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And her husband is one of the strikers -- that 's the funny part of it ! '' Mary smiled herself at that , and she smiled again the next morning when she saw the women coming through the gate . `` Report in your old locker room , '' her letter had read , `` and bring your working clothes . '' By nine o'clock more than half the automatic machines were busy , and women were still arriving . `` The canteen 's going again , '' ran the report up and down the aisles . At half past ten the old gong sounded in the lathe room , and the old tea wagon began its old-time trundling . In addition to refreshments each woman received a rose-bud -- `` From Miss Spencer .