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Making simple artificial flowers, 3d. per gross.
Making artificial wreaths, l½d. each ; the time taken varied
from one to one and a half hours.
Making soldiers' kit bags, 1s. l½d. per dozen; the home-
worker finds her own thread.
Capsule packing, 2d. per 1,000 capsules.
Washing clothes for laundries and neighbours at home, 4d.
per dozen; earnings, 4s. to 5s. per week.
Mounting Christmas cards, 1s. 6d. per 1,000.
Making petticoats, l½d. each.
Cardboard box making, 2¼d. per hour.
Envelope folding, 1d. per 1,000 sheets.
Bookfolding, 10d. and 1s. per 1,000 sheets.
Blouse making, 3s. per dozen blouses.
Mantle making, 7d. each.
Wire stitching for cardboard boxes, 2d. per 1,000 stitches.
Cutting cigarette coupons, 9d. per 1,000.
The actual weekly earnings were :—
Bottling beer, 11s.
Bottling jam, 7s., 8s.
Dressmaking, 10s., 12s.
Envelope folding, 6s., 7s. 6d., 8s., to 12s.
Feather curling, 10s., 12s.
French polishing, 5s. to 10s.
Laundry hands, 5s., 7s., 9s., 10s.
Machining, 6s. to 17s.
Making cardboard boxes, 7s. to 10s.
Making lancer plumes, 4s. 6d.
Making toys, 10s.
Office cleaning and charing, 9s., 10s., 12s.
Packing cocoa, 10s., 12s.
Shirt making, 10s. to 12s.
Street hawking, 10s. to 12s.
Tailoring, 10s. to 15s.
Waitresses in restaurants and coffee houses, 5s., 6s., 7s.,
9s., and food. It is usual for the waitress to pay for the
washing of her own collars, cuffs, and aprons.