New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-07

he did IT out Of pure love OF the work,
but finally his pupils rewarded his SER
vices to the extent OF eight shlllngs a
week As boss Of sixty whcelwrlghts
"Wulle" Gordon received 80 shillings.
with nm income Of s10.75 week he
himself well fixed, and so
did his neighbors.
In June n year ago came the greatest
blow OF his life. II left him dazed, be-
and broken. supper over, the
dishes cleared away, he and his wife
settled down IN their chairs on the
front porch OF their little home. Not
until then did his wife expect the con
fdcnce which she knew would come in
its own good time.
Mother. | am getting old and I'm
not the man I was" he began. They're
not wanting me Mt the shop on Monday
and am fair done for
"GcntIcman's" Life Hard.
"Wuliic" po:tercd around his yard,
read "Thc Scotsman" and Robbie
Burns and tried 10 convince himself
and his friends and ncighbors that he
could stand up under any blow.
Through June and July he lived the
life OF a gentleman" and found 1t
hard.
IL. e. m
blings Of the great war. In carly Au-
gust it broke in all its fury and by
mid-Aucust he saw tho young men he
had known as babies march away to
the swirl Of the plpes. His pulse
quickcncd and his blood flowed Easter
a. he road Of she wonderful charge
o. the Scotch Grays and TIE gallant
work Of the Gordon IIighIandcrs.
But it was not until the beginning
Of winter that he first thought that
perhaps there might come chance for
him to do "his bit" he learned that
his old shop had received big order
from tho government for ammunition
wagons. IL followed almost immedi-
ately by another and still another
His former employer was swamped and
found it utterly impossible to meet
the governments demands.
Then the government took over the
shop and advertised for skilled wheel
vrights. "Wullie" Gordon responded.
told OF his experience and was put
in charge OF force OF 100 mon who
worked from six in the morning TO
six Mt night. And the government paid
him At the rate Of 40 shillings
s27. 5OD a week The shop is living Up
TO the governments requirements, and
"Wullie" Gordon IS now doing ms
bit" and earning three times the
wages he received before he was thrown
aside ike n piece OF warn out machin-
cry.
Labor Paid Royalty.
Except that his name is not William
Gordon. this story is true and what 8
more to the point 10 is not UNIQUE
case By any means. Never IN this
countrv's long history was labor so
well paid and never was 1T go scarce.
Comparing skilled labor's pay here
With what il gets In America, the bal
ance il still with the other side OF
the water except in n few instances.
Now take tho question OF women
workers. My home 70 IN one OF tho
suburbs, five miles from the heart OF
London. A girl delivers the mIN, an
rthcr girl brings the newspaper. the
bread and rolls are delivered By an
other Girl. girl comes TO get the
grocery order. another taxes the order
FOR meat. When 7 20 to the subway
station a girl examines my ticket and
takes me down IN the elevator.
All these girls are filling places ior-
rncrly held by men or boys.
A conductor on an English double
iecked surface car carries large
leather bag. strapped from her shout
ner. to hold The big English pennies;
n one hand She holds a slab o. WOOD
In which a double row Of co.ored tick
,ts arc attached. Here there il no UNI
yersal fare you pay according to the
'cngth Of your ride. When YOU 90
.nto the subway. or onto the bus or
ramcar. YOU tell the conductor where
Won want to 20 and he gives you
runched ticket for which you pay MN
a pennv. tuppence or siXpence. IL Is
> ~ tho simple proceeding OF stepping
ITO the New York subway surface
,,r or elevated and dropping nickel.
Women are acting as conductors on
most Of the London tramcars and DONG
heir work well
Women Clerks in Banks.
woman clerk in a British bank two
v.ars ago would have been one oil the
seven wonders or a scandal. mere are
brndrcds Of them now and they are
doing their work remarkably we'll de-
spite the prejudice that women are
ooor at Figures" OF course. II you
x for a draft for Francs SOL you
ant TO be sure 1t doesn't READ r"'.S
S15. But this Is new business "
,hen and the same mistaSe mas pen
made by many Il male clerk VINO
10 add a double row OF hguFeS,' pHV 80
now wallowing in the mud IN IAN e.S.
If your doorbell refuses 10 worn ".
quickest way to repair IL no" j. NJ
10 look for an electrician, but 10 'SHe
M correspondence course IN ~,
+ricitv and house wiring. me
lass electrician. who had shop !"
ne basement. has closed IL anu - 60,
ny in government service three ''''''
what he dad before the war.
The poorer classes have gone up sss
eral steps since the war, WINE the "'u
lie classes have slipped DacH.
- Fnglishman told me the otner day
,bat in the month Of December ne mad
soId through newspaper advertising
a oOO worth of books TO persons VINO
Want books which help decorate the
narlor along with the family portraits
IN color More talking machines were
old here this Christmas than ever be
fore. Increased wages and separation
,Iiowances have changed the whole
Gale of living in hundreds of thousands
Of homes in Britain. .,,.-
One reason why some Of the million
single men Of forty or under refuse 10
enlist under the Derby scheme 10 that
thev are now earning more than ever
before. according to Lord Derby him
self You can imagine how much ne
enioved recording that as one OF the
reasons for the failure Of MS campaign
and ,hn re.ort 70 comnulsion. Whlch ~