Women as Wage-Earners.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7889, 3 August 1905, Page 4

Women as Wage-Earners.

Woiiian :# tin. rhj,f Wwflln KT in the cuv 'if Troy. N'rxv V,„k Stji,. IV rbicf in<histri,-s arc the makin K I coll.irs anil cuffs, and thv laundering of half n .State's linen, and- the ketones and laundries are ••■manned" ■,y so.nt- K/,000 g-irls. who earn from t: to t:> u uivk. M,.„ , h( . ■ nidges ~l society , doinj? the rough work, running the nigines, an d in? the humlile [ray of <los to -I.>i i week. Ilnid K os though tlev lw lowmcr. they have their revenges off lutv, /or men ar.- scarce. A writer 'n the Lau; jdi-y ltccrjrtl sjus A short titiio apo the hctid women ol cruin laundries and factories niran(r ■;i a luamniolh entertainment a n<l lance in th. Wfrwi-st hail in Troy, •vlnth was attendeci J,y alum; 4(mm> .'llls and sonic "ifMl n v . n . Kiicll K ir "ontrihuted 1 dollar towards the entertainment, <iich enti-tled her to firing a male friend j/ K h t . chose. On°n° "* r ' m however. w a f able to secure an escort, and it is declared by Uiose who ought to know, 1 lhat some men ri-&lived as many as ■V) or 40 invitations. .