The evening world. Newspaper, October 25, 1906, Page 3

wrens carer} | be “THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAW, OCTOBER 25, ‘Mi iss Elizabeth M agte Finds that Many Girls Are Slaves 1906. Because They Don’t Dare to Strike for Their Freedom ee ee es HPPEIPS LS $? ie — sry ovetlte Keeps On at;Her Task, Though She Has a Fine Voice and Ambition to Go Upon the Stage—Another Won't ~ Admit She Is an Industrial Slave, but} _ She Is Kept Down by Conventionality. MISS ELIZABETH MAGIE, the brilliant young sociologist, whose work in the mid-West in behalf of women workers aroused wide attention, has spent several daysin New York studying the condition of the women typewriters in the great ~skyscrapers down town. Fhe results of her heart- to-heart investigation are embodied in the follow: —— ing article, specially written for The Evenjng World, which will be followed by otkers treating of conditions in other lines of women’s endeavor. ot (CorrYRicut, “What would you rather do than typewriling?” 1 asked a $10-a-) week typewriter. She glanced at me suspiciotisly. the question. FOR, Idan t know, tshe-saht—Then_she folded her hands, looked BY BLIZABETH MAGIE. 1906, PRESS PUBLISHING COMVANY, NEW YORK WORLD, | 1 smiled reassuringly, and repeated - up at the rlm of her big brown hat, and said: “Why, I would like to sing, Hop in the chorus. All the girls say I have a lovely voice, and I just love to sing.” : Bs “Why. don’t you go on the stage, then? you do at typewriting?” “Oh, yes, more; but my parents educated me th qeneeaeny and * typewriting, and I suppose I’ve got to do that; but I hate it. 1 would tather do: housework. Why don’t I get married? Because I don’t know { THE fellow. But I would rather marry anybody fhost than do type- writing.” asa INDUSTRIAL SLAVE’S PERSISTING PROBLEM. This young lady would probably resent the {dca of selling herself; mev. Can't you get as much as erthe ess, should she enter into marriage mereiy-to-escape from typewrlt-| ~ ing-t-would-be-nothing-more-nor-less-than-a-saic-of-herself: Of course, she might make a pretty good bargain: th De jumping ont of the-trying=pan into the fire, taking a mighty chance, AA right here {s the beginning of the vexing prob ivorce, witct will never cease to be a problem until the industrial slave {s| then again, she might 1 Any way, she would Ee n of marriage and made free. i Another ten-dollar-a-week typewriter with whom I talked, and who {s @s pretty asa picture and a8 bright as a new dollar, has a varlety of ambl-| and pretest girls that it has ever been my pleasure to moot, She nother preferred history, ———-Heng and talents, She is assistant teacher {n 2 Sunday-school, and one of | che Is older, but she doesn't look a day over twenty. T most sincenty hope her ambitions Js to be In a position to better the conditions of the taboring #84 trust-that-sis—yii-nette tong In ber » feners. re Ost classes, especially of the chiluren.” In answer to some of my: questions she said: “I pave always wanted to write good, plthy.articles, in humorous yein sometimes, perhaps, hut-ntways something that-would-py- of -help-to-some-| the pody, I never comptcted my grammar-school education. What I know 1) ee Se Renee euler Se ee eee Saban oe = z Y “ Sone | i Hketo-da onc sali ¢ er $10-a-Ceek st ! bnye learned by-obrervation ant expertenco-mostty, I reat onty the; best nn intelligent, keon-witted girl, who lobked=lke-she woul make some-1— 5 dtter ature: cht tly coc (etl ou ard a rlittlor on (herald: buellebent ier: thing worth while ont of herself if sie only had tel a chanca, ‘T would) nreore, ‘SHE HAS VIEWS OF POLITICIAN, "TP would Tike 15 bean ertislt00, and am taking lessons-in waiter eolor_now,—I_have never_given_partioular_attentton—te pelttt : people are generally in politics for what they can get out of it; they may bo good partizans, but personal intorest 1s at the bottom of {t, I think. “Whit 16-2 slave? “Well, n person-can be a sinve to almost anything. | ‘A yoluntary or an involuntaey submission to undesirable sonouiony and} {= circumstances mnkes-one-n-sinve: Sat “People should-work, but they should like thelr work. I like stenog-| raphy, The office is pleasant, my fellow clerks are congental, and my employer 4s a very kind—very wise and Jearne! and up-to-late gentleman, | fer Girls, my advice to you ts to think thing that you most Wish to do, then-you_are not_free;—you-are slabes. better than What you are doing—something that you.desire to do more than What you are doing— plaining submisstbeness, but put am your thinking caps and THINK! $B PE SEER GEER OIG GEE HES TSS ITEGE “Gil | | | Slave” Who ‘Works To Free Others pl Ure with reletives-and pay jcarfare ts about $1.50 a week. jceNGnag hooks, Ae. Of course, I Nke nice -elott possible, | clothes, and.do the I unfathomed ocean of humoenity, happiness and usefulness. SOULS THAT THE WORID NEEDS, | Hke-to. travel and-see the world.” > ‘Why don’t you do. {t? © here's -the-dought phaven't 17 Lcould-saye."” should ask them." <4 op_tho other, bilongs to $5-n-wesk-for-toom; This Tee ri-and washing My! TAU es mi rs cate d tI can with what I have 4 raphe question, ¢ Pull mn y n gem of purest ray . untath ar,’ nomed caves of o: This giri, ot st gems in th n, is one of the ra he Is one of the brigtitest, p and unkn¢ It ts such souls as this that I am In search of; such souls as this tha at world needs; and ft Is my purpe Theclams soto bring them as nearly 8 poss ate weill-enough + T asked, re ahssvered. - “Why, you are oiralng $10 & Week; wat yor save your money? “Save money on $1) a week. I've got to eat and dress and 1d keto Know how far and how long [could traveYon what realize the fi Telass—ot scho he rh “Perhaps some of the ratlrond magnates wo Sine give you-a pass if you! “Theyre not giving pasaes-to-poer people,” che replied. "If {t wasn't the thought of being a sort of a servant. { sometimes think that I would leas, kedt-with-seyeral-other-girts, asking them. practleally What do you read?” ind magazino stories, ont-admitted fr: ba ‘of the others yaue stories with something in then, I referred the readers to Ham “Under the Lion's Paw, “The t nd," young girls- bjects;—whpat ty and, on the average; he sald: ybody,’* She's pretty near the root of things, I guess. She'll help sume. " WHAT $10-A-WEE het 1 lecture you bad only $10 a w ould you pay f{irat of all?” “teod-he: partlearts: the One, aid and to the lltue stories of ey_do-read, they read—ps In thelr efforts to instruct, th SPRY ANU -13 TONS wered, of nil, I'll keep watch of her: came questions. usually talk over the themiforo, their lessons are lost. They. fall to, inrge-majority-of-propte-are-in-the kindergarten } Special . Pose | ‘Taken =, 7K SLAVES READ. think hard of the condition tn which you find yourselves. If there is something that you feel that you can do HSLSESERASIESS * bEITES “It's because nome people own and control what | typewriters-and-stenog—+ In answer to the most of them replied that they read novels the would-be traveller, Iked books on travel, and one read only newspapers. One only sald that she would ratker hear a sermon than see a play, As to the novel tint she Hked sensational love stortes thet at they didn’t liko trashy novels—they n Garland's thought-compelling story, “Monopoly Guich” ost of them—don’t want to read tracts on = ally -for—amuscmon I sugkest stories that Instruct a8 well as entertain. Wotild-be reformers, heads of the people, and, to hipress— thei i ek with which to meet all your bills, was one of the questions, “F-would-have to -pay-the-rent-flret,"” Il the giris with whom I have talked so far are-getting $10 a week or one-third of their salary {a paid out in rent. ELIZABETH MAGIE. aa ogy je BOPP ERR Peep pg ee ed oe: in [What [ am and {| what but ono wwe If you are not dotng the Tres e PRA BHPH HELLO PEPHPSPAHPHL PSP HHHHEPL Pp Pe Le VSS POE SHE LOOP Hy Hod Heh Hedoeda Sern doth darbetrete tryed Hyatt t$hSddir then don’t sit down th uncom- ~ aa es 2 iIn Unannounced Visits to- Workers Who Fret and Chafe Under Conditions’ They Endure, Girl Rebel Against Convention: Finds that Efforts of Reform Through: Tracts Are Merely Attempts to Crush: ; the Sout---Real-Yearnings for Fame or a Comfort Stifled Under Stress, ig for fs equal apport jleC ie best man wit UTor | think oft ase Let's start fair and fad to have you, ANd Ju would one who more p r our lives than has the landlord. I 4m belng criticised by sonie for seeking to stir up strife in the ranks,!? AM AGYIROd 26 fat ey, tealohe In Ent nee of thelr slavery, . at Theso critics are adyiscrs, I take ft, while not among the powers that been, | ere very close kin to such powe 1, doubtless, if they had a chance,./ could wield a sceptre as tyrannie any klag that ever Hyed—or rat the rent "without a spasm of e¢ Yi 5 Oh, no, Don't stlr up the They might bite. a \SRAWS%_. A> ABD a “Friday Coat Sale’ » Price Reductions that iReceol Bareains_of Unusual Merit *8 and-*10 Long Loose$ fj .98 Mannish Mixture woats of Se for ie price you pay — several . styles from Coats of Beautiful Gray Mannish Mixtures -tnthetatestHoose back style— velvet collars—tamed-up cuffs, ¢ inlaid with braid—patch mel which to choose. et:—inetal_buttens, —A-stun- ning coat at a very low pr oF ~ Wonderful valucs but ALTERATIONS FREE just the same, SALE AT ALL STORES. F iQtolbWest {4 4604462 Falton Street BROOKLYN |) NEW PUBLICATIONS. NEW PUBLICATIONS. - Those Fascinating Silhouette. and [learn a lot from him. Of course, | would like a‘Iargor opportunity, | HK® (0 Ne a lady’s:matd to some actress. “1 cond get to see SEE “LANDLORDS HAVE FIRST CALL. but if I must work I am pretty well fixed here, (hes ouantheni heals ine a TSMC Ane Urene | 1 explained to tho girls the power of the landiprd and while some ot ; ne “If 1 can Selp you in your work I shall be most happy to do tt, Tam} Yt ee nicer cle Bese nau no. you i them who Woonee: pay oul their’ money, directly to; the tandlond, dla: not of Colonial Days ependent whclly upon my salary, and live entirely within the $10 a weok,| Sk PELE do. And people like you better and treat you better when’ 4 ny piss, (ue point, yet they all agreed that tho landlords had fret : ee you're well-dressed, tco. eal ona thelr’ waxes! Would. You Like ta Make ‘ ts ‘teats Bh i Pans A SoA PTE Pe cA Nearly all of the wage slayes whom | have Interviewed have artlstle or lee dicsateoureeereente literary ambitions, or are anxious to do something for, the good of othors, Fr Mig areudeterihedsingGood >») | sey roads Subjectively, they sense the injustice of the system that holds them down, Q Four methods are descr ; A Clean Sweep! if business men would carefully de- _cifle WHAT to do and HOW to do it, and then make a forceful effort to carry | out the plan, financial failures would: be much less frequen! In planning HOW and THROUGH WHOM to build a fortune watch ‘The World’s Real Estate or Business Oppor- a tunities ‘columns, and | you. | and { | |\WON’T ADMIT SHE'S | to conie’ and go, Then she looked u hand, and sald: | holp you if I can.’ | to engage in charitable work—to go around among the poor and relleve thelr distress and better their condition, | Bho was sincere. thing to help the folks at home, | 48, controlled by another. | useful work in the world ought to get the most pay. A SLAVE. ‘5 "She didn't Uke to admit dt, 5 ou work hard all day, you say, for $10 a week, and you are not free Then, aren't you a slave?" SE Shi looked at the toe of her tiny shoe as If trying to solve the t me quickly, gazed at me’ for an Instant “You're Miss Magie; I'm sure you are. 1am gl Il think about the tlings you've been“télling me, and I'd Ike to the Inevitable, into flame, -no. | Girls, sy | Which you: find to do, th my asped d to Inow | W that you feel A very fascinating girl, with round, ned checks and beaut! i dark eyes hair, sald that If she were free to do Just as she pleased she would like She dwelt at length upon this. Bhe would enter this work with her whole heart and soul. | Bhe learned typewriting, she sald, simply becauss she had to to some- She defined a slave as on whose life others, the @ thought to industrial conditions, for when asked what she" ny they vote, ras the cause uf so muchpoverty: on one side and ap much wealth butchelpless and ny hor In othe advire you that you that you desire to dor What 1s the cause of your condition? If you feel in your souls that you.are worthy of better things than you }are getting, then fight for better things. | be satisfied with better things for yourself alone. and while fighting for your own Iberty, look around you, look into rt of things, seek out the cause of so much Inequality, and although She thought that the people who did the most | you -cannot yet yote yourselves, use your Influence with those of your Sho had evidently | | friends and family who can. Youn are responsible {n some measure for the ’ ess, t the sparks of Demand your rights. rag s majority of them accept what seems to them “noble discontent" they are ready, to fight for thelrtights, and all that thoy’ wale is for {s the clarion call of a leader. to you {ts to think—think hard of the condition In are Is it possible to better it? But do not Think of the rights ot} / dem pot taking up this battle in the Interests of apy sex or class kindling Housekeeping for November, with many . Z charming silhouette portraits to illustrate. THE HANDICRAFT JEWEL RY ca pictured and described is equally irresis- ves.” If you are not doing the thing that you most tible, @ The key to the mysteries of {} SLO iOh Urea y OUTS AAV es ec ere ingecmiet ing, Child Dis iplin is to be found in the same n do butter than what you are doing, something atc ales F ' » than what you are doing, don’t sit down In issue; also a “Begin s Lesson in House- uncomplaining submiselVeness, but put on your thinking caps’and think, & oping,’ from Julia Mat lowe, the actress. i @ Many other choice things The November Good Housekeeping All News Stands 15 Cents.