The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-22

IVEAYl ested In a brief account OF Tue
INV conditions e lite :. an nd work ] nots q
lEA4&O which IS except lonal though L q,
unriYaled, in many Of It's sn,,t
400 girls at work in 4 he various depart
|neriis. Thay ali had high backed chairs
and footstools; white aprons nl ana d over
sleeves are provide repfaiirsa ana eava
tors for the employees that are ready ten
-minutes beforefEthe morning hour i iofi
beginning work, SO no st IAN
is a bright luncheon 70 ON forlthe young
women, and 81 In addition to Wflat Inc 4
company serves the girls can prlng WA "a.
tfey piano rs mere = e. np.s o,,e
furnished with couches TO which n the !
young women may come At any any, I'm, LINZ.
when i'll or worn out, Ind seek recupetta-
ton on the firms time: Z. 3, !. q
8s One young woman from. each dep 1af fI.3
BnlentI Is detailed each week TO "a re Tor
come III during working hours; !; On n ne
same floor there is a woman,s
sandaeacll one Swallowed twenty minutes
the eompnny W stn their
vice. The girls go I. ! !, g cloen
ina the morning. m hour Ia ter ina = me
men They Ten y Y =;
hour a t noon. and a t O. clock I'VE min
sutes for calsthenics and 1--WE ffor resi-
earlier than the mon, that they m not
be crowded on the#street cars ny y MY
are paid for ten hours. Fac YOUNG W 20.
man Is allowed one lla lf-da ~ weekly 4iors
half holiday in common WI all em m
5ployes.4 She has alsosone day each month
10 be5used as she wishes, without loss w. 8ol4
wa ges. igi3s5 Z. ii5z y NJ "a
There is All associat ton OF TIE girls o.
the establishment, the 4S VoT1ants Gentl
Club, literary and 2socia rgani1satip !.
allied to the I, nS5
composed exclusively Z. gi IFS
lin one factory that'is afiiltui ed win Inc
fedora ton. They hold two noon meet III 5
time being given in addition. Quarterly
evening meetings are held cpen Z to the
friends Of the members. Their year. n 2 y;
is printed at the r. * paae eme
The House Of Usefulness y g Gotta Z, ! Ev =
specially arranged as y 8 o.,
upon 4 small basis. d ca oress is 5om =, !,
pfoyed who deyotes her whole time 9. 10 u
tho many interests which center mere I,i
exs9 ior ~ Tie the suburb
Proyident Bank. Girls, literary g, sG IS
cill Club boys brlgaae nm e1, sewI u
millinery, cooking school foras.t he glr ts
of the neghborhood and young ~ Wolned
OF tho factory, Choral Soclet w. illi'!S
others others more than twenty lveiaof them
all told. Y. III s
we had heard mich the 4 fa y ne !, If
h III zp ss BUT Ay efs
Through this pleasant#suburb. with yine,,
ella Clad houses and fowering yards I, s ana
evidences ofmeantnesny W Sna ala
mot arrive in the begr tmed lltter e \ |;
smoke filled region OF fac tories VIC l nay
come to visit. When car to 9
ma ton, We looked about forlitle factory Glory
and saw five large buiIltailngs anes With With
trees lining the sidewalk ylne m 81 efl,nyHs
geeranlums. rhododend roIs and shrpbb cry.
I've were inclined to think that the con- ~
ductor had mistakenly car vs. 70 XII, NV
s esse esR NJ stoo su aaa sss
1 a factory? Under n great elm tree, o.,
The pavement verge 6 1he bulG M
apn rffed and learned That this Is Tie ol-
GERS Club, where the heads of.denYa e,
ments. with friends and guests st, J t h|a
LUNCHEON about circalnr loiloW a,9nI
emblematic OF tic democracy OF this {, e I,
tabIishmcnt, viii, many mlll'onss g Q ! 60 Ela'
we learned thatthls fact oIy has twenty en- (
ncres OF ground and I'd contplhss V, &. ~. ~
twenty acres OF sIa tlIli q x xHy
feet wide and three stories {, nigh . .llhs
and six Stories high: that ls one ,,G g.
ings In tho world that the thlrG y! y \ s wy
feet long by sixty feet ~ pi,n 2 ~ "
floors and q baaenlel ilese !, y n, 3
are Of Steel faced Dvlck . ~,
colonial Yellow was chosen, bY a aa a onsft.
cal expert as most fortap!enna ie nn,,
bricks between hem TO ,lne 4.
Tho designer Of |. y, = 1a ia
Grounds al Chicago pla nned tnr IN
sea pes here and IA esidemt III, %
The same line Is erIlaan3eN oyRss;
The houses across the ~ 4
ara vineciad andS ahe yards front q, ana
itastefuly arranged are "a ~ -. ever
7, est homes for workillc w y IA z
scene. Nearby Is IA WIN I,, & s,c ~ 7,
lshcd full OF bicycles; that Is tIs ~ he
AIlouse. aud those 800 heio' - ~ etnry
employees. on the edge OF ne da,, ent
avement IL tho rear is an s,hII M, !,
Z, Iron III lCIllll6