The spectator., 1919-01-21

tory in Michigan. Mere than fear hundred other girls work there tee. l don't aim to tell yeu about our jsAs You can read about our work ia the labor department reports. But I do aim to tell you about eur Big Sister and of the things she has done fer us
 ITO begin with, cur factory town isn't . town at all rt's . huge barn of buildings stuck dovn in the ccuntry nineteen miles from nowhere. There is a railroad siding, . statisn the size of a dry goods box. seven farmAsusss and one general stsrs aad postoAlce combined-it's pretty near as biz as . hot tamale stand. And that's all No Main street, no banks Aor stores, nc ice-cream parlors net one solitary movie show, in an these nineteen miles Lonesomsi It's the raggsl edge of desolation, that's what 1t is.
 "I was one of the Arst carload et forty girls that was sAipped up from Chicago. The factory was swarnsn ( with worknen putting in the maehin- cry. and we Riris essidn't begin work for . day or @, e ws began hunting places to eat and sleep. That WAS . trifie that the employment folks hadn' | thought of The workmea were slesp- ing and eating is the cars that he'd brought them thsrs. backed on the siding Our only chance for beds and food was with those seven farmho0oss, 70 we marched straight ts the farmefs' wives and asked for board and roosL
 Farmsrs' Wives Hospitabis.
 "I will say that those women were kind and hospitabls. They fixed 1t 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 . room. But right then along came the boss of the factory and told Us the machinery was ready and he'd expect us girls to work double shifts, night and day.
 He wanted 10 make use of every minute, you see. But that gave us our chance as to sleeping. We fixed IL up with the farm folks that we'd work double shifts and sleep double shifts too.
 50 we planned 1t. Three girls would use a room from eight at night till six the next morning Then they'd hustle over to the factory. and the three girls who'd been working all night would take the room and sleep till afternoon It wasn't any luYuri- ous slumber, believe me. The farm women had sc few sheets and pillow cases that most ef us went without
 And towels were scarce as diamonds on blackberry bushes. AS to s6ap-- well. the general stcrs kept yellow bar soap, that kind that 10 % fall ef rosin you could use N to caik s snip. Bat we made out tffI the next three carc loads of girls came rolling in. Then we went most distracted Those poor girls had to sleep In tents and ia the cars that the wcrkmeu had abandoned by this time, and they were iucky if they got q straw tick and . blanket. By this time it had turned raw cold. and maybe you know what late au. tumn nights In Michlgasif<vl like. To cap the climax the farm folks cut down on food. and for week it was potatoes and beans and mighty few beans al that a.
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 -But, right when we we're about ready to quit our jobs and beat 1t for home, along came miracle Two quiet, businesslike women climbed down from the easthound train one morning, With them came eight work men, carload of scsntling aud tsf paper, another carload of cots and blankets and pillows and, sheets and toweis-brand new blahketa and beds
 think of the glory of tAati-a.d bushels of dishes and rolls of sifc,stA and enough buriap to caxpst the, csss- try. You won't bslisve ne when I tell you that in ten days thsis wsrknsn had . scantiing- ana ter papsr shack put Sp and bsriap tacked ever the walls, and the Y. VI. Q. A. secretary and her helper had sst up board tables and coffee kstties and vers serving Ss the Erandest hot luneAes every day. And back beAinl tAs buriap scrseaa were aet those rows of clean cots. witk sp6deh cover to kssp yous warm the .coldsst naeAt tAat svSr 1leW, aAA . ftowsl apiece for every slnSso airi. Ds You vssdsS thar VI 6n f26 As oas , girl, pat 1t. T1i wassr eAe 1llkzCasae- { ton has nothing sA tA1sr
 -who wsrs II ,ss veneAi V wAy. S SY.w. c. A sscFseAsiAA ef <oue. rd think ycu'd nsv sAat w1kho1f bslAg told. All ever the esuatry wherever We giras have pteehs1 in te make acre nlane cloth or ovsralls of uunitiens or canned sceds yos'M And Y W. c. \ secretary working harder than any body els ts maks tAe gisas confert able and to keep then happy and weli. Sometimes they haven't money snossh to get aii that we really need. But d. ways they stretch every cent to make It do It's level best for us Do you voa- sder that ws S~ys asAsH seArn0t cbe1calh&AeS V, RS rsisese