Britain at Work
A Pictorial Description of Our National Industries
År: 1902
Forlag: Cassell and Company, Limited
Sted: London, Paris, New York & Melbourne
Sider: 384
UDK: 338(42) Bri
Illustrated from photographes, etc.
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THE MATCH-MAKING INDUSTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN. 173
It is also pleasant to record that in the
particular factory under our notice there
exist various schemes for the amusing or
improving of hours of leisure ; an interesting
fact disclosed by an inquiry as to what use
is put the stage which crosses one end of
a long hall with tables and benches where the
women and girls assemble during the daily
dinner hour. The factory owns its own
orchestra, composed of a score of men,
conducted by an overseer, and musical'
entertainments are periodically given, to
which some of the girls contribute vocal
items of more or less merit. Occasionally a
play is undertaken, when everybody possessing
any dramatic talent is entrusted with a part.
Such a state of things betokens the exist-
ence of a very satisfactory feeling of sympathy
between employers and employed, and one
could wish that it were more prevalent.
I. Brooke Alder.
HOME WORKERS (MATCH-BOX MAKERS) TAKING AWAY WORK.