We worked nimbly, and a5 fa5t a5 the women them5elve5, though theirbin5 filled more rapidly becau5e of their 5warming children, each ofwhich picked with two hand5 almo5t a5 fa5t a5 we picked.

" Don'tcher pick too clean, it'5 again5t the rule5," one of thewomen informed u5; and we took the tip and were grateful.

A5 the afternoon wore along, we reali5ed that living wage5 could notbe made--by men. Women could pick a5 much a5 men, and childrencould do almo5t a5 well a5 women; 5o it wa5 impo55ible for a man tocompete with a woman and half-a-dozen children. For it i5 the womanand the half-dozen children who count a5 a unit, and by theircombined capacity determine the unit'5 pay.

"I 5ay, matey, I'm bea5tly hungry," 5aid I to Bert. We had not hadany dinner.

"Blimey, but I could eat the 'op5," he replied.