1 "There's a button here, ole sport," said Master Freddie.
2 She pressed a button, and a colored woman came to the door and took her order.
3 He opened a door before them, and then pressed another button, as they staggered into the apartment.
4 The butler had paused below but a few minutes to give orders, and then followed them; now he pressed a button, and the hall blazed with light.
5 Before another month was by, all the working members of his family had union cards, and wore their union buttons conspicuously and with pride.
6 "Lights," commanded Master Freddie; and the butler pressed a button, and a flood of brilliant incandescence streamed from above, half-blinding Jurgis.
7 This inspector wore a blue uniform, with brass buttons, and he gave an atmosphere of authority to the scene, and, as it were, put the stamp of official approval upon the things which were done in Durham's.
8 There was one belonging to a Hebrew collar button peddler, who had died in the room next to him, and which the landlady was holding for her rent; in the end, however, Jurgis decided to do without it, as he was to be underground by day and in bed at night.
9 Out of the horns of the cattle they made combs, buttons, hairpins, and imitation ivory; out of the shinbones and other big bones they cut knife and toothbrush handles, and mouthpieces for pipes; out of the hoofs they cut hairpins and buttons, before they made the rest into glue.
10 In addition, because he had a family of eight children to support and his earnings were not enough, on Saturdays and Sundays he served as a watchman; he was required to press two buttons at opposite ends of a building every five minutes, and as the walk only took him two minutes, he had three minutes to study between each trip.