ABSTRACT
The difficulties were many. The expenses proved heavier than was anticipated. The poor ladies were unused to the work and bad no business habits, and could not be relied upon to execute the orders properly. There were no workrooms, and the workers were dis-· persed in different parts of the country, making supervision impossible. _The work often came in soiled and tumbled and carelessly done, and the managing associates, who shrank from deducting from the payment, which often meant the bread of -the worker, were frequently obliged to re-do the work themselves, as the customers, of course, could not be charged doublefor these mistakes. There were no funds with which to pur~base good designs, or to pay the salary of a really
effic~ent manager, and the associates who had undertaken it felt their hearts fail, and were often tempted to
