Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-16

F NAVARRO, NAPOLEON, WELLlND-
'E and review of the Rough Riders Will LEI
Reserved seats may be secured OH the mo
I will be directed to a cheap and respect
able boarding house.
FEW BAD CHARACTERS.
1.-THE result Of the care taken 10 nave
! our employees surrounded by as good IN
fuence as possible is that there are not
| | believe. a dozen girls IN our employ not
| of good character our girls are 50 par
| ticular they complain at once If there IS
[ engaged girl about whose conduct or
character there is any question, and quite
often complaint is made TO the foreman
I that a certain newly engaged girl Is not
what she should be. Ii there IS ground
! or apparent ground, for such complaint
| the girl is discharged"
I The utmost good feeling exists between
| Mr.. Whitlock and employees. Both the
| manager and his nephew Mr.. Edward
| WhitlOck, the cashier, say they have
no fear Of strikes or lockouts. An illus
! tratiOn Of the friendlness existing be-
| tween employer and employees Is found
| in the warmth with which the elder Mr..
| Whitlock, who goes through the work
| ing-rooms a great deal, is greeted when
| he makes his appearance after several
| days absence.
The employment of cheroot-making is
| said to be extremely heaithful, the to-
/ bacco apparently possessing many OF the
qualities of disinfectant Mr. Whitock
purposely requires each girl TO carry her
box of chcroots, when made, the entire
| length of the room and upstairs 10 the
| inspector. In this way she varies her
posture and escapes the evils Of wholly
sedentary occupation. He requires them
to take half an hour for lunch. Formerly
this was not required, but Mr.. Whitlock
| said he observed that many OF the girls
would not take as much as five minutes
for the meal. AS a protection TO health
he issued the order that thirty minutes
should be taken for lunch at the middle
Of the day. The girls put in great deal
of tho time dancng-a fayorite amuse-
ment At their work they sing great
deal, always in a minor tone. b0isterous-
ness not being allowed. With the excep-
ton Of superintendent and foremen, and
the Office force all the male help en-
ployed IS colored. The negroes are in u
different department from the girls.
The girls when seen on the streets or
the cars going to their work, are inva-
riably dressed neatly There are four
large dressing-rooms in .he factory, and
the girls go TO these as soon az they ar
rive and change their clothing for their
working dress. When they start home in
the evening they again change TO street
dress.
IN OTHER SUCH FACTORIES.
The American Tobacco Companys STEM
merry. at Twenty-hfth and Cary, formerly
the Kinney Tobacco Company. employs
some six hundred female operatives and
the number engaged at the Allen q Ginter
Branch. Seventh and Cary streets, is pro-
badly az large though an officer Of that
branch declined 10 give the exact figures.
This branch has recently added a chercot-
making department which increases the
demand for female operatives. The Allen
q Ginter factory was one of the first Of
its kind I'm Richmond 10 employ girls I'm
large numbers, though they bad for some
years before been engaged. as they still
are, IN the smaller factories.
GIRLS AS BOX-NfAKERS.
About 40 girls are employed in the
Randolph paper-boX factory, Nos. 1907
1913 Ross street. The wages made range
about the same as those received in the
tobaccO-factOries. The class of girls em-
ployed in the box-factory IS very high,
as "A rule. The work required is not more
difficult. The bag and tobaccO-tag fac
tories employ a number Of girls also.
The baklng-powder factories In Rich
mond employ probably 900 girls. Ihey
work in the filing and labelling depart
ments. Their work requires them 10
stand or sit all day. which is disadvan-
tage with which cheroot girls DO not have
TO contend.
THE TYPEWRITERS
II IS estimated that there are LOW sit
tvpewriters i'm Richmond. There are rev
other employments which offer better SAP
aries to girls than typewritng. perhaps,
or employment more BETTING her sex IL
she has TO 90 ont and work for living.
She looks very much at home manner
ing the keyboard. and If her pay is not
what it should be, it is because so many
of her sisters find the work attractive.
Probably 500 girls and women OF flcIE
mond earn their living in the stores. IL
has not been many years since sales
women were an innovation. but they nave
stood the test, and stood il 50 wei tnaI
they have almost caused men 10 retire
from behind the counters entirely. -,
Within recent years the telephone slil
has become a figure In Richmond. Inc
two systems in Richmond employ rory
odd girls The average salary paid j.
about the same as in other employmeh1s
open 10 girls. The work IS far more al
duous. requiring. az it does, phehoineh"l
patience. nerves of steel, and the uispo-
sition Of an angel. There are seVeial It.
male telegraphers in Richmond.
The book-binders and lithOgraphlhS es
Establishments employ large number OF
girls. and ii is estimated that twenty-five
girls of Richmond earn their living at the
printers case l.,
A large number Of girls are engaged III
the shirtmaking establishments, and the
cotton-miIl management cannot obtain as
many girls as are needed. Then there
are seamstresses and milliners in great
numbers. Female teachers are In eX-
treme plenty.
1t Is estimated that the average salary
received by the working girl of Richmond
is So per week. The average price she
PAYS for board is 1925 per week, leaving
her S375 spending money. II would take
her n long while to accumulate "A fortune
at that rate OF wage-earning. but vir-
tuous, self-respecting. earnest, honest, in
tellgent working girl wins a fortune OF
another kind She receives every day a
lesson In economy, aelf-denial. and self
reliance that would be most valuable 10
thousands Of her sisters who live out OF
papa's purse.
And every true man will see that she
also receives the consideration, the cour-
tesy, and the reverence which lady has