human
It is for the working girls, especially the lower class of working girls, who are in the factories. For instance, the candy factory girls. I am especially interested in that as father owns the candy factory--it is a pet side issue of his. You can see it from here, across the river there on the little neck of land. You see? The girls are just beginning to come from work now.
gpt
I hadn't realized, said Katie,
human
It couldn't have been very pleasant today, their guest granted,
gpt
How much do those girls make?
human
About six dollars a week, I believe,
gpt
Then each of those girls made a dollar today?
human
Well--no, Miss Osborne confessed.
gpt
The experienced and the skillful made a dollar.
human
And how much, pressed Katie,
gpt
Fifty cents, I believe,
human
had pushed her chair still farther back.
gpt
You call that a good place to work?
human
Why yes, as places go, I believe so. Though that is why I am giving the garden party. They do need more pleasure in their lives. It is one of the under-lying principles of life--is it not?--that all must have their pleasures.
gpt
And we are organizing this working girl's club. We think we can do a great deal through that.
human
Oh yes, help them get higher wages, I suppose?
gpt
N--o; that would scarcely be possible. But help them to get on better with what they have. Help them learn to manage better.
human
That is surely a splendid thing, she said, and the voice which said it was high-pitched and unsteady,
gpt
You do not approve of these things?
human
Oh, if they help you--pass the time, I don't suppose they do any harm.
gpt
You see, Katie hastened,
human
Miss Forrest and I were once associated with one of those things which wasn't very well conducted. I fear it--prejudiced us.
gpt
Evidently,
human
Though to be sure, Kate further propitiated, resentment at having to do so growing with the propitiation,
gpt
I am hoping it will be cooler soon, she said.
human
My friend is here to grow stronger, and this heat is quite unnerving her.
gpt
I trust she will soon be much better. Yes, the heat is trying.