Notes by Vailima

Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 31, 1 August 1923, Page 12

Notes by Vailima

I . ,4SL : -— — -; jjj |«J ~. -BEEOBMS A JAPAH ■ I '"bring tlie Japanese JPacjij more nearly Into line «4ti I jjL Office standards f Ifr iotToducigSd in tibie Japanese jj ||&tamber this session. The chief ■t ffip>royiements it will effect will bu «m flfipaour, instead of a , " 12-hour, day ijS'Ppr woirien, (ejqaept raachtae-uoiade |l mUc factories, jwhierjej the reduction from 13 hours 12 hours) $ I work for. women and chU:i i' §fie& between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.— protection for child workers \|gpapply till age of 14, Other r&- ---' 1 itmns relating to children are also Pto ire promoted, by tUws Government. j?M # # # # . V4DOST OF IEABKIXG IN GERMANY The continued rise in prices- Jte serious effects in the case of jjjbupils in the elementary schools, pfftring to the cost of books and staf£ .l?upils in the lower classes Siave to £feby 4,500 times 1914 prices,, those in IjßLe intermediate classes 3,600 times, ■ppftTthesie i n the higher classes 2,800 HSmes, according to "Industrial and 3s&bour Information." In 1914 a slate SJQSt 25pf., wheretas now it costs 2,500 3Cttarks or 10,000 more. An <ex«rcise , which cost 10pf. in 1914 now--1,1 350 marks. A slate, pencil formerly cost lpf., now costs 30 to 95 marks, a pen costs j(jgk.'3narks, a spelling book 2000 rmarlcs against 65 pf. in 1914) and a 4,200 marks (as compared i*gli 1 mark before the war). It is Jgjapossible to renew scholastic maijijjlla!, as thy pr'-ce of blackboards, maps,, etc., are absolutely pro-- . tiibitive. )t> & * ® * \ - WOBKLESS WOMEN IN ENGLAND 4Z3V& have read quite a lot of dope widely in our daily presb ahent the woman, tlhe dole, and doni "service.." Mr. . Sidney Webb, tells a rather good trtory in this An. infuriated "Liady" to a Labour Exchange and rated superintendent for paying doles j » s'hs could not get a domestic The official, being a tactful invited her to look at the queue Jilt "women outside, and ccc which of $B*em would take as a servant. The k J&3y did so, .and said she would not one of them in her liousd at price, , "This"," said Mr. Webb, no reflection on the character , c women—it s,lmply showed that JQ&iy were unsuited for domestic ser- [■ about'- 130,000 women receive <.|3ie "dole." About as many more re]'«»ive no unemployment bonefifc what-' 1 Stoevey. j-i* Sir Montague Barlow strongly conMr. Webb's assertion, and says k&hat the belief that many women 'jjfew receiving unemployment benefit )Jmght to be employed ill domestic ser,oce is a mere figment of prejudiced the face of this state!ra&nt, all silly talk indulged in by certain and gentliemen" as to the pSjjiljFisability of "starving them into domestic siervioej," falls rather fiat. V•♦ * • XIVINGf O1S" BEE AD AND WATEE ' T fe ?The following stories of working jgtitess will «xp.l|atn why Strikes" are occurring m|L England and Wales. A Durham writes that very often men go iotthe pit on a breakfast of bread $b& waber only. One after de- . factions had been made for pick ps3iarpening i unemployment levy, etc., "received the magnificent sum of 14/----fjjer wei&k, out of which he had to Jceep. himself, a wife and thres chilIn contrast to this an Aber'iillery miner with 33/-, out of which ' ,Ji& had to pax 14/ renj, seems afflu- ' But as the cost of liv'-ng is still Ifsver 70 per c&tnt, over pre-war fig9^es > this net sum of 19/- left his -ji&nily crying for bread two days jiilter pay day. ,' \ # » * # OTHEB SIDE OF THE PICTURE * s '""But, generally it is posj jJßibSe evea. to-day * .to belong to ; small group of really 'Best '.' Dress.ers' on £1000 a" year, plus the of a first-class French maid," "JD&frder of Fashion, •* in the : I '-kJHats, lingerie, shoes, hosiery, dressing gowns, neglig-ee, sports suits .ixid so on, must %c allowed for. who wants to be among; Oite 'beat dressed' will commit the folly of economising on either ffoot-^ wear or iual&c, Hats iara aot cheap

and miany axe requireid. I know one woman who pays out 12 guineas for her hats, rarely less . . . but it is possible to get a good hat by a famous maker for less than 12 guineas— s'a-y eight." Bread and water and children crying because! there is NOT ENOUGH EVEN OF THE BREAD, at one end of the scale—the "well dressed woman" who spends £1000 a year (and pays her '"French maid" as well) on her personal adornment—who would think It "a folly" to "economise" on hep footwear or hats, rat the other!