The evening world., 1893-10-28
WHERE GIRLS FARE WELL.
Factory Owners Who Treat Their
Hep with Consideration.
Mrs. Magic, an Inspector, Finds
Euch to he Commanded.

. "a WI iAioA'NAJl ''ItIl'llg . 'AdlAs
Her policy Is directly opposite that
pursued by the W. C.. =. L.. Instead of
hunting II? tic wornt features Of fac
tory No, she uses tn" remedies at hand
TO correct them, and by calling dtter-
ton to the good IN everything" eXcit"s
81 uiatioh among employees as well us
Employ rrs.
Taking her district through and
through, Mrs. Magic md Il general dis
position on the part Of manufacturers
TO treat their people well Many in
justices attributed TO greed on the part
OF capital are In reality the result of
the hcrCest Kind of competition which
often renders the proprietor as anxious
about his income as are the people in
his employ.
The very worst taskmasters she finds
are women. The wife who superintends
the shop while her husband is ava
ia her cXactions, while the forewOman
IN charge Of "A department is frequently
snjust AS well as unkind.
scores OF complaints against firms
reach the Board OF Factory Inspectors
anonymously. and on investigation prove
not My to have been prompted by
jealousy or revenge. but bring into
admirable as they are surprising.
To list the factories deserving honor
able mention would require several
leaves from every deputy inspectors
There is a food factory az the corner
OF Greenwich and Spring streets where
a hundred odd girls are engaged in the
sweet and savory task OF making Jelly
and catsup. These preserve makers are
well paid and most kindly treated. The
matron, Miss Margaret, who looks after
the ,wardrobes and dlning-room, has n
weakness for soap and towels, and the
haustible.
She has bear in the establishment forty
years. Their 'Nthing
market that ru"
4 generation ago So. vas an expert
preserver. Now she keeps the ward
the girls when they damage their fingers
and prescribes baths for every iii from
the blues, to a broken heart.
me Maliach Candy Company is an
admirable firm to work for. The rela-
IONS existing, between the employees
and heads of departments are as cordial
as In a school. and the surroundings of
product of their fingers.
In Huyler's factory the chocolate
cream and ,gumdrop artists are permit
sent to the hospital. a parlor reserved
for that purpose and managed by a
motherty woman, who knows all about
ne candy business and considerable
about hospital nursing.
Inc result is. scarcely a girl In the
mouse who has not taken her turn On
lne willow couch. Remedies. are pre-
pared IN the adjoining. pharmacy. and if
tney fan to restore the patient at the
end of the usual time she is sent home
IN a cab at the FIRMS expense.
Another feature of this establishment
~ a COOK VINO serves a course dinner at
actual cost of material. and heats coffee
cans and cooks egg chops and any
other delicacy free of charge.
Not less than 10000 girls are employed
n the biscuit factories. The work is
light; there is employment all the year;
the treatment is invariably kind. and ii
the young women did not abuse their
privileges and get a surfcit of lam
Jelly ana jumbles, they would not be
under the expense of a lunch. Here. as
In the candy business, the first thing the
new girl does is to get sick.
one OF the biggest biscuit factories In
the world is at the corner of West and
Twelfth streets. There are 400 girls; their
beauty is the boast of the frm, and the
consideration they receive is the boast
OF the entire force, men and women.
There are girls in the W. W Haynes
factory who have been making straw
hats and bonnets for the past thirty
years; The Arm provides. among a num-
per OF modern conventences. a g~as-range,
where the girls make tea and coffee,
toast bread. broil bacon and roast APP
Piles and sweet potatoes.
The Ash Il Jacket fur company, the
american Biscuit Company. the iillian
~ Wormser Company, manufacturers Of
white goods, and the Kinney brothers
Cigarette. Company are conspicuous
among the multitude of clean. con-
Venient. and well-managed concerns.
Mrs. Magic grows eloquent in speaking
OF the unselhshncss prevalent among
me factory girls of New York. Ere
the protest of the employers ana under
the stress of biting poverty. piece-wurk-
erS refuse To take the noon recess. l.
IS hol an uncommon occurrence to see
open "A drawer in the machine table.
take ont a roll. and, without stopping To-
remoys the ,Iuif from it, feed herself
under the needle with thp ,i.,,.
Girls who work this way are. AS a
RUE, poor Immigrants from Russia or
Italy. These. too. are III" indefatiSahlc
half the. night. They are strong, or
they couldn't do l.. Few Of them do it
iTns' h@weyer, They marry early, in
make and go West or South with then
husbands.
These girls qrc not afraid of work.
They are found In the heaviest lines q,
iFale' operating on anu finishing caps,
mats, furS II mems clothing. III,
herman girls make flowers, fringe, pas,
srmcnirrle trimming, bvad work and
knlttei goods for infant wear.
irish girls curl feathers. finish suits
ana make underwear. The American
girls take Clerkships. The Swedc girls
on tobacco, ana the girls OF all nations
are found In the biscuit, candy, pickle
S"WP "nI preserve factories
cc MrSi MnE'e rays the shopEirls the
sensible class Of wagc-carncra 'Thry
are not addicted TO rrills, papcr-solec
are, CharartrristiC OF the salcswumel
ana stock girls, Their dresses and shoe,
may ne ana g"h"rt'lN are, coarse, hu
'nGN are comfortable and sc~rviccahle.
Shc also rcfuteS the charges that the,
are 'nrE" consumers of beer and giugr
/, POP. Tn" girls who do ]patronilc In
ohhrIoom dr"mmcrs, as the, men ar
. bottles and glasses set in "A bnirl oar