The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-10
WOMEN BY THOUSANDS
TO TAKE MEMS JOBS
Street Cars, Machine Shops And Doz-
ems Iof Other Occupations to Call
On Them.

| New4Y ork, May 9.-Thousands OF
womeh in all parts of the United
States1 are preparing to replace men
called TO the colors. Statistics gath
| cred I'd ay showed rush of prepara-
ton f& this big move in practically
every city.
| Whtn the men march to war wo-
men will start work as elevator op-
| erators, elevated and subway street
| car conductors, machine shop eX-
| perts, ticket agents, motion picture
mechanics and distributors. tele-
! graphers, railway car cleaners, office
clerkkl bell boys chauffeurs, auto
mobiia mechanics, shoemakers, bank
clerksl farm hands, railway checkers
and callers, walters in exclusive ca
fes, train dispatchers. gatemen and
Theatre musicians.
Tli1 Interborough Rapid Transit
Comp Amy, embracing New York
subwslys and elevateds, will replace
its coaductors and ticket agents with
womEh if necessary, giving prefer
ence4to members of soldiers faml-
lies. The New York Public Employ
ment Bureau has received appllca-
tionk for women to run elevators, as
beIIc.boys" and to work in railroad
nadine shops. The Universal Film
Corporation opened a school to teach
wonFen the mechanical and distrlbut-
ingAnds of the business. In the Ma
tional League for Women's Service
schools, 1868 women are learning to
be cbauffeurs, motorcyclists, wireless
operators and telegraphers.
Cleveland street car companies are
planning to employ women. a. w.
Armour, speaking for the big Chi
cagSs packers, said:
II conscription removes any con-
sidegable number of men from the
packing industry it will present a
seri- us problem. Armour & Co. en-
pIoy about 900 people, 10 per cent
women. Our work requires the ser
vices of men carefully trained and
highly skilled. We can't expect wo-
men to do slaughtering, and while
we will use them wherever possible
to release men for military service,
the nation must be fed
The Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad is already employing 600
women where men formerly worked.
Railroads everywhere are preparing
to-. use women. The Northern Pa
cific is employing them as checkers
and callers. Women car cleaners
are being hired by the Burlington
.Iundreds of girls are going to
work as bank clerks and bookkeep-
ers-
Portland reports that many wo-
men are ready to start farming in the
northwest wheat belt to release men
forswar The State employment bu-
reau in Indianapolis placed 200 wo-.
men last month. Big automobile
companies of Indianapolis and other
manufacturing cities are training
women.
The Denver Opportunity School is
RECEIVING many calls for girls to don
oseralls and take up the machine
shop work of young men. ST. Louis
shoe Factories are ready for quick
di1anke from male to feminine help.
2 - Isl University i has estab-
iislhed Clearing house for imme
difate supply of women to work at
st trades.
AT, Hilt, Northern California, a
foIrces of women will soon start work
fnI a sawmill.
Exclusive St. Paul cafes will re-
place walters with mattresses if the
mlen are called. Women taxi-chauf
fdurs may be used during the day in
ST. Paul, and old men at night. The
Bloston elevated roads plan to hire
1900 women conductors.