New Britain herald., 1918-01-18
WAR IS AFFORDING
 EXTENDED SERVICE
Doors of Many Institutions Now
 Open for Female Workers

earn money so many and varied. industry, however, is to the effect that adequate training is essential for efficiency, and the war has brought into existence many sources of in- training for industry.
 The type of woman, her mental and physical ability, will determine large ly her wage-earning power. For the woman of fair education the various lines of clerical work offer fruitful field. The United States civil service possibly presents the most favorable opportunity for this class as the serv- ice of female clerks for the govern ment is in demand. There is need in most of the large cities for intelli- gent women to fill clerical positions, taking the place of men who have gone to war.
 Banks are opening their doors to women clerks. and offices and com mercial houses require women in their filing divisions, for statistical work, the operation of tabulating machines, secretarial work, etc. The railroad offices throughout the country employ women as ticket agents, freight clerks and in other clerical positions former ly filled by men. In many cities the demand for telephone operators is larger than the supply.
 For the woman in the country the farm offers an opportunity for serv- ice. Women in New York and New Jersey last summer demonstrated Q tn N11f1 11y- profitable work in the market gar dens, orchards and even in the grain fields. At the beginning of the sea- son the farmers treated with scepti- cism feminine offers of service: but before it's close the women had be- come valuable agricultural asset in the farming sections of these states.
 For the city woman whose physi- cal ability is her chief resource in bread-winning, the factories offer many positions, although again it is the trained woman who is in de- mand in textile and munitions fac tories and other centers of labor. Many of the railroads throughout the country are employing women in the freight yards for the lighter forms of labor. and they are in demand as car cleaners, in which latter service they have proven themselves highly satis- factory. The policewoman is also ap- bearing, while occasionally a, woman is to be seen driving a delivery wagon,
 Statistics from the city of Detroit show that within recent months the increase in woman service employed in factories and workshops is almost three times greater than that of men.
 In reply to the question:: What can women do other than knitting, con- serving food and giving voluntary ser vice to the Red Cross? ?"
 There is a large field of usefulness for the woman who wishes to serve her country, in Americanizing men, women and children of foreign birth in this country, and every large city yields womens relief committees which are in need of workers. Good volunteer war work can also be ac- complished by arousing interest in the nations war loans--its Liberty Bonds and it's War Saving Certificates and Thrift Stamps. Any woman with 1 a gift for public speaking may become l -Four Minute Speaker.
 Civilian relief for families whose men have gone to war offers large field for patriotic volunteer service
 
 l tions may be found for women de- l pendents and practical service may be 1 rendered mothers who are compelled | to work in the absence of their hus- ] bands. Child welfare work is a ] primary insurance of the country's | welfare.
 [ The soldiers returning from battle l will shortly offer an extensive field 1 for relief work of patriotic Ameri- 1 can women. Thousands of crippled 1 men must be reconstructed and re- l educated. Volunteer lay workers can do much for the physical comfort of 1 conva1escents by giving massage, by l helping the lame to walk, the deaf to ! hear and the blind to see, by reading , by entertaining and by performing other duties to help men who have given themselves to the nations cause For the patriotic American woman who wishes to do other work than knitting, conserving food and working through the Red Cross, the following organizations and others of kindred nature will yield ample information 1 for relief work.
 National Americanization Commit tee, 29 West 39th St.; National League for Woman Service, 105 West 10th St. ;; l National Security League, 31 Pine
 street, and National Civic Federation,
 105 West 4oth street, all of New York
 City: National Society D. A. R., Wash
 ington, D. C., and Special Aid Society
 for American Preparedness, 601 Boyl-
 ston street, Boston.
 In every state in the Union may be
 found units of the Woman's Commit
 tee of the Council of National De-
 fense. These organizations have in
 formation concerning every phase of
 the war work being done by women.
 Red Cross associations are in thirteen
 districts.