New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

thar place on the sgfhtsst provoeaon kHo WIN.
keeper who believes. and rightly. That The en-
P59yes should be ghaTged feSs on he prlnias
10 pay for II, opens his office requiring a sma.
the town do rot do so, he is compelled 10 remit
the Zee, or lose all chance OF obtaining employes
names NAV be- on half 55ze ~ otter books ana
that he has absojIraiv no Certaintv that tbev viii
respond 70 his demands. I asked girl yesterday
Il she did not think it was better TO pay small
Zee Little money they'd set from me; she re-
Door girls awning .f5oH- riTis,'. II is lust mar
idea which helps to undermine their self-respect
less whether they retain their places or not
with the generality OF girls wanting places, me
they viii get. and the Office keeper might as well
Try 10 move the rock OF Gibraltar as endeavor 10
make them swerve in their demands.
CANNOT CREATE HONEST EMPLOYEES.
Finally. continued Miss KIink, the Office keeper
trying 70 do a legitimate and honorable business.
and there IS no reason why this business should
not be legitimate and honorable, needs protection
from the rapacity Of dishonest agencies-ther com
binattons with boarding houses. which pay the en-
poynaent agent so nIcn head a. IoF eyer gI sent
The competition is sharp, Inercl-ess' leading some
e5heT Gay Inc Ti,n 0t oy some d5sSorest
bureaus and very badly used.
Miss KIink spoke with great enthusiasm Of the
possibilities OF the new law and the work that
women might do as inspectors under IT,
7 never entered upon any work with more hearty
things Of course that the law cannot do. II can
them willing. honest and faithful Undue them with
love for children longing 70 20 10 the country
Il cannot guarantee that employers shall be Just
honest and considerable. nor that their establish
ulents shall be ordered that there shall be little
or no work be done. But II does mean reform,
and there is lots Of solid work 10 be done not only
in ferreriug out wickedness, but in preventing IT,
The mere fact that this Office is here and that there
are women here 10 whom women can come for adj
vice and assistance viii perhaps do more TO raise
the standard Of this business than the direct oper-
alton Of the law.
/ seems 10 ne peculiarly fitting L Is woman :
I question all through and directly touching the
home life 1t was through the influence Of women
/ that the passed, and those affected by its
operation are for the most part women In the in
I designations necessitated by the Law woman can
DO much that q man could not do, and an glad
/ 10 have a share Of the work.
On being asked now she went about the inVestlga
I ton Of an Office, Miss klrk said.
: Well sometimes 1 officially ask questions
I examine the registers and keep my eyes and ears
omen. II that Is sufficient I nave other ways
Of getting information, but perhaps II would be just
/ a. well publish them
Miss Klnk appointed an inspector under the
new law regulating the licensing Of employment
bureaus on the recommendation Of the Women s
Municipal League. and had previously spent consid-
cradle time in investigating the domestic service
problem. She is a graduate Of Berkeley University
California and has taken the degree or Pm NJ. IN
} sociology from the University OF chicago
! The other women inspectors are Mrs tSteNe 3
WinsIow and Miss Margaret j Meaghan