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WORKER'S mAGAzrvg; rAGM-rtint Problems of the- Workin, 'IP -hey, ms Ives See By Della. Carson. an For: and I Domestic madam has callers. The, few who do speak do so, grudgingly. There may be girls 'who are undeserving, but all are not so, and how are such to improve by such treatment? Another insult $35Ea for Gill as The Sunday Tribune wishes to iiiake 'truly representative of the working glrl.

and her problems'. To tlulkt end prizes of 335 are offered each for the best 'iletters fi-Orn working girls. The first firize will be $20, tt' a secondprize a third 'price of 35. The letters should not contain clivr- 250 2 i vrds, not criterion. of merit.

Address Della Carson, Sunday s. or 1172 1r here, but she will avoid a lonely life, and will get much of the "mothering" that falls to the daughter. The nursegirrs work as one In which the girl shares something of the prestige of her little charges is, in way, exceptional In domestic service. A natural lover or even disinterested student 'of children is sure to be suecessful In this line: the egotist never. Given this requisite for success.

the material benefits of the nurse easily are seen. Many live at the numberless boarding hotels In Chicago and eat well served meals in pleasant dining rooms in company with their little chargesa life of luxury many a girl worker would call it. Girls In this life often are so helped in the dress problem that they are able to save money here, also. Bow she has managed her living problem, how she has succeeded In business. how she has found work she likes.

her failures and successesIn short, all of her expert-eves. as well as convictions, are of value In the story of the girl worker. This week's prize of $20 is awarded to Clara M. Lennon, second prize of $10 to Martin, and third prize of $5 to Harriet Iladvvay. OT1-1 the bright and the shadowy side 8 of the working girl's life are shown In the first week's and those of personal experience recount corn.

odles, tragedies, and rear tragedies. New points of view. rew lines of work revs ways of looking at old questions, some of them only enough to make more along the same -line welcome if others would take up the diecussion. lave been revealed. Advice as to her general conduct, although helpful.

Is not. perhaps. of much value to vie working girl as practical plans for the solution, of arrY of her problemsunless her attitude in business' life Is summed up with ouch rare grasp of woman's it business usefulness as that of "The Common Sense GA," or in as happy a hit as the discussing umployes letter." The idea of the girl boarding in a small familY works out In many cases where the family lives in a flat and has no other hoarders. Many girls have fellow workers is whose home they could have a rooms or. even share the room of one of the girls where the little she can afford to pay is wet-toms and seems Just that much She 5,0 have to put up with Some things WE Girl to Live 1 11 tt 1, ays for the Wortting pi to a domestic is that he la by her first name familiarly h.T., whether they know her or not.

or" dubbed the girl." It is ill treatment more work that drives girls from the kitchen. It Is only through continued struggle, with pride- zthat I am able to hold my place. I managa to think of advantages only, board being the I can afford. to a litti as long as I am gaining a few points, but a girl can't always do so. This position of-fords no social advantages, however slight.

Evenings are all spent in service, on count of late A domestic has no 'chance to meet worthy men. on a level. to 'chance to better her condition in any way. Every one seems to lose respect for her the inioute she enters the kitchen. She doesn't get high enough wages to make herself a 14 home.

DOMESTIC D. too hard ypon' them. That is one of our problems. too. But If a working girl raises berielf a little higher without her brother's aM, he Is sure of his admiration forever.

and he will soon follow her I-know. for I have tritd it. M. W. A great mistake girls make when boarding is to help with the work.

If she never commences it will not be expected, and she will be more free and independent to spend her time as she pleases. Boarding in er home helps to cultivate a sweet disposition, as a girl must try to be Pleasant, and this soon becomes a habit. Every girl should have some home life. as it means much to hear a cheery voice when coming home. and be welcomed into a home.

It makes life the sweeter when we know some one is interested in our goings and comings. Axici C. D. I Don't Live in Boarding Houses. We are four stenographers 'whose homes are in another state.

Our 12 and $1.1 salaries forced us to live in cheap boarding houses. We were not satisfied and decided to join in renting a flat and keeping house. We found a five room flat in a respectable west side neighbor hood. My uncle signed the lease with us. 'Through a TRIBUNE advertisement we found all the furniture of a four room fiat for $80.

The furniture was old but in good condition, and when We hung new curtains and arranged our books. pictures. and cushions our rooms looked cozy. The expenses are paid from a common fund Into whIch each of us puts $3.50 weekly. For the last month they were as follows: I No Dignity in Domestic Service.

A great, deal is to be heard concerning the dignity of labor and the right that every worker has to self-respect and an honest'''''' pride in her Work. but on setting out to earn '4 their own living gir14 find that these sentiments are empty platitudes. Especially is it so in domestic service. and I speak from ex-; perience gained in every branch of it. from cook to nurse girl and doctor's doorrnald to I IS Rent $22.00 Gas 400 Meat and groceries 24.00 Woman for cleaning COO Miscellaneous .05 'Real Uplift in Peril of Nurse.

Much has been said about domestic telpers and many. are the opinfons expressed re, garding these most essential factors. yet little is ever said about the nurse or nursery governees, who really has quite a large part to play in the well ordered American home. As children help to make the home life, so we must help to mold the minds and characters of the little ones: and are not characters formed by surroundings and associates? In most of the fashionable homes the children are left In the care of nurses and governesses most of the time, the mothers being too busy with social duties and outside matters to see them more than an hour each day. Yet to half these mother's It seems to make no difference how ungrammatical or-uncultured the person in charge may bein fact, a 'nurse always has been considered an ignorant person, more or less and so it Is that we find the least culture among the children of the rich and the most among the middle class.

It IR only lately that we read the advertisements thus: Wanted A. relined young woman as nurse, but a revolution, has, begun and soon child nursing will be a real profession taken up by young women of culture, sound principle. and character, who are willing to put their heart and soul into the work Itouly is during recent that women-have been admitted into the hospitals for training. Before that the nurse was hardly needed. but now after being carefully trained and pass, Ing satisfactory examinations they are Indispensable but babies and children are quite as helpless as sick people and they need professional care as well.

Consecrate your life and love to little children. They need If you, will some day walk along the lake shore and notice the number of children with cross. unkempt nurses you will realize that this is true. It is the children of the rich who suffer most. If you are the right kind of a young woman and can, get into the right kind of a borne you will be appreciated.

I might' add that the compensation for a competent person in this line of work Is liberal. M. Is This One of the Best Places? From the first I have taken a lively interest In your talks to working girls and waited to hear of the domeetic." Only a few realize the sad life of a kitchen girl, especially be she proud or sensitive and work for a bet; ter class in a-city. I ant one of these girls. After bolding various downtown positions I that board was too high.

to enable me to, live. After a severe struggle 'with pride I decided to do I knew of some of the disadvantages. I procured my preeent position five months ago -and, feel safe in saying thatI have. one of the best of the many-offered places in yet this Is my life: Formerly- being accustomed to courtesy and attention my present life seems doubly horrible. I.

hired as a. companion and, am anything else but a. companion. I take my meals In. the kitchen, after my employers are served.

do not receive Introductions to the many callers. who pay to attention to me. My place. is the kitchen when waitress In fashionable hotels. All readily concede that domestic service is honorable and above all is so necessary to the 'comfort and moral well being of the homes that it is a question of national importance; yet no one is more despised: than the domestic servant.

That she should occupy such 'an anomalous position indicates Living a Week. The- sum on which a girl can live-without losing her honor le on a sliding scale. de- pending on the girl. It is said that every one has a price." but to the ambitious girl with an indomitable will the question of selling her soul is not to be reckoned with. She simply ignores It as oht of the question, and settles herself to figure out how she cart live on.

what she I getting however small, and works with a view to better things. Two such girls. strangers In Chicago planned their living as follows: Bill of fare for one vretk. subject to change, each. paying half: Problems of 'Deportment Office and Relations to the Employer.

Common Sense Girl Invisible. lily clicking and you never NVill see him in The common sense girl Is the girl who wins the employment agencies. CLARICE. In the business world. The girl with friz- ace" and a dizzy pompadour may attract Too Self-Conscious.

bet fellow workers, but she doesnt appeal to It always has been, and doubtless always the man who employs her. He le paying her win be, a serious probleth to the working girl to do his work. not to see how many of his as to Just what her conduct should be In office clerks she can get on her string. hours; a problem to which no set rule can The common sense girl minds her own bust- be applied, for in every instance conditions wg5; she doesn't gossip or cause friction are vastly different. among het coworkers; she dreeses neatly However, I confidently believe that if a yet plainlY; she doesn't monopolize the tele- girl always will remember that she is a phone or ask to get off to go to the matinee.

woman. In the full sense of the word, there these are the points a business man appre- will be DO for her assuming an air eatee end they are 'necessary attributes to of prudery in order to avoid unpleasant stele girl who wants to succeed. tentions. The common sense girl Is amiable; she en- A business man hasn't the time or patience deavors in all things to please her employer. to analyze or understand the disposition of ghs makes it just as much a part of her bust- the girl, who is ready to take offense where seseto humor his personal characteristics as none is intended.

I remember an incident of to do his work. In the ousiness woman this kind. amiability is as requisite as efficiency; a It was early in the spring, and one of the smile IS the principal adorment of the human girls had on a short sleeved Waist. One of ewe, and We cannot expect to allure success the men in the office, who was old enough to by frowning at it. have been her father.

said: I should think Some girls confuse amiability your arms would be cold, at the same time ycophancy; they are afraid they will be touching her wrist with his hand. Imagine considered what vulgarly is called a his surprise when she lumped up from her Don't Itt ads false impression stand' between chair and with glowing cheeks and flashing you and the top of the ladder; and don't think eyes left the room, slammtng the door behind that to preserve your dignity y-ou must as- her. This girl always was having trouble. or gee your rights at every possible opportunity. imagining that she did.

She lost her position. The girl who always is getting offended at Perhaps I am wrong, but It has always imevery arbitrary action on the part of her ern-pressed me that -the girl who assumes the plover le neither the amiable girl nor 1.1Le air of a prude Invites attention. R. B. D.

common sense girl. Neither is she the girl 'who succeeds. CLARA M. LENNON. Practical Hint for Stenographer.

However, I confidently believe that if a girl always iit remember that she is a woman. In the full sense of the word, there will be TIO uccasion for her assuming an air of prudery in order to avoid unpleasant attentions. A business man hasn't the time or patience to analyze or understand the disposition of the girl, who is ready to take offense where none is intended. I remember an incident of this kind. It was early in the spring, and one of the girls bad on a short sleeved Waist.

One of the men in the office, who was old enough to have been her father. said: I should think your arms would be cold, at the same time touching her svrist with his hand. Imagine his surprise when she lumped up from her chair and with glowing cheeks and flashing eyes left the room, slamming the door behind her. This girl always was having trouble. or imagining that she did.

She lost her position. Perhaps I am wrong, but it has always impressed me that -the girl who assumes the air of a prude invites attention. R. B. D.

Practical Hint for Stenographer. Hard Question for Saleswomen. 'I should like to submit the problem of the saleswoman. Although it Is an old pr3blertt to many, and has been discussed time and again, still It is of interest to most of UP. As there are hundreds and hundreds Of saleswomen in Chicago, it Is, to help them that write this.

I am a saleswoman myself. and 83 know the conditions as they exist. My question Is. How In the world Is a girl who is probably not living at home to dress, room, and feed herself on $0 a week. or less? It Is more than I can understand.

A clerk always mutt present a neat appearance, and this means some in clothes. This is not a mere trifle. as some may think. Then, there is the board and room. This takes up a consitieratie part of each week's salary; alo.Incidentals.

such as car fare, laundry, etc. Unless a girl is living at home. I cannot see how she can make ends meet. At home her mother will help her in clothes. laundry, and such things.

But When she is alone, as manygtris are who work in stores. It is continual struggle tolive and keep up appearances. I have known girls who stint- ed themselves on food In order to present a good appearance. MIS was necessary la crder to hold their-positions. Ltralaig G.

Better than to Live Alone. I believe every working girl who has no home readily can find one, as there' are numbers of small. rellnedetamilles where they are only too.willing to board a girl reasonable and give her home So many people object to women boarders because they abuse every privilege. but if a girl ig considerate and thoughtful and uses tact she should have little trouble. I have boarded with small private families for twelve years and really think myself most fortunate.

as I have all home privileges 'and good treatment and am-more Independent than most girls living at home. I always pay my board when due. take care of my own room. always keeping it neat. I have company now and then.

but not too often. and do not find fault. Total $54.9.1 Each girl Is housekeeper a week at a time. We do our laundry work in the basement laundry and prepare our own lunches. Our undertaking certainly is a financial success.

for our expenses are one-third less than when we boarded. But that is not the only benefit. We have clean, warm rooms, food We likes cheery companionship. a pleasant place to entertain our friends. -the freedom dnd comfort of a home.

We have lived together almost two years, but I fear our circle will soon be broken; for Dan Cupid found our little flat and two pretty romances now are unfolding there. Butas Kipling used to saythat is another story. I think we have solved one of the working girl's problems. and when our comrades leave us we will try to fill their places and keep our little home. IlArtalta.

a a ......6 Cutterine I .16 beans .10 15 coal oil I AA .06 40 I Total $2.00 .10 Fruit and extras. 1.00 .10 Rent 2.00 .101 I $5.00 4060 .101 Total .051 Oatmeal Potatoes Coffee and tea. Milk Bread Meat Pancake flour Pie Onions' Canned corn Sweet potatoes a weak spot in domestic management. To be a desirable member of a profession bring- Aing her In close personal contact with the best of her fellow beings that civilization has evolved. a young woman reeds comelinem good health.

tact. deftness of action. method, in ordering her long day. personal refinement, '2, and quite as much training as Is necessary to enter each of a dozen other walks of life, and yet household work. which should be so popular.

has no prestige and ranks with mere odd jobism. It Is. therefore, largely the resource of the unskilled, who come from a claSs of homes that makes them a sore trial to the housewife while the girls themselves step Into luxury which makes them wasteful and unfit In every way to be the wive of laborersthe only meet their position entitles them to meet. On the other hand, if a girl of higher home training Is by lack of business equip-, merit forced to this way of supporting her- self, she finds that all her old friends drop her and she is Impelled to seize the first opportunity of escaping from this walk of life. The position of domestic service soon must I Each paying $240 for living left $2.50.

They usually walked to and from the office as they at all day. so the car fare' money went for lunches on days they did not take their lunch, so they could figure on $2 each week for clothes and spending Their room was comfortalily heated by the kitchen chimney, so that little was spent for fuel. They took tarns cooking and marketing for the week, and vied to see who could get the most and best for the money. While this was not princely the girls were happy and had many good laughs over their in housekeeping, and you may be sure two such good hustlers" were nut long in getting something better." ONE or THEM. 1 be put on a different standing.

for at present it is in 111 accord with common sense or the dignity of educated labor and with the ever increasing tendency of girls to shun it. is bringitg about its own reform. MART NYS- I Help Came In Time. Reading your letters in THE TRIBUNE brings to mind an experience of a friend. She was raised In a masonic home, and when at IS, like all girls, had to leave.

She went to her only living relative, a married brother. Things were unpleasant and she wandered back to St. Louis, a stranger. with only $3. She bad great trouble in securing a position, every one wanting references and experleorce; finally she got work at $4 a week in one of the richest concerns in the world.

This continued for nearly two years. She had none of the comforts of life, hardly enough to tat. She had become quite valuable In her department, and yet when she asked for a raise It was only promised soon. One day she heard that the old matron had left the home, and was keeping a fiat for six of the girls. Ethel looked them up and was welcomed to join the home that was simple but happy.

EtMl had been afraid to leave her position without another, not having money enough to keep her 'a week; but now the girls told her they would give her her board until she found other employment. So on pay day she told the manager she had found better work and was leaving. A few days afterwards she received a letter from the superintendent offering her Vet a. week to come-back. MABEL.

It I am a I aria Have met all pis saorgtisral ntod cgoentdbitialounieds on uo tw an Golden Words of Wisdom. till any girl in an office would resent it dee If she thougat that her employer would go sufficient quantity of work during the day II to lunch with a man and pent his time talk- when in eality she has turned out more than mg about her, her peculiarities, habits, work, her share, but ut owing to her employer lack- 4 appearance, and 3-et it is no utcommon tag system 1 and not marshaling his facts bethltg to sit down at the table in any of the forehand she i lunchroom patronised by working girls and as been compelled to rewrite many of the letters. i listen to the most startling revelatiops con- 'What should a stenogra cerning the men to whom they took for em- Pher do in such I a case' I I tat found from experience that ployment. The boss and everything that the only 3 way to meet it effectually is transpires in the office is discuesed with the 0 s3 tematize work greatest disregard of all restrictions usually and do my best to make the time lost by my employer. A steno placed upon communications of a confidential g- rapher should see that her letter paper is tature.

gorne measure of excuse for this can be neatly and conventen tis arranged. If she should be working for a large firm and man found In the limitations of the life of the tve-rage -girt who wollts downtown, but I les 1 cop a etter are needed she will find it Were that It she realized how vetch a- con- of great help to arrange, duringher spare time, several sets ready for the machine. versatIon anywhere and- particularly in a Before commencing to transcribe her notes public place cheapens her and gives her the staltb of poor breeding she would quickly she should read them and correct any gram- break the habit. which later years the wig rnatical errors or reconstruct a faulty sen- gee in Its true light as a really dishonorable tence. sac I say in latsr years because this is most If a man cannot dictate a good letter he frequently a fault of -the girl who is 3-oung likcas to attach his signature to one, and will hi business if not in yeare, and experience pat himself on the back if it reads well.

Let will teach her better. hint have all the credit and continue to give And tbere still Is another standpoint which him the he requires. It helps to should appeal to the girl for her own good vary the monotony of the work and at the she ewes it to herself to get as far as poseible same time advances the Interests of the em-' away frans business and everything con- ployer, which every girl should have at heart. leered with it during the short time allowed The reward will. come later.

ber each day for recreation. Talk about VIOLET M. KELLY. books current event', a little harmless gos- sip about your own set. and the new gowns Always Some Brutes in Business.

and hats. which are life to every girl under I have felt so many ttmes that if there was the sun. Don't take on any more of the more resentment from the young woman somber hues of business than you have to, who works she would be more protected gad when you are out of the office don't from the insults of men who offer attractive talk shop." C. L. M.

positions with the thought in view of securing a pretty young woman whom they can insult Has Ideal Employer. without being discovered. I have had experience working for a negli- An experience of mine confirms this state-gent manager of a branch officeone who went. After being married a year I was shirked his 'work and was away from the Compelled to return to office work, and made dice. He gave me' the office key and bad application at a typewriting agency.

The me memorize the combination of the safe. I manager told me of a good customer of watched the work of the other employes and theirs, a railroad man, that had such an at- did his work. The remuneration was small. tractive office. good salary.

short hours, and but I was footle-11 enough to think the expe- easy but particular work. For some reason ranee was worth overtaxing my strength. he said no young woman would stay more The office was transferred to another city, than two days, and he could not find out but just a week before the event I was taken why this was. I told him if I got the position in with typhoid fever from overwork. An and left I certainly would tell him why.

enthusiastic recommendation wasgiven me I called upon the railroad man, and after lad the remark: I worked better than any talking with -me a few minutes told me to girl be had ever had. In New York Or any- come the next morning. The first day passed happily. and I thought it was a mighty finis-I have been with a firm where, on my sec- place. At noon the second day my employer end day, work.

I was called to the mane- told me the reason he had hired me was I ger's office and received a e5 raise and a seemed so clean and kept -my nails so nicely. Promise of more in the near future. You're A few minutes after he invited me out to I girl with sense." was the remark, and luncheon. and when I showed surprise he said we are willing to do well with you." he really wanted a companion more than a Girls, look out for the matt too inconsider- clerk. I was indignant, and staid just long ate about your ability.

They needn't buy us enough to tell him his meaning was most Milner, or flowers, or take us to theaters. clear to me. He was angry. and said he but let them not be to0 closemouthed to show could not imagine why young women did their appreciation of our work. not appreciate what he could do for them.

It doesn't pay to stand for their Inconsid- I left and went direct to the manager of the ration. There are other employers who will agency and told him all, and he never has treat good workers right. sent another young woman to this attracThree cheers for a pleastant 'anie kind em- tie" place. Don't you th'nk I did right? Plneer. His typewriter always will be mer- H.

W. stenographer and have met all sorts a mA conditions of men." I have known a girl to get blamed for not turning out a sufficient quantity of work during the day when in reality she has turned out more than her share, but owing to her employer lacking system and not marshaling his facts beforehand. she has been compelled to rewrite many of the letters. What should a stenographer do in such a case? I have found from experience that the only way to meet it effectually is to systematize my work and do my best to make UP the time lost by my employer. A stenographer should see that her letter paper is neatly and conveniently arranged.

If she should be working for a large firm and many copies of a letter are needed she will find it of great help to arrange, duringher spare time, several sets ready for the machine. Before commencing to transcribe her notes she should read them and correct any grammatical errors or reconstruct a faulty sen. tence. Plea for Mother and Brother. One of the greatest problems of the work-' ing girl is to know how to better her own condltion and raise herself a little higher up on the ladder of success without injury to those depending upon her.

If she rests content with her work she rusts, and In a few years her earning capacity is lowered and she has lost the nerve to rise. To steel herself against the retty allurements and snares around her, to keep hold of the ideal a midsordid surroundings, the darned curtains of hon e. the threadbare carpet, and the stew for dinner, to keep sweet and courageous amid it all and yet to rises and. with the self-uplift carry the family along one peg or two. is not this worth trying? Do not blame the hard worked Mother.

girls. She is doing her best, and her heart goes out to her boys, and she knows that a boy's nature is careless in youth, but that with good. treatment he hardens to goodness in manhood and becomes the support of her old age, when the girls, maybe, are married and almost forget the mother. The girl is nearer to the mother as a burden sharer in youth, but the boy in old age. Don't be too hard on the brothers, girls.

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v. or on our open a 5 $39 to S50. Ex- 823 .0, -114 ..17, -1 accountsystem tra special value 0 EP at 1 FIS This Brass .1 Bed, $29.75 H'S TRADING STAMPS I 0 I are accepted as $3.50 per full book on any of the above articles, or any other article in our stores. Reliable merchants everywhere give Fish's Stamps on all asF.es.1 uStart saving now pay "IT PAYS TO SAVE THEM." 1 1 L. L.

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.1.. i i 4 lkstili: 0, 'iJ .7 She Knew When Give Up. fl. i -Why should our girls take the places that belong to our boys? How are our boys to learn the Inside workings of business if the are all to be filled up with girls, -who, as a rule, go there at 8 or 9 o'clock In the morning. dressed in their best togs or at least in better clothes than the wives of these same men can have for Sunday, sit there and play on the typewriter a couple of hours, entertain and smile at the men that come in, and quit work at 5.

What the mothers are thinking of I can't see. There is not one girl In ten that is a stenographer that can cook a meal or keep a house In order, much less bake bread. Then they take the confidences of our husbands. They 'have nothing to bother themno cares, no responsibilities. nothing but to go there dressed like ladles.

It is little wonder that they can be all smiles. If their employer has had something to displease him at home and comes down to the office, about the first thing be does is to tell his Stenographer all about -his family affairs and to get con, soled. which he generally gets. That Is what he has hired her for. We have plenty of places for our girls.

There is a scarcity of school teachers, and that is their place next to the home, for nature Intended us for mothers and teachers; our boys and fathers for business. B.sides, there are milnnery stores, dry goods stores, and telephone exchanges.plenty of places outside of the offices. As it is, a young man hardly can earn enough wages to support a wife because the girls have stolen the best places. What the wives should do if their bus, bands have a stenographer is to hire a well dressed, nice looking young gentleman stenographer to entertain them, write their letters, and anewer their invitations. If the husband can afford one.

why can't the wife? I thtnk every wife would agree to her bust band having his stenographer if he would agree to her having one. We are organizi trig a secret society for the protection of our boys and girls and the sanctity of the home. One of the obligations is to get rid of the lady atenographer. We, would like to hear what mothers think about it. The lodge is in its, infancy.

Jai KATILY. then that line of work. I pitied the girl sincerely, for. though trying to do conscientious work. It was clear that she was failing more and more, and must soon lose a place entirely.

What then? I dreaded to see her. thinking each time she would tell me of her discharge. It came one night, and when she told me that they would keep her no longer. I cried. 0, I am so sorry.

Whatever will you do?" Well, you see, my mother and father have a farm in Wisconsin. I'm the only girl, and they've wantell me to come home for a long time." For a moment I could find no words, then, And you staid here until- you lost your health. have become a perfect wreck, and why? Why didn't you go home long ago?" Well. other girls told of the fine times and clothes and all, and I just kept on hoping." Don't do it, girls. Before you come to the city.

look around and see if some chance of making a living does not offer nearer home. No more than a bare living wage is offered in a city to a girl of moderate education and Intelligence. If you must try or yourself. at the end of a year be frank. If you have not advanced, If your health Is poorer than wben you came to the city.

get away If it Is a possible thing. Do not just keep on hoping unless you have definite reasons for believing that you are more than barely holding your position. 1 11111.rh. I know, has been written against girls leaving good homes In the country and wool' towns for the excitement and rush of City life. I have met many of these girls to they are entering business for the first Mlle, sure that In coming to the city they will ilnd the good times they longed for in their quiet Country homes.

To their inexperience, 81 or seems a sufficient salary, and they 10111a work with high hopes for the future. One came back to me a month ago. She was a tall sallow, nervous girl of 26 or 27. The inevitable black dress wae poorly worn. Rer hair straggled about her face.

Her hands twitched. She told me In a patient. Ineomplaining way of having worked two Years in a large establishment doing clerical Work at a salary of ST a week. know how she must have liveda tiny room in a dirty, noisy rooming house only two meals a day. and those of the cheapest It practicing every possible economy in clothes and laundry.

In pluce of the excitetoent and good times she found long hours ot Monotonous routine work that left her so tired by night that she had no mind for onnusements. Her one day off. Sunday. found her too exhausted for the church go-. Ing to which she had been accustomed.

Starting Without much education or intelligence, It end of two years she was as I saw her health and her work becoming ally More unreliable. he told me of being transferred from one 4Pertrrient to another; of trying first this, I I i.