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Show JNEW OCCUPATION FOR WOMEN 1 Y HEN" FIora Zarck fc" victim lo a a W sIfs,,t mishap at licr press drill in I the Cleveland (Ohio) iron mill I where she is employed she was inea-h inea-h pacjtated for several days. The factory haa a physician and a visiting nurse, ! whom they send to victims, but this girl & engaged the services of a private phy sift si-ft Lty v The superintendent was made cogni-J cogni-J pant of the accident, -and inquired inlo her ;- Welfare. He was told that she had her i joffn physicinn iu attcudance, and was astonished thereat. r, "Ob, Flora can afford it all right." he art was informed. "She has saed two thou-fi thou-fi ' sand dollars since she has been employed I here." B .Alnl Flora. Znruk, ironworker, is no B v different in respect to prosperity than her e four hundred sislci- ironworkers who arej fl employed in Cleveland's principal inaiiu-I inaiiu-I ' factories. Suffrage? They don't know what the ord means, out they are all suffragists -ilI except the vote. Flora Zarck audi VSerfour hundred sisters arise each inorn-MffrhS, inorn-MffrhS, pack their dinner pails and go to iliSTork. At fic o'clock iu the afternoon fffllW throw the belts oft their machines, Ijljjnge their working g.trb for street ap-' Prel and "ring in," bavins earned 91.30 ch. They arc not mechanics merely rkcrs and the don't command quite uinc same ages as men, but they earn a h L Wlihood thai satisfies (hem. And they til PJ'ner nnu" fiave f1' their standard of h living preeludea the expenditures that Lj office girls Incur. jl Cleveland's population is largely for-ijnpicn. for-ijnpicn. Ten years ago the superintendent JrffOf the factory in which Flora Zarek ijfTvorks received the applications of sev-'Uj'eral sev-'Uj'eral yuung women for work. lie decided I to venture on an experiment, for his patience with young men as drill operators oper-ators and benders had about run the I gamut, and engaged a score of these girls. The superintendent, had experienced endless trouble through his machine mcnV indolence. Their efforts to repnh I machines had only served to destroy the drills, until finally repairs cost the factory fac-tory n large sum. Bui when the superintendent installed his women machinists he had the satisfaction satis-faction of seeing a new standard of efficiency ef-ficiency set and a big reduction in expenses. ex-penses. When (he women found their machines refusing to operate properly they promptly called upon a mechanic to make the necessary repairs tighten a bolt or fhift a belU they did not attempt (o do such things themselves, because feminine instinct told them not lo interfere. inter-fere. The superintendent ekpt his women ma-j chinists and employed' more. He paid I in L j v Women Iron Workers. Cleveland, Ohio. 1 them the same salaries he had paid thoir male predecessors and set a rate on piecework piece-work (hat permits the oung women to earn much more than many of their predecessors. At the same time Flora Znrek and her sisters have not forced men out of jobs, oven though they are doing the work of men Places were found for ell, aud the young men who show aptitude hao becu assigned lo jobs tlut fit them to become competent mechanics. The inceosa.nl demand de-mand for mechanics prompted the superintendent super-intendent to school his young men. His entire idea of employing women nnd shifting the male force proved .o successful success-ful that olhcr mills quickly adopted it. Flora and her four hundred companions compan-ions work beside men, turn out the same product as men and, though ihey are not trented as men socially In the factory! sphere they receive the same industrial consideration. .They do not stand before ; a blast furnace and mould iron or pour m&Uen metal, it is true, but they do cut, strip, bend, drill, pres and shape the , steel that later becomes parts of farm -implements, automobiles, vehicles of all j kinds and the hardware the world uses. , The women have proved so industrious j that a factory standard has been sot that j will compare with the be-t regulated offices, considering conditions. They 0 to work at seven o'clock each morn-1 ing and from the lockers in the dressing room that has been provided they takeout their idiop dresses. Transfotmed into ironworkers iron-workers by the men chango of dress, they hasten lo their respective place?, and when the whistle blows start work. They do not mind if their machine hurls oil upon their bared arms, and to the little mishaps of the factory they arc aa unresponsive unre-sponsive as the men. The majority of the women bring their own luncheou. but such action is unneccs-j, s:u., for the factories have diniug rooms and sell ample luncheou for ten cents. The1 women have the privileges of the dining , rooms, however, and take advantage of j the tables there. I This work in the factory dues not .erve . lo reduce the moral standard. The worn-' , en Jive as they did before the shop en- ' gagements. no their fore folk lived in the old country plain and thrifty and wilhj. the smallest expense. All of them savej. mouey. In iiiw, when they have saved! sullicient, they return to the old country: or marry. I In Flora Zarek's factory they have es-' lablished classes for the education ofi women employes. During the uoon recess j! or after work at night, suited to the con-." venience of the class, these women receiver ihc tutoring of efficient instructors m j ' American methods, language and rend-l ing. ' "Our office girls ar more to be pitied lhau our shopwomen." couteuds the super- impudent who tir.cl employed joung ' women. "They receive about the same ( wages, but their standard of living is far different. The plane of life costs our l office girls every cent they make, and they are forced to scrimp and pindi every I penny to k-'cp in the clothiug their sisters wear. Our shopwomen Jive iu their own S sphere, cheaper, buy cheaper cloth and i make their owu dresses. Our office girls t come dressed neatly each day and the iwcar and tear on their clothiug forces I them to keep their wardrobes continually 1 stocked. Our shopwomen wear their I street dresses only wnou they come and i go from work nnd eliminate the wear aud s tear by use of their oldest garments in the shops." t TAa.VJiTA.jiiyM.'eia'iA'VM'.'v..A. |