 | 1888 - Страниц: 262
...finishing (ie, sewing in linings, making button-holes, and stitching on the buttons), receive '2\<t, a pair, and have to find their own thread. We ask a woman who is making tweed trousers how much she con earn in a day, and are told 1*. But what does a day mean to this poor soul? Seventeen hours! From... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1883 - Страниц: 630
...finishing (»'.«., sewing in linings, making button-holes and stitching on the buttons), receive zjd. a pair, and have to find their own thread. We ask...does a day mean to this poor soul ? Seventeen hours ! From five in the morning to ten at night — no pause for meals. She eats her crust and drinks a... | |
 | 1884 - Страниц: 254
...Before he can gain as much as the young thief he must make 56 gross of match-boxes a week, or 1296 a day. It is needless to say that this is impossible,...does a day mean to this poor soul? Seventeen hours 1 From five in the morning to ten at night — no pause for meals. She eats her crust and drinks a... | |
 | F.Warne - 1886 - Страниц: 992
...for the work of trousers-finishing (*'. e., sewing in linings, making button-holes, and stitchingon the buttons) receive 2%d. a pair, and have to find...is making tweed trousers how much she can earn in a dny, and are told one shilling. But what does a day mean to this poor soul ? Seventeen hours ! —... | |
 | Republican National Committee (U.S.) - 1888 - Страниц: 408
...button-holes, and stitching on the buttons) , receive "¿\<i, a pair, and have to nod their own thread. We aek a woman who is making tweed trousers how much she can earn in a day, and are told le. But what does a day mean to this poor soul? Seventeen hours ! From five in the morning to ten at... | |
 | Montagu Stephen Williams - 1891 - Страниц: 454
...for drying the boxes, and his own paste and string ? . . . Women, for the work of trouser-finishing (ie, sewing in linings, making button-holes, and stitching...tweed trousers how much she can earn in a day, and are HOW TO EARN AN HONEST SHILLING. 291 told one shilling. But what does a day mean to this poor soul ?... | |
 | Montagu Stephen Williams - 1891 - Страниц: 288
...and liberated convicts." With regard to the toilers, and how they live, the pamphlet goes on to say : find their own thread. We ask a woman who is making...does a day mean to this poor soul ? Seventeen hours ! " In further describing the heart-breaking misery of the neighbourhood, the writer relates how he... | |
 | 1886 - Страниц: 990
...the work of trousers-finishing (i, e., sewing in linings, making button-holes, and stitchingon ihe buttons) receive 2%d. a pair, and have to find their...what does a day mean to this poor soul ? Seventeen hovrs ! — from five in the morning to ten at night ; no pause for meals. She eats her crust and drinks... | |
 | 1886 - Страниц: 990
...trousers-finishing (ie, sewing in linings, making button-holes, and stitching on the buttons) receive 2^rf. a pair, and have to find their own thread. We ask...does a day mean to this poor soul ? Seventeen hours ! — from five in the morning to ten at night ; no pause for meals. She eats her crust and drinks... | |
 | Kenneth Schuyler Lynn - 1997 - Страниц: 616
...the poor women whom Mearns came to know worked as seamstresses and were similarly exploited. We asked a woman who is making tweed trousers, how much she...does a day mean to this poor soul? Seventeen hours! From five in the morning to ten at night — no pause for meals. She eats her crust and drinks a little... | |
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... a pair, and have to find their own thread. " We ask a woman who is making tweed trousers, how much she can earn in a day. and are told one shilling. But what does a day mean to this poor soul? Seventeen hours 1 From five in the morning to ten at night... 