The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-26
WOMEN FORCED
BY men TO WORK
Tobacco Factory Employees Get
Shiftlcss Husbands, Who Soon
Desert Them.
TELL OF LOCAL CONDITIONS
Know Your City Club" Sends
Out Experts to Make
Investigation.

FACTORY Inspection vas the chic
SoIic or discussion before the "know
hour-City Study Class" yesterday af
Inc chairman for the afternoon. Mis-.
fIi%abeth Cooke. gave IL umbe of an,
Swers TO questions suggested regarding
presented as to Whitlock's and Other
tooacco factories. by Mrs. Dixon Mrs
10y IL reported in REGARD
70 the X. ~. Patterson factory, and Mrs
Quaries regarding the Allen & Gintci
branch. Mrs. john S. Munce sent In
a report as TO Kingan & Co. which
chael. Mrs. Melville c.. Branch rcad an
Instructive paper on Wages and tho
rGsi Of Lying Mrs r G, Mino,
Rhoads. prepared by Mrs. Strothcr,
vas presented by Miss Gibbs. Mrs. "A.
~; Tyler spoke on conditions Among
gave the report of professional nurses,
and Miss Haley that OF the Woman's
Christian Association.
Want Ten Hours.
Mrs. Dixon had visited eight fncto-
ries. employing in all l.7SS girls. She
had gathered that the average propor-
ton. of these girls who are boarding
IS isp a1 %n, one,tnird; That the girls work
cert on Saturdays. when the work
period Is six hours. that they have a
half-hour for luncheon. and an aver
age wage Of Sc per week.
Fire-escapcs and conditions of vcnti-
lation In these factories were consid-
ered by Mrs. Dixon on the whole us
satisfactory, She noted that there are
varying degrees of cleanliness. and
three matrons and two lunch rooms.
In the line of welfare work she re-
ported, there was a nurse at Whit
locks. q half-hour for breakfast a,
tt1i1i'c t nd az Co.. f,,.,y-N,. III. IE-..H
burE's.
reception and good general conditions
at the Patterson factory, where no well
tnre work has been done. Mrs. Flan-
naEan thought hat the firm would
not object to such work being judi
ciously carried on.
Cannot Use Hest Room. III
organization Of k SmeH ( G Gii'UrE G Mh ehe
about LOO women work. rho en-.
p%loyes, Mrs. Quaries reported, arc re-
qnired to eat their lunches at their
rest rooms unless they arc really sick.
Liivatories arc in the centre of the
nmiidinE and are ventilated only by
an air shaft. Many OF the Allen x
formed. had married unworthy men,
II returned to the factory because
9 oil inc nonssuppor OF their husbands.
their families together and make
homes.
Mrs. Mnnce's report on Kingan &
Company was favorable. and as 1t was
read by Miss Michael, the clause stat
ing that employees had an hour and a
for lunch except on Saturdays
brought forth applause.
Mrs. Strothers's report from Miller
& Rhoads. read by Miss GIBBS, reflected
great credit on that Arm, showing thai
1t provides n rest room, a sick room,
n library and luncheon room to It's en-
pIoyes, and has a welfare department..
under direction of Mrs. Strothcr.
Work for Women
Miss Haley's report from the Wo-
mans Christian Association told of its
gymnasium. its travellers aid work, its
extension work secretary. located at
Miller 4 Rhoads's: its country club,
employment bureau and boarding
house directory. An error confusing
the American National Bank Building,
which has an up-to-date rest room. with
the National State and City Bank.
mentioned In the report of Mrs. Thomas
Murrell, at a previous meeting. was ac-
knowledGed and corrected. The next
Of the class will be held on
Wednesday. May 3, under the chair
lnanShiD of Miss Katherine Rickc