New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-13
WHAT WOMEN SAY AND DO.
FOURTH ARTICLE IN THE SERIES BY
NOTED WORKERS.
FIFTH F HoGG AND MISS Carly GIVE INTER
FsTING DATA on WOMEN IN FACTORIES
AND MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS


EsTIYG DATA on WOMEN IN FACTORIES
AID MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS.
While widespread interest Is being awakened
throughout this country by the energetic Worh u
the League for Social Science In collec'ihs u'
for the Paris Exposition Of 1899 as 10 Just VIZ
emn)overs here are doing FOR the Industrial pe'
rnent 81 their employees. 1t has been suSses'e" ~
the fourth paper in the series by noted "oi ~
might he wisely given to the topic Social seINt'e
IN Factories" with special labor legsiauo" '
women and children . .,.o
Judging from the gratifying responses tila' nav
already come IN answer 10 the Leagues rea"e''
Information II would seem that American e''P'V'
ers have already been awakened to very pro'e'
olt,u,stic convention Of their duty. While TINS i'"'
no dine in some cases to the vigilance OF inc i''y
,nspectors with the strong arm OF the ID" Oe'. ,,
,ben, in other instances the social ana ihduS'''
betterment Of the employees has gone i"' ivy
the must bcs" laid down by the law. o
In conversation with the secretary oi ''e 49,.
:, was learned that from It's studies In ihc'"i''o
and mercantile establishments. the io''o".,'r
movements are already in actual oper'''o' "
,mproyement OF the industrial conditions u or''
at!ves and other employees 49, 49,.
In educa tfonal lines there are travelling hpr"rl''
uonen's club libraries. mothers guilds Nl''"'
cartons industrial schools for girls and other '""
cational classes In athletics there are gymf"s
summer camps. and bicycle Clubs III m"s'~" ~
.o~a ,,Io. cluie autOharp clubs choral cltS9'9
ho,de orchestras and concerts for employees fo'
nureIv r.creative measures there are fifteen Hl'"-
ute recesses morning and afternoon, rest rooinS'
card rooms and evening dances IN factory "u'"
ings .,
A an encouri cement for thrift there are Pi7"'7
relief associations penny provident BANKS anu
lodging houses. while for hygienic betteTin'"'
baths pleasant dining rooms. casthenlcs uu''"-
recess. lunch counters large windows ma'h"S'H
| rainied light walls tinted IN restiu! colorS' ~
celent restaurants and filtered water make UP 1"
su, total that argues well for mans humanity
TO man. 49,
In literary lines there are reported the Women
Century club OF Philadelphia. with It's lectures
for employees. its bl-weckly publications for stan
and the use Of Memorial Hall for the meetings
This is the report % city. but 1t may be dup"-
| cotcJ I'm other cities Of the West and East.
In housing there are improved dwellings ana
model cottagcs In housekeeping, model rooms
/ and cooking classes and In landscape gardening
/ focto.v and lawn decorations. window boxes ana
front and back yard decorations Some o; these
/ .'bottermcnts" have come 10y suggestions from the
league or from some OF the many womens CUBS
working along advanced altrustic lines. while oth-
ers have come 10y having the attention Of the
proper authorities themselves accidentally called 10
! the need OF reform.
That's queer way 10 heat glue. Why does the
girl put II on tho radiator observed Brooklyn
! uroprietor TO the forewomau as he happened 10 be
, in the Workroom at twenty minutes OF T. when h.
saw a girl leave her work ana go to the radiator
! with a pail
} Glue, That isn't glue: that's coffee" replied
| the forewoman The proprietor reflected that cof-
fee saved over from breakfast and warmed on a