Chapter IIChild-Life in the Lowell Cotton-Mills In attempting to describe the life and times of the early mill-girls, it has seemed best for me to write my story in the first person ; not so much because my own experience is of importance, as that it is, in some respects, typical of that of many…

Chapter 2 All the members of the Gilliken Gang possessed the privilege which the London girl demands—that of having their evenings for their very own. Some were engaged in a large mineral water factory in Albany Road; two walked over Blackfriars Bridge to the City every morning; the remainder did nothing of a definite character….

Chapter I The Two Little Girls who Laughed “I don’t want to — I don’t want to — I don’t want to — go to college — go to college — go to college. I don’t want to — go to college.” The words chanted themselves monotonously over and over in Elinor’s brain, keeping time…

Advice from a Caterpillar

Chapter 13 The little waitress at Mitchell’s dining-rooms was so much absorbed in thought during the day following the contest, that humorous customers, noting this, told her she was in love. To Miss Mitchell’s requests for an opinion as to the number of g’s in Reggie, she replied absently, and showed so little interest in…

CHAPTER III. THE LITTLE MILL-GIRL’S ALMA MATER. The education of a child is an all-around process, and he or she owes only a part of it to school or college training. The child to whom neither college nor school is open must find his whole education in his surroundings, and in the life he is…