The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-12
PROBLEM OF IDLE
WOMEN UNS0LVEO
Thousands Of Discharged War Work.
crs and widows Pr,~cnt Real
Task to England.
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I%NpON.' oct Ill Tho women
who were widowed by the war and
tho glrlH and women who have been
made jobles~ by the ending Of hos
ulitios nro still an unsolvcd problom
IN England. winter which may
prove to be an acute financial prob
lem for millions Of tho BRUSH popu
iation may force the government to
add feminine plank 10 lie recon
siructlon platform.
What has become Of all the women
war Workers is a question asked by
Americans visiting England today,
hnd a difficult ono u is Ia answer,
Tor, 20 casual Appearances. they have
been Rbaurhcd already into the nor
mai ne of Britain.
The situation. however. is about
this.
Thousands on Vacations"
Those tens of thousands Of khaki
clad ana rain coated munition girls.
of strong, supple figures and swing
Ing gall were tho FIRST 20 be thrown
out OF their wartime occupations
hut they had made biR money, more
perhaps than women had over made
In England before and they drew
thcir unemployment dUics with dead
" regularity ana went On carcfr"e
holidays. Mostly they are holiday
ing still Although unemployment
grants are being cut to A minimum
somc member Of the family probably
draws on the government. others
work and the girls Btiil play. They
scoru domestic service.
The land girls, The wrens and tho
wrafs were largely girls OF com
fortahly fixed families. II "dro
mobbed" they have gone back into
home life. The waacs. generally, were
not OF 40 high "A financial scale, but
demo Of the army and un-
finished war jobs have kept many Of
thcm in uniform.
Tho government office girls were
Kept at their desks, tea drinking and
ldling, II newspaper campaigns are
to he believed. for many months. and
only the agitAted economy campaign
recently waked has resulted In the
release OF any grrat number of these
The bus girls disappearance has
been gradual, as Tommies. after try
ina yainly for better iobs. rcturneo
to their places as collectors OF bur
densomo English coppers. The
womoH railway porterS generally
we're graduates from the corps OF
Rcrub~omcn and car cleaners, and
to these drudge occupations they re-
turned. Many OF tho milk girls, who
took the places OF boys In their late
teens, are still TO be seen pushing tho
tiny milk carts into the trades
men's' entrance with their quart
buckets
In many offices tho chiefs have
found intelligent girls quicker and
moro accurate than the low.Rrado
clerks who served them ~ cheaply
before the days OF the Marne. and
they hold. their places.
Many Refuse Pre-var Jobs.
Generally, however, there has been
a great outthrowing Of women and
girls from wartime occupations, and,
nm "a rule. those refuNe to 60 back 10
the prc-war occnpa Ions OF women.
At tho present time II cannot be said
that this has been as unsettling an
had been expected. The releases have
beon gradual. and unemployment
dolos have been liberal hut the re.
lease has been quickened by need
for government economy. and the
same need has caused reduction OF
government grants
In the case OF war widows the
government II already moving The
ministry OF labor has just taken over
tho training OF war widows for var
ious trades ana announces that Wild
ows OF prvates VIII receive allow
anees totalling about fi,25 weekly,
In addition to whatever pension they
draw, during the period of training
for trades OF many kinds Wives
of officers may draw as much as
$3.50 IN some cases TO cover expenses
and instruction during their period
Of training.
Brltalns five million surplus
women form a constant subject OF
comment and controversy In print
some OF the war workers have mar
led. ~ course. and many have ml-
grated to Cinada, to the colonies and
even TO the United states hut "@en
there IL estimated 10 be n surplus OF
five million. the greatest OF an oc
cupations for women Will De- cloHed
20 Hundreds ot thousands.