Show FEMININE CHILD I WORKERS STEADIER I Boys Show Greater Restlessness Restlessness Rest Rest- Rest Rest-j j i Says a Labor Report j I WASHINGTON Oct 23 Within Within a I year after they were legally permitted 1 to BO go to work one child out of ot every four in Connecticut left school for tor that I purpose according to the report on Industrial Instability of or Child Workers Workers Work Work- ers made public recently by the work work-I children's childrens childrens children's chil chil- drens dren's bureau of ot the United States deI department de de- of labor o This does e not In Include in- in inI I I elude clude the ofa large large- number of newsboys e i land and those engaged in agriculture and i domestic service Three-fourths Three of ot the I i I children went to factories the largest I number of boys going to the metal in industries industries In- In f and girls to textile and clothing clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing factories I Following the histories of of nearly 2500 boys and girls whose rec rev records records covered twenty-one twenty to twenty twenty- four months the report brings out the fact that girls showed the greater tendency tendency ten ten- dency to remain In the first positions which they took third one-third of them ten ten-I re remaining remaining remaining re- re with their first employer twenty-one twenty months or longer Of Ot the boys 18 per cent left the first job within a month and more than one- one half halt shifted work before six months The greatest amount of shifting for both girls and boys occupied in the clothing industry and the least in the textile industry The greater restlessness of bo boys boy's s 's is I attributed to several causes Frequently Frequent Frequent- ly their occupations are arc different from the occupations of men and amI their work I does not lead definitely to better paid positions In some cases the work involved involved in- in is too heavy also boys have ha a I greater variety ariet of work open to them I II than girls As a rule the occupations lof I of girls do not differ so widely from I those of or the women and for this reason reason rea rea- I son on the girls are less likely to become I restless and dissatisfied i Most of ot the work in which children arc are employed is temporary or seasonal In the first month after starting to I work 10 per cent of or the boys and 8 per cent of the girls were out of jobs I for at least one week The proportion I of unemployment became less as the I fr fri children Throughout i ou became their rr work used erL il histories to industry sI s the tho j I bO boys 8 showed a a. greater tendency to unemployment unemployment unemployment un un- I employment than the girls I |