The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-19
LATEST NEWS OF
THE FAIR SEX

WORKING WOMEN "A NEWS
PAPER RUN BY WoMEN-THE
FLYING DUCHESS.
MRS. SUE ATxsTATE CLARK. wIho
has spent the last year ana q half
studying the CONDITION OF the WORKING
women at New York city, has proved
to her satisfaction that low wawes,
casual employment. heavy required
expense In laundry and dress. semi
dependence, uneven promotion. hack Of
learRing. absence Of normal pleasure!
long hears of standing and an arceel
Pf seasonal wowk wege among the eomI
mon features.
since custom requires exactay tie
same freshness In q seleswOnan'd
shirt waist. ties and colaaxa -as in those
Of women OF large means," Mra. ClarL
paad ~she In obliged to w@eh and iror,
her own clothes. This. after q dav 81
standing in other employment, In 4
vital strain. more severe than nav
pcrhapa be readily FealaEad. One g1ri
who needed to be especially naat In apj
peaFance because her position was "a
the SHIRT waist department told me Aa1aa
soeRettEnes after . Gays atnndiuw IA Shd
store she worked over tubs and from
ing boards at home nxitn naadntghs.
ION the other hand. there IL the CHI
who has no convenient place for dolna
her Laundry. which necessltaAes paytna
at least rs cents week 70 have II
done"
The weelx'a expense account az ons
saAespoman with whom Mrs. Casa
TALKED Was 90 folAows:f Lodging, 81 /:
board. Sass; luncheons, $l0S; insnr-
ance. 81 csntss contributors TO church
occasional car fare and other expenses.
h-79-totaL IS, the amount OF heg
wage.
One wistfm eyed Mt&le ahopgiFi as
serted that she had Spent cuiy "a q
rear on good times"
The. only protection the women az
New York state he'd against long hours
was taken away from them when thu
statute against night work was "a
pealed.
Three sisterS--Aglas C8eDwa b. VIII
liams, Miss Ella M. ". Williams ana
Mrs. Fritze Williams Dixon of West
PlaAnes, Mo.-run the DaAly and weekly
Quill, newspaper. They are the onAY
women IN the United States TO ran q
paper unaided They write news. get
ada. set type and run the engine wsateA
turns tho press.
~Our task IN newspapep0om has bosn
particularly strenuous one" says one
pf the Williams sisters owing 10 the
tact that we have always done 90 ruuCh
pf the work In the cfEice. AZ the pres
emit time we are getting out every ed
ton by ourselves. doing an the report
ing, editing, typesete1ng. usaeeeup. press
feeding and even running the engine
which drives our presses, but taAAs o.
only q temporary arrangement. We
expect In the near futwre 90 be able %
devote our time entirely to gathering
news and editing in an effort to make
our dream Of q perfect cOwntwy day
come true"
/ Undoubtedly the country newSpaDeE
offers golden opportunities for the am
bilious young woman JOurnafistica1ay
Inclined who desires to enter q faeld Cf
pleasant. interesting and remEnarakive
work. Il is true that Newspaper work
In a small town has its disadvantages
but what profession has mott BAaidoa
obstacles to the woman VINO wou1u &C
things are only the fuel which feeds
the fires OF ambition. Now that coasdi-
none are such that q woman can a
neraeaf 30 thoroughly for q jonEnnaiw&@
eareer she can enter the faeaG witt
Pve<y assurance Of succ@sA
q y
The -nying duchess the Duchess c
Beaufort is called because she was tn
Hrst English peereaB TO EnAlre q nigh
N an aeropiane.