Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-31
Will Afford Opportunity for
Women Seeking Avenues of
Productive EffOrt-Views Of
the Mayehoff Plant at Nor
walk sa

server that most OF the women who |
have worked SO efficiently during the
mast few years in activities connected !
with the winning of the war. are now
siesirous OF giving expression to their |
energies in other ways than bridge par |
ties and other futile functions of pre-
war times. As a consequence, women |
by the thousand are entering colnWer
cial or industrial fields and seeking
some avenue Of productive enort. An
article by Florence Davies in recer- |
issue Of the Boston Herald is very per- !
tinent along this line. as showing now
regarded by trained workers OF their
own sex She says: !
1t begins to look as if women were
getting right down to business in the
The factory first beckoned 10 the
trained woman as a fine big laboratory
in which to experiment with sweet
ness and light. Her earliest idea or !
usefulness in a factory was limited. for
the most part to geraniums on the
window-sill and cretonne III the rest
room. That is, the trained woman saw
her largest usefulness. not as a mere
worker, but as welfare worker.
But 1t is beginning to dawn On us all
that any work well done is welfare
work, and that any other work which I
is extraneous and artificial isn't we'll
done. no matter how kindly Its purpose.
This is by no means meant to reflect
upon the splendid work done by hun
slreds of so-called welfare workers. 1t
is merely meant to infer that we are re-
constructing our ideas as to what vel
fare work really is.
An employment bureau for trained
women in Philadelphia makes the en-
couraging statement that trained wom-
en- are now going in for the serious s d
Of industrial work, learning to be eni-
ployment managers or executive secre-
taries to men in big business, or even
heads of departments in the factories.
rather than c!inging to the purely So
cial side of the work.
The employers OH the other hand. a-e
eager to find these women with practi-
cal training. What we want they
for our employees. but employment man
ayers, who are big enough and human
enough to bridge the distance between
the employers and the employees
1t is interesting to watch the trend of
the times in this respect Whereas
once the trained woman was either
school teacher OR a librarian, or felt
her way carefully into industry along
employment bureaus tell us that fully
half of the women who seek appoint
trent in the business world are turning
toward industry in practical way.
And this just reminds us that thou
sand and one ways of settling difficult
ties between employers and employees
have been suggested; but that every
step toward raising the standard of the
personnel IL INDUSTRY Is step toward
the solution Of the problem. Perhaps
even these battling difficulties would BE-
solved if there was little more under
standing in business, and when there i,
more of that, there will be more of the
Golden Rule. which, after all, is about
the only ultimate panacea for such ills.
Largely through the good offices of
the Augusta Development Company, an
opportunity is soon to be given to the
women OF Augusta and vicinity to be
connected with an organization, the
operation of which it is thought. will
appeal primarily to women. and whose
product will be essentially that most
slited to their capacities and tastes.
The shirt manufactory which is to be
opened on State sire It, Just south OF
the Capitol, about January l. 1890. will
not only be a valuable addition to the
industries of the city. but will give an
opportunity for women to work under
the best conditions in Il sanitary. we'll
lighted establishment. The product CT
this factory will be "Goodwll" shirts,
and it is the intention of the promoters
that the spirit Of good will will not ollv
be incorporated in the product but will
extend to every associate in the organi-
2ation to the fullest extent compatible
with a proper business administration.
NJ. y. Mayehoff is at the head OF an
industrial organization in Norwalk.
Conn. which has for many years been
engaged i'm the manufacture of wcmen's
apparel of the highest character. These
goods are sold by the most exclusive
shops in New York. Boston. and other
cities of the country. Mr.. Mayehoff is a
Russian by birth. and during the war be-
came somewhat closely associated with
the administration in the consideration
of the problems relating to Russia and
other European countries. This led in
directly to the partial conversion of his
plant into the manufacture of shirts
for the soldiers of America and other
countries. Now that the war is
over. the business of Mr.. Mayehoff
& Co.. Inc. has increased to an
extent which makes 1t necessary
for the Company to expand. and An
gusta was fortunate in securing the
branch of this business which it was
either In New Haven or some one OF
the other cities near New York
The Augusta plant will be operated
under the name OF the Goodwill Manu-
Brooks will have entire supervision AMI
management of the local plant through
her position as resident director. to
which she has been recently elected by
the company. She will have fun re-
sponsbility In carrying out the policies
and aims OF the general Office.
Those acquainted with conditions say
they are justified in saying to the wom-
en- of this community that not only is
this an exceptional opportunity for
them to become connected with high.
type organization. but that there is no
doubt as to the permanency of occupa-
lion anu we aTc HiioTDleu THAT tne tCIU-
pany now has on it's books sufficient or
ders to- keep the Augusta factory run
ring to it's full capacity fo' the next
two years.
We reproduce on this page some pho
tographs of the factory in Norwalk. -
is hoped that with the beginning which
has been made in Augusta. the bust
ness will grow to the extent that en-
ploysnent will be available for 800 to 400
women. as is the case in Norwalk
The lunch room of the Norwalk fac
tory. shown herewith. is such as is to
be had in the Augusta factory