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 required often necessitated passing over the wholesale dealer and going direct to the manufacturer. Turkish toweling for face cloths and towels, the finest of cheesecloth for handkerchiefs, blue and khaki denim for dresses and boys' suits, were piled high. Ten thousand dollars' worth of outing flannel was bought at one time, to insure both quantity and quality at a time when the market seemed doubtful. The pink and blue made garments for the children, the lavender and white striped went into nightshirts for the boys, while the gray was used for the women. Despite the demand for all materials, the sense of lack was never felt here. On the contrary there was such a prevailing sense of abundance that the feeling became almost universal that what anybody wanted could be found at the Christian Science headquarters. That the branch groups all over the country were making a similar demonstration of supply was evidenced by the quantity of garments turned in.

Hardly could equal space be the scene of more varied activities than the workroom on Beacon Street. Through the courtesy of the Hood Rubber Company, the larger garments were cut by machinery; but the parts were assembled here—a work requiring strength, speed and accuracy, and admitting of little friendly chat. The smaller garments were cut here by hand, and so carefully that, after skirts for girls were cut, the pieces left were made into children's nightgowns. The remnants from these went first into baby jackets, then hoods and finally bootees. Scraps too small to cover a baby's foot, were snipped for filling pillows—a work given over, in some cities, to the Sunday school children that they, too, might have a special part in forwarding comforts for our boys.