DIDN'T DESERVE 'WAGES. A growing boy in a s Lancashire town had obtained a small jobbis first—and was boasting of the amount of work he did.' "I get's up at half-past five and has my breakfast," he said. "'Anyone else get up, too ?" he was asked. "Oh, yes, mother ! She gets me breakfast, and then get's dad's at half-past six. '' "And your dinner?" "Oh, mother get's that, too, and then she gets father's." "'Has she the afternoon to herself ?" "'Oh, no ! She cleans up, lcoks after the children, and gets the tea for dad and me when we come home. Then we gets our smoke, and then we gets to bed." "'And your mother ?" "Well, she does a bit of sewing then, when all is cleaned up after tea." "What wages do you get ?" '•'Oh, I get ten bob, and dad gets thirty-five." "And your mother ?" "Mother ! Oh, she don't get nc wages. She don't do no work !"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 698, 26 August 1914, Page 7
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158Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 698, 26 August 1914, Page 7
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