Helen

... of the Old House... was another book she had read, starting in January. It was written in 1921 by Harold Bell Wright. It was a hard book to read as it chronicled the lives of a community that went through the industrial revolution and the effects of the arrival of a 'union man' and the manipulation of both sides and then, by the end of the book...
the unveiling of all the secrets and the truth comes out.
Here's a small paragraph spoken by 'the Interpreter' in the book,
'Every idle hand in the world, Helen, whatever the cause of its' idleness, compels some others' hand to do its work! The agitator relies upon the suffering in the families of his followers for that desperate frenzy of class hatred, without which he cannot gain his end.
Adam Ward relies upon the hunger and cold and sickness of the women and children for his victory!
Imperialistic leaders, both of them!'