The Irish standard., 1903-05-23

rent. for women who came by street
car. i'll carriages and in automobiles
read it and calmly rang the bell just
ne same. arguing, woman like, that
it wasn't meant for them. On the
priests desk i'll the office inside were
many letters saying, Send me a good
girl at once or "pleasc let me have
Il good cook. or Il would like a first
class nurse Girl right away" I'VE
can't I'LL one in twenty of the appli-
cations that come to us in this WAY"
said Father Grogan. The girls who
are booked for New York are, of
course, the only ones available. and
they prefer to so with their friends
and let their friends find places for
them. | have 10 DOUBT that many of
them would take the offers of employ
lncnt that are open to them here. but
they all seem to prefer TO let the rcla-
tNeS or friends they know here locate
them. OF course, we do not argue it
with them, yet often when see Il
clean bright girl going away with
friends who have not these qualities,
L wonder ii her future life would not
y" brighter il she came to America
without Il single friend to greet her.
There is plenty OF employment always
for Irish girls in domestic service. be-
cause they make the best servants.
OF course. Il large percentage OF the
girls who come here have got to earn
their own living. and it is rather sur
prising that so few of them will ac-
ccpt the offers of good wages as do
mcstics open to them here.
prom the last part of April until
the end of June is the big season for
Irish immigration. The ocean liners
bring about 1000 Irish girls IL week
during that period Then the number
ialis OF! for the rest of the year. :se
make 40 charge for the cure of the
girls. whether they are with us Il few
hours on for three days. We take
them away from the mixture of nu-
tfonalitics and classes on the island,
and they appreciate it. and often long
aIter";irtl we get donations from
girls who remember the Kindness
shown them here" The last girl to
be provided FOR OF the thirty-tive taken
by the mission house from the Cynl-
ric'S load reached New York with
the idea of going to Akron, Ohio. 1t
seems That two years ago an Akron
woman travelling in Ireland met her
and said she would employ her il she
would come over. Still having faith
in that promise, til" girl came to
America. When she told Father
Grogan about it he suggested that she
stay over until he made inquiries
about the woman and also learned il
she still wanted Il servant. y telc-
gram of inquiry brought Il reply that
the woman kept Il hotel there and
that it's reputation WAS none too good.
On the priests advice the girl ADAM
doned the idea of going to Akron and
was engaged at once as a cook in Il
fashionable household ut S25 Il month.
The number of Irish girls coming to
America exceeds the number of boys,
thus differing from tile immigration
figures of all other races. Analysis of
the Irish immigration now shows that
the girls constitute almost GO per cent
I'm, Il of I'm, 1,n nf1,n
hand, the immigration as Il whole
shows 60 per cent of men to So per
cent of women.
In the matter of education the Irish
immigrants far sulpass most of their
fellows from other lands. Last year
the percentage Of illitertes from Ire
land was only 81. while among Ital-
;ns it was $50 and among Poles,
Dos
Il can understand why the girls
outnumber til" boys" said Father
i!io=;,n. "rll"rr is very little industry
in Ireland HOW to offer employment
TO girls. There is IL little in Cork.
Belfast and Dublin, but most of the
immigrant girls come from the co,l-
try districts. They have been brought
up on little farms. Tho sons can be
employed in agriculturc. but there is
nothing al home nor in TIE nearby
cities for the Girls. SO naturally they
come to American" Three steamers :,
week with the Irish colccns aboard is
the average now, and many people
bound for South Ferry or up town stop
to watch the little flock that comes
across to the mission house about :
O'Clock in the afternoon of arrival
days. Many Of them are comedy. some
are very pretty and the great majority
have the grace of neatnesS.