Show FEMALE LABOR the other morning moraine a young lady was heard to say that she was just about tired out having worked in one ot of the city stores until late the night b fore aud and that too without any lunch between noon and the time of closing which was after ten T the he same young lady stated that sho she was at a loss to understand why the law passed by the last legislature regarding female labor making it a misdemeanor to employ ladies to work more than nine hours a day or 64 54 hours a week is not lived up to by the merchants and other institutions employing female labor la in this city the reason tor for this might be because the merchants have not had their attention called to the matter and then is a cicat tiling thing girls who go to lo work at nine oc oceel oel t in the morning should have one hour for lunch between then and searn 0 clock tho the usual time ot of clos 11 19 which then gives them just nine ho lions jre of duty on saturday evening it is customary to keep the stoies open until ten or after and the lady del its remain on duty from the noon lunch until closing which makes them all the way from three and a half hours and up overtime where lady c 7 erks go to work at eight in the morning have one hour for lunch and then remain on duty until seven in the evening keeping that up the full live days with the extra hours on saturday it is readily seen that they are working all the way from eight hours and up tip over time per week in salt lake city ogden and other places where many ladles ladies are employed in the me stores bakeries ice cream and confectionery stands on saturday the force is divided into tl two 0 shifts so that the store remains open the regular time tor for that day but the same clerks are not on duty the entire day in III that way the ladies perform only the prescribed hours of work in the stores per week and the stores remain open saturday nights as long as they desire the law Is undoubtedly a good one and the merchants ot of brigham city are not the kind of 0 individuals who knowingly transgress any ordinance give the ladies what is coming to them brethren or ethren and they in turn will give you better service |