New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

-.rae., rtttnfeY II persons co-opeTated IN
gathering the information crowded into the
,,ook ~, wa xace-e,atl1ir.s women. writ;e-
~ Annie NaFiu:p Noc;.e.n. IL u, pre-
fessor of eozisiotsv in A&elphi t"itese
,pe Macmillan Company. All over uiv
,o,,,,.r,. special investiga ,ors, working
,,,d.r the national hoard of the Young
,,ro,,er,s Christian Assertion. Of which
,,ise Grace H Dodge is president. nave
haar visiting factories, department stores
co.1 falds. work nE with hop pickers' talk
,,- wiz, e,nrlerers and employed and gain
erte- statistics. Dr MscIean acted as d.
,ec,or of the investigator, and the intro
,1pc,ion is written b. Miss Grece n Dodge
"a 1-hn-,, DR. NacLsan 1estifies the whoie
s,uay Is due and whom she considers one
nf the sianchcst fri2nds the WorhliiS
women Of the country ever had
yxor,7an-s endurance is her long suit "a
,sh,ror in DR.. MacL2an's opinion She
say:
..-rba7 woman is continually entering new
<ccpoat,ons is true. but 3; is ljllewise true
that She clines 20 the long established ones
and j. found in greatest numbers IN these
Certain pnvsical limitations tend to direct
her choice. Where unusual strength Il re-
,,,ired woman cannot he advantaEeouSly
e,,,,,io,-a5 1,ut where endurance * reGcl-
site sf,e IS economically desirable. J ne
.,.e-..ee Girl Gould not mine coal. fiji jcists
~ ,i7s-, sewers. but she can sell notions
fo~ ;r7 hours A dav. and stand al the
,,-,,a- ,9s-.- labels on cans monta in and
,,,on-h on, ana tend lnoTas day after daT
f,r ,-ear, The an-rt upon her health n.aF
.s,-er74r-sifx he a. disastrous IS # she had
enr..rcd ir fh.. hc5vier labor. but she can
a. least for 4 -ine be seryi2eahle 70 her
enpiover-
Tn. rarag~al,lls dealing with home condl-
tsa,s II workers are rather gloomy a. d
r,,1e 4 comfortable home" SAYS the au-
thor. should be POSSIBLE feT every one
Who works. hut Ty some strange turning OF
fortunes wheel ordinarily the woman "l"
works r1e hardest has the poorest place 10
live Nav le il i the bitterness en-
repderea ay this circumstance that makes
e-r7r1oves not particularly Eratefu! fo1
,,,~sss1 ;,,rfIr rooms rest TCCrlS and similar
spora5Ic efforts on the part Of employers 10
Improve conditions At any rate DT-
nTacI can found them 50. one employer
told her that he believed the Alrlght! de
creed some Of rs Il WORK by brains ailG
others b. muscle. and that the latter class
z,as made without tbs virtue OF apprecl-
atioa Theretoro he considered il foollsh
10 take the trcublr to improve conditions
This i undoubtedly q pessi-nisjic view OF
The situation but q view which the en-
plovef who expects gratitude in return Tor
his efforts Is likely 10 take. says the author
II would lie better. she thinks. not 10 look
for any such return. but 10 make the fac-
tory as decent and pleasant place as the
Industrial processes viii permit, and to ma
satisfaction in the effort and in the knowl-
edge that employees are not injured by their
toll.
The talk about women fockins INTO the
Industrial field just for pin money is an
exaggerated plant, Dr. MacLean thinks
we found the girls working for PIN
money z negligible factor, she testlfles.
They were working from economic COM
pulsion. Instances where this is not the
case are made much Of by those who see
only lower profits in any agitation TO in
crease wages No intelligent person would
undertake TO support the position that girls
can live decenIly and comfortably In Fall
Rive Lynn HoIyoke or Lowell on an aver
age income of 81 or even s. a week Subsi-
dized boarding houses may help them TO do