Paintings and atereoptlcon pictures
reveal the problems of women In In
dustrial fields today. The pictures
are shown on a billboard bearing the
words, "The Home Maker as Wage
Earner," a problem play in four acts.
"Any Girl," the chief figure in the *M
allegrorlcal play depicted. 1e carried
through a aeries of adventures such
as are the everyday lot of girls
forced by family misfortune to
"travel the path of the wage earner."
Her difficulties, first as & younr
worker in the "Forest of Prejudice."
next as a matron, and later ,aa a
widow. In an industrial position,
added to home cares, and finally as a
worn-out old woman, the victim of
poor industrial conditions, are con
trasted with the easier and happier
life of the woman who works in a
plant with good industrial standards.
Changes in industrial methods, to
gether with the progress of women
In industry are told by means of an
automatic dlleneascope. The screen
on which the story is told Is set in
the back of an enormous book en
titled, “Women Who Toll and Spin
Through the Agee," flanked by two
other large books containing paint
ings of women spinning and weav
ing 1778, 1826 and 1926. 4
Other features of the exhibit which
are particularly impressive are the
illustrations on a screen of the stand
ards for wage earning women advo-'
cated by the Women's Bureau, aug
mented by actual factory equipment,
such as model seats, first aid cabinets
and sanitary drinking, washing and
toilet facilities, and the Interior of a
factory employing woman workers
under model conditions containing a.
motion picture which shows not only
thfc hardships confronting women but.
what is more important, the means
for overcoming these drawbacks.
