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"PINNONEY GIRLS" AND WAGE RATES Sir Edward Parry Writes About Employment of Women "Lord Birkenhead has stated re- cently that the employment of wo- men in industry is a sign of a de- cline, mot a rise, in their social status, To consider the matter fairly you must determine® what sort of employment and industry you are thinking about, and you must be honest with yourself in deciding whether you really desire that wo- men should have equal opportuni- ties in industry with men, I have always been & free trader in social axd business affairs. I am not modern enough, and never shall be, to regard competition as an evil thing, I was brought up to believe at it is good to rum for a prize, that it 1s a fine thing to be a winner, and still a better thing to be a good loser," writes Sir Edward Parry in the London Sunday. Chronicle, No Sex Favoritism I therefore welcome the compe- tition of women in the work of the world, and in my view the old Chinese proverb, 'For men to cul- tivate virtue is knowledge; for wo- men to renounce knowledge is vir- tue," is as ancient nonsense as the creed of the early monks, who held that woman was a noxious animal and had ne soul. But in the race of life, as in the games fu the playing field, all must play ithe same game. If women wish to entér into competitions for real championships they must play under the sama rules and drive off the same tees as men. They must not ask for a handicap. I agree that 4f we find that women are obtaining. employment in industry by means of am unfair handicap they are certainly not raising their status in the social world, In some special branches of work women can easily compete with men on an equality and gain the prizes of the industry. As stage dancers women artists command far higher salaries than mere men, But this is only in the higher ranks: of the profession, for I am assured that at the dancing halls the rate of wages of the lady part- ner {8 on a lower level than that of a lounge lizard. Where Women Excel In literature women have gained great prizes, George Eliot refused £10,000 for Rimola many years ago, and nowadays we are told that lady novelists refuse even more mubificent offers, Actresses, we know, command as good salaries as actors, but it is too soon to de- termine as yet how far women will be able to compete with men in the, professions of medicine and the'law, In the higher ranks of trade wo- men have already won well-paid, posts as managers and buyers. This is very natural and right, since most successful trades, from silk stockings upwards, are based on feminine desire and caprice, But when you come to the large class of clerks and business assist- ants, it is doubtful whether most of the women who enter these ranks for a few years are now low- ering the social status of women by doing so, The test is, do women enter the business they work at with a view to learning it professionally and ul- timately making their living in it as chief assistant manager or pro- prietor, or do they merely go to business to amuse themselves for a few years and earn a little' pocket money? , Why Men Earn More Every woman who takes a small wage for a few years whilst she is living at home, and thereby keeps a man out of a job who might be- come a prospective breadwinner, not only lowers the wages fund, but lowers the marriage rate too, and clearly is working to reduce the standard of the real working woman from every point of view. In any case women gs: workers are never lkely to be paid as high a rate as men. As the Lancashire factory hand said, "A lass aye gets less than a man!' And so itis, when a woman competes with a man at a man's Job. In most skill. ed mechanical work the output of men is larger, the execution is more accurate and more rapid than that of women. It is, therefore, worth more. It may be that in a few genera- tions this may alter. But mean- while, in woman's own sphere, do- mestic service, which /is a skilled profession, women haye am indus- try where high wages can be ob- tained and a training which fits them to reign with intelligence and success in a household of their] own. It seems shortsighted, therefore, for women to cut into jobs where they are not wanted and depress the wage rates and help to increase unemployment. Unfortunately there are a large number of equally short-sighted employers who imagine that by paying women a cheaper rate of wages they are netessarily running their business at a lower net rate. This is particularly nbdticeable in Government departments, where industry, ability, and even the cre- ation of a bigger turnover in mon- ey, bring no encouragement or pro- motion. As indifferent results and public disfavour cannot seriously injure the commercial prospects of a Government undertaking, women at cheap rates of labor are found very suitable to take the place of men. They are maturally more amen. able and less complaining, since outside the office and its work, TITLE GRANTED ON * WEDDING EVE Earl of Munster's Sister to Be Known as Lady Wil. helmina Fitzclarence The King has granted permlis- sion for Wilhelmina Joan Mary Fitzclarence, sister of the Earl of Munster (who succeeded to the ti- tle on the death of his uncle in January) to hold the title and pree- edence of an earl's daughter, To be known in future as Lady Wilhelmina Fitzclarence, she 18 the daughter of Major the Hon, Ed- ward Fitzelarence, who, had he sur- vived his brother Aubrey, would have succeeded to the Earidom of Munster, He was killed in a mo- tor accident about ten years. ago. Lady Wilhelmina is to be mrar- ried at St. Margaret's Westminster, to Mr. Oliver Birk- beck, a member of the West Now folk Hunt, Her brother, the Harl'of Muns- ter, who is 22, is on the staff of Child's Bank. He 1s engaged to be married to Miss Hilary Watson, whose father, Mr, Kenneth Wat- son, was a great friend of the Munster family, MAIL PLANE WILL MAKE WEEKLY TRIP Quebec, May 17,--Following re- cent experiments of transferring westbound mail from the Canadian National Railways Maritime Fx- press to the Air Mall plane at Ri- mouski for flight to Montreal, the flight has been placed on the regu- lar schedule of the Air Mail Ser- vice, it is announced, and is to be made once a week, The mail, which is put off the Maritime Express at 8.23 AM, Eastern Daylight Saving Time, leaves Rimouski about 8.44 A.M. and reaches Montreal ahout 11.50 AM, assuring delivery that after noon instead of the next morn- ing, Letters mailed for Toronto, Port Willianr, Winnipeg and Western Ontario, are carried, making u suy- ing of some 12 hours in delivery at these points, The flight is to be made every Tuesday morning, the Saturday mai] plane from Montreal laying over for that purpose, CHURCH OF ENGLAND FACES DISRUPTION . SAYS PHILIP GIBBS New York, May 17.--A vendetta over the affections of a Sing Sing prisoner's wife is helieved to have been the origin of a fusillade of bullets fired at an Italian in broad daylight Tuesday which imperilled the lives of a crowd of shopping housewives and their children in Brooklyn. James Mattero, 25 years old, was standing in the mixed throng out- side the shops at the corner of Glenmore avenue and Elton street. Suddenly an unidentified gunman opened fire from the opposite cor- ner. The women, infants clinging to their skirts, screamed for the police and scattered wildly. The gangster unperturbed, emptied his revolver, Five shots struck the building behind Mattero, but the sixth hit him in the right side in. flicting a painful, but not danger- ous wound, He was taken to_sSt. Mary's Hospital where, interviewed by Detective Herman Schiesser, be declined to give the name of his attacker, hw Mu = CHEVROLET OWNE Reduce the Mechanical Upkeep Have a skilled craftsman service and check your Cherrolet regularly. It's a simple takes only a few minutes, sar young forever, Enjoy the Certainty of Guaranteed Repair Work a i NS RS y Hazard of operation that And it will keep your their interests for the future are: -- ; N i | King's Bay, Sn iorce the turning from a flight to Leni en -------------------------- . NOBILE SHORT OF GAS Is Playing a Big P - Oshawa 1 . M Spitsbergen, May re. n Land, ~ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1928 PAGE ELEVEN ------ culty in fighting against a stiff north- | shoortly before 2 pm. on Tuesday, | BRANTFORD ROOFING COM- have received an for west breeze. Taking into account |members of the base force felt that [PANY HAS ACCEPTED OFFER god concern ,and Rave. detided that the ship bas been in practically | the Italia could have little fuel res| oo 4 I ne die to accept, Official word to this effect continuous flight since leaving here | maining. of 1 Danio] Roof Con hoo' Secured from the wanagement to seek the mooring mast at Vad- 17-- | soe, in northeramost Norway, instead may |of continuing on to its base here. dio s from the dirigible icate that it is meeting with diffi- Lea > in Keeping Bicycle Sales on the "Up Grade." This Bleyele Busines fF Cita fi a"groWing, holly Busty, |. Last year the Canada Cycle & Motor Company manufactured and marketed mor@ bicycles in Canada than during the past twenty-five years, Despite the competition of motor cycles, motor cars, golf and other sports, pastimes and conveniences, the bicyclg more than holds its own in this country. §e ah ag : One of the chief factors in the success of this campany is [ts stbady adhe tow policy of newspaper advertising, according to Mr. Gibson, General Manager. The com- pany has always been a consistent and aggressive advertiser. This paper has been selected to carry C.C.M. Bicycle advertising for many years. We have it for 1928, Below is a letter from the General Manager of the Canada Cycle & Motor Company, and one from the advertising agency which places this business with us. These letters speak for themselves and the moral is plain. 4. 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