Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-23

$4,000 women :.
ARE DISCHARGED
Economic ! Results of War
Fall Heavily on Them
in City of London.

London. Oct '23.-The economic re-
suits OF war have fallen heavily on
the women wage. earners OF London.
OF whom over 10000 haves been dis
charged from employment since An-
lington, 500 were discharged the past
week by two 'bottltng works. which
were forced to, close down because
their supply of bottles from Germany
had been cut off. While the ponder
ous machinery of Queen Mary's fund
to give work to womenis slowly maxi
Ing ready. the Society of American
Women in London has started small
, knitting factory of its own in this pop
ulous district. ..
Mrs. Joseph Wilcox Jenkins started
the factory. She WALKED one day in
to q labor exchange where 500 women
were registered and asked for those
TO work knitting by hand socks and
comforters, and paid on the union
scale Of three pence an hour. This
lnsures weekly wage of $3.50 for
forty hours work.
Funds for running the factory are
obtained by the sale of socks. caps
and belts. which are knitted expressly
for the soldiers and sailors. The pur-
chaser is expected to present the same
to the men ut the front. Other funds
are obtained by contributions. :.
One Of the employees in the Ameri-
can factory lis a woman with a hus-
band out Of work, a paralyzed sister
TO care for and seven children rang
ing in age Of three to sixteen years.
Her eldest, q girl, earns so cents a
week in a shop. and the war relief
fund gives seven shillings a week to
the family. Since getting a place in
the American factory, the mother has
brought the family income up to
$4.S5 week. :, n
A delicate, girl of az years, a typist
out. of work, Is the sole support of
her mother and invalid sister. In ad-
dition to her earnings, she gets five
shillings a week from the war relief
FUND, which helps defray her weekly
rent Of $1.S5.
"A. 4 pathetic case is that Of one
have been made to buy new glass
eye. as the enamel had worn off the
old one.
It has been brought to the notice
Of Mrs. jenkins that there is great
suffering among middle class women
engaged in the arts. A music teacher
said she had earned but $1.10 in a
week.
AS soon as permanent quarters are
found, the committee expects to
brarich out. Meals at two pence each
will be furnished and q nursery for
SAAANA Gil. AACdOy L1lo uOIIlcS OIL the
workers are visited and second hand
clothing given according to the needs
The American women have won the
gratitude of many families in Isling-
ton by their prompt methods. Queen
Mary's fund Is equipping a factory
with machinery out Of its 10000
pounds, but its members do not seem
to;alnderataAd, hat what, is laeeded Il
aid right now. and not when the wal
is oyer. RecAntty the ladies' 81
Greenwich raissd3f fund to equip q
factory. and unable to obtain financial
assistance from the queens fund
turned to the American Women's Re.
lief society, which straightway agreed
to! advance SIS a week for wages. The
Il factory is now running.
The resident American women
backing the Islington factory are Mes.
danes Jenkins" e., Richard. Curtis
Brown. G. Mower Arthur Fay. Rob.
ert Mcclellan. s:H. Short. Reed
Williams, .Lorini Woodruff, E. c. Oar.
ling. James Mitchell, c. A.. Knight. H
I. Keene and Fya.W Wilcox