Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

means of the suction of the breath"
Precisely. Mr.. Taller" said the ply
sician. "weavers themselves often OBJ.
ject to a shuttle xRsyeQuLres hook
to thread It. fsttat It 10
quicker to suck keka l n use the
hook. Thus tuberc SSk other in
fections are transfer worker
to worker. GlassbrowefNA42{Mt the same
blowpipe are in the ger zone.
1t is this contact with theaSsfns Of dis.
ease that caused the worJ christen
the process of shuttle.sp ailhfg The Kiss
of Death"7
What is the percentage OF tuber-
culosis among weavers7"
IAN insurance company took sample
five.year period and found that between
25 and as years of age tuberculosis
claimed 4s per cent. of ordinary Heavers
who died and 70 per cent. of lace weav-
ers"
"A real menace7"
We'll, rather" growled the doctor.
you have all the facts and you viii
have to place the blame. No mill owner
I know would willingly cause the death
of an operative. Many have installed
kissless shuttles."
Can they be had?"
Yes. There are many sanitary, nom
suction shuttle appliances on the mar
ket. The nearest approach to a perfect
shuttle I should say, would be one with
porcelain eye and metal carriage with.
no split to weaken it; one that can be
threaded quickly by hand, as in the old
| ttya.y l,,N fs
sanitary shuttle"
, "what?"
| Doctor Willing and Monte had
reached a comparatively new building
at Waterloo street and Lehigh avenue,
! lighted from ground to roof. 1t was
The Beacon" known to every worker
in the mill district, q social headquarters
| for wage-earners founded and run on
nonsectarian lines by remarkable man
and his equally remarkable wife.
What is needed are more mill owners
with wide visions" replied the physician.
There is something in this Industrial
world above financial gain. What if
weavers do prefer to take chances with
the old shuttles rather than lose the
| time attending threading sanitary ones
by hand! The mill owner is the guar
dian of the health and physical welfare
OF his employees. 1t is up to him to pro.
! vide a wage scale that does not drive
his workers to risk their lives. You can
tell the crowd running the Crispen Mills
! my views. Thank God. all mill owners
| are not alike. Good night, Taller Come
and see me and dad when you get lone
some We are on Allegheny avenue
near Broad street."
1t all seemed uncanny to Monte Girls.
pen. AS he walked back to Halsey
street his face hardened at the thought
OF an employer who would not do his
utmost to lessen the weight of the bur-
den upon n woman workers back.
Suddenly 1t dawned upon him that he
was drifting into just that sort of an
employer. How glad he was to have
had this glimpse of truth. 1t had been
denied his uncle. John Montgomery, who
belonged to the old school.
Then Monte thought of the white
browed. musical voiced Marley girl,
whose lips on the morrow might touch
the self-same poison-coated shuttle
which Doctor Willing insisted had
the germs of a fatal malady. He felt
himself at close grips with a personal
responsibility for Unity's future well
being. Why should he despair? His
was the power to roll away the stone
from her tomb. and this fanciful thought
flooded light like a sunburst to show
him the open road.
Impulse can always outrun SNUG
propriety. There were many drug stores
along Kensington avenue, yet Monte
walked several blocks before he found
one with boothed telephones. On one
thing he was firmly resolved; he was
going TO have things changed at the
Crispen Mills and at once He remem-
bered that sanitation had become a
live tendency of the age; to wit, the
disappearance of the common drinking
cup from railroad trains and public
places under health regulations.
In his present state of mind he wanted
action on the shuttle question, and a
most stimulating sensation filled his
veins when he finally cork-screwed his
long body into the right telephone booth.
He asked for "Filbert $780," He popped
q AAShCA Aillo iAAN NOAii DOA ana hdlQ-
this the Independence Club; Get Mr..
Craig Andrews, please. Blast the ruIesl
Never mind who wants him. Find him
quick and put him on the wire. He will
know who is calling. Hurry
Andrews was bachelor and he lived
at the Independence Club. He left a
game OF solitaire and hurried to the tel
ephone.
Yes this is Andrews" he said.
"HelloP'
IT know you. my boy. What's up7,'
There has got to be something done
right away or I don't sleep tonight
Go ahead"
TITS The Kiss Of Death the thing
has got on my nerves"
Rubbish Blanchard. our mill boss.
says the phrase was probably coined Ia
some undertaking magazine. Our skirts
are clear, he says"
Andrews, mean business" replied
Monte.
There was the determined ring OF old
laE 4.