Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-01

telephone, telegraph and hotel em-
Moves are not included. She said res
taurants. hotels, dressmaking estao-
lishmonts and .oillces should be in-'l
cludcd in the operation OF the ten-hour
law. In many Of these callings, sho
said. and especially restaurants, tho
hours are long. Some women work
from Z A. NJ. until 7.3O p. NJ. and two
nights week until 1t.30 =. Nj. some
women work is 1-2 hours on Saturday
Miss Malone declared.
The amendments also would strike
out the provision In the law now per-
hitting females to work ono day OF II
hours in a week.
She said It Is detrimental TO health
and Delaware Is the only state That
permits il. Miss Malone said she had
been told that some OF the girls did
not want the twclve-hour day cut out,
but she had inquired and found many
wanted IL cut out. She read letters
from girls i'm support OF this
Miss Helen S. Garrett, secretary OF
tho commission, being unable TO at
tend the hearing, sent a letter advo-
eating tho cutting out OF the twelve
hour day
Representative Connolly said he
thought domestic and farm help--all
female workers should be included
I'm the operation OF the law Miss
Malone said she would like TO sec all
included
Representative Chapman said The
nronlo of Sussex consider the law
hardship for tho reason that Ga
stores do not do much business dur
ing the week. and long hours ON Sai
y urday are necessary. He referred
a tho proposed elimination OF tho i
hour day.
~ Miss Malone said this condition HI
VI been met on the Eastern Shore
Maryland.
IN Miss Margaret n. Sherman, pres
"a dent of the Consumers League.
~ Delaware. said ten hours rs the lin
a OF working woman's endurance. 81
"a believed the changes suggested woul
y BIO agreed to N everybody thorough
understood them.
% She told OF a girl without the pre-
rt lection OF tcn-hour law, who died q
II Exhaustion from overwork. Miss Shear
10 man read letters from members OF th
o Estate Board OF Health and from clergy
= men protesting against long hours 20
y women. she thought Il was a hard
ship on girl TO make her work longe
on Saturday than any other day.
Eiehty-seyen per cent. OF the estnl
= lishmeuts I'M Delaware do not no
- use a weekly twelveh hour day. Thei
= is no such exemption in Maryland
r. Pennsylvania.
Mr. Connolly wanted TO kno
= whether Il would not be preferable
. substitute bill restricting all wom'
- workers 10 ten hours a day
10 Isn't A. so that some girls in q
!. homes have TO be up late at Mig
~ washing dishes after big dinners
- Mr.. Connolly asked.
- II believe II is So" Miss Shcarm
replied. but / wish It were not so.
Mr. Chapman said they cannot 9
re help to work down State under a
adj hours. Are you going to have
volhre two girls TO do the work OF one
re he asked. He didn't think the Il
I'M would be satisfactory in Sussex.
,OOl Charles d. Abbott a Milford m,
10 part of the Stat he thought, wol
make no objection to continuing U
m. der the present fifty-hve-hour la
re-. although at first they objected to
nc. They would, however, object 20
ms. withdrawal OF the one twelve-ho
Of day week, and he believed Il
Jr, would apply in all OF Kent and 81
sex and rural New Castle counti
IL He asked that the act remain in
me present shape because Of the Satt
Ids day business.
10 'yrhe bin has been hardship b
sti. We have lived up 10 It and are co
en-. tent TO continue to do So he sal
'sThc proposed change might be
ian, RIGHT for the business interests Of q
the city OF Wilmington or the city
Nv PHILADELPHIA. but il is not practic
orl I'm a rural community" He said
70 had canvassod his 10 or IL fema
employees and they told him they
not want the change.
,.. In reply to Mr.. Warner Mr.. AbbC
" said he referred only TO the elm
,.,, nation OF the twelvc-hour day.
~, G. S. Harrington a merchant
w. Harrington. agreed with Mr.. Abbc
10 stating further that he would ms
M on a twelve-hour Saturday even II
.ro hours per week were reduced TO
he Mr.. Harrington said he heard
I'd Eastern shore law had been repea
mi but Miss Malone said she though
81 had not
as In reply TO Representative Mem
ny MFR. Harrington said they did
he know how they could adjust N
selves TO the proposed new condit
aw without hardship.
Id Mrs r. L. Holiday, OF Dc
thought domestics in Dover did
80 work ten hours day as a rule
ale they have thursday afterpoon
/. in every other Sunday Off.
one The labor committee OF the Sc
NJ, inined their colleagues from
ing House after the hearing got VI
us way
en- Fa,es Highway Department.
be- Representative Marvel, chairnsi
the House committee on pubic -
said wsys, in the House this moInins