The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-14
WOMEN WARNED
Bureau Ct Labor Calls Their AItsnIian to
Certain Occapatiens
AS BEING HAZARDOUS
emphasis is Laid Upon the Calling OF

Emphasis is Laid Upon the Calling OF
Trained Nurses, and Domestic Ser
,ice, Wcrh Of Hotel and Restu-
rant Mattresses, Low Grade Trades
and Stenographic Work are Men
toned in Report.
After two years of Investigation,
;ne Bure:I OF LABOR, in report is
sued Monday, Sounds warning
against what it Calls dangerous oc-
cuDat;cns for wSneI in New York.
Particular emphasis in this instruc-
,ion is laid nlon tie calling of train
ed nurses.
-Four other occupations are men
toned as being III the danger zone,
including domestic service, the work
of hotel and restaurant mattresses,
low grade factory trades and the
lower grades of steaographic work.
The investigation was conducted
by Dr.. Charles P. Neil, Commission
er Of Labor, under authorization by
Congress. In it some startling dis
closures are made regarding the re-
lations between tn, occupations Of
wage-earning women and crime.
''At first thought it seems rather
surprising to find trained nursing as
signed as a calling from which wo-
men are especially likely to so wrong,
but it was so assigned in several
places, all large cities. The nurse
IS subjected to periods of long and
exhausting mental strain, with much
hard physical work Il addition. Her
position makes il easy for her to
secure drugs and liquors and the
and the nature of her work creates
a special demand for stimulants for
restoratives. It is easy for her to
become a hard drinker or drug
fend, and when woman adopts
either habit, the chances of her 60
ing wrong in other ways are much
increased.
also the nurse is in position
which makes it easy for mon to es-
say advances toward her if they have
any desire in that direction. She
has not the protection Of publicity
afforded by the factory or the de-
partment store, and when she is nurs-
ing a man opportunities for compli-
cations are evident. On the other
hand, professional, spirit is usually
found among nurses which should
serve as a strong restrain, SO that
these possible complications do not
arise so often as the nature OF the
work might lead one to expect.
"Stenography was assigned as a
dangerous occupation by only one So
cial worker, worker. however, Of
such wide experience that her oDin=
ion should count for much. Her be-
lief is that its dangers are confined
to the class who receives the lowest
salaries of all, the girls of II or Is,
just out of school, wfo are ignorant
and unframed, wholly undeveloped
ir character, not habituated to self
control, rather waekwilled and en-
irely unaware Of the possible dangers
Of their position. The real Peril lay
in their unmaturity and lack Of train
ing and until that vas removed they
would encounter serious risks
wherever they might be-
With both domestic service and
the low grade factory trades, the re-
port finds that the dangers to wo-
men lay mot so much in the work
itself, though conditions under which
it is carried on are frequently dan
gerous. as in the kind of women who
are likely to enter such occupations.
The report says:
The work Of 4 waitress in ho
tel, restaurant or cafe, presents
some very obvious dangers. The
waitress comes in contact with men
OF every kind, some of whom cor
slider a girl in her position far game.
She cannot resent their advances. for
she must not offend customers. Even
her refusal TO accept ove-tures must
be carefully managed. Usually the
girl who would resist one danger may
have constantly before her tempta-
ticnS as to intemnerance, and the
fail before the other.