The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-25

zcomplishcd tflan in the usual hours. There
is a certain amount of accomplishment
possible in the. human being. and al
though emergencies can be met by tenn
sporarily increased. output, the strain tens
in q little while, and the productions stails
away again until the average is again
reached. The hours are from f:lo a. VI.
to G P. M. with half an hour for lunch
con at noon, button Saturday the shops
close at $50. This arrangement Of hours
is the choice of the workers themseiEs
There are no organizations among the
tobacco workers, as SUCH Whatever So
cieties they belong to-charitabie. pro-
gressive,, and SO on-are outside matters.
The company makes a Christmas stri-
button of candy among the girls, ana
during the life of Major Ginter every en-
poye had turkey.
The girls are nearly all Americans. III
deed, the foreign invasion of the South
has hardly more than begun Wh1e
many are the daughters of local families,
hundreds come in from the country tls-
tricts round about. from the farms, anu
they are glad of the wage they can earn
in the tobacco factories
A Young woman wlro writes shorthand
and does typewriting makes about IS a
week in Richmond; but although TINS IS
$3.50 better than the average wage OIL d
cigarette girl, yet factory name "iio
Thoroughly understands her business ana
is steady in her appllca tion 70 II Eau .sa
make 50 a Week-in some cases she
earns s1o-and one advantage, IN that
case over the typewriter is that she can
live more llumbly and dress more plain
" without occasioning reproof, even
from her own sense of the fitness OF
things.
THEY TAKE VACATIONS.
No vacations are given, but any girl
NAV have a fortnight of liberty. in the
summer at her own expense. Inc.
Young Women's Chris ian Associa tlon or
Richmond gives board to number OF
these workers in its roomy holE'e for
50 a week, with an extra charge for
washing and fuel but in order to give.
such rates as these the girls are re-
5duired to share one room among four
They must give Recommendations as 10
character, or they are not admitted.
There are some complaint among the
poorer girls because places are sougnl
( i'll the factories by girls whose families
are comparatively well-to-do, and who
desire the work in order that they may
spend the profits on dress, IN theatre
tickets and so on, but all alike are held
strictly5sto their work
The health Of the opera tfves appears TO
be generally good, for most of them are
Young. Headaches are not uncommon
among them
VIRGINIA MECHANICS INSTITUTE.
Virginia lacks a child-lahor and tru-
ancy law; hence the presence OF dozens
Of children of almost tendersvear In
some; of the simpler employments Some
of these little people are not regularly
employed, to be sure. but work on SAT
urdays or for few hours OF an alter
foF r1E N
go to the circus or the theatre. Taey can
make half dollar day at unsxllied
work: and in labor calling for spryness
or aptness can make $50 or 81 a Week
When OF larger growth they can earn a
dollar day as lahorers. There are sev-
eral entire families employed In the rae
tories and they earn from SIS to- II -
week. II any employee is hurt In doing
his or her work the company sends the
sufferer to a hospital. and the. ses con-
tinue until the work is resumed.
Not more than ten or twelve per cent
of the TOBACCO workers save money. or
try to do SO, in which respect they d1ller
radically and racially from most OF the
| FOREIGNERS who have come to America
thin z the last twenty years. NOT DO
they alwa.s show In yplft the easerness
I to obtain an educa lion that some Of me
INNS and aPpIacks display though Il Is
Z claimed that the tobacco tactdae contri-
inf their quota to the night ciasseSNo Of
Inc Virginia Mechanics S. nstt tnte..s when
ssgIvaa snractical Nv free INSTRUCTION tn:sthe