The evening world., 1911-06-12

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Now Mrs. Robins Is one Of two
wealthy sisters Of Brooklyn who FOR
years have given their time and thought
and fortunes 10 promoting the organi-
zaion n Advancement OF workiny
women The second sister, Miss Mary
Dreier. Is president Of the Women 5
Trade Union League OF New York. and
when I saw her yesterday afternoon SIC
Endorsed heartily and thoroughly Ms.
Robins's dictum.
Tn the first place. said Miss Dreier.
"a girl who has brains enough to join 2
union is far too intelligent to marry a
non.union man. Such a marriage would
mean certain unhappiness. Either sh"
would try to convert her husband to
her principles or else lapse herself into
his inert lack Of principle. and unhap-
piness and strife would result from
either course.
"Ths trade union girl recog-
nisss In svsry non-unaon worker,
whether man or woman . clog In
the wheel Of progress for the labor
pause. hi 10 not apt to marry .
person whom h sees in such an
u0t010 110k oa0
And she would not care to marry
An employer opposed to unaonism.
ENGAGEMENT OFT BROKEN FOR
UNIONS SAKE.
This Is not an academic question:"
Miss Dreier added. Men familiar with
the east side have told me OF cases
where girls have broken their engage
ments because the men to whom they
were ~betrothed refused to join q union
II Is not often that women are s.rons
enough to sacrifice persona. happiness
to an abstract principle. but the rus
sian Jewesses are especially radical Ia
their ideas and f%ervently devoted 10 'ne
principles Of unionism.
Marriage is a very individual PROB
lem. and one hesitates to lay down
rules for any one in a matter SO per
sonal." Miss Dreier added; but the
trade union girls intelligence make
=, rtain things impossible to her. For
ner,v marriage was the working girrs
onIv outlet from long, m~onotonous'
drearv. underpaid toll. Trade unionism
holds out another hope to her every
year certain trades IN when women
are employed add a little bit to wages
the hat trimmers' trade. for
y, course, as the result OF orsaniza-
ton.
Mrs Robins's remarks about mar
-,age and unionism were incidental TO
a nlea for better wages for working
women.
"Aud It 10 true that NO working
woman can live in simple comfort
nm lass than VIA Q week. OF course,
this ssems Q very large sum COM
parsd with the earnings OF many
working womsn who live on 70 n
se. But the smaller sums permit
bare, hopeless existence In whaoh
A.. e1rl has no time. except In the
.laok season, to look for . better
fob. And, Of course, in the slack
reason wen IS . week seems .
large amount to her. Girls who
.xist on suoh sums are lightly
clothed, i~nadsqustsly fed. They are
victims Of the disastrous system
Of speeding up which prevails In
our factories.
There are machines now which taxi
a, 800 stitches a minute. To operate such
a machine and avoid being mangled by
II a girl has to give SO much attention
and thought that she has neither time
nor brain to stop to thread a needle.
There are girls who take home and
thread from 200 to 800 needles a night.
NO VARIETY, NO INTEREST IN
WORK NOW.
when work was done by hand"
Miss Dreier added, "t offered
some variety. some interest. To-
q the most ordinary pair OF
shoes passes through 100 hands.
A mans collar represents the work
Of thirteen women, girls being m
ploysd merely to round h points.
MODERN work means inhnits mo-
unAonv. consequently drudgory.