the continuous standing is very injurious to the female
organism.

_Fourteenth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography_.
Berlin, September, 1907. Vol. II, Sec. IV. Fatigue Resulting
from Occupation. Berlin, Hirschwald, 1908

Doctor Emil Roth:

"My experience and observations do not permit me to feel any
uncertainty in believing that the injury to health inflicted
upon even fully capable workers by the special demands of a
periodically heightened rush of work is never compensated for.
Under this head we may consider the demands of all seasonal
work, ... as also the special rush season in shops before
Christmas."

_Night Work of Women in Industry. Reports on its Importance and
Legal Regulation_. Preface by Etienne Bauer. Night Work of Women
in Industry in Austria. Ilse Von Arlt. Jena, Fischer, 1903

The suitable limits of working time vary with individuals, but
it is acknowledged that not only is a regularly long day of
work injurious, but also that a single isolated instance of
overstrain may be harmful to a woman all the rest of her life.

_Proceedings of the French Senate_, July 7, 1891. Report on the
Industrial Employment of Children, Young Girls, and Women.

When I ask, when we ask, for a lessening of the daily toil of
women, it is not only of the women that we think, it is not
principally of the women, it is of the whole human race. It is
of the father, it is of the child, it is of society, which we
wish to reestablish on its foundation, from which we believe it
has perhaps swerved a little.

In New York State, the hours of labor of adult women (women over
twenty-one) in mercantile establishments are not limited in any way by
law.

The law concerning seats in stores is as follows:--

Seats for Women in Mercantile Establishments

Chairs, stools, or other suitable seats shall be maintained in
mercantile establishments for the use of female employees
therein, to the number of at least one seat for every three
females employed, and the use thereof by such employees shall
be allowed at such times and to such extent as may be necessary
for the preservation of their health.

The enforcement of this law is very difficult. The mercantile inspectors
can compel the requisite number of seats. They have successfully issued
one hundr