Twenty years at Hull-house, with autobiographical notes . hese most primitive methods ofspinning and three distinct variations of the samespindle in connection with wheels. It was possibleto put these seven into historic sequence and orderand to connect the whole with the present methodof factory spinning. The same thing was done forweaving, and on every Saturday evening a littleexhibit was made of these various forms of labor inthe textile Industry. Within one room a Syrianwoman, a Greek, an Italian, a Russian, and an Irish-woman enabled even the most casual observer tosee that there Is no br
Twenty years at Hull-house, with autobiographical notes . hese most primitive methods ofspinning and three distinct variations of the samespindle in connection with wheels. It was possibleto put these seven into historic sequence and orderand to connect the whole with the present methodof factory spinning. The same thing was done forweaving, and on every Saturday evening a littleexhibit was made of these various forms of labor inthe textile Industry. Within one room a Syrianwoman, a Greek, an Italian, a Russian, and an Irish-woman enabled even the most casual observer tosee that there Is no break In orderly evolution ifwe look at history from the Industrial standpoint;that industry develops similarly and peacefullyyear by year among the workers of each nation,heedless of differences in language, religion, andpolitical experiences. And then we grew ambitious and arranged lec-tures upon industrial history. I remember that 238 TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE after an Interesting lecture upon the industrialrevolution in England and a portrayal of the. appalling conditions throughout the weaving dis-tricts of the north, which resulted from the hasty-gathering of the weavers into the new towns, a IMMIGRANTS, THEIR CHILDREN 239 Russian tailor in the audience was moved to make aspeech. He suggested that whereas time had done
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