Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-25

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stores or Offices must dress neatly
This necessitstes heavy laundry bills
Some Of the girls who have moved tC
the suburbs have permission to dc
their own laundry. This they mus,
10 at night or on sundays Their
hours Of recreation are cut short and
their health impaired.
i Girls Unhappy Lot.
i Take The average girl working in
The big department stores, of which
there are nearly dozen in Portland.
She receives about $50 a month. Some
get more, it is true, and it is also true
that sorue get hess. But at $50 month
howl she to livei Room rent will
, cost hen $40 il she has roour to her.
self. Her breakfast she will buy for
10 ,cents That sounds ridiculous, and
!. of truth Is isn't a very substantial
meal, bat there are thousands Of girls
in Portland today who could not live
honorable lives unless they get break.
fast Or 10 cents. Then her luncheon.
will coe her 10 cents. For dinner she
must have something more substan.
tial, and she spends 20 cents That Is
40 cents a day, and as there are gen
orally 30 days the month, her board
will cost her not less than $12. Then
she spends for laundry not less than
so cents a week. Incidental expenses
viii amount to 80 a month, and if she
docsn't have to buy any new clothes
isd't sick and works every day she
viii have a balance OF $2 al the end
OF The month. Think Of h, living like
that to save $e a MONTH Raise the
average salary.;to $40 moath,l and
What relief have you brought to the
situationf' And Il Is beyond dispute
that there are thousands and thou.
sands ~ sisls n pesasaa .oasy max
ing their town way in the world who
do not receive $40 month.
Before rent went up on downtown
rooms and before the labor market be- /
came 50 crowded with women. eondi.
tions were better. BY rooming to-
gether, two girls could get room
within walking distance Of their work |
for $l0 month. They could com
mand better salaries because there
were not so many willing substitutes.
But today the girl must 70 TO the
suburbs, pay the same price for her
room and 'carfare in addition. IL she
Is tardy in reporting for work or the
east bit unsatisfactory, her position
s gone, and there are hundreds clam.
,ring for the vacancy.
Lures Girls 10 Ruin.
Where does the girl 90 when she
oses her means Of gaining this "'mag.
liheent" LIVELIHOOD Women cannot
ace a situation of this nature like
men, especially when the rewards in
he other direction are so alluring.
Besides, hunger and poverty have
ting, a bitter, depressing sensation,
md the win power is nipped Of its
'itality. Employers expect just as
much work OF girl who has broken
Ter fast on a l0-eent meal as they do
4 the one who has dined at the fash.
enable resort.
The path Of the grl who il making
Ter way alone in the city is not /,
trewn with roses. but. on the other
and, II is infested with hydra.headed
empters. A girl graduated from
BUSINESS college accepted a position as .
tenographer in a lawyers Office Her
alary was ego a month, with the priv.
lege Of doing outside work for others
'ho employed no stenographers. A !
ertain attorney, after the first few !
ays, grew very familiar. This an.
Dyed the pretty stenOgrapher aud she
courage sufficient TO speak
o her employer about this. His an.
wer was;
my dear girl, you'n have To let .
inn have bis way il YOU expee, TO get !,
.is work /,
Happy Tor this girl she had a home y
o which she could 70. But her posi-. i,
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