Factory Women And Legislation

Mrs. M. B. McEnery of this city, the first woman appointed a factory inspector, read a paper at Chicago, "Has Factory Legislation Iti Pennsylvania Been Beneficial to Factory Operatives?" Such laws, she said, are beneficial in proportion as they are wisely, energetically and equally enforced. She said of the Pennsylvania factory law: "Out of this law, and its enforcement by the devoted and courageous factory inspectors appointed under it, have grown in the past five year8 the practical enfranchisement of women and children employees. The puny children and haggard women who used to throng the streets morning and night are rtow the exceptions. They kave been replaced by a cheerful ariny of women and children, well dressed and well fed, with vigor in their steps, hope in their eyes and health in every motion and act. Pennsylvania has