New-York tribune., 1902-08-29
GIRLS NEW TRADE SCHOOL
SHORTLY-WORKERST TO BE PAID
WHILE THEY LEARN

The new trade school for girls, at No. ZSS West
Fourteenth-st. viii be open for the inspection OF
friends and interested persons in two weeks al
though the first school year viii not begin until
November l. Mrs. Mary Schenck WOolman is 10
be the director. Mrs. Woolman, who is the IN
structor in domestic art at Teachers college,
Columbia University, Is said to be an authority
and an enthusiast the subject OF the handi-
crafts and the industrial
The rapid maturing plans for the new
trade school shows the power OF the Gthicai Gut
ure Society. Definite Investigations into the con-
dirions demanding the school were completed IN
The spring and funds for the fitting OF the DuIolng
ana the first years expenses are now III haho
Miss Louise 3. Lockwood. assistant secretary OF
the new school. in speaking OF the preliminary IN
vestigations, said;
our object has been TO find out what trades en-
nlov women. and then TO educate skilled labor in
those trades We find that there are three sets OF
trades which may be roughly grouped as the
needle trades the machine trades and the gluepot
trades Based on the needle, besides the ordinary
,rork OF the seamstress and the great staple trace
of millinery there are q number OF occupations
which are well paid when sklfully done IKE the
finer grades OF embroidery on chiffon, passe-
rnenterie and fine shoes lacernaklng' me hsIn-
stitching and the making OF fine necAWear-
In the machine trades, Of course are nlc44osu
garment making dressmaking and tailoring IN
the gIuepot, pastebrush- trades IS sach VOTE 0S
the making Of artificial flowers, IeatheTS' OoAeo'
fans lamp shades. book binding and so on Ne
from both employers and employed We met q
cordial reception from all except the booHlolHoeie
We investigated silk weaving also. but decoed not
n touch that as is trade which me Operatives
learn quickly after going TO the MIL,
In other trades, however, girls lose q great ue
< +t,,e and are badly taught The millinery ano
dressunaking apprentices waste g lot OF uIne PicA
ing I'D pins. running errands' naatch--s szi--tle9
milling out bastng threads, and DONG olLeT tise
which contribute nothing at ali toward TaaAIiig *
them skilled craftsmen IN 'IilS SA-00'
waste time
soc1oIOGIsTs DDORsE IDEA
.--,1e have found q widespread recognition OF the
-.,.ss;+y of the school. MI. Giddings. professor
Of sociology at Columbia; Carron y, "t-e.''
70 National Labor Bureau, and others OF tIe
xsroe class. have given Us their unquallHeu az
dorseuent: but value still more perhaps lie
s--e-es1 Of girls in the trades themselves VINO
know their own needs, and have alreaos Oeee
for evening classes It is girls OF TINS c4esS VIZ
have patronized Miss Virginia fol'e!
,.sss FOR several seasons. We shan make the
,,oo1 exclusively for girls, because there Is d.
readv the Auchmuty trade school for boys FFaI''
of co,rse takes girls. but Pratt Is a faIii"I
siye and expensive school. we propose .
s.-oc+Iv IN girls of the crowded tenement dis
tricts. ,.~. - .1a "a
I'VE found in talking with employers al lHe re
tsu sbops that there would be an opening 10Y
trained safeswonen, and we propose 10 give 81 ID
come training for such positions so 'ila' @ 1IeS
II, h.,e an idea of the article they are seliihg'
,ts history its place in the Industrial scherne II
fact il IS by such methods as this that We nope
n make the course a means or etnlcai cUI'uie as
zveu as of Industrial training We shall teach d
,,,,,fl what part her trade has played III
~ history Of mankind, that she Wll4 nave d
conoeution Of II whole. and a respect ior l,
ana for herself for knowing 1t. which she cd'i'o'
.+..,- bv approaching II in the fragmentary' un-
,r+eIlisent way that she does now. The story OF
.t developlrnent Of any of the handicrafts
So, sts primitive beginnings up to the present Is
g., :, t,+erest even of fascination. and IL is 10
80. so,na Of the glow Of this and historical in
-. o-er the trade, relieve it somewhat OF
a.. .t,rosnhere OF drudgery, as well as to make
the worker more intelligent, that this culture
eide Of the trades will be taken up
,,ps oILEsHEIMER's VIEWS
Mrs Henry onesheiner. one Of the vioe-presi-
z1ts ., The revv school said to Tribune repre-
sentative yesterday
The need % a trade school for girls in New-York
bss Seen feir for years by ali who intlmatel y
acquainted with the con2ltlons utS1 fIeetips lion
ms been 70 confrun the conviction already existing
~, tte minds Of Intelligent persons that the wages
~ ~ nnskiIied labor among women are constantly
declining. while there Is CT ~ & az yilch tIe
siinnIy Is totally Inadequate To provide skllIe9
labor is therefore the first object or the proposed
Tbe nnniIs 1pon Whom the trade school counts
would otherwise be employsd as % ON 1,
average 81 80 week. II cannot oe eAEecITI 'afI
existence that the families from which The pupils
os the school would come would be willing 10 make
possible permanent economic gain. system or
Scholarships equivalent TO slightly lower n
is necessary. in order 20 attract desirable pupils
system having in successful operation in Lon.
don for many years. Superintendent MaKweh OF
deciding 10 whom the scholarsue shall be granted.
We hope and believe that the school viii in time
those girls who obliged to leave the grades at