New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20

not admitted before the age OF twenty-twe, b ed
worked as apprentices received at sixtesSn
The Partisan guilds gave proof Of d the ~ asTG
XVs reign In l75s after the battle Of Ross6ac o
the six a fbs sr and In i7ss they
levied another voluntary tax amounting TO A,V1uo,
as an Offering to the King of ship OF seven'y-'"o
In the eighteenth century attack was maSe
,Sdus t Of the needlewomen Ancient custom had
sencted as an E shsa Tbc5 was rs
the waist G% Deng sPSsd was he e the hands
Of the tailors. who had reserved the privilege IN
1S75 when the needlewonan formed themselves e
company Gs had Ts' Making G ress slips
n ON h Sess1 for Se BODIES was Covered
With metal which made cui1ass b of IT, the author
sums up ali The Arguments Of Jean JacqE ,s R2 rSc
seau and Button under the significant ute' ne he
or Work %h points out that
to torture man from the first moments o. his ex x
~ against the laws Of Nature TO depopulate the
earth and to cnder man answered the
a1hor Or? and tooR up the defence of his trade lie
e ssD as ay s aosd be al av6Gcd by
wormanshp and that in yoro sSG o when
thew had nothing to do The controversy went en-
FOR twenty years and brought advantage to the
HEieh had only Sne Dusk for stcnng and moth
ors who prided themselves on their philosophy pun
their children into stays again But the corsets
were made more flexible more in harmony with
h demaGds of taste 81 OSIe b sng of % Tesrve
TO them all those trades which demanded no IN,
b ana squ ba 5ae sb6 S not be allowed
to enbrodcr, or sell fashion goods. TINS TINS
became OF the seventeen articles OF the Decia-
ration Of the Rights OF Women presented by
Olympic de Gouges.
The corporations Of seamstresscs and white work
ers disappeared with the suppression Of all corpo-
rations In 1921 since then to our own gay me me
working women OF Paris are supreme IN the whole
world through the endless variety and novelty OF
,bcfr Coffa and iN
sonal taste with which the Partisan woman stamps
every novelty.
NATIONAL WORKSHOPS.
In laS proposition made to organize ma
tional workshops FOR women In order IN centralize
end to provide work for needy working women.
Dephinc GAY. divisional chief at the national
works. Rue Fontaine. had asked the National AS
sembly 10 endow working women who could offer
guarantees Of ability and honesty to enable them
to become associates condition that the women
employed by the association should have no re:
an from P very o tn pu T OF
founding an association of women workers. Later
That was the beginning Of the womens trades
unions: Among the questions Of Interest crest which
for equal work. Unfortunately, this club, which
became mixed up In politics. was very short lived
white workers and seamslressos in trades union.
Under the auspices of NJ Barberet an initiating
peal to the corporation; the union included seam
o whe bmdTe5 but
it led to results: It was however represented at
TravaiilSuses cThe Future Of Working Women
ers which was formed on March Is, 1898; its office
IS Rue d'Artos. A loan of 10000 francs in bonds
were carried away by the Council which CONSISTED
OF persons unacquainted with labor and thus they
through lack of patronage or for some other reason,
unlucky attempt which had a deplorable effect
the working womens cause ,,.,., -,-. :,
charles Renost. pubshed "Tne workers Of the
Neede," book full Of painful truths and almost
wages Of the needlewoman. taking account of stop
pages Of work and slack seasons the most favored,
a year: others still to be considered lucky. make
annual income of 1000 frascs-that is. provided
ECONOMIC POSITION.
The economic position OF woman is cruel; her
weakness is the insuperabe In her
exploitation seems to be unlimited The average
seamstress earns from francs 30 to francs
day. but the slack season considerably diminshes
that wage. often these poor toilers take up work
which just keeps off starvation The slack season
brings sadness, encouragement, loss Of work, and
sometimes prostitution.
According 10 the statistics published by the De
partment of Commerce. the clothing industry In
France employs four hundred thousand working
room opens at a m. and closes at p. m; during
good season extra work Is carried on something ,
compensates to small extent for the losses sus-
tanned during the slack season.
DRESsMAKING
NJ. CASTOR Worth tells In his pamphlet Sew
ing and Dressmsking" that the clothing industry
in France numbers Sl,46 male and 1858 female
heads of firms. about %, Oa principals; these en-
ploy 1881 men and j64 s2i women, which means
92s SIS persons live directly by this trade The
author estimates the annual value OF this trade In
France at from 1.0O0OO0O0 to l.0630S.0O0 francs.
These figures were given in 1895; to-day they are
much higher. great number of Paris women do
tInif usAFl DC ~ hp laqz
The free industrial schools, converts. refugees and
religious societies create great competition and add
to the depreciation of the work. a first rate
needcwoman can earn from francs to francs
to francs %, and those working for export from
franc % to | franc 30 a day. The great establish
working women; but they retain profit so that
their workers often toll early and late for mere
pittance OF franc or franc %, from which re-
duction must be made to allow for the slack sea
son which brings down their wages TO 20
70 centimes, and there are some who earn even
Those working women whose average wages may
What could we say If we dealing with the
wages paid by houses who manufacture what
In almost all factories a room Is set apart in
which the working women can prepare ,neir meas hs
premises. old women are allowed twenty minutes
a great number Of poor working women live in
the western outskirts, Clichy Asnieres colonies
Courbevoie: tneg travei oy n there and back
These tickets entite to travelling by certain trains
women could go by any train without exception.
For this class workwomen life Is not 80 hard; al
most all OF them live with their families; they
bring home their earnings. and i'm return they re-
ceIvc board and lodging Many take their luncheon
with them which constitutes great saving quite
recently at a conference hed in Ward 10 the
question of womans work was on the programme,
and the following resolutions were passed
"First-The working day to have eight hours.
maximum of forty-four hours per week.
Observation-Disclosures to he prohibited from letting
working women and saeswomen work at home in
addition to their weeks work.
acknowledgements trades unions 10 be formed
SOCIETIES AND UNIONS.
We now give the organization Of societies and
unions for mutual help which started by in