Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-30
WOMEN TAKING
PLACES OF men
Are Operating Light Machinery,
And Find it Very
Profitable.

Women are becoming a most imporant
factor kin the industrial world and mo-
only are they taking the place of men IN
light Office work, but thousands of them
have invaded the realm of man III the
machine shop and various other lines OF
employment which heretofore have been
operated exclusively by men, and what
is more TO the point-they are making good
The general conception OF machine
shop, Is an erroneous one III many cases.
While il Is true that some machine shops
are places filled with n deafenInp noise,
and the air sitting from the heat of many
furnaces there arc other machines shops
in which the work is confined almost ex-
clusively To light and almost noiseless
machinery and vet just as essential IN the
industrial activity of this city rs are the
other kind
While large percentage of the machines
IN operation are too heavy for women to
operate there are thousands which may
be operated by women. just at this time,
the Woman S Division of the United States
Employment Service. at S3S Market street,
has large list of jobs to be filled of TIN y
very description IN which even fraii
women are enabled 10 earn from 30 To Is
cents per hour
The Irish naturally are always ready
for an emergency. One Irish woman, who
was recItng her virtues and accomplish
ments to an examiner At the Woman 3
Division of he nited States Employment
Service, Mt S3S Market street was asked
for references To back up her accon of
herself Sure, III give YOU nv sister,
she exclaimed. she knows all about me :
Another one of the same race replied to the
examiners comment that the man gwen
as a reference had not replied 10 inquiries
We'll, he's been dead five wears
The policy Of the nited States Employ
ment Service Is 10 discourage all children
under sixteen years Of age from leaving
school TO enter industry
In the placement Of any child the local
/ Service conforms to the Federal regIlat ions
with regard to the employment Of children
In states where the age and hour standards
| prescribed by state laws ere higher than
| Federal standards tho policy will bc 10
| conform to the requirements Of the state
| laws
| In placing children IN industry every
! effort IS made To place them IN suitable
positions and TO invest gatc the conditions
under which they will work
Too many cooks spoil the broth. bur
| the Wilmington housekcepers in the past
| few months have lost no broth on tha,
SfDrp- AS 2 matter Oh ltCt COOKS Hf tfitS time
arc an extremely scarce article in Whining
ton, in spite Of the fact that wages oI
cooks have steadily risen
Good cooks not look far for steady
| employment The Woman e Division of the
| United States Employment Service, S3s
| Market street. has q list Of good positions
for either white or colored cooks, paying
ten dollars per week or more, with board
| lodging and laundry included
| The Woman's Division Of the L. $
Employment Service. SIS Market street
| has big order for coiored women to take
up work heretofore done almost exclusively
| by men. Opportunities are open for positions
| as elevator operators. machine opera orc
| IN shops an IN many other places where
1 skill rather than Drawn Is the essential
| qualification.