The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-27

New York, Dec. 27-In marked con
trast to the daughters of many OF
Americas financial kings. who have
squandered the fortunes of their sires
to support the whims and extrava-
gances of their titled husbands, is Miss
Anne Morgan, the only unmarried
daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan who
for years has been spending her time
and money in improving the conditions
OF thousands of poor working girls
Her name has been associated with
charity works Of every variety. but her
most recent step along these lines. and
one that clearly illustrates the demo-
cratic character of this fair philanthro-
pist, is her recent enrolment in the
ranks of the Woman's Trade Union
League, in New York, in order to assist
the forty thousand girl shirt waist
makers who have been on a strike for
the past two months
AS a member of this organization she
will pay the dues of 81 per year. and
will be entitled to the same privileges
and protection accorded the thousands
VI Poci " VI Niio eIiiS' WIZ arc IoIIl-
PEELED to exist on miserable pittance
She will thus be in a position TO act
as the girls representative in bring
ing about a satisfactory adjustment of
their grievances.
The magic name of Morgan will
open the doors of many manufacturers
private offices, which would remain
closed to the ordinary worker. and will
enable Miss Morgan to more forcibly
present the girls demands, while her
unquestioned judgment and recognized
business ability will inspire the conf
dence of the employers.
In a recent interview on the subject
Miss Morgan said:
I'VE can see from the general trade
conditions how difficult it must be for
these girls to get along. OF course.
the consumer must be protected, but
when you hear of a woman who press
es forty dozen skirts for s. week.
something must be very wrong.
And fifty-two hours a week seems lit
tie enough to ask.
Rose Schneiderman told me of a
woman who had worked in a box shop
in Chicago for thirty years and could
not in ten hours a day make enough to
live on-she conuld only do it by work
ing twelve to fourteen hours. These
conditions are terrible. and the girls
must be helped to organize and TO keep
up their organizations, and if public
opinion is on their side they will be
able TO do it.
Miss Morgan's efforts, however, on
behalf of working women. did not be-
gin with her enlistment in the ranks
of the girl shirt waist makers. 1t is
only a striking example of many char
liable works extending over a period
of years. With her charity has not
been an historical hobby to be taken
up as a purely social duty. and aban-
doned when the exigencies of society
siders it life work.
Surrounded by every luxury since
her birth. she developed an intsnse dis
like for society and for any >stenta-
tious display of her enormous wealth
AS soon as her education had been
completed she embarked on her phi
lanthropic career. and the calm. cor
Judgment which she exercised in he
work. soon placed her in the Helen
Gould class. And like that well
known phiIanthropist. Miss Morgan is
an expert business woman. She keeps
her own books. and watches closely
that all her distributions are made in
the proper channels. J. Pierpont Nor
gan has always been proud of his
daughter. and has taken keen inter
est in her work He has denied her
nothing financially. and has never
even limited her TO an allowance
The untold good that Miss Morgan
has accomplished toward auleliorating
the conditions Of poor working girls is
a matter of history. Her work in the
women's department OF the National
Civic Federation has time and again
brought her in the public eye
But her philanthropy has b. no
means been confined to her own sex
One of the most striking examples
of her work among laboring men, is