The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-05
WOMEN'S APPEALSFOR WORK
IT n NOT FOR AMBITION on TO FUL-
FIJI 4 MISSION, BUT FOR BREAD

Hard to Obtain - Country Girls should
Stay at Home and Not Crowd the City.
One OF the moat pathetic features OF the
| great battle for bread Is the suffering OF the
| women In the ranks. The lists OF the unem-
| ployed are constantly augmented by an nfiux
| OF women. entirely inexperienced to whom
the necessity for self-support has come un-
| eXpectedly. Housekeepers are hiring fewer
servants, seamstresses are not at all In de.
mand. and tyne writer's and stenoRraphers
are seeking employment In other lines OF work.
AS the demand for work increases the demand
for workers decreases.
In the face OF all this every incoming train
brings it's addition Of ambitious girls and wo.
men, hoping to lind for themselves the success
they read OF other women workers. having
achieved. or course the pressure is brought
to bear first upon the theatrical agencies. for
very great many girls are ambitious TO act.
They come from San Francisco. from tho
South. from the New England hamets. and
speak their poor little pieces In style OF
elocution that would not be tolerated 1t 1t
could be heard in the theatre Their friends
have assured them that they have great dra-
matte genius. and. though the railway ticket
exhausts their entire resources. they rush into
New York expecting to find fame and glory
and handsome gown all ready to be put
on to them directly thoy strike the town. Now.
tho authorities upon theatrical matters will
tell you how dinicult and often impossible. 1t
odvon,ao,, ,,r ~ n,n.n ~, -, ~ ,,.a,,a
manny.r 10 ,iv. a ,irI ha. ,r.Iirn;nor, Go,
tr,inino NV ,llowi,,n hor 10 ,n,,aor In = ,,,ii,,
ran and narhn no sn.ol. - sina,a I,na Eram,
this opportunity be accorded her. the chances
for her continuance on the stage are small. for
many women have husbands or fathers
mo,bcrs or som.nn, randy IN oncourogotbon,
In their vanity INV securing than nm ononina
on the store and mnnv n woman whose cbiof
recommendation 10 favor is the notorietv ofthe
divorce court mr. soma .capdal In bigh nlooo
will receive nrecedenco and honor bcfors the
unknown GIRL NJ tol.pt
"It ia nerf,otlv ostonishino nc ,vo,, nc hart
br.,tino s.id ,Jno Earnondo, tho ,otho
in IaraoI n, sto,o,,nJ ..to coo III, ol,.. -,
woman tbot oro cominr row ON, ho,oin,r o.
tho n,oot hrr,hIo lee ~ thn ,,o,s" ta.aS
ora shonpirIa stenogranbora andtynowritoro
tr,insd nnraas ond s,ry,nt ,irls T az ,r.aI.
. nro,sssionol nnrso rora than .o naors -,
40. and a .raot dao, I,raor ,han ~, a.ma
bera r. cat n Mo 40 an tho sta,a Whon IasrnJ
har MA o,,,I;e so.ia,s oh. .h.,,,,ht 49, .o
se.ssd That aava har IN. rioht ~ asr tor s,,ob.
nos,tion sba Gotta .Two has;aos ~ na.ossi,
n, EARNING NV I;v;,, which ara ~ innn.si
hlo - do :, tho ,ro,o.s;, h,u. r...ti,al to
mora than t,yontv Observation-Disclosures ond
common sensa, told ber That hor in+au,.
,opco .rd common oarsa sbnuia to.,b bnr
better than 70 ask for anvtbine IN tho stoea NJ
her npe. And an irish Girl with n distinct
ei ae' GU an .on s.'.' WIN u's''''I.
broGue. came In to-day to do tragedy parts. III
only the good. bright. country girls would stay
In bair or,,ort, Mo bon,s avon ar tbay d;1,,t
~ .Aeit eomiof'ao., hoinos' e'on Il .hey uiun
nave put one pest dress year. ana would
marry the good honest men es tina. would take
much better. The longer you stay in it the
thot ,, ,uu .. 80 Inv tha -, oo'e'' sN'
@" .s" "an,o W sU w ene e.ate' .
woman. 1t is too uncertain and short-lived to
nav the price. Ono mistake and tbe world
you had at your feet is ready to turn its back
on you. But 1t isn't only the new recruits that
crowd the agencies. Our own girls are com.
Ing back all the time out OF work. You see
tho theatre is a luxury. 1t is the place where
euo ,. ~, pes'ns in every househoiu me re-
SUIT is 'hae managers arc curtaillhs tne'r
and coinr und.r Tho Girls all somahow ind
49, - t, w , Inv
:. way pack 10 Now lork. because
and thev hone 70 find emnlovmant Vas and
wnn,an ., ria,a IA ono. ~ ,rao,th ,o, t anu
women OF place ana once OF wealth come 100
to try to earn good dollars by real work. as In
the old days they earned fulsome fntterv in
amateur performances just tho other day an
old time actress came hack to us. She married
n rich hroter. INT be had lost bis monov and
49, $3.50. 1917 a. ',s .,'s ~, u' ,i,. anu
she thoueht she could support the family by
going back on the stage. But what could she
do2 Her beauty was gone. She was old. Every
body had forgotten her.
We are doing what We can in the way Of rs
Just now we are giving II luncheon in the
middle OF the day to our memhers. If they
have money they buy a package OF lunch
tick cts, II they have no money the tickets are
charge ed to them to be paid for as soon a. they
get work again. The beautiful thing about il
Is that no one except the secretary knows who
pays and who doesn't. We would have made
the lunch free entirely. but we knew the women
would be too proud to come The lunches
are furnished bv voluntary e0ntrihutinns and
from the emergency fund we have on hand Tor
such need Byand by we are to have n benefit
at which As You Like IT. will be Ilayed with
only women in the cast md also we rypect 10 |
hold n bazaar 10 keen our treasury in n so,yent
condition How much wa nay nenI ar La
called unon to do We cannot tall 'Hut / Lcli.yo |
we are tn. only societv that has ma val orrano |
iZed relief work N' $3.50 49,
AZ tbn Yomnr Woman,s Christian Associotion |
the same story is told. Tho waiting room is |
poyment OF all kinds from, servants duties !