Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-20
Union Supplemented by influence.

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Union Supplemented by influence.
| Cnionsm for women who work and
| concerted aid from the side on the
4 part of those who do not toll, but who
have influence in high places, are. the gen
| eral plans for working out the ideas OF
| those who attended last nights meeting.
/ II is more than likely that in the pri-
vacy of his home many a prominent Off
| cial OF the government will soon begin
| to hear a good deal more about the af-
| fairs of woman clerks and expert work
ers in the departments of Washington
| than he has ever heard in the past.
Last nights meeting was brought about
! by Miss Anne Morgan. the daughter of
]. Pierpont Morgan. and Mrs. Eva Nc
| Donald Valesh of Washington. assistant
editor of the American Federationist. and
came as the result of a recent visit of
Miss Morgan to Washington.
At that time while here Miss Morgan
| went with Mrs. Valesh to the govern
ment printing office and saw the condi-
She inspected the building from top to
bottom. spending an entire afternoon
there
When she left she agreed with Mrs
| Miss Morgan proposed to go back to New
York and arrange for visit to Wash
| ington Of some leaders in the Women's
Civic Federation Of the metropolis.
Meeting Is Called.
| True to her word, she wrote Mrs. Valesh
a few days later that Miss Elizabeth Mar
bury and several other prominent New
York women had expressed a desire to
come TO Washington. Accordingly last
night was set as the date for the meet
ing.
| Among the women who attended and
participated in the proceedings were Miss
Anne Morgan. Mrs Archibald Hopkins,
Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Mrs. Pinchot, Mrs.
Richmond Pearson Hobson. Mrs. Samuel
| Darby. Miss Elizabeth Marbury, Mrs.
Richard Wainwright. Miss Maude Wet
more and Mrs. Murray Crane.
| Although prevented by absence from the
city from attending last nights meeting
| Mrs. William Howard Taft is one of the
| most keenly interested of Washington
women in the movement. She has Joined
i the local branch of the federation has
| authorized the use of her name and has
promised active support whenever her
heavy public duties as wife Of the Pres
ident will allow time for it.
The meeting was presided over by Mrs
| Nellie Daniels. who made the opening ad-
dress. stating generally the purposes OF
the meeting. The principal speakers were
Miss Marbury. Mrs. Valesh, Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins and Miss Kate Smoot.
Miss Marbury's Advice.
| Miss Marbury. in a carefully prepared
speech. drove home homely truths in a
manner that showed her clear insight into
human nature. The right to work and
not the right to vote. she declared is tine
j important question for women TO consider
at this time.
Miss Marbury said that while she be
longed TO no union. she worked from
| twelve 10 sixteen hours every day. and
stood for organization on the part oi
| woman workers.
The will to work. said Miss Marbury
and the wish to organize is 'woman's
best equipment 1t will be interesting to
know that there are working in this
country 4. 500 $50 women. a rd~they repre-
sent even the vacations of policemen
soldiers sailors. telegraph and. telephone
linemen. boilerrnakers, blacksmitts and
! locomotive engineers. - !. -
/ Figures published in 1907 showed there
were five woman pilots, ten woman brake
men. forty-fiye engineers. six ship cap
;ains. 49, blacksmiths. eight boi1ermak ars
and eleven -welfborers.s So II. is evident
that there are fewswalks of life in which
j woman cannot be found
II I'm 1900 there were H.3E; women book
binders. as against l4.o10 men: "a ~.
women employees in silk mills. com
pared with I3..~9 men. and ri 800 womeI
in textile works. with All equal number
OF men
The woman who baked the deliciou.
bread for her home in former days i:
now earning So a week in some bakery
; sphere
. '"Selfsh Microbe" Convicted
Il Many a nice girl lives in the hope
' that some nice fellow will come alonI
/, and marry her. She wants 10 be th'
good wife and the good mother. There
."re -. does 10: see why she should
/ become a member OF the union of he
craft or contribute 10 its support.
IA. gin VINO takes this view does no
possess that generous soul which is es
senrial for the making of good wife O
in you get it out. Selfshness is
: mighty poor heritage TO leave behint
YOU
BE like our grandmothers; be part
ner to your husband. not a spender
Couples do not save enough for rain
day 10 buy umbrella. Everything
seems out OF key in some households. ant
II can often be traced to the improperl,
trained wife.
American men love TO spoil their wives
but women should be brave enough
and courageous enough 10 prevent thi
spelling. BE helpmates TO your husbands
like the French and German women. b
producers. breadwinners, workers, whetn
err YOU are married or single.
keep Up Your union. Help yourselves
and don't expect outside assistance 81
legislation. The Woman's Civic f'edera
| lion IS with YOU In Your fight and viii
he y you Get together. and win out a
| honorable. piucky women.
Mrs. Hopkins for Improvement.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins said she knew
absolutely nothing about the art of book
| binding. but added that she had SOM
knowledge OF conditions under which
women work in Washington and wished
| to aid In their Improvement.
| But / want the conditions under which
our women work to be the best in tn
world said she. Il have studied con
ditions at the bureau of engraving an,
printing. and while they are NOT OF IN
best now. the Washington section of tn
Civic Federation wiki exert it's influence
| toward 6hfRlninR perfect conditions II
the new building proposed. There is con
sidera BILE crowding there now becaus