WOppROW';WIUSpN ATvHiS;pESK I N "THE ' WH ITEf HAU SE . :
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CAN'T HAVE- CHILDREN AND'
STILL TEACH SCHOOL
New York Maixh .13.Theboni
of education", has decided that- mar-,
ried women 'school teachers, -'who'
must protect an&motherpuptts'lwhiie
in their care, cannot Have .children
of their own andstill teach school;
-By a, voteof. 32. tb"5.-ttie boardfre
fused the application pf-Mrs. Kathar
ine Campbell 'Edgellf or'a year'sleivej
of absence without "pay that she"
might,bear.ahd care'for.a. child.
;No discussion of .Mrs'EdgelTs . ap
plication was allow'e'dibythe members.'
of the board. 'Mrs. Edgell,. who was'
not present when the decision
against her application was made, re
. fused to disclose her next step in -an
effort to secure leave, but her fight
will probably be.-takenito "the. courts,
.j 3Ker .foUowmgamO
leaders Ja civic, movements;' islarge.
Many of her' smpportersqinted ou.t
that' .thebpXrd's. decisionhufiedth"p
effec"o"rthe law pprinitlJng married
w6"menk'oifeach-ih public jScnoSlsr;
STRIKE RS." W I N-B. ACKj- AT- .WORK
New "?ork, , -MarcK 13l-fVhlnihg
nearly-..'all', of 'tedemwdsc,'&:,,oB,e
of rtmf speediest .seftlementsfieyer
"made'mHa'TNew YorvStjeTi20;000
.members 'of the Vpjnen's 'anil chil
dren's garment ' makers' uiiibn : Returned-
to Work o'day.",' . s "'V
. .The-'a'greement siedby,ilieiem
ployers provides.- for' a;.nftyihdur
week, :ari."ayeriage wage advance -,or
15 ,per4 cent, "a permanent ;boardrtOf
arbitration, sanitary- workshops; and
the "preferential" union shop.-, ,
Sub-contractors- and, the tenement
house, work? systemrare' to tie. abbl-"
jsjded asquickly, aSjpssJjIe,! "