The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
And in Commercial Fields So
As All Men Can Go to the
War Front. e

CORRESPONDENCE Of Associated Press.)
VIENNA, Feb. 5.-Under the Joint
auspices OF the Austro-Hungarian
ministry Of war and the Austrian womr-
ems organization, the women OF Aus
tria arc about to be industrlally mo
bllized" The undertaking is the re-
suit firstly Of the work Austrian wom-
en- have done since the war, and sec
ondly Of number Of conferences Aus
trian feminist leaders and club wom-
en- have had with the minister OF war
and his aides. 1t is proposed to en-
large as far as possible the indus
trial and commercial fields In which
women are now active and to add new
branches In which they may become
so, the purpose Of the movement be-
ing to liberate. for military service
all men whose places can be filed
by woman and to give more OF them
an opportunity to increase their In
comes. tif fiE i}f
Soldier at Home.
The attitude of the Austrian govern
ment in the matter was explained in
a statement given to the press: 1.-THE
front is at present the domain Of
every able bodied man." says the an
nouncement, while the woman work.
ing for the army is the soldier at
home" 1t is then pointed out that
every woman who works In Droduc-
tive capacity assists the army, firstly,
by releasing some man to do military
duty, secondly, by keeping the eco
nomic machinery Of the country In
motion without which the men at the
front would fare badly.
Thousands of Austrian women are
already doing work which men for
merly did. Indeed in the branches
in which they are employed are many
which formerly admitted no women.
The street car conductresses have
been success from the start, as have
also the female postal employees, In
GLIDING the women drivers and chauf-
feurs OF mail vehicles, On the rail-
roads they have also been very sue
cessful, especially as telegraph opera
tors, ticket agents and freight de-
partment officials. Most Of the cleri-
cal work OF the various governments
Is being done by women, Firms
whose male employees were called to
the colors have been obliged to re-
place these by women. In the ammu-
milton factories thousands Of women
are said to be doing excellent work.
In a plant visited some time ago by
the Associated Press correspondent
the female employees formed over sixty
per cent Of the entire stan, even the
heavy lathes on which the large shells
were being turned were manipulated
by women. A few Junos were handling
huge ladies' with molten steel like a
kitchen spoon. Women already work
in mines, mills, factories generally,
wholesale and retail houses and this
years generous. crop was largely
raised by them.
a Aim Is To Train. mr. 4
One ofthe special aims OF the pres
ent movement is to train women for
executive work, so that the men en-
gagged in this may become available
for duty as officers. ;7
A feature Of the scheme Is to pro-
vide half day work for women whose
family ties would make that welcome.
In the morning mothers will attend
to their households and children, and
so be free to work In the afternoon
from fiveto six hours, To care for the
children In the absence OF the moth
ers, special nurseries and kindergar-
tens will be established. Some Of the
women's organizations favor the plan
that elderly women take the children
OF their working neighbors into their