| Fannie talks about herself
Fannie goes to work at the Union Pacific Railroad
[Q=Len]
Q. Did you work anywhere else besides Brandeis?
A. I didn't work very long at Brandeis It wasn't much of a job. Then I went to the Union Pacific, and I got better sense, you know.
Q. What did you do at Union Pacific?
A. Well, I was...I don't know. I was sitting at a desk, and they’d give me a sheet to add or something, you know, something like that. It wasn't much, but I had to have a perfect score.
Q. In those days they didn't have adding machines.
A. I guess...well, yes they did. They must have had something because after I got it all added, I gave it the girl in the work room. That's what they called it, the machine room, and she would add it all over again, and it was perfect all right. One time I remember...only one time I was off...I mean, I was off one time, but that's all because I was a very good adder, and Daddy said so too.
Q. You were also a good speller, I remember. You are still.
A. Was I?
Q. Yes. You don't misspell words even now.
A. No, I was a good speller because the words that I learned I knew. Sometimes there's a word that I never heard of. At Union Pacific when I took the examination, they gave me spelling words. I never heard of such words. But I got...let's me see I got 95.45 Anyway. See, they don't tell you. But one time my boss, Mr.Mueller [?] wanted me to help out John Richards because he went away to New Orleans, so he felt I could make the entries, so I did. But he wanted to know what if I don't know? So he went down to the basement and looked up my records, and I had 95.45. Otherwise, they don't tell you how much you have. So I found out how much I had, which was good. How did I know? John Richards told me.
Q. Who is John Richards?
A. John Richards is Aaron and Mike Davidson's cousin. He worked there, see.
Q. So, in other words, they wouldn't have let you do that job for him unless you had had a good score.
A. No, sure not. They wanted to see if I know how to do things. I didn't add for them. I made entries.
Q. How long did you work for the Union Pacific?
A. Three years exactly till I got married. |
