With: _ weather, in August, when the of tnabitiod insle labor. ; ~ Milkman in Need of Labor Abducts i Hindu Worcester is a town of almost all gov- ernment contract shops, and employers were about ready to beg, borrow or steal Office almost fell on the neck of any male who entered the domain. One old Hindu, who had been told to come one morning to meet a farmer who would take him out to his fafm, appeared with all his - earthly possessions in a newspaper under his arm. While waiting for the farmer, he stood on the curb watching the sights, when came a little Russian in a milk cart, picked him up, and before any of us could get to the door he was rat- tling down the street with him. The milkman needed help, so he took what he could get.! I made @ study of the textile industry— cotton and silk—walking miles in mills in New Bedford and Fall River with two State Factory Inspectors. We saw some of the best and some of the very worst mills in New England. We inspected plumbing and machinery, and educational certificates for violations of the Child . Labor laws. As a result of my experience here I decided that factory inspection was one of the hardest and least satisfying - jobs a person could have; and it takes a : very unusual person with very good train- ing to make a good factory inspector. Was Hired, Fired, and Mentally Tested In the course of doing clerical work at two large and very well equipped employ- ment offices in industrial establishments, I took physical and mental examinations, and went through the complete rigmarole of being “hired” and “fired.” I am sure that you will be relieved to know that I passed the mental tests,—one, ™ the way, took two and one-half hours. I be- | came proficient in interviewing people who could not speak English, and in fill- ing out application blanks for those who gould not sign their names. I had never seen more than two Greeks in my life before I went to Lowell, where there is @ large settlement of them. The same holds true for Portuguese, who work in the Fall River mills in large numbers. I visited plants that were small cities fm themselves, with a clerical force in the employment office alone of from thirty-five to sixty people. My experience was all too short, and I consider it inval- uable as a training for the kind of indus- trial work I hope to do in the future. Gladys Palmer, Barnard 1917. Graduate Student at Bryn Mawr 1917-18. NEWS IN BRIEF Miss Orlady, Secretary and Registrar of the College, is acting Head of the Health Department during Dean Taft’s illness. Helen Barber Matteson ’12 has been ap- pointed warden of Denbigh. When in college Miss Barber was president of Self-Government. Her marriage to Mr. Paul Matteson, an uncle of E. Matteson E "21, took place in July. Ps Elizabeth Williams ’20 has been elected 3 the fourth member of the Undergraduate Conference Committee. A War Council bulletin board will be put up in Taylor, where conscription and other notices will be posted. M. Fay ex-’19 has taken a position as secretary to Professor Munro of Prince- ton. For the present she is serving as an emergency nurse in Madison, Wisconsin. -_ Rrra “ne mae? Bape men. The Worcester Public Employment what I have been through lately, you There were three units of the “Overseas Theatre,” who entertained us and made things lively in general; The rest were canteen workers and business women, “Y” secretaries, motor drivers, etc. We owned the boat, and when we landed all the officers and crew turned out to bid us good-bye and the dear cap- tain actually wept. He had quite adopted us and grown much interested in our plans and work—for we did work—setting up exercises every day, French classes twice a day—and even a French table in the dining-room, which added to the gen- eral confusion, for the crew was South American for the most part and spoke Spanish to each other and Spiggoty to us. It was odd to hear the captain’s boy give his afternoon invitation, “Tea in the cap- tain!” There were just three of our intercol- legiate unit—our leader, Miss McGill, of Mt. Holyoke, and Elizabeth Osborne, also Mt. Holyoke, and myself. We came to London yesterday from our port of land- ing and were at a general meeting to re- ceive welcome and instruction this morn- ing. Now we are awaiting a call or sum- mons from Lady Ward, who is in charge of the women workers and who will give us further instructions. We are surely well taken care of and very personally conducted. One meets us and carries us on a bit and hands us over to another— each knows just his share of responsi- bility and we know nothing. But that is all right too. Last night we went down to the Eagle Hut on the Strand and had a glimpse of what our work will be. Oh! how the boys were glad to see us! Most of the women go. directly to France and we were a treat. I shall write you again when there is more paper to say it on. My own sup ply has not arrived yet. Greetings to B. M. and you. ° Sincerely yours, (Signed) Elizabeth Snyder. WHAT IS THE WAR CHEST? College Will Soon Be Asked to Contribute A steady monthly contribution to war relief, to take the place of constant money-raising “drives,” is the purpose of the Five Counties War Chest to which Bryn Mawr is asked to contribute. The War Chest is a community fund providing money for approved war relief. Among the organizations which it in- cludes are: The American Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and ¥. W. C. A. War Work Councils, the Knights of Columbus, the Young Men’s Hebrew Association, the Commission on Training Camp Activities of the War and Navy Departments, the Salvation Army, National Jewish War Relief, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Community Recreation Service. The fund is carefully administered by a local Board of Directors which investi- gates each war relief activity before money is given to it. The question of contributing to the War Chest will be brought before the college as soon as there can be a mass meeting. A plan for monthly contribu- tions will be recommended by the War Council. - ‘At last there is time for a few breath- | I] less lines—if only I were allowed to tell | might be breathless, too! Wehad avae a slow but interesting trip over—a small | | boat with none but our people on it. i | MARCEL WAVING American Lead Pencil Co. 217 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. Dept fr W32 Nae . 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