The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30

have been tucked in their little beds l
put a shade on the light and stitch while
they dream. | make extra money at
night and I tell you 1t comes In mighty
well, and In the midnight hours alone
as stitch l. recall the happenings of the
day in the business hours | wish some
of you ladies could see yourselves as l see
you--anxious to dress well. to wear the
best, to be the best groomed woman in
the city-you sometimes forget the woman
who bastes and stitches for this affeet.
You are capricious and hurried and ex
pect your work first and best, and IL
perchance there Is a mistake or delay
at once to the office complaint-after
you have frowned and scolded your
very best Every woman does not do
this but many do. Often l have had apol-
ogies made to me. You know 1t takes
real good soul to admit they are wrong
and to apologize. try never to let 1t be
known by word or deed IL / am wounded.
because II is business proposition to
me. | am earning my living and they
are paying for what they get. | do my
best If l fail am willing to try again.
If they are rude and impatient / am sor-
ry for them; when they are kind and
friendly / would work my very head off
to please them. l am always more than
willing to meet the world half way.
you ask me how the ladies shopping
and otherwise can best conserve the in
terest of the working girl. can tell you.
by being friendly and kind Many
poor little girl works day in and day out
for 50 week because she needs the
money for bread at home. She is slow
to serve you, maybe, new ON the Job, or
maybe her heart is too full to really give
of her best She needs your kindly in
tercst all the more. Girls who have
worked for years have gotten themselves
in line with public service-can adapt
themselves to the proper adjustment of
affairs; but real green worker has
many a heart ache from the ladies she
tries to serve.
"If YOU could all stop and think, If
she were your own little girl, how you
would help her: then. too. as you are in
terested. in her so will her employer be-
come. II Is TO the best interest of any
Arm for his service TO be rendered by
workers who have friends among the
slloppers-and then a pleasant word Is
such a stimulant to an awkward child.
could go on and on and tell You many
things that have come in my life. but
what's the use-they come to each of us
who have our responsibilities; but
would like to say this 1t behooves every
woman to try and save a little of each
weeks earnings ! have had a practical
lesson of this need. Even though l wori,
IL hours a dav 1t never dawned on me
that the machine would need oiling some
day. but it did, broke down and had
an illness OF 10 weeks. Fortunately ] had
been laying aside little something for
three years and had $50 In bank, II IT
had not have been for that I don't know
what we would have done. Since then
/ carry an industrial insurance which
would help a little. l saved the $50 by
doing without clothes myself. The fixed
expenses do not ALLOW for a cut and the
only way to save In my case Is in cloth
ing.
Perhaps We are talking too much when
we repeat to you the story of this good
woman's life. but in do.ng SO We feel that
we have been benefited and maybe you
will receive it the same way. This
woman does not want pity or help. she is
proud and game. she gives me this priv
ilege of talking to you that you may
think. and peep into the lives of others
that you NAV carry the richness OF your
own life into the shops and markets.
Onc never knows when they are coming
VI contact With real hero, They may be