She wished to comb her hair. 
  She takes the comb in her hand. 
  She combs her hair. 
  She wishes to brush her hair. 
  She takes the brush in her hand. 
  She brushes her hair. 
  She combs and brushes her hair
    every morning. 
  She washes her hair often with
    soap and water.

The pathetic eagerness of one woman 4.  Woman of forty of forty to learn to read and write was and her work told by Miss Meyers in connection with one of the pieces of work exhibited.

“She was an old woman; at least she “Human interest” seems to me to be over fifty, although appeal heightened she gave her age as only forty,” explained by quoting teacher the teacher.  “She couldn’t verbatim read or even write her name.  Despite her age, she begged for a long time to be permitted to enter the school, but there were so many young girls who desired to learn that they were given the preference.  She pleaded so hard that finally I asked to have her admitted on trial.”

“It was hard work to teach her,” Progress in penmanship continued Miss Meyers as she pointed could not be to some of the woman’s writing.  The shown by quoting first attempts were large, irregular exercise letters that sprawled over the sheet like the work of a child when it begins to write.  After twenty weeks of struggle, her work took on a form that, although still crude, was creditable for one who had never written until she was over forty.  “Her joy at her success was great enough to repay me many times over for my efforts to teach her,” remarked Miss Meyers.

The exact cost to the firm of conducting VI.  COST OF SCHOOL the school, including the wages 1.  Expense to firm paid for the time spent by the girls in the classroom, has been itemized by Mr. Sicher for the year just closed, as follows: 

  Floor space $175.00 Short table of figures
  Rent, light, and heat 105.00 is comprehensible
  Janitor 357.00 and not uninteresting
  Wages at 17c an hr., 40
  girls 375.00
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  Total cost, 40 girls $672.00
  Total cost per girl 16.80

The Board of Education, for its part 2.  Cost to Board of of the school, paid out $560 for the Education teacher’s salary and for supplies.  This was an expense of $14.80 for each pupil.

The entire cost for educating each 3.  Entire cost per pupil one of the forty girl workers, therefore, was only $31.60.

That this money has been well spent 4.  Returns outweigh is the opinion of the employer, for the cost school work increases the efficiency in the factory sufficiently to make up for the time taken out of working hours.