Question

Life of A WORKER DURING INDUSTRIAL PERIOD.(500 WORDS)

Answer 1

Any man who has stood at twelve o'clock at the single narrow door-way, which serves as the place of exit for the hands employed in the great cotton-mills, must acknowledge, that an uglier set of men and women, of boys and girls, taking them in the mass, it would be impossible to congregate in a smaller compass. Their complexion is sallow and pallid--with a peculiar flatness of feature, caused by the want of a proper quantity of adipose substance to cushion out the cheeks. Their stature low--the average height of four hundred men, measured at different times, and different places, being five feet six inches. Their limbs slender, and playing badly and ungracefully. A very general bowing of the legs. Great numbers of girls and women walking lamely or awkwardly, with raised chests and spinal flexures. Nearly all have flat feet, accompanied with a down-tread, differing very widely from the elasticity of action in the foot and ankle, attendant upon perfect formation. Hair thin and straight--many of the men having but little beard, and that in patches of a few hairs, much resembling its growth among the red men of America. A spiritless and dejected air, a sprawling and wide action of the legs, and an appearance, taken as a whole, giving the world but "little assurance of a man," or if so, "most sadly cheated of his fair proportions..."

Answer 2

 It was cold and dirty or very hot and dirty. Dangerous, there were no regulations are regard to health and safety. No guards on machinery, hands and fingers were frequently lost in lathes, or other machinery. Long hair was often caught in machines with the result that scalps were torn off and lives lost. Air quality was very bad. Smoke and dust and fibres in clothing factories were harmful to lungs. Long hours and poor pay ruined the health of the workers. Not a good time to be working in a factory.