The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Industrial Woman's Service Club
Brings Home to Girls in New
Factory Community.
BLUE TRIANGLE MEANS CHEER
Club Stands for Hot Lvnehss, Clean
Towels, Comfortable Cots, PARTIES,
Games and Recreation 70
Girl Workers.
Katherine Holland Brown.

N nan. am e'sn'een yea"
ON an" WIN :" US ..
tory IN Michighn. "i"'e ma" io"'
hundred other girls worn ue'e w.
don't aim TO tel you "oo". "", Jus.
You can read about our "ork IN 'ne
labor department iel"''e.
aim to tell you hnout our Dig ''"..'
and Of the things she mas dohe '"r US
ITO begin with. our hc.or! Wv"
ism Town u. an, :" ~ $50,
y, p.,'s - x.on, nowbere There
n'''e''' ~, nv s,,,,,a st,,,op tho sIzp
~" ' ,.. o"na,,s nms seven formbouses
v, , /" w. ~. nonor.I store and postoffice
",,,,o, Us ,r.,tv neor ms bIR n.
w.. ,a..,.,, s,.nd AVID that,s ali. No
,' '' -, 49, ,orrs NOR stores no
n". .',.,arg mn, ono so,Itary
-. ",,,,. Il, MI those nineteen
'"D,.e S" ., ~. tho ragged
', .,."n,",,nn ,h,t.s what II ia,
-, =. ,,o ers, carload NJ
VIZ s,,,,,n.,, nm from,
r ,".. s"'' IT." ,,.,ory wns swarm,np
.n''"s" ~. al. T.. ,,a r,achin.
VIZ" '',,,,s ,,,,I,,r., hooin work
D.. .,,,, 60 On wo hepan hunting
i'' NY VI ~, u,.o,, Thot w,. .
p",'s :" . - t,IL, hadn't
'r'''e ,''"t ' ,,,." '.',.,.,,on were .Ieen-
,'o"h " T., ,ho cors TINT had
"e "" -. .naro HACKED IN the
,.. .,o,co for hobs and
'"'e. lei, ,,.o.o cove, farmbouses.
i"o" ""s 49,, =, ro ,o,,, IN IN. farn,ers'
40 we " ', ',,.o,, ,or hoard and room.
WIVES "'' "' ,.
Farmers wives HosP's~0s'
II will say that thosewohen "ee Mn"
and h"spitnble. Ihey nAeu IL w "
tween them to teed US !or'' su'e, ~"
they gave us good 1ooo 100. "", ~.
rooms. that was the q"es''oh' e.
could each spare one r"o" i ma.
meant sleep nve or SIX IN r"o"' nut
right then along came the ""sS Vi ."e
factory ana told us the "'hcni"e's va"
ready ana ned expect "s s'r's u WIN
double shifts. night ana day.
"He wanted TO make use OF every
minute, you see. But that gave us our
chance as to sleeping. We fixed 1t up
with the farm folks that wed WORK
double shifts and sleep double shirts
too.
$50 we planned 1t. Ihree girls
would use room from eight al n'gnt
I'LL SIX the next ".''"."s.
hustle over 10 tne ihc'ot!' anu ."1
three girls VINO " peeh WI ="
night w""'d take '''e roo'h a"u sep
Gus slumper' oe'ie'e NE. Ane ia'"
women had SO rev sheets anu p.'o"
cases tl'nt most OF "s went "''"ou.'
And towels were scarce as d'amohds
on blackberry bushes. AS 10 sohp-
well, the general store kept !e''o" oar
soap. that kind That Is so fu'i OF ros'n
you could use II 10 caiR snip. nue
we made ont I'LL the heAt tnree car
londs OF girls came roI'lhg IN. linen
we went most distracted. Ihose poor
girls had to sleep IN tents anu IN the
cars that the wOrkmen hnd abandoned
by this time, and they were lucky II
they got n straw tick ana blanket.
BY this time II had turned raw cola.
and maybe you know what late au-
tumn nights In Michigan feel like. To
cap the climax the farm folks cut
down on food. and for week 1t was
potatoes 'nnd beans anu mighty Few
beans at that.
Along Came a Miracle.
"But. right when we were nbout
reody tn uuIt our Jobs and beat II for
home. n,ong came miracle. Two
ouIet. busIncsslike women climbed
down from the eustbound train one
morning With them came eight work.
mon carload of scantlIng and tor
naner another carload of cots apt:
blankets and pillows and sheets and
towe,s-brand new blankets and beds
think of the glory of that and
bushels OF disbe. and rolls of oiIc,oth
md enough burlup to carpet the coun-
try You won't believe me when tell
Won ,bnt In ton DAYS their workmen
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