Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-20
-, which Gives only One hca
= s W. for shopping Early During
the Holiday Season

TOT ENA'Nh"
INC Holiday Season.
,.,.f story was told me by a
1ns IN, works In tenement Soc
oo.'V' me city Of New York. u is no
ton W ',,ri.tmas story--the bells ring
w., once. It, only Interest TOT
ou' ,, s day is the interest Il would
rave for Christ
49,. .o,nmon enough-the doctor be-
y and IN give you all can reme'n-
The trouble is that I'm no writer
r,o seen SO many cases more OF
anu No. a. mat good many details
less ~" 'n,nsd by mind. III give all l
can. ,,.,.....,. o,,e--late
~ o,clock--a girl came into my
agou' as was closing up she was
JIM slim. worn, her face SO Whlte
lvu."5I took il for granted she was
t.,tert But she settled thS' WIN VIII, -
,,,rvous laugh. She had a young
Quick '.'rcaiiv slck'--so sick that she
as'ei me 10 come at once. she could
s.reiv wait 20 get started. 49,, -.
oaIts MOD in a cheap furnished room
mn door back-with two windows
-iouIu 30 a court. /. wish | could
loohue inc room as Il was. You
gNS ali that in from what YOU know.
nle,n IL vivid You can 90 that on
M and still make II true. inc
GU. % be shown Is THIS. Inc room
desperate try az a home Sare
va mt clean Furniture cheap
nous the landlady's taste. But
ana .,ssil things different, quite differ
W. ..d So arranged as to cover tue
tnS some of the ugliness. on the
ltl. n failed. And the small woman
VIZ made the attempt the more
iails ,so double bed lay the young sis
sbo VAS IS but looked three years
..,,ser-smaIl. thin and weak-a
Ma uW shoes we're OF and some or
~. clothes She lay on her PACK her
Ss,6s openng and then cllnching' her
ssce tultching hard, her vice open efes
laes,,g mn al the ceiling When ] tired
ID ask questions her only 4epiS N"S
sbort shaking laugh
ROTH WE'RE sHoPG1RLs.
turned 10 the older sister. who
..s IL And she gave me the details OF
,se case. While she talked she sat
W.. stiF on "A chair, then rose and
.,.e5 about ngvously. But her voice
~ cniet enough. She had herself
gen n hand. only | wish l could
rst il an IN her words, and IN run Tor
Ia made Il real, vividiy real her
story was plain and 10 the point IL
ran about Ike TINS
Their mother had died long ago. They
mad lived with their father, clerk. lie
had died two years Dack. ana SINCE
~, mis- room had been their home.
raeh had worked since the legal age
4 III one four years, the other two.
rhev we're In the same store. The
alder girl sold chiidren's toys. The
rouuZer wrapped up parcels. Six and
f,nr dollars a week made their wages
. This money paid for rent. fOod and
/ .lothes--Room. SO a week. breakfast for
/ ,uo cents. lunch for two 20 cents;
.r,rrer for two. "a cents on an average.
Breakfast coffee. was cooked over the
cas- The other two meals were bought
| m lunch rooms The total for meals
vas $40 a week Adding the rent
made SEQ Caifare. when Il rsined.
ADDED 30 cents more. and made the
syerase-S7 so or the $3.50 left. each
rrl scent 81 a week on Laundry"
clothes and amusements." Fifty cents
A week had been saved. In two years
iaey he'd saved not quite f5o--a brief
illness having wiped out S1l40. They
Wee saving 20 live in regular
hme"
The scheme FOR a home grew out OF
ne girls club they belonged 10. II
na one night a week. In this club
they bad Joined with six other girls in
PIN 10 save mp and rent two small
tenement fats--fats adjoining-an 80
make "a regular home" Forty-eight
dollars saved. They needed s5s-
The Christmas season had come on