The sun., 1918-07-01
WOMEN WORK AS
DOCK WALLPAPERS
Brooklyn Company Hires 16
to Truck Bags and Boxes
Nine Hours Daily.
TRIO FIRED FOR GUESSING
Language Shocked Old Bill
the HEAVIER, Champion Water
Front Swearsman.

largest in the world. began hiring women
as stevedores Wednesday and now has
sixteen American women. including an
author, former vaudeville star. two
negro women and several widows,
dressed in overalls. wrestling coffee bags
from 7 A NJ. to p. NJ. I'VE days a
week. They are getting san cents an
hour. the rate paid mon. and are truck
Ing their loads with Tar more zeal than
the male Of the species.
This in the words of II. B. whipple,
general manager. He predicts a bright
though he really had no notion the
scheme would work as well as 1t has in
the last four days.
Il put an adj In the paper intending
to run It a week." said Mr.. whipple.
land by noon the next day had to shut
II on because my office was damned
with women eager to work. I had no
idea what I could put them to. They
didn't look particularly husky. but they
were mighty willing. so 1 showed them
the plant"
At Work on Conee and SUGAR.
Very considerably Mr.. whlpple led
them to the warehouse, where brawny
big listed and thoroughly muscular men
were tuggins and sweating at 1872 pound
bags OF coffee, hundredweights Of sugar
and a great collection OF bales and boxes
DO you think you can do that work."
said he.
Most OF the women said they could
and were hired without further debate
They began work in the coffee warehouse
and for four days have been carrying
loads from 100 to 200 pounds lighter
than the men. but by making more trips
have made a good record
This says little Of the sturdy steve
dore, his undoubted gift for moving bum
dies and his even more highly developed
gift of colored and picturesque speech
The women who were hired first. includ-
Ing Macy Carbon. the former short
Skirt twiriet. had no intention of
with the husk.cs OF the
docks, much less Of attempting to &C.
qutre their colorful method Of self ex-
preston. They could trundle trucks
with the best OF the husk!es but they
declined fiatly to cuss.
Hurt. She Lets Fly Verbally.
Wherein the original thirteen were an
excellent argument for female war Ia
Dor. But on Thursday there appeared
on the docks a gentle trio named Susie.
Alice and Neva, robust girls, powerful
or forearm. and in their first few hours
excellent stevedores. Nimbly they cast
coffee bag after coffee bag, 1872 pounds
at heave. down the airshaft. N.mbly
they trucked 1872 pound bags across the
floor. Then they went down to the
docks to snake the bags out to the load
ing ship.
Right then things began to happen.
Susie lit out on a run with a cargo on
wheels totalling something under 500
and trucked herself directly into
a waiting pile Of iron shaftings. Susie
dropped her truck with a scream. Bill
the HEAVIER, first boss of the docks, came
to her rescue.
Susie looked UP with streaming eyes,
her shins, elbows and knees
Take that blankety blank Of a blank
blank dashed DANCED rat Of bling bang
zip truck outa my way screamed
Susie. Move ~ Move that blankety
Bill the HEAVIER Bushes.
Here Bill the HEAVIER toisted a cal
loused hand to either ear, shamelessly
looking at the lady's bruised distress
moving so much as a finger.
much less the truck that had fallen on
her toe.
Bill the HEAVIER had heard some rough
language, but none spoken with quite
Susle's vehemence or command OF the
profane. Bill was dodgasted. But he
couldn't open his mouth to say so,
While he was still holding his ears
up came the gentle Neva and her
gracious sister Alice. They caught the
situation at a glance. They saw Susies
oe bedded In the dock under the weight
If the truck. Swiftly they turned on
Bill the HEAVIER, shouting. gesticulating,
Ill the whole gang knocked Off work to
listen in on the row.
Crackers and sugar" said Neva, only
hat Ia far. far from what she said. sulp-
ng her breath in swallows. why in
hell don't you move that truck"
You swallow eyed chicken thief, are
you going to let that poor girl suffer
while that heavy truck ruins her foot ?
You long haired bum, are you going to
move that"
II was the voice OF Alice, raised in ec-
'ents that drowned the droning Of the
ugs and the screech OF the noontime
stevedOres Photographed.
The gang of stevedores stood about,
'ilent. depressed The truck was finally
moved of Susie's toe. The screeching
" the feminine chorus finally ended,
and baleful where 1t did not
peak.
BIZ the HEAVIER. centre OF a disgusted
hrong, watched the trio depart for their
unch.
Say, did y'hear that langwidge? Bill
urned TO the outraged stevedores. There
vas quite a general nod.
We'll. I'll be bowed" said Bill the |
Heavier. II want to tell you what. II
hem skirts Is going to shoot that lingo |
IN through. I'm a gentleman, I am.
md don't want no hands around that's
,olng to cuss any worse than can. Are
'ou wit me. boys?"
They were. And solemnly the gang of
lock rasslers. headed by their leader,
vent to the company offices.
Boss" said Bill to Manager Whlpple,
you've either got to fire them gals or
i've us gas masks. We can't stand IL,
ooss them skirts sure can cuss
And upon due thought Manager WHIP |
lie summoned Alice and Neva and Susie |
md then and there fred them.
The morale of the remaining female
teVedores is not to be impeached.
$1,000, 900 CARGO LOST. /