Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
How Work Is Done


Sometimes mere are twenty sometimes
IIloIe, anu soihe.i,lIes mere are pu' a uoHelI M
mo'ilen wno uuuse tni ousn i M aiu vi ~ ss!o~
Wv" W 'ie ii,tre iaoeoiy on iliuI suay attei,
!,oo'i " sew. iney aSeei,iuie r Il" Sioups u','I'
VIC N''''i man aii4'eS anu '''e'' '''' "otN "'-
s4nS' ,
FHst woman Is aselsheu " 10 'ie cutt'ls
oi she par''cular garments Una, are 10 pe
maui; % Hen SeNeia' aie ass' .'eu " ,'s Ons.Ii's
anu the reHiaihuer sit uown d' uie HiachineS
anu tle "u'h oesiie. ~ tileie are iiioie man
aIe neeuIu t''ooe wno linu no P'sSe ~ VIC
nsl,s sTlns pia's iol 'iie uay open ,he.l uass
Mnou .'ey ra,s W. W. ,.,enI anu @ eon.,lue in
hnit.lns nm sweaters, neau ulesses anu arnliels:
a.ni.,'o ~ -, -, s -, " s,,i :,
- y ,,,ti -, ~ 80, ~, 49,. -
4, 80 49, ,e ,aaI VI .l'o o.e
",,t, iid III ,,l,, thot I,rI,sas ha %. hohu2,;
..C,n w 49,, .'ti -, ,r. .,' 49,, a, =,
ana out and arnprd hat hnnse for wae, or
- ,rha go Mia sra,iv ,ot ,;rad "a
,,'oi,,o, T.; ,ha F., 49, rr,,ssdaI, liz. It,s
a boy -
mented the woman who always wanted a boy.
but raised four girls instead; our street holds
the record with four babies this year"
The hum and whir of the machines mean
while continues and for a moment silence
reigns II hear that the church is looking
after Browns wife since he disappeared
comments the woman cutting the patterns
with what the poor fund is providing and
with the Civic Association contributing So
a week she ought 10 be doing pretty we'll ="
Yes some people do have it soft" came
from sewing machine No 90, mo one ever
helped me when my old man was sick in bed
But Smith, when he was out for six weeks,
got help from the church and everybody else
$50 did Jones'" cut in sewing machine No
81, from the end Of the room why only
the other night he got up in church and told
how the Lord had helped him through his
illness and how he never even suffered for
food, because plenty was provided 1t got
nv goat, so went right UP to him and l
said: Don't you every pull that stuS In here
again, Mr.. Jones' 1t wasn't the Lord but
the people in this town that pulled YOU
| through, and you never even thanked them
for IT,
"Why when my husband was sick he
wouldn't even carry the flowers from the
| church to my home because he said he had
| to get right back to dinner because he had
| some friends visiting him. And to think that
we contributed SO literally for his supportr'
|
| Banter and Stltchlng
| r-,o h,r.a- Leans I'm bocL .,a ,-., $50
| - Ss,o ,he roo,, u,biIe ,ha wo,,aor "a, ~
| 90, ,~aus,riousIv Eirst ~ ,s nI;,,., VI Vi y
u,bo rootad nm RiII,s tnrnins then i, ,S rs rs
49, AZ that occnrred in The W. D,,sn,, sne
| h',nn,inn, Again a. 4. = - avnar,a,on T., as sI.
| ,n- chiIdrer tSen u 10 tba adyantnr. =, ans
ns The uon,en ar a b.rgain sale VI '''e
EIn.,,y the chairman rams for order ,rs -,
| nounces that il is necessary to purchase SONS
oaI "a reso,mtion ,,,i,, he g., soii,e a
Vthorina The trsasurer - snsrd ~, .so ~
| TL ,n,iontis ,oade ana tha oues,ia,
S.,yina machine No o7 stons snS s.oIol
| LEV .eShnnidn't ths r,.t,ar bs rnsoss roioe e
en- h., ,ha ,nsnce comnnitteso" Tha sap'o, upo,
| .,,rns "a continues her uork
..I., rot nacsss,ry" dao,.r., A. ,.,-
| r,an N'a''