The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-07-21
GIRLS ARE EMPLOYED.

ONLY a few years ago scarcely
Girl in Clarksburg was employee
evcent some at domestic service at Il
few dollars a week. The service
was hard and they had little oPpor-
tunity for pleasure, or time oil their
own. Conditions have materlally
changed since and all for the better
Today many of the girls of Clarks-
burq are making not only an lnde-
pendent living for themselves, but
in many instances, they are aiding
largely in the support of the fam
lies and the keeping up of the homes
MANY girls are found doing spien--
did work in the stores at very good
wages. Still others are engaged IN
trades, and the learning of trades
that are useful to them and guaran-
fee them positions at all times. No
longer do the people find them idle
and dependent on the male members
of the family for not only their pm
money but also their living.
AS an instance of what great adj
vancement there has been along this
line one need only refer to the pros
nervous business of the clarksburg
Stogie Company, where over two
score girls are being employed Mt
wages which prove attractive. They
receive from So to $12 week, more
than most men employees at most
any trade received a few years ago.
They do the company good work and
it rewards their honest effort by Civ
ing them good remuneration. The
company like other firms that en-
ploy girls here appreciates the work
and is giving them every possible
opportunity and offering induce
ments that are very rare in other
cities. Merit is recognized and
ability and advancement are reward
ed. With such inducements as are
offered by the Stogie company there
is no good reason why girls should
be idle and not be in position to earn
their own living and have money to
spare. They ought to have, and
doubtless do have, plenty of money
after the cost of living for the week
is paid.
Also in this connection the Clarks-
burg Stogie company is teaching
them a trade. by which they may
make a good living and he able to
follow a trade that will ever prove
valuable to them in the event they
may find it necessary to earn their
own way through the world. The
company has a competent instrue-
tor. who with much painstaling
teaches the girls the trade. She
comes from one of the largest cigar
and stogie factories in the country
and has n store of experience.
Every department is in charge of
skilled workmen. The surroundings
are arranged and looked after with
n view to comfort, convenience and
the lessening of all unnecessary toll.
Electric fans have been installed and
many other things done to aid the
girls in their work and to make it
pleasant for them.
The girls employed are well salts
fed with the conditions and the
courteous treatment given them by
the management and there is moth
ing to discourage them in an honest
endeavor to make an honest living.
Extensive improvements are al
ready in progress to make the fac
tory even more comfortable and to
make less laborious the work. The
factory will shortly also undergo ex-
tcnsive enlargement so as to give OPP
for employment to moro
than one hundred girls, which means
that its capacity will be doubled.
The trade has grown from the in
ception of the company until now it |
compares favorably with such plants