Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-13
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dnX afternoon.

i66 South First West street, on Thurs
day afternoon.
on Monday night at Unity hall the
Unityclub gave the following program.
Paper on German Life and Manners
In the Middle Ages" by Miss Susan
Stokes Mysteries and Miracle Plays;
Hans Sachs and the Mastersingers
by Rev. William II. Fish, Jr, and vlo-
lin and plano music from Wagner's
'MeistersInger."
At a meeting of the Murray Hill
Branch of the Woman's Municipal
League on Tuesday Jan. IL. Miss Grace
Dodge described az length the valuable
work that has been done by the league
In investigating employment agencies
In New York. SO quietly have these
Investigations been carried on that not
even all the members OF the organlza-
ton were aware OF them. A woman de-
tectiye, and professional Investigator.
the latter Miss Frances Kellar a coll
lege woman and author OF several So
Geological books, we're employed by the
League, and the revelations made by
them are said to be almost unbellev-
able. The two women went into all
kinds OF employment Offices. some 400
licensed and 100 unlicensed ones, some
times, personatlng servants and other
times In the guise OF employers seeking
servants. Along Fourth. and Sixth
Avenues, where the best class of agen-
cies are found, the investigators saw
little that was actually evil, but one OF
them. In the character Of servant, had
an experience that viii be interesting
to housekeepers who rely on the agen-
cles for help. Registering at we'll
known Fourth Avenue agency, the APP
plicant confessed that she had no ref.
erences. "Oh, never mind that" said
the manager. you come around to-
morrow morning and wen make that
all right And sure enough refer
ences were ready for her the following
morning. Most OF the agencies have no
use for the girl who stays two or three
years at one place. they want fire.
quent fees.
The worst conditions are on the far
East and West Sides. the lowest level
being reached below Fourteenth street
on the East Side. Many employment
bureaus down there are run In connec-
ton with saloons, and most of them
have lodging houses, where the appli-
cants are expected TO stay until places
are found for them. HYGIENE and
social conditions In these lodging
houses" said Miss Dodge, ARE about
as bad as they can be. In many OF
them women sleep three In bed, and
In practically all they have to sleep
two in bed The college woman in
vestlgator was once invited TO share a
bed with three other women of very
low grade, 1t was the only time In the
course Of her work that she turned and
fled. One Of the Investigators reported
that she never went TO am agency on
the lower East Side that she did not
have to get to II either through sa-
loon or over saloon,
Miss Dodge forebore to describe the
most revolving revelations made by the
investigators In regard TO the immoral
uses to which large number of the
employment agencies are devoted On
this phase the League will report later.
The facts collected will be presented
before the legislature when the bill for
the regulation Of employment agencies
In cities of the first and second class
In New York state comes up for dis
cusslon.
Under the special act OF Congress
which created the board of Lady man.
ayers Of the ST. Louis Exposition, II is
ordered that the board shall appoint
one member Of every jury that Is to
pass upon the work that Is produced In
whole or In part by female labor" The
board will have more work TO do In
this connection than Congress had any
idea Of for II has been found that there
Is hardly a department In connection
with the exposition where the work of
women is, not exhibited The number
OF iuries to be appointed IL about loo,
Besides holding places on jurles Of
award, women are represented In the
host OF sculptors and painters, who are
decorating the grounds and buildings,
and one woman contractor Is assisting
In the construction OF the exposition.
Numerous women concessl0narles are
enrolled Although there will be no
woman's building, IN the usual accepta-
ton of the term. there Will be several
buildings devoted to the use Of women.
The building occupied by the board OF
lady managers Is two-story freproof,
red granite structure, which will later
be used as a laboratory Of physics by
the Washington University. In this
building will be exhibited the Jubilee
presents OF Queen Victoria. The Colo
NAL Danes and the Daughters OF the
American Revolution will be quartered
here