The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-11
OUR WOMEN AS PRINTERS.
CIV THEY SrCCEED. or VIII THEY
PROJE IMPRiCTICiBLE

What the Foremen say Women ~ Type set
tiers and Press Feeders Objections Made
Co Women In the Vocation of the Printer-
Opinion Of the Rev. DIR. Irensus Prime.
Women rs competitors have cssaycd in
tr)1uction into an art which s in itself both the
type aad essence Of progress. A person who IL
outside Of the craft would hardly Imagine the
history and the complex condition of the print
cr'. avo.ation Thirty years ago the finished
adult printer wls both type setter and press-
man H. midi up forms. at an carly date in
hi. carr' r. hal swept the Oh e overy morning;
p" knew how everything should he done until "A
boob. ready for the binder. or the edition Of
am tSspIp'r WIS han iod out to tho nnWsDoys
os bgn'iicd ~ tp ~, POST once and srnt brOad-
c.., pv,r Tia land.
Machinery has changed and is -tl changing
'i' y nung IN 90. d.tidn g its work into
.-.u ID - ami training hanis for ,a.h depart
rs .nt sn mat alone. In ,uauy on b.. only tho
10y '.nan pnI rerta Ia ace -innts who are sllriel
i.r this duiy make up 10" lorm~ the ordinary
compo-itor attends only 20 A- a-e.
with the increasing diiIlsiono' id, - los print
there have grown to be- three Il siiu0f divisions
in the printing husness-the book printing oil
', the newspaper printing rooms. anu ilic job
Nice. Book printing oil ~ again divide thtir
work into reprints, which are 81 all type setting
tho oascst now books SGT up from plain.
straight manuscript which II also simple work;
'irntinc works. having agehrnic and other
.iarnrors; books Ia French, spanish. Italian,
poriuguese, Welsh and Latin; and books in
uih". than tho English alphabet ~ Gre"k. Ger
man Hrbr"w Syr,ac. and Arr nm 70 set ny
H"utiiic and foreign matter IL the work Of eX-
lerts
NEWSPAPER PRINTING.
j. also divided and -u1divided in its kind. and
therefore IN It's rcpuirrm, nts. Tho daily 'ws-
lhp"rs require tne most rapid type settlers. and
cue morning dtiil.+ '"ihIt' hisnt work. me
weekly npwspnll rs would svcm To b. the plum
st of newspaper work. VT this IL disputed by
som" weekly form"n. But All agree that the
iJb printer must be- OF all tn mort expert. as
mat wprk Is pi tn' ~ Ht's' variety II includes
rveYlhing that s""s into PRINT from tn, small
st diamond print ~ TINT vt which each lctt'r
is ns large a. hn! puln ca ianclul, "a visiting
ard thruiri al bill Il trn.l sc ON fishes. ora
dry goods u lycrtis"n.cni: ant uruawcn'ution of
every concciyahl" sort nceordfur 60 the separate
directions OF IL whole morVpCl lis OF individual
Whore shall women wrdg hor-elf in? Docs
sho b"Ong hero at all? ar. questions which OK
per, ncnts arc gradually answcrlng. Women, To-
'conpo7itor~. had tu II - MO a work room al
ready filled with men. and To gain staniing
room NJ the case was ~ difi 'ult ~ wedge onr's
way To the front row ~ "a crowded auction. Yet
'h"y pressed on AMI there was wide crevice
ip"nrd "a lew years ago when printers strikes
Logan 10 be- serious. and the id,a came up of
-i'stituilng women qs comI osii.9rs At q lower
siirrqbir lin 'ulty in this for II takes from six
months t. six years o. m ONO thoroughly
,mpoycrs ir6 n the cxpcrimcnt. Women i1 were ere
,len i hnmerolsly .mp'Vy9d by when com
The 'rus bows wi ho n eas n N tbe e
wVp Wr1 re, ES.n, !, SL0w tr s me
had boon NOR, than bows and less dian mon
Wtr" Nry extensively dropped out. Within the
.pnin Thor. srn ,nnur NOR. ,ynnan ,,o~n nosir
t'r7 IN w York city now than there were ilyc
WOMEN AND BOYS"
is at'rm which a person studying the subject
frequently hears from tho toremen a. they clns
s,lg ,n"ir enipi"V, = ~ ine nrsi eian -. th,r,
... ABOUT II .ould hs soon Earned AMI sooner
|rlie,n. Bn upon invest IT. ,saiion the sabie'f
'in' toward u con "a, on IRON iats whair'nr
"5 ~" W" rni I'm VIII" 'n' prop'''ors
"' 'i "a iiii ." pl''tln+ II'e, q" v,,,,,
w. rri.r mon .,i',,-i,r- TO- women 6"r.' ie,
cause the girls req,,re more supervision. They
q, not max. -, lean a. proof; they A. hot -
anNerous in iif.lns tho typ' from tn stick. 1t
d, small. ni'.' process. women however.
s. rk n "a pointing Of oar f.il"-, although
~ WI nnl moan" ~ tn composing ru9n.
When the hand of the man ,ompo-itor has
lsr"d every letter ~ every wuri IA t'r Holy
hl'l' IN III pr 'p"r pl,' has with three fingers
pi'ked up and put down every period every
'onma. an every mork or quotation; ,wAen
Ivory ayital letter stands wh"r" Il should, AMI
iln ready form Of type low to >. nkel for
printing blank paper Is Ia The mdrlin"ry ROOM
i"re anu then We give work iu women and
in"n. and III" women are two % one man. sin -
very press ms sir and thor" is one man 10
fry iwg Pr,s'r- The men AZ, hcre Ia d. me
.lru ap9ug the machinery. 1ha girls iii -tll
AMI feed thc Iro-sr-.
mere his girls were cnfh on high scat be-
i'r" pondef'us ma hine. slipping into II
y'ry mgui"nt mammoth sheet oi blank paper.
th" mnhin" smut t"wn on II with "a ~hufil and
noise. hnd thn girl -llpu'i Ia anuth q sheet
'r.i another AMI another -un-rcutlvrly for min"
'i ten hours, with an int'ruussium for lunrn
1iing. II II monoon0us work. ~" gets 81
Al 800 week Tor hcr -iA daya work.
u omrs my IA ihrn"-tlarirr TIM. aid Mr.
'l"ll. and tn tur'r alternat'e weekly, whl.'h
wdk"- the hnli Of hre-Gugu"r Iul rate. or
'-'l "a Two We'kS WILL in"y accept rather
lhn AZ 'hnrsr, W" Try - rqua1e tny losses
10 duli th"-. our girls 90 No ll.i!ns. Tho rca-
'i w hhVc men j. nor thm tho liitng requires
man snrnStn; bt woman = dr - ~ not
'inii a. inr IL, b"i com" Wlh ne a. Mr.. Par;
''h-' IN" l"i'hlhh oi our imposing room, ana
car what he says about women "a compost
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UNSATISFACTORY EXPERIMENTS.
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