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Show Industries In Need of Women Small and Agile Hands Are Specially Spe-cially Adapted to Certain Work. e MANY EMPLOYED SiNGE WAR They Now Make Watches, Electric Light Appliances and All Kinds of Garments Many Married Women in the Industries. Chicago. "The forewoman has come to stay," says Mrs. Anna Lalor Bur-dick, Bur-dick, special agent for trade and industrial in-dustrial education for girls and women, wom-en, federal board, for vocational education. educa-tion. "The typical watchmaker of the United States is a nineteen-year-old girl. The number of married women in industry has increased 100 per cent since the war. Certain industries are limited in their expansion only by the number of woman employees to be obtained." ob-tained." In the course of her work Mrs. Rur-dick Rur-dick meets -all sorts and conditions of women. Following are some of her interesting observations of women in industry : "Women's small and agile hands are especially adapted to Ihe work of certain cer-tain industries. Women are needed in garment and hat work, the hosiery industry in-dustry and soapnmking. The expansion expan-sion of the hosiery knitting and garment gar-ment making industries is limited only by the number of women obtainable. "Women make and assemble the delicate del-icate parts of adding machines, office appliances, Mazda lamps, electric light equipment and appliances. In 1914 five-eighths five-eighths of the employees of the Wal-thani Wal-thani watch factory were women. It Is surprising to know that the typical watchmaker of the United States is a nineteen year old girl. "Before the war there was only the foreman in all industries where, women wom-en were employed. Since the war there are both the instructional forewoman fore-woman and the production forewoman forewom-an in all woman-employing industries. In the Betts Artificial Limb company. Hammond, Inch, women are admitted to the classes in foreman training uiong w uu me men. Women in Many Lines. "In the Betts company women also do the set-up work. Certain machines have to he 'set up' to run a job lot through. Formerly a 'set-up' man set up the machine and a woman operated it. The machine got out of order and she raised two fingers as a sign for the set-up man to come. Today women wom-en do this set-up work. "In Milwaukee, Wis., a street ear advertisement ad-vertisement from some factory which needed woman workers exhibited a picture of a bride, groom and preacher. preach-er. Underneath were the words. 'Many marriages are made in our plant. Come down and pick nut your job.' Then there was a long list of the social advantages accruing to the girl who would work in that factory. Needless to say. the factory did not expect the girl to quit work after her marriage. "Married women in industry have increased in-creased ""10 per cent since the war. "At Oram! Rapids, Mich., (he furniture furni-ture factories advertise for housewives who will work at least two hours n day. suiting their own convenience as to when they will cotne." |