WOMEN CONSTABLES

Mataura Ensign, 22 April 1913, Page 4

WOMEN CONSTABLES

SAME PAY A3 MEN

[ A' (ln> roiini'st. ;T t]i<. Women's Prison Association, }!r Lewis tlie othw day introduced into i--io Lower tloiu* of the New York Ktite Legislature at Alkiny a Rill eni'jo wring tho policw commissioner of New V'ork to ajrpoint 20 women sw members of the metro—- | politan police force. i The Hill provides tn.it the policewomen shall be between the ages of 30 an<l 4/>. Tiny are to wear uniforms and receive the same pay. as men. Tliey will ho wwigned duty in d«noin~-hall«, public ;.irks:, and riieturo theatres, an well a* in the (-trcets, for tlie t i;'pos« of protecting women and oluhiit :i. At Chicago Mrs Joseph isou.ii, u philanthropist, and four other wealthy women have proffoK'd their services t<«tho mayor aw policewomen. They «ngeest as a uniform a long, navy Mm coat, reaching t<> <ho hem of tilie nkirt and provided with brass buttons down the tront. a soft navy bluo telt hat, heavy glove*, aJid -low-heeled walking shoes.

Mr Harrison, tho Mayor, rlimijdif the experiment one well worJi jmmik and said ho Ihopcd tho Le<j;i4it>ir«> would pass a law authorising it. Similar .sentiment* havo been <«pi-«<j.. ( | by tho Mayor of Boston.