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Show Labor In Old Times. Twolvo hours In winter nnd 14 In summer sum-mer wns n fair nverngo day's work. But In Lyons In 1571 the printers worked from two o'clock In tho morning till eight or nine in tho evening. In other trndos tho working hours wero ofton from four In tho morning till nine nt night or from five to ten. "Workers In tho snmo metier genornlly lived togethor In the samo street. But tho maltro-nrtlsan had his own mnlson. The ground floor was hla shop or workshop; above was his bedroom, bed-room, which was also tho sitting and eating room; a small room adjoining accommodated hla children, and above was n garret whoro various commodities commodi-ties wero stored. Work nnd Workora. |