QUITE a number of women go abroad to earn a living; the same number work hard in factories. In addition, there are those who work as servants, but this number is on the decrease. The latter is keeping busy labor providers such as Lukman and Sugito, especially post-Idul Fitri holidays, at the beginning of this December.

The telephone at Lukman Mashudi's house, for example, has been ringing incessantly. "Yes, Ma'am? The one from Pacitan not h