Show A 4 f rt i t t tat r if i f t la t BA S HH r authentic AUT HEN TIC f 4 u 1 m F stati wr E d Z 7 jtb th THE BABSON DISCUSSES D WORKING WOMEN i 1 1 appeal for a longer school day gloucester mau mass am ain here amite again tor for my ray vacation at kt the city CRY where awas I 1 was born u which alch has fine people peole good a beautiful harbor and it ewt os comfortable tIl climate mate when the new route 1211 Is completed and the ischook for Flah diries la is built it should greatly prosper industrially I 1 bin writ ng this at 58 middle street etin in th the very room in which I 1 wa was born lorn and am thinking think lne of the changes lic my boyhood women in industry when t was a boy only aboud abou 2 million women were empl employed oled I 1 in th the entire united states jn other than housework for teaching this has now increased ta nearly 20 million joba jobs have given women more money to spend new ind and products have I 1 been devo developed loped freeing women from housework 1 among these may be mentioned frozen foods complete bakery products self service tores stores electric el refrigerator refrigerators and range ranges dish dishwashers wash rs garbage t disposal and plastic f c tab table e 1111 elnen non ri million people brithe in the united states over four teen yeara years of age of million are women ot of these only 19 million are now novem pa loyed the abe total etien and women inthe labori dorco torca Is 1 about 63 03 if we Buto tract ta 10 million from 58 38 im million women coment it means meant that million women have not yet become e wage workers now nowhere pere bathe I 1 the important question how long will it toe be before the number of women employed equals num dumben berot of men employed employ 41 this will bavi be possible as smaller and more modem modern homei houses are ard bulliv built supplemented supplement edby by complete lauto auto matte electronic equipment and other wonderful new Inventions neo not yet on the market market labori union unions and uvelt standard standards when en t f wa 1 a boy there bajt rg 9 not ift labor unkel in gloucester the carpenters arid painters got 3 a lay 41 bi acutt were 29 cents on s co common labor aber avas wa la day alien ten graduating fram tok tole ident I 1 went to work tor 10 a ia wee week renta and food were low and there ere w was IS 11 no pl lumbers umbert bill i a out bathroom was wa out ln in the back yard W 0 got our out water from a ste in the cellar our i heat came rom from stoves avei we cult fire ire wood and tor for light WB we used kerosene lamps there baever 14 bw ever wa was then it a treat e at difference between the g vi ri ot of the few wel well l o 0 to tolo toda da families aad and of the great casp of the population i AA asa result of the labor mini mint muni mum wages watts odal social abety jety laws houra hours and higher wages erds ards tt bf the A wage workers 1 are istre now ve very much uch higher th privilege and profit 0 the well to do families ei are farad aall Vanishing 1 of tours new mi machinery I 1 anery and tf greatly eau aided in this redistribution Q alon 9 weal latua us hoo 0 that the labor leader wm 11 not over reach and klUthe Booe walca hay hap laid theae toe cothene managed mw coay aty aad and I 1 jn la my bayh boyhood caa dis day we werd living wider the gold gol standard which put a ceiling au and 1 bloor loor on baine bu ine ploy f ment prices etc ett I 1 t a acted e ti 11 mice ice 6 4 C e ther thermostat when the expansion became too grea great t the ther thermostat nuo tamed turned off tee the OU oil burner while li bulnes cooleen off thle decollo c thermostat spurted UP the oll tiou isumer rAer again T wen yeats year ago ag othla this gold sta standard n or business bus lne e t as dl T ea 1 n edo ed O page 12 4 1 h BABSON DISCUSSES WORKING r f carded we are now living jivin it under managed currency it is a pleasant sensation but it is like run ning an oil burner wit houtla thermostat some day the ft boiler out of date A children Childre are areno how w public schools are co completely mple te ay alth 0 ith women in industry our will bust 0 A getting most of their education from the newspapers automo biles radios televisions and gang lead leaders asa asea result we are suffering ring from a very serious epidemic juvenile delinquency UNLESS A REVIVAL AS ASTO 20 paa PAR 1 I FEAR ONLY WAY T TO w CORRECT THIS SITUATION A WILL BE BY KEEPING THE IN SCHOOL EIGHT HOURS A DAY THIS MAY BE BETHE t THE NEXT GREAT educational CHANGE CUMING toi TO EVERY CITY THIS COLUMN IS READ w |