Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
WULMANTIC

The services of the womanhood of cne country were never in greater de- mEnd than at present according to Supt. H. J. Nartindale of the Willi- luantic branch office of the United States employment service. They are esssded in industry. in government W1rk. n domestic service, and as the ina1e population is drawn upon more and naore for military service, women will be replacing men at many and iVaxted occnpahons
 Opportunities await women on every s3fe, no matter what their qualifica- tions- To the highly trained women who have had high school and college eaucation are offered many positions ue importance in war work, both for sho government and institutions that are engaged in foreign and home ser vice In connection with the war. The Wulfmanuc office has recently re- cafved from the woman's committee of she council of national defense pros pcctus of war work for women which presents occupations, both paid and volunteer. in which many women will find the kind of war service for which they are best fitted.
 The United States civil service com mission is urging as a patriotic duty that women. as well as men, apply for examination for the government ser vice in positions for which they have special knowledge These positions in ciude stenographers and typewriters and also clerks. Entrance salaries range from s9O0 to $1,000 a year in the field service in New England and from $500 to s1,200 a year in the depart mental service at Washington. The war department has agreed to make appointments in Washington at not less than $1 100 a year and to promote to $1. 200 at the end of three months satisfactory service. The war depart ment has mors places to fill of this kind than any other single govern mental department.
 In industry, women can find posi- tions right in their home towns, and { as so many mills in this section of the state are engaged in war work it is not difficult to find place to demon strate ones patriotism. It has been . the experience of many concerns that a large number of married women are willing to secure unemployment at their old occupations in the mills and thus help in the winning of the war . and at the same time overcome the high cost of living problem that the family may be facing. Where there
 
 concerns have Gay nurseries where the youngsters are well cared fol while the mother is following the in- dustrial occupation. With the trans fer of many wcsnen from the home tc industry. there is also an opportunity for older women to enter domestic service in many homes.
 Women are not expected to do al the kinds of work that men have beer doing. and the government does no encourage their employment at labo- rious tasks for which they are unfit. ted: neither does it encourage the em- ployment of women with children O. a very tender age. As the war pro gresses. however, the superintendent said that women would find an ever wider scope to their employment fieR and even at the present time there i' no need for any woman to be idle That the women of America presen the largest and best reservoir from which the nation can draw it's futurt labor supply is taken for granted. Al the need grows the demand for thei services will become more and mort urgent and. like the women of Eng