Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-16
CONDITIONS I'M
PROVING IN PARIS
Number Of Unemployed Largely De
creased During Past Year-women
Take Places Of Men.

Paris. Feb. i6.-(Correspondence OF
the Associated Press.)-The number
OF men and women In the city OF Paris
thrown out Of employment by the war
has diminished from 257. ta5 during the
battle OF the Marine In September,
1914. to 79.ii7 In December. 1915, nc.
cording to official figures. gathered
from the number OF unemployed
cards" issued to workmen and work.
Ing women to entitle them to receive
the allowance OF the unemployed made
by the city.
The decreasing number OF idle
workmen is evidence OF the revival
OF nearly every Partisan industry. The
most important OF all. the textile and
clothing trade In which there were a.
$50 unemployed March /. has now
only 29.96S persons out OF work. OF
whom 2s.569 are women.
Unemployed" cards were issued to
about 10000 men and women practic,
ing liberal professions" The mum,
Der was reduced to only 9.Si7 In March
and 9.3i7 In December. showing that
the situation OF the mechanic, the
sewing girl and the common laboreT
is better in comparison than actors
out OF engagements. artists without
customers. etc.
House servants are the worst off
OF about 10000 indie at the beginning
OF the year. only $1,000 have found
places. This is attributed to meas.
ures OF economy In some Partisan
families. the breaking up OF others
and to the fact that many families
have left the city for their country
homes for the duration OF the var.
The building trades have come back
nearly to normal conditions since
there are only about 2.i37 men OF
those trades idle: II Is about the nor.
mai figure OF times OF peace.
Women so largely employed In lux.
ury industries were the most affected
by the war. but they are rapidly find
ing new occupations.
Il am taking the place OF my hus
band who is fighting in the Argonne,
said woman street car conductor
Before the war was seamstress In a
big dressmaking establishment -
There are now $50 women taking
mems places on that line. enabling the
company to double the service OF the
lines In operation last spring. The
subways have given places TO about
1900 women. Like the tramway con
ductors. they wear a iaunty fatigue
cap that gives them military air
that every one accepts as quite appro
prite; they are doing their share.
The Paris commission houses los,
iS.57O men by the mobilization and
took on 27.4OO women. mostly wives
sisters or cousins OF their modified
employees. Ten thousand women found
places In the Paris pstoffices which
have lost 10000 men by the mobiliza.
ton. The six railway companies cen.
tering In Paris gave places to about
1000 women. while $500 were taken
into the principal banks.
The number of women employed in
the national tobacco factories has
doubled. while no less than 10000
women are employed in different
branches OF the military equipment
and munitions industries. In the
handling OF machine tools they soon
become quite as expert as men and
on fine work have lighter and sureT
hand.
Their wages are in most cases about
Sc an hour, though In some factor.cj
working by the piece, they earn as
high as IL francs (s2.iO) a day.
IL isn't alvyava what "A man Lnows