No Moon (2010)
“I’ve been hoping and hoping that I can go out to work like Kathleen. She found herself a job the minute she left school. She got taken on at Miss Jenny’s Drapery, where she’d been going every time she had the chance. Kathleen’s been crocheting and sewing and making clothes over since we were little girls.
Mother and Father didn’t seem the least bit surprised when she told them that Miss Jenny had agreed to hire her, for three shillings a week. Last Easter, Kathleen bought a few ribbons and bits... of lace from the Odds & Ends bin and trimmed all our hats. She’s doing what she loves best.
“I know I could earn a few pence extra as a finisher in the blouse factory, but I’ll learn more at Miss Jenny’s, won’t I?” Kathleen asked. Mother said that it was fine to begin with and told her that she could keep half her wages for herself. The rest goes into the housekeeping jar.
Since King Edward died on May 6, people are wearing mourning bands to show their respect. Kathleen says they are running out of black crepe in the shop.MoreLess
Mother and Father didn’t seem the least bit surprised when she told them that Miss Jenny had agreed to hire her, for three shillings a week. Last Easter, Kathleen bought a few ribbons and bits... of lace from the Odds & Ends bin and trimmed all our hats. She’s doing what she loves best.
“I know I could earn a few pence extra as a finisher in the blouse factory, but I’ll learn more at Miss Jenny’s, won’t I?” Kathleen asked. Mother said that it was fine to begin with and told her that she could keep half her wages for herself. The rest goes into the housekeeping jar.
Since King Edward died on May 6, people are wearing mourning bands to show their respect. Kathleen says they are running out of black crepe in the shop.MoreLess
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