New Britain herald., 1916-11-28
HOMAN'S PLACE NOT
 IN HOME TODAY
Millions in British Isles Are Per-
 forming Mans Labor

London, Nov. 2S.-The saving that Woman's place is in the home has Httle application in war time There are now in the British Isles 3.21e,OOO women employed outside their own Homes It is generally recognized that their rally to work "in the na- uonal interest," is going to make it dlfhcult for parliament to refuse the demand for suffrage which will be renewed when hostilities end.
 During the first two years of war tne increase of women workers, ex- elusive of purely feminine occupa- lions, was 866,0 Of these 766,OOO directly replaced male labor. In other ~ words more than three-quarters of a million women left their homes to release that number of men for mil ltary service. Tn most instances the woman went into the munition plants where considerable number of them have given up their lives in "doing thcir bit.''
 \ There seems to be no limit to the class of work women can do. At first It seemed strange to sec girl conduc- tors on the buses. girl window-clear- CTS, van drivers and messengers. But as the war progressed the field broad 6i1Sd ctiC DO" even III Dl1lO1nS, 1nln- ing and Quarrying scores of women are employed. The metal trades also have claimed their share Of the new Industrial army. It must be under stood that this ts army in skirts. As matter of fact skirts are worn for the most part only in those oc- 1 cupatiOns which bring women in ! touch with the public. In most Of l the factories and shops. the brewer i !c& and the railway yards jumpers l and regulation overalls are the ap- ugoved custom. The bus and tram ! conductors, or "conductresses," are l &unty in their roat blue tunics ana c'cirts reach iuGt below the knees -.~~ enough to ovcr,ao close itting
 ok leather puttccs. There is sell
 E @ 2 Gr]iEa. nac or stocking. The bus
 "nicG issued an order recently <. ,t no silk hosier. should be worn. Rccru;tcd From Feminine Occupation
 1t is stated that probably 100000 of the women war workers" have been recruited from those formerly Engaged in purely feminine occupa- fions-domestics dressma kers, mill . liners etc. The servant problem is Becoming more and more acute, for the demand for intuition workers is increasing day by day, and the wages offered ere far beyond the dreams of gvarice to a majority of the English domestics
 The number of women employed in hr Railway work has increased more than 200 per cent. Ordinarily the only railway posts open to women were clerkships and carriage cleaning tasks. Now there arc women ticket Collectors, porters engine cleaners l and workshop laborers. Tn Glasgow , and some other cities women are be- 1 ing tried out as tram drivers or mo- l toTWomen.
 Interesting statistics regarding Woman's part in war work have been collected by the employment bureau of the board of trade. The number of women recruited Q industrial oc- cupationI between July, 1914, and July 1916, was 362, ,00O. Of this num- Der, 263,000 directly replaced men, IB commercial occupations the in- crease in the number of women workers was 19S,0O0, while the num- Der of women replacing men in this class was 201, ,000 This apparent dis
 crepancy is accounted for by the \ transfer of women from the feminine side to the male side of the estab- lishments. The increase in women
 GleFhS amounts to only 4o,OOO, all or whom, however, have replaced men.
 The increase of woman workers in hotels and places of entertainment is
 only 19,000, vet the number of men replaced in these establishments is
 3l, 00O, many of the cid female en-
 ployes now doing the work of men.
 There has been much more dis
 cussion lately as to whether the city w6man is a success on the farm and the point is far from being settled. Nevertheless 66,00O more women arc working steadily at agriculture today than in July, 1914. Tn 1914 there were only 2.000 women employed in gov crnment arsenals and dockyards. Now there are over 10000. The English breweries formerly employed 5000 Wamen. Now they have 18.0 And so 1t goes through all the industries After a while the industrial post war problems are going to offer such
 food for reflection, an1 to be amicably solver, will require an intelligent skill Of direction and square dealing" equal to the best thought and energy put forward in the war itself