"So Ona set out that day to hunt for work; and at night Marija came home saying that she had met a girl named Jasaityte who had a friend that worked in one of the wrapping rooms in Brown's, and might get a place for Ona there; only the forelady was the kind that takes presents -- it was no use for any one to ask her for a place unless at the same time they slipped a ten-dollar bill into her hand."