FOOTNOTES

[1] George Engelman, M.D., "The Increasing Sterility of American Women," from the Journal of the American Medical Association, October 5, 1901.

[2] An expert presser can do as many as 400 shoes a day. This is rare and maximum.

[3] At Plant's, Boston, fresh air cylinders ventilate the shop.

[4] Lynn's average wages are $8 per week.

[5] A beau.

[6] There are no statistics, they tell me, kept of births, marriages or deaths in this State; it is less surprising that the mill village has none.

[7] The Southern term for stringed instruments.

[8] A good drawer-in makes $1.25 a day.