Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26

and they are thus keeping the home
nres burning while the lads are n the
trenches, and are proud OF It.
WANTS ARE PROVIDED
The company has been careful about
It's female employees and has provided
safeguards Of various kinds about the
plant to insure the safety OF III en-
ployes both men and women.
The latter are provided with
dressing rooms, wash rooms and every
necessity to insure their Cleanliness
and the proper observation Of ss1iita.
tion rules that the operation of farea
packing plants now TEEN with. A gfrl
may go to her work at the packing
mouse dressed as neat and looking
quite as attractive as to al office or
some other apparently more geutIaI
occupation than the meat industry ana
she will find facilities for the chane.
ing of her street, for work. garb and
even more consideration than In NEST
o o1ayad ions that women are found on
They have to keep clean at work.
" course there are some occupations
ABOUT packing house where it IL I'm.
possible to appear as neat as in Vall
ordered Kitchen, but then. too, thsro
are many OF the girls employed about
the Morrefi plant who are much neataF
ana cleanly appearing than one soma.
tlmes nnds at house work and even n /,
Kitchen. The neat, clean girl. car
keep quite neat and sanitary in 90
pearance there and she Is expected n
do so.
SANITATION A REQUISITE
1t Is NECESSARY that meat handla6
Tor 1000 be handled in sanitary No.,
ner and the trimming room at ~
reirs 10 an example Of this. True ~
aprons may be greasy but this &C.,
pc nelped. These aprons arc not woen
gay after day with their daily accsnu.
latlon OF dirt. On the contrary the
company has provided against thia
ana mas laundries in different parts 81
tne plant where the aprons and white
coats Worn at work as well az okhef
ciotn materials used are washed dafly.
sanitation IL one Of the stronaost
rules enforced at the big packing plant
anu one must keep reasonably cleaa.
me company offers the means fSr do,
ing so and the employees are expectol
10 make use OF these means.
NEAT IN APPEARANCE
IN some departments the girls ~
quite as attractive in the khaki 0vosI
ais and white caps as they would -
lIr any gaTb at almost any occupatina.
Ihis Is particularly true of the e.
ming department and in the lard -.
finery. Part Of the work In tho fof1na1
Is quite like kitchen work and 49,.
thing Is kept spotlessly clean ~
neat. The same Is quite AZ true IN t.
lard refinery for the snowy lard
Clearly handling and here the
may be seen making up -Daeho6eo =
the immaculate product into nett -
tons. -, - y. re
The work OF the girls is Quite vasa1a
as may be judged when one conae6G
the number Of departments in NJ
one finds them employed. For instano1
IN the saw mill. away off from -
plant proper and over beyond -
creamery, one may may find wonnGn
and girls serving the saws ~
handling lumb Der just as boys and me6
have done heretofore. Just what ~
they can do has not yet been leGenol
by the firm. but they are graduaily
equipp1ng themselves with q general
knowledge,of packing house work Tie
establishes them in the work hevb.
after.
HAVE OWN oUARTERs
The girls and women have their own
dining hall This building adtoins the
large dining hall used by the men and
Is part Of the structure in which the
company has its own paid fire depart.
ment and apparatus quartered. The
meat market Is in the same building
as are the offices Of the federal meat
inspectors. A beautiful green wei
kept lawn spreads out on At least two
sides OF the dining hall and lasga or
namental fountain plays a steady
stream into huge basin. Artistically
designed flower beds that this spring
have bloomed in varied hued tulipo
add to the attractiveness Of the place.
EMPLOYED IN OFFICE
While the increase in the number Of
girls employed about the big plant IL
particularly noticeable in the pAcking
house proper, there are slso number
OF them employed in the general ONCE.
Here for years none but men and boys
were employed, but things are chang
ing In the business ONCE as well "A IN
the plant proper.
For years one or two girls have been
employed in the general ONCE, now
several OF them are 80 employed. %
course there Is the telephone girl wAo
looks after the private exchange that
connects the scores Of departments
over the plant and others arc engaged
In stenographlc and clerical positions.
Just how big part girls and women
will play in tAe solution of the tabor !,
nrnh1nrn IN thu hl0 A>> a. a
dustry here remains to be seen. Thus
far they are an untried factor In the
latter department, but are rapidly be.
coming fixed and satisfactory factor
in the pork branch Of the business.
and gave the names Of r.. ]. Nc.
Aweeny and John Price. Thiesen net
them at Excelsior Springs. Mo-, . few
weeks ago and the three became such
IN ri friends that McAweN1v and Pr1eA