The Monticellonian., 1919-02-21
'. V. 6. |. WORKER
 IS BIG SISTER.
Industrial Woman's Service Cut Brings Home to Girls in New
 Factory Community.
BLUE TRIANGLE MEANS CHEER
Club stanas Ter Hst Lunchss, Clean 1swels, Comfortable Gets, parhss'
 esmss and Recreation ts t, etri Wsrksrs.
Katherine Holland Brown.

MI neH. Nu SibhsSA
 A old, and I work in . oig fac tory in Michigan. More than four hundred other girls work the1p too don't aim to ten you about euf jobs You can read about our work ln the labor department reports. But l to aim to tell you about our Big sister and of ths things she has done fer us.
 ITO begin with, cur factory town int . tsvn at all. 1fs S huge barn of buildings stuck down h the country nineteen miles from nowhere. There is q railraAd siding. . station the s'is st . dry good5 hsx. seven farmhouses and sas ssnsral store and lesteMes comhinsd-it's pretty near as big as a hot tamals stand. And that's all. NO Main strAst no banks nor stores, sa ice-cream parIors. not one soiitar! movie 1sw, In ell those nineteen miles. Lonssoms7 It's the ragged edge of 1assolatisn. that's what 1t Is.
 "I vss one of the first carload Of forty girls that was shipped up from Chicago. The factory was. svarnins with wsrkmen putting in the paehin- cry. and vs girls couldn't begin work for a day or %. SO we began hantins places to eat and sleep. That was . frlne that the employment folks hadn't thought sf. The wOrknen were sleep ing and eating in the cars that had brougbt them there, backed on tne siding. Our anly chance for beds and food was with those seven farmhouses, % ws marched straight. to the farmers viyss ard ezked for board and ro"sn'
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 sT vin say that thesswensn veFe kiad and hes,atablA They axsd 1t up bs- tween tAan ts fed 10 forty sirls. and they 9avs VI seed feed tee. Bst for poomA tAAt vas ths question. Thsy ceulA sach spsrs enc rssm. That meant sleep Eve or six In room. But right then along camp the boss of the factory and told us the machinery was ready ssd he'd expect usvsirls ts work double 1hiftA, asight esd 6Ay.
 "f3o veAta1 . AAks vee tS every uinste yss ssa 4ut that ssss uSssr chance e to GIssDiag. We fixed lt up vithA the farm fslkS that wo'd vePk double sAifu sna dlssp dsuSle shifts toe. 44
 "se, ve planned it Phrse girls WouIl Nee . rseaa fPon eight ct nitkt ssli - tAe san asr1ine. TRsn tAsya hustle ever ts oe tactsgy. and ths three Sdyis whe'd besn working all night would tsfs the room and sleep til, sfteInool. It want lby iuxufi- gus sfgmber, believe ne. The farm womsa had e few sheets and pillow casss that spest of us weat without. And towels were scarce as diamonds on blackberry bushes. Al to soap well. the general store kept yellow bar soap. that kind that is 90 full of roein you cosld use 1t to calk a ship. But we made out till the next three car. loads of UiAs came rolling in. Then we went 'mest distracted. Those poor girls hsd C deep In tents and in the ears thAk the wsFkmen had abandoned by thh unsa, and they were lucky. if they sot . st1av tick and . blanket. 0y tAis Ums 1t had turned raw cold. and maybe you know what late au- tumn nights in Michigan feel like. To cap the climax tho. farm folfs cut down an fso1, aaA for . week 1t was petatsO asl Asaas and mighty flow beans as that
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 But ytsAs when we were about ssady ts aua{ cur. 5Sbs, and beat; 1t for home. along came . miracle. Two auiet bnslasssliks women climbed down iron the eastbound train one With tAAm came aigAt work. men, . eAAsa6 ef seastlins anl tAr paper. aasaAAs caslasS ef cots aad blanks0 aal Diilsvs end shests and tsvsae-SlsA1 nsw blaAksts and beds -thisk se thD glory of thatt-aad bushels sf AiaAas and falls sf eilctoth md essaoh hssl1p to caxDet the essa. t1y. Yes vss't believe ne when ! tell you thaS D tan days tAssr werknsn had seaa$1iRs-anl-tar-pApAr shack put s1 aal bSslaD taekse ever the wAllA aA1 tAA NV. c. \. secretary md her Aalelr hal sst up board tables md esess kklaD aaA wars sa1vins us lAs osaA1ast hst lanshes every day. And bach hAhiAd the turlap screens were ssB tAaas rsws ef clsaA csta. with nneuoa eev1r ts 4eap you vazn tAs niSAt. tAAt ever Slev. and . lsxA apIscs fse sv1sy siAsls gdrl D. rou vsAlAs khat VI all felt, e aas Uasl pst t. TN vasar the Titx.Caxls. fnA Ass nsoi10 on thisr
 Whp vsss th oss wsnaz? WAy |. w. O A sacfstaxtss, of csurss.- I'd think yeu'l Ansv that without bsias told. All ever tho country wherever vs s1Sis have pitched in to mako acre. plans clotA G Ove,alls or nsun,tions or cAnAsd goedS yss'n And '. ". c. A. Dscsetssy ,ve,liag harder than any. body eles ts naks tho girls comfort. able snA . hssp tham happy and well eomeo0as eAAv AAvsn't neaey enough so set e3 tAAA - realiy Assd. But al. ways. thay stretch Every esat to male ' de it .lsvsi best Aes us. DO you won. Ger that ve Sira workers have learned so call tAs I. W. Q. 4. our Big Sister -tAs sr, bet 1ag Sister ef sus
 with your present position in life, [ ou can do much better.