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IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY. Between GRACE FRYER, : Complainant, : : -and- On Bill. : UNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORA- : N S W E R. TION, a corporation of the State of Delaware, : Defendant. : The answer of the defendant, United States Radium Corporation, a corporation of the State of Delaware, duly authorized to transact business in the State of New Jer- sey, with its principal office in the latter state, in the City of Jersey City, County of Hudson and State of New Jer- sey, says that: 1. Answering Paragraph 1 of the complaint herein, it admits that the complainant was employed by the defendant from November 8, 1918 to on or about Maroh 19, 1920, but it has no knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to whether the complainant was employed by it at any other time) it admits that complainant's employment consisted in mixing a powder which defendant corporation supplied to com- plainant, with glue and water, with which complainant was like- wise supplied by the defendant, into a paste of the proper consistency, which paste complainant then applied with a small camel hair brush to numerals on the dials of watches; it ad- mits that said operation required some skill in the use of the brush with which it was necessary to mark a fine line; it de-