The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-03
GOSSIP IN LONDON
From the Philadelphia Evening Teie graph

From the Philadelphia Evening Teie- 1 graph.
 Reporting upon letter from the local government board upon the organization of labor so as to secure the rslelse of men for enlistment and the production of munitions of war the general purposes committee of the London county -ouncii says with regard to the tramway service: Ut has of late been extremely difficult to maintain full service of cars, as very few suitable men now apply for stuat tions motormen. Representatives of the Vehicle Workers unions have been approached as to the employment of women in this capacity, but the matter is to be brought to the attention Of the chief industrial commissioner by the di- rector of labor exchanges with a view to the commissioner conferring on the subject with representatives of the unions.
 The Paris Salon is not being held this year. In the first place, all ths artists are dispersed, many have beea kille,. others have left the country and. besides. the Grand Palais where the salon is held has been turned into military hos pital The two societies-Societe des Beaux Arts and Societ- ues Artistes Fran cais-have amalgamated since tiie war, for the purpose of coming to the help of artists who have been impoverished by the war and of the families of those who have been killed.
 At Caxton hall women's exhibition was opened recently by Mrs Olive Schreiner.
 Miss Sylvia Pankhurst called attention to the home workers who were U be seen at the sweated industries stalls nak- ing khaki shirts and coats, and said that as e1 week was considered d right wage for an unsililed man, 5d an nodr ought not to be refused to women doing government contract work whose tabor could not be regarded as unskilled. The various suffrage societies, including the Actresses Franchise league, the Chufcn league, the Catholic league and others, were representa-, but the most interesting stalls were those of the home workers who were busy on khaki, their day ex- tending in some cases from a. n. to II D. m. The rates paid varied in almost every district in the East End. For fin- shing trousers, for instance, Is 2d per dozen was paid in Hackney; 2s in Roman road, Bow, and 3s in Bethnai Green, due to the system of subcontacts Toys made by East Ed women wee also shown.
 Speaking at conference on war clubs for soldiers and sailors relatives at the Mansion House. London, Lady Ipllicna said that SubScrinrtOlt should be paid by the members, as the clubs must not be looked upon as q charity She had heard of one club the members of which had been taught bridge and she regretted that fact very much Some had also been taught mu- sic and foreign languages, and these were not necessary for the working V omen to learn A subsequent speaker said that the women wanted to learn French because their husbands were learning it. woman at club re- marked: When Bill comes back I won't be able to understand him."
 An amusing yarn is told of a camp held recently by two earnest corps of volunteers somewhere near Lon don." The one corps-for a joke-plot red a night raid; but the other corps. happening to get wind of it. was cX- oeedingly indignant at the prospect of broken nights rest. When the raid CTS appeared, therefore, it was to find lheir attack taken so seriously that several of them had to parade the next day in bandages.