six o'clock
The outside world had pressed around the village until its people longed to play a more active role in the world . It had seemed a great day when the button factory came , and the town name was changed to Millville . Now these daughters of the strong elder race were factory workers . The world had been made better by an output of thousands of shiny new buttons when at last the six o'clock whistle blew on this bright June day . Elsie Welcome got up from her machine and picked up her hat listlessly . She walked to a window and looked out . Suddenly animation came into her face .