenses, and
receipts. from the cooperative point Of
view deeply interesting.
'sAnd how do you get on with your
hands?'
'.There is the usual percentage Of
stupid girls, lazy girls, and incompe.
tent girls. / know exactly what to
expect The most satisfactory of all
is the girl you brought to me-Katha.
rine."
."What Is her full namey'
I. II do not know--I have not yet
asked her. She is quick to learn. ODE
dient, and .ladylike.'
Yes. She Is lady-like, poor thing!
Perhaps she was formerly lady's
maid"
ssPoor thingl' the other echoed.
without friends and relations. Left
to die. oh. what fate! What
punishment 81,
!.Yet her face is fun Of innocence
and purity. Can such a face lie?"
4. "She said that she had no friends
and no relations. What can that
mean Z" s.,. ,.S, s,t,si 4,sl a NJ.
Let us 80 upstairs and see her" yA ..s
They went upstairs where Katharine
sat at work before u sewing machine,
quiet and Industrious. She looked up
and smiled az the ladies, entered the
room, The look, the smile the very
carriage tf her head. were altogether
difEerGhtg from the manner in which
the other girls greeted the chief. These
girls were all what we call decent and
respectable; some or them were come.
"; some were even pretty, as London
work girls very often are, petites,
with narrow, sloping shoulders, small
face, and. large eyes; some were eoun-
try bred, and showed it in their figures
and the ample width OF their shoul-
ders; some had the manners of the
shop; some Of the factory: some, Of
the London back street; some, Of the
slum; some, Of the farm; some, Of the
serxa1ttss hall; none Of them had the
manners which were shown by so
simple q thing AS Katharine's smile
when she lifted her head.
She suffered no longer; she knew moi,
md had not the least suspicion, of the
dreadful things that were thought
and said about her by the ladies'
yes, the very ladies-who had befriend.
ed her. She was IN q haven OF rest
she learned readily how to use the
sewing machine; she even took somes
kind of interest in this work; she sat
steadily working all day; she gained
a sufieient weekly wdge: and she had
4 room IN d decent house Recommended
bythe lady who ran the co-operative
business. a i.
2Thg yoing lady, her rescuer, shook
hands With her though somewhat
doubtfplly~ there are several ways Of
shaking hands. az everybody knows
and whsh ! xopng lady shakss hands