The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-23

<<A ~ name ls May Isabel Carna
VI han. l am eighteen year,
- old, and I work In n big fac
tory In Michigan. More than foul
hundred other girls work there too
don't aim to tell you about our jobs
You can read about our work In the
labor department reports. But l dc
aim TO tell you about our Big Sister
dhHe>the things she has done for Us
ITO begin viii factory town
1sn't town at all ffSThRke barn
81 huiidIngs stuck down In the cpunfl y
nineteen miics iron nswhere. There
u fniirosd siding. station rhe size
OF dry goods box. sevcn farmhouses
and one general store and postofnce
combined-lt's pretty near rs big ~
hot tamnie stsnd. And that's all No
Main street. no banks nor stores. no
fce-cream pariors. not one solitary
movie show. In at those nineteen
miles I.onesomef It's the ragged
edge Of dessiation. thaf's what II is
Il wns one of the first carload OF
forty girls mat was shipped up from
Chicago The factory was swarmsnr
with workmen putting In the mnchgn-
cry. and we girls couldn't begin work
for q day or eo. 90 we begnn hunting
places 10 eat and sleep. That was
trfne that rhe employment folks hadn't
Thought of. The workmen were sleep
ing and enrfng IN the cars that had
brought Them there. backed on the
siding- Our only chance for beds and
food wns win those seven fnrmhouses.
- Ne marched straight to the farmers'
-~A R<e ls,~ ~r<l nd rx.<.srr
Farwsrs' Wives Hospitabls.
- will say mat those women were kind
and hospitat,se. They nxed Il up be-
tween them TO feed us forty girls. and
they gave us good food too. But for
rooms. that was the question. They
could each spare one room That
meant sleep i've or six IN q room. But
right then along came the boss OF the
factory end told US the machinery WIS
ready and he'd expect us girls to work
double shifts. night and day
-tle wanted TO make use Of every
mlnute. you See But that gave Ms our
chance as to sleeping. We nxef u up
with <ks farm folks that we'd work
doubss shifts and sleep dosols shifts
eoo.
80 we planned IT, Three girls
would use . room from eight at night
eifi az the next morning. Then they'd
huer5e over to the factory. and the
shree giris who'd been working all
niKhs would take the room and sleep
sfn afternoon. II wasn't any luxuri-
wus siumbcr. believe me. The fnrm
women Ind no few sheets and pillow
cases that most of us wenf without
And towels were scarce as diamonds
on blackberry bushes As to soap
well. the general store kept yellow bar
soap. that kind that II no full of rosin
you could use n to caik q ship. But
we made out tiIl the next three car.
loads Of girls cnme rolling In. Thea
We went most distracted. Those poor
girls had TO sleep In tents and In the
cars that the workmen had abandoned
ny this time. and they were lucky 10
they rot . straw tick and ksunket.
BY this time II had turned raw cold.
and maybe you know what late su-
tumn nIEhts In Michigan feel like Tn
cap the climax the farm folks cut
down on food. and for . week It wss
potatoes and beans and mighty few
beans NJ that.
Along Came . Miracle.
"But. right when We wers ebous
ready 10 quilt our jobs and heat Il for
home. along came . mirncic. Two
quiet. busincssIikc women climbed
down from the eastbound train one
morning. with them came eight work
men. q cnriond OF scnntiing and tar
piper. another carload Of cots aud
blankets and pillows and sheets and
.towcis--brand new blankets and beds
--fhink Of the glory of that land
bushels OF dishes and rnIis Of oilcioth
end enough burinp to carpet the coun-
try. You won't believe me when I tell
you tlint. In ten days their workman
had scantiIng-and-tar-pa paper shack
put up and burinp tackled over tho
wills. and the Y. W. c. A. secretary
aud her helper had set up board tables
and cosfee Kettles ind were serving us
the grnndest hot lunches every day
And back behind the burlap screens
were set those rows OF clean cots, with
enough cover to keep you warm the
coldest night that over blew. and q
towel Apiece for every single girl. Do
you wonder that we all felt an one
riri put It. I'll wager the Fritz-C Carrie
ton .hns nothing on thisr
"who were Il ,se womcnf Why
=. W. G. A. secresaries, OF course. I'd
think you'd know that without beina
told All over the country wherever
we girls have pitched In TO make nero
plane cloth or ovcrnlis or munIiions OF
canned goods you'll Ind Y. w. G. A
secretnry working harder than any
body else to mike the girls comfort
s able and to keep them happy and wei,