The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-09

don and branch societies throughout
the country, and we should require
very able secretary with the gift OF
organization, and | may add" con-
tinued Sir Walter, that 1 consider that
women have superior administrative
gifts to men; they know how to or
ganize. We should have honorary sec
retaries in the villages and smaller
towns, but in big cities like Liverpool.
Manchester and Birmingham, where
the work would be very heavy, we
should require paid secretaries, who
would devote the whole of their time to
the work.
All branches would be in commune
cation with the head office, where a
complete registry would be kept Of
women seeking employment in the var
'lQur professions Any one requiring a
secretary, goVerness, journalist, and SO
forth, would apply to the head office.
and we should send them exactly the
person to suit their requirements, and
make 1T our business to see that proper
remuneration was given. Our society
would itself be a guarantee as to the
character and the ability of any one
entered on it's books. Women wanting
| appointments would in like manner ap-
ply to us, and we should introduce
them to employers.
I'VE should need a paper as an organ
for the association, and, naturally. each
member would take it In In large
centers like London and Manchester
we should probably dispose Of 10000
copies per week, so you see at once
that the paper alone would give us a
substantial revenue. 1 have also all
idea that each member of the associa
toin should pay small yearly sub
scription-say half a crown-which
would be cheaper for those benefiting
by our introduction than agents fees,
Then we should certainly have a colo
NAL edition of the paper, and probably
continental one, too, as we wish tn,
scheme to be as far-reaching as pos
s1ble, and 1t would be part of our
appointments in the colonies and
abroad"
DO you intend to appeal to the pub
lie for subscriptions to assist in the
founding Of the Womens Labor bu-
reau?"
mo, should not like to have 1t re-
garded from charitable or philan-
thropic standpoint. 1t should be self
supporting, like the Authors society.
my idea is simply to form an associa-
ton for guarding the work of women
on exactly the same principles as III
the Authors society we protect the
interests of members engaged in litera-
ry ana Journalistic pursuits. A part of
my scheme is to provide technical III
struction for women. Another impor-
tant point is that we should have our
own firm Of solicitors to advise the
members gratis on legal matters such
as wrongful dismissal, obtaining mon
ey owing from insolvent debtors, In
the same way in which the Authors
society assists it's members Here is
an example:
"a paper lately gone bankrupt Is Ill
debt to members of the society to the
extent Of hundreds of pounds. Our
solicitors will recover as much of this
as is possible, and what they obtain
will be handed to those entitled to It,
without and deduction for legal ex-
penses. If they had not been members
of our society, they must have lost
their money or have consulted pri-
waite solicitor, and expended the great
er portion Of the money which he sue
ceeded in obtaining in fees. Upon this
principle we mean to work in the
Women's bureau"
This is the admirable scheme which
Sir Walter Besant's fertile mind has
formulated.