Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-10-25
OVER SIXTY THOUSAND WAGE
FARMERS DISCHARGED
SINCE AUGUST
AMERICAN WOMEN HELP
Many Instance of Direct Need hnd
ritiiul Poverty iirnugh tu
Ai,entinn oi Charitable
Ones


LONDON. Oct a. The economic
res is of war have fallen heavily ou
the women wage ,arners ol London.
of whom over 10000 have been dis-
ohgrtcl from employment since Au-
gust first ln the single district of
lslingtou. 500 Wc.. rischargcd the
past week by Two hortliug works.
which were forced Co close down be-
cause their supply OF BOTTLES trorp
Germany had been cut OF While che
pondorous machinery OF Queen
Mary's Fund 90 give work to women
Is slowly making ready the Society
.uf American Women boz London has
started q small knitting factory of
les own Ion this populous district
Mrs Joseph Wilcox Jenkins start
cd the factory She walked one day
into q labor exchange where 600
women We're registered and asked
for those who could knit They
we're then put 90 work knitting by
hand socks and comiorters. and paid
on the union scale OF three pence
an hour This insuref weekly wage
OF 81 So for forty hours work
Funds for running the factory are
obtained hy the sal, ui socks. caps,
and belts. which are knitted expires
"a for the soldiers and sailors. The
purchaser is expected to present the
same TO the men 90 the front other
/ funds are obtained Jy contributions.
One ol the employees In the Ame-
rican factory is a woman with hus-
band out OF work a paralyzed sis
/ ter 10 care for aud girl, earns GO
! cents "a week in q shop. and the war
relief fund aiyes seven shillmgs q
/ week 10 the family Since getting
"a place I'm the American factory, the
mother has brought the family in-
come up 20 St.No week.
a delicate girl of 22 years. o typist
out of work. !. the sole support oi
; her mother and invalid sister. lu adj
dition to her earninga she gets five
shilings a week from the war re-
lief fund. which helps defray her
weekly rent uf e. N~
a pathetic case Is that OF o one
eyed girl. for whom arrangements
have been made tn buy new glass
eve. as the enamel had worn off
the old one
n has been brought 10 tho notice
of Mrs Jenkins that there is great
suffering amoue middle class women
engaged iu the arts \ music teach
or said she had earned hW $40 u
20 week
As oou as permanent quarter ore
found. the committee expects io
branch out Meals af tvu pence
each win be- furnished and u1rsorr
Tor children Already tho how' of
ihc worker. are visited and ..und
/ hand Dlothus given arc"rdlua io ih'
needs
Tie American women have Won
the gratitude ot many families Boo
I.rugt0n by the. prompt methods
Queen Narys Fund ia r0u.pplnp q
factory with machinery ou' of n.
10000 pounds. bU' ii- members do
lnot Seem to understand 'Hs' what
Iis uoeod B.. aid right rn". and uo'
when the war is over Recently ih'
. Indies of Greenwich raised fund
Ito rrwp % factory. and unable "a
obtain Nnaucia, a Isuuon rom me
b Queen fund. turned t0 'H" Amofi
. can Women VIZ Relic society
. (which -trairhtvay agreed t0 advance
1885 q week for wage. Tile .arior'
4 .I. uuu running
The resident American womef
I backing tho lsIiuriou factory ar'
+. uosdamc. Iouku.. g. EIckgrl. Cur
... Urru.r q NrH.tH Arthur IYH