Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-01-23
Industrial Woman's Service Club
Brings Home 10 Girls in New
Factory Community.
BLUE, TRIANGLE MEANS CHEER
Club STANDS for tot Lunches, Clean
Towels, Comfors bite Cots Parties,
Games aae ~9aartatl9n 10
Girl Workers,
Katherine Haa3a4 Brown

hundred other &...~h#.uHE mere ZOO.
dd1't aim tn t,l 500 aaau, our iubs.
you can ryal aHu.t H.r vaCE in The
labor IeI- art.4aul Ias.rs #ut I do
aim To tel, loa s0u.0 our ae Sister
and of he Times ir dome for Us
10 hpaiu w.I. uHr factory own
ism h f,vn. araH. MS i huge barn
Of haHG;paa stuck 1aan iu The cogntry
nira.a.o altras .ma nowhere. There
is q ra3ranI ln-. a ,.alou the Size
Of Il dry goods hoN #'tH ~iorlohooses
and one, general aI' fh1 posloRlee
comhined-r pretty ho'f AN Dig as u
hot %talaai" t3 A'rl IHals all. No
MprH street, no j't.lts nor SIures' no
icorrr"am IdflaFs Aul one SeillapS
iaoHie show, hl ai I''. hlp''ee.
miles Lohtsei1"' lne rasgeu
edge OF deSol3Qon, una. "llit y ~
u was one OF me IIl .Hlftea1 oi
Forty glIis that was ShlpP'o w lron"
Chicago, Inc facl'f} was S"aflnihs
with Wofklneh Pl''ia& ~ tie Hf'clhn-
cry me we gl'IS con'1n h'ell worh
Tor a day or So, so we heglh h'WunF
places to car ana steep lhli Was =
trlfle that me rulPloA 'H'Il EiAo uhuh'
thought o. Ih' WofII''l W't' sleeP,,
Inc ana cnllhS IN lae ours 'iap nau
brought them mere h'eN'a On inc
siding oAF Only ''7''e ~ ''g''s ""A
food was WIN ines, seven i"rnlilouses,
Nh we mATNllbH AN0IIE#A lf ilt lullltls
wives and asked iot ooara ana rooii'
Farmers Wives Hospitable.
81 will a That lhosewompn we're kind
and hospitahle. They fixed il up be
tween them 20 feed as forty girls, and
they gave us good nod ltoo. But for
rooms, that was the question They
could each spare one room. Thar
meant sleep Ave or six ia a room. Bur
right then along came the boss Of the
factory and told M The machinery WAS
ready and he'd espect MS girls to work
double shifts, nisht and day.
"He wanted to make use, Of every
minute, you see. hut that gave us orr
chance as to sleeping. We fixed II up
with the farm folks that we'd work
double shifts and sleep double shifts
too.
80 we planned II. Three girls
would use a room from eight at night
I'LL six the next morning. Then they'd
hustle over to the factory. and the
three girls who'd G working all
night would axe the room ana steep
I'LL afternoon " wasn't any inxufi-
GUS siuinper' oelleVe me- Inc lafm
women a so rev sheets and pllow
ceases that most OF us "eht Wlthout.
And towels were scarce as dianlends
on p~ushess As 20 SOAP
"e'l' me geheIul wore KEPT yeiloW a
soap ina kihd mat Is so fuii OF rosin
you couid use y 20 calk a shln. but
we mace out uI me heXt Ihrce car
ioaus OF girls came roiilhg ~. Inen
we vent most distracted lhose poo
elris q 10 steep IN tehts ana IN tne
ears una the "orhheh hau aouhuoned
py tnis tirhe' "hu they Were lucky u
they got y straw tlch ana q blanket
ny this liinc II hau turned raw color
ahu maybe you Nlo" Wnat late au-
'unnn nishts III MlchIsah teei IKE 10
zap ue cimaA ue IHrHl loiks cut
uo"n Oh loou' anu TOT q week IL was
potapoes anu oeauS ana mlghty rev
Do0uis at mat
Along Came . Miracle.
But, right when we were about
ready to quit our jobs and beat II for
home. along came a miracle. Two
quiet, businesslike women climbed
down from the eastbound train one
morning. With them came eight work
men, q carload Of scantling and tar
paper, another carload Of cots and
blankets and pillows and sheets and
towels-brand new blankets and beds
think of the glory Of that!-and
bushels OF dishes and rolls Of oildoth
and enough burlap to carpet the coun-
try. You won't believe me when | tell
you that in ten days their workmen
had a cantling-and-tar paper shack
put up and burlap tackled over the
walls, and the Y. ". @. A. secretary
and her helper had set up board tables
and coffee kettles and were serving us
the grandest hot lunches every day.