The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

Ieurs and volunteered TO work as taxi
drlvers or van drivers. The National /
Motor Cab Company has therefore
decided to employ women drivers if /
! It can get them One Of the first worl- /
en- TO be employed i'll this way was |
Miss Gladys de Hailand who once |
drove a car alone from Lands End |
| TO John o Groats in four days She
VIII drive laundry delivery van |
! ABOUT London. At several stations on |
| the underground railways in London
| girls are acting as clerks in the book
stalls. w. H. Smith & Sons the
| news agents, tried the experiment OF
| replacing young men by girls two
months ago and found it an imme-
| date success.
Women Sell Groceries
Another field in which it is be-
| Ieved great number Of women will
replace men is the grocery trade, and
| indeed in the work of shop assist
ants generally Shop assistants have
up to now enlisted to the extent of
l5 per cent. John turner, the gen
eral secretary of the National Anal
gamated Union of Shop Assistants,
Warehousemen and Clerks, said that
''of the $4,000 members Of the union
9,O0O male members are enlisted"
twenty-five thousand members al
ready are women and Mr.. Turner
thinks that their number will have
|
enlisted men.
Reports from industrial districts
: snow that large numbers of women
, who formerly worked in factories
but ceased to do so after marriage
are now anxious to return to work
and are registering in large numbers.
One of the most popular occupations
seems to be that of armament. The
: idea of helping to make the cartridg-
{ es which are destined to kill the en-
emy seems to appeal very strongly
i | especially to numerous women with
: | out special training who have reIa
= tives at the front In London. ae,
tresses, chorus girls, dressmakers
u | dancing teachers and concert sing
ers have been particularly hard hit
The District Messenger Company
: already employed some girl rnessen
e gers: the London and Northwestern
5. Railway is trying e,aoin etaoiTtaosf
Il Railway is trying the experiment O
: women clerks in some of its booking
Offices, and even the territory Of th'
e newsboy has been invaded. The Grea
Central Railway Company has los
:. more than 10 per cent. of it's entir
- | staff by enliStmentS and every weel
g sees more men leaving The compan
has therefore employed women "a
= cleaners at several Of it's large depots
- The question of employing wone
= as train conductors is being consid
u cred in Glasgow and Edinburgh
When this suggestion was first mad
1t was dropped because Of the OppO
ia sition Of male employees. But tn
III III problem Of filling the places of me
~ ~ who have enlisted has now becon,
~ so acute that the proposal has bee
ia revived.
nt Demand for Farm Hands.
ol One difficult question is the employ
st nent Of women in agricultural labo
of where the shortage is very great Th
SIS chief difficulties are the heavy wor
and the difficulty Of housing the VIZ
nd men.
rs Two women have registered Il
be wireless work; both were of indt
I'M pendent means and had taken up tt
H. study Of wireless telegraphy
ce hobby. They knew their subjec
x thoroughly, both theoretically an
he practically and were both expert tell
~, graphers
&C. The first thing an applicant has 1
lie, do is to fill up a form stating h.
name, address, age and whether ma
ps ried, single or widow. She ais
an states whether she has ever done ar
err paid work and if SO what-giving tt
ter date when she was employed and Il
M name Of her employer. The ne
question is whether she is free
work whole time, part time. and
de leave her home for work. if paw
0S, ouiiSAoAe' e14iA AloooA1IS odI1SAdClOA
,rk The other questions are: els there al
,u- other work which you are willing al
rk. able to do? If you have ever dol
ng. any paid work, what kinds Of VOL
ing are you best suited for! Are "
ro- prepared TO be trained Tor work While
,ial you have not previously done?" Sp
7ou cial questions are asked Of perso
Bile willing to do agricultural work.
as Don't let your enthusiasm r,
m away with you and persuade you
lille try something beyond your power
my DEAR" said one Of the wom
Of registrars this afternoon to an a
ex- plicant who thought she could do a
be- kind of agricultural work. She W
ate obviously not strong enough for Il
for class OF labor; ana the registrar pOlr
| I'D Hny II =,