El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-18
MILLIONS OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRIES;
WHAT WILL THEY DO AFTER THE WAR;?

OF the many problems which viii come after the war,
" one viii be the future Of the millions of women work
who filling the ranks of industry while Amer
icas millions Of It has been found al
ready that women who enter the industrial field
suit Of wars demands do not want to return domestic
occupations and it is question whether Of them
viii not prefer the industrial occupations to less well paid
clerical work and whether, in fact great many viii not
prefer business occupations permanently to the attractions
Of home Ee That preference is apt to strong
competition for men workers after their return from the
According to Mrs Frank Haes, of the Chicago employ
eut service branch of the department Of labor, and
girls take readily factory work and like it after they
get used to it. although few do not find the transit
ton from domestic or clerical occupations easy.
@When girls come to the shop they are nervous,
sometimes almost frightened" says Chicago munitions
They often break down and weep because Of the
actual fear that takes hold of them when they first stand
before great machine tool the like of which they have
before and the of which they can not con-
cetve II looks ike veutabe monster TO them, and the
more in earnest girl is the greater is her terror
But the feeling is purely transO1y, due perhaps to
want OF confidence much as anything else The girls
adept in work requiring manual dezteuty- Once they
have gained knowledge Of process and make
themselves useful they take much pride in their Jobs
and show inclination whatsoever to 90 back 10 domes
tic service.
Here in e Paso, women have taken the places of
only a limited extent though It IS true that many
girl IS working at some profitable employment who up
some months ago had never done days work IN her life
and hardly expected TO- unless in her home Because
relatively few working at mems employment here
it IS difficult for FL Pasoans unless they visit other parts
Of the country to realize what diversified employments
filling.
Sixty-five young women are undertaking unique
Of proving their value to the country by beginning
highly specialized type of work that wiz eventually
much the labor power of the country They
graduates Of the training school for psyehac social work
Smith college, Northampton, Mass, and are styled
n New York, Boston, and other cities to begin six
months practical work with nervous patients
They may undertake the economic and physical recon
strucon Of shell shock victims with the idea OF making
these unfortunate fit for places in indus
try. It is estimated that eventually 1000 psychiatc aids
be used 10 advantage in this work The department
Of labor cooperating with the department and the
federal board for vocational education in the rehabilitation
Of disabled soldiers
The army of trained women so urgently needed for
the governments work VIII be augmented by the
that being given this at Jackson col
lege Medford Hillside Mass the women's college
ciated with Tufts SecTetaria work feature Of the
training there. During the special for
copyists and craftsmen given at Jackson.
The bureau Of employment of the state industrial
wee OF New York called upon 400 girls and women to as
sst the farmers IN gathering potatoes harvesting crops
Of al kinds and general farm work. A number of the
workers helped to for the cranberry crop Each
man WIS expected to serve at least three weeks The
workers during their Of employment lived in groups
under supervisor separate house being provided for
each group.
More than 60 percent Of the employees Of a Wilkes
Barre Pa) ordnance plant girls, It is announced
Recent investigations by the department Of labor
showed generally high increase in the percentages of
employed IN industrial plants during the last few
years.
At the New York school Of instruction for women
ticket agents two months Of instruction is Of
fered Students paid SIS month and when qualified
Ior POSITIONS they command salaries ranging from to
$50 month, according to efficiency Applicants must be
between the ages Of q and IS years, have high
school education its equivalent and must agree COM
plete the and to accept positions either in New
York city q nearby suburb.
Every morning at o'clock, all summer, Placer county