The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
LABOR REPORr ON WOMEN'S CLUBS.
SOrOsis Not Mentioned in Commissioner
Wrights Interesting Review.

LABOR REPORT ON WOMEN'S CLUBS.
SOrOsis Not Mentioned in Commissioner
Wrights Interesting Review.
WASHINGTON. July 2l.-The Department
Of Labor has recognized the womans club
in all seriousness. The July report OF the
department. now being issued by Commits
sioner of Labor Carroll d. Wright. devotcs
fortyfour out Of 124 pages 10 women's clubs.
and not ono reference Is made to Sorosis Mil
linery or to Soross itself mother Of clubs. No
less than .2S3 other women's clubs are mon
toned but not whisper Of Sorosis. This is
probably the fault Of Sorosis in not replying to
the questions sent to it in a circular letter ad-
dressed to all the womcns clubs by Commits
sioner Wright. The topic OF the inquiry is The
Attitude OF Womcn's Clubs and Associations
Toward Social Economics" by Ellen NJ. Hen
rotin. Mrs Henrotin is a Chicago woman. and
Sorosis OF course aspres to lead both Chicago
and the country. There ia likely to be how
de-do among Sorosis members when the re-
port is distributed.
The letter sent out by Commissioner Wright
contained schedule of inquiries in regard to
any special study in social economics or any
practical work in this direction carried on by
the clubs. More than one-third OF the clubs
answered that the study OF sociology. political
economy or philanthropy was pursued and
others that 1t was to be in the future. About
one-third carried on practical work in one or
more OF these branches. but the same clubs
were not found to be In both classes.
To the question Are working women men,
bers OF your club p $50 clubs reported in the
Affirmative. This classification included
women working in the professions. commerce
and trades. Only twenty-eiGht clubs had
working girls clubs as auxiliaries. Over 800
clubs found n tendency among working women
, In hair rin init 20 t,,I, thn
toned in the first inquiry and 1893 clubs IA
while 423 favored their forming separate clubs
dressed and ask ed their reasons for their opin-
ion Six replied that their clubs met in tho
afternoon, when working women could not at
tend; three replied that the work of tho club
took so much time that working women could
not keep up with 1t. and one answered that the
A few clubs have found ways to secure the
presence OF working women The New Cen,
club days. the programme of the afternoon be-
ing repeated in the evening. with supper for
Lad les Literary Club of Grand Rapids. Mich.
has held evening sessions for the working wo-
the powerful ones which own their own club.
houses One thousand Philadelphia work Ing
From the. replies it is very evident that there
women in social economic questions, and tho
clubs seem to have become convinced that in
this study will be found solution Of nearly all
their problems 1t is believed if the inquiries
Of the Commissioners could be made at this
time the number Of clubs interested in social
and economic problems would be largely in
creased as since the Denver meeting many
clubs have determined to introduce the study
into me coming winter programmes; Every
pledged to some form Of c eco, inqnIry
The work accomplished by the Civic Club Of
mi and Tie M2mGn'S Health Pr9t"c.
for spcci1I. comm.endqtion and description,
=, Santa r. \: NJ. has 2 Woman's Board Of
Las Cruces. IN tie same state. has organized a
conducted exclusively for business women be:
sides thos" included in the Working Girls
clubs and has av enssS are
ship OF 900 which I runs to 700 in the millinery
sseSGn i sG@h Thd aPa
room with nurse in attendan"s. and ,' large re-.
dining room. whore light supper Is served at
sGaSs for t sFs Th" hss q Wsma
S S a"Gs b Is thu" s~T n'e Tns
Aloha Club Of Chicago. whose mem hers arc all
pany. with shares at $3.50 each and built a
summer home on donated land on the shores
The bulletin calls attention to new form Of
WTomf"n t clubs n4 TL anpearng With success
GEl"I-the Wom3n,s Century Club THE National
the Western Electric Company. Chicago, and
employees Of John Wanamakcr In the Wo.
mans Century Cluh,two meetings a month are
held at monday and the company donates thir-
employee. During the winter monthly social
meetings are held with literary programmes.
advantage Of lessons in cooking from gradu-
ate OF Pratt Institute. Brooklyn. who is paid by
the company. The President OF the club who
is n forcwnman in one 81 the departments Of
the factory. wrote TO Commissioner Wright
that as this experiment has proved to he
such success with us, It should he tested in
other factories; 1t il n great economic gain.
Our experience demons trntes that young wOm-
ciate life do better work that the mental rec
rcation and stimulus Of club life react unOn
the minds Of the Young employees" She als0
considers That this club has accomplished great
results in calling the attention Of mauufactur-
ers TO the benefits Of social organization among
their employees.