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336 IiOWEItli AND ITS OPERATIVES.
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Two Hundred Years Ago, The Fawtuckets, A...
machine itself gives notice by ringing- a little bell , and - stops at once witha decided refusal to do any more till the imperfection is
repaired . , In a large and lofty room , built expressly for them , these great looms perform their mechanical legerdemain . Beside
each mechanical giant there stands a pretty young woman , who does "what the machine cannot—she thinks .
HOTTB . S OP IABOUE are the same on all the corporations . The working time
throughout the year averages eleven hours per day , and is arranged by the following table .
_Frorn March 1 st to October 31 st , inclusive . Commence work at 6 . 30 a . m . Stop work at 6 . 30 p . m ., except on Saturday evenings . Breakfast at 6 a . m . Dinner 12 m . Commence work
after dinner at 1 . 15 p . m . From November 1 st to February 28 th , inclusive .
Commence work at 7 a . m . Stop work at 7 p . m ., except on Saturday evenings . Breakfast at 6 . 30 a . m . Dinner at 12 . 30 p . m . Commence work after dinner at 1 . 15 p . m .
_JSEIiXS . From March 1 st to October 31 st , inclusive .
_MORNING BEULS . _IXTNISrEIl -BELLS . EVENING BELLS . First bell 4 . 30 a . m . King out 12 m . Ring out 6 . 30 p . m _. Second Third , , , 5 6 . . 30 20 „ „ I Ring in 12 . 35 p . m . Except evenings on .
Saturday-From _November 1 st to February 28 th , inclusive .
MORNING BELLS . DINNER BELLS . EVENING B . GLLS . First Second bell „ 5 6 a . „ m . R Ring ing in out 12 1 . . 5 30 p . „ m . Ring Eixcept out on Saturday 7 . p . m .
Third „ 6 . 50 ,, evenings . SATURDAY _EVENING BELLS .
January ... .. Ring out each Saturday , at 4 . 15 p . m . ! February March . . . . . . — ... , „ , „ „ „ „ 4 5 . . 30 45 „ „
April ... ... 55 5 ? ,, O ? 1 JVlay ... ... 55 5 , 35 O j , _eJliriC . . ... ... 5 _^ 55 55 O 55
Jlll y ... ... 55 . ,, 55 6 5 , . A . U _| 2 _£ USt ...... 55 55 -5 O 55 September ... ... ,, . . » 55 5 . 30 „
Novemb October er . . . .. . . . . . . . 5 ,, „ „ 4 4 . 45 „ December ... ... „ , 35 „ „ „ 4 „ „
leaving Yard the gates mills are . opened at the . first stroke of the bells for entering or Speed gates commence hoisting three minutes before commencing work .
. Probably but few , if any , of the girls work all the time thewheels rim in the year . Absences for parts of days , and days , are
granted for -any reasonable excuse . By doing each other ' s work ,
336 Iioweitli And Its Operatives.
336 IiOWEItli AND ITS OPERATIVES .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 336, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/48/
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