Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-09
WOMEN WANTED SIGN
SUBSTITUTE FOR MEN
Men Are Going; Women To Stay
..PetticOats Supplant Trousers.
FEMALE WORKERS In DEMAND
,Ja,l,isI, financial, Mercanti lie and
Professional Pursuits Now
Hiring Them.

sign painters are busy these days,
with large orders in sight.
over the old signs, Boys Wanted"
tbey are painting, Girls Wanted"
For the familiar words, Men Want
ed" they are substituting Women
wanted"
These signs will increase as the fall
months approach, when every branch
~ occupational activities will be in
full swing The men will then be in
camps. There will not be enough
men al home to ill the vacancies.
Hence the call for women.
Already the call has gone forth.
Women are employed in the banks.
There arc scores of them in the Bal
timore and Ohio Central Building
performing clerical duties. They have
even invaded the company's work
shops.
Any stenographer--eXp not
considered-can command salary OF
SIS a week. So attractive are the of
ters in other occupations that women
are resigning their posts as school
teachers. Great will be the demand
in the city and in the counties for
school teachers when the fall term
opens. The teachers asked the Cen
eral Assembly at it's recent extra ses-
sion to increase their salaries. Their
request was turned down. They have
sought other employment.
The greatest advance is noticed in
the salaries offered Only recently
bright young applicant who has been
teaching for an annual salary of $3.50
was given secretarial employment
which will bring her $1,000. The
case, il is said, is by no means an
unusual one.
The teachers are volunteering in all
capacities imaginable The peach
pickersr who are to go TO the orchards
Of Charles Il. Bryan, at Havre de
Grace. the middle of August include
quite a large percentage of teachers,
and many others have signified their
willingness to assist in any other
work for which they may be needed
on farms,
The farmers agree to arrange com
Portable and sanitary camps for their
employees on their own estates and to
supply them with abundant, we'll
cooked food direct from the farms.
Ten hours work a day is required,
the arrangement with Mr.. Bryan be-
ing that the employees can adjust the
time to suit their own convenience
Mr. Bryan stated at the outset that
he hadn't much patience with the
trouser proposition" The costume to
be worn is consequently a conserva-
tive one. consisting of brown ging-
ham skirts and bloomers and tan
linen waists. The peach pickers have
stipulated that they shall not be en-
numbered with unnecessary clothing.
1t is announced that since its open
ing less than year ago the women's
section of the United States Employ
ment Bureau has secured permanent
employment for 71S applicants. This
by no means includes those for whom
temporary employment has been pro-
cured, as such a list would more than
triple the 7f3.
The next movement on the part of
the women will be a demand for a
wage equal to that of the men whom
they have supplanted. There is one
woman in Baltimore who is watching
this phase of the situation. She is
Miss Aimee Guggenheimer, who has
been asked to serve on the committee
on Women In Industry of the Advis-
oly Commission of the Council of Ma
uonal Defense. the national body
which is carrying on the campaign.
Miss Guggenheimer's appointment
came through Samuel Gompers.
Miss Guggenheimer says that the
work of calling the attention of en-
ployers TO the question of wages and
salaries respecting women who take
mems positions has already been be-
gun in Baltimore by the local commit
tee of the Women's Trade Union
League. OF which she is chairman.