Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-21
COLLEGE GIRLS WAYS
YOUNG LADIES' INGENUITY IN
MONEY MATTERS.
Women Students Nearly Always Hard
Pushed for Coin Of the
Realm.

| From Public Opinion.
The college girl has long maintained
| reputation for studies. athletics and dra-
| MATES; now she Is looming on the horizon
| as financier This new role is scarcely
| surprising when one considers that the
| daughters of our wealthfest capitalists
are focking to the halls of learning. That
natural explanation. however renders the
phenomenon none the less interesting.
| To begin with, a college girl Is always
in need OF money: whether her allowance
, would support good missionary in
a heather land or every cent is earned by
herself. 1t Is hopelessly Inadequate Why?
| Accept your next invitation to visit
woman's college, and you will find out As
! matter Of fact. college is the one place
| In the country where social and financial
| rating nave no connection. A girl who Is
never hard up Is looked upon as a bit
| queer. almost a freak. You know, for she
| Is first of all good fellow, and as you
| know. good-fellowship and parsimonious
thrift are not on speaking terms.
suppose she Is blessed with an OPEN
| handed father whose letters are endeared
by Iarge-stzed checks; just let her start
down town with plethoric pocket book
and a boon companion. and the way from
| flcncS TO poverty stretches before her.
Exhibit A: A room mate in the infirmary
a florists window flaming with daffodils
la generous order. Exhibit B: A home
sick freshman's birthday, a new set of
Japanese prints at the art store-a reck-
less purchase. Exhibit C: A chum's cleo
ton to the monthly board. an edition de
luxe of her favorite poet-$4 to the cause
| OF literature and friendship. .
| Exhibit Y: Mutton stew and rice pudding
on the campus: a restaurant famous for it's
| steaks and salads; a dinner worthy the
taste OF Horace and pocket book Of Mae
| cenaS.
Suppose she does. through some over
sight of shop keepers, return home a solv-
ing sheckels never see savings bank. A
| pal waylays her In the hall to unfold
plan of rfotous living. You need rest"
she announces. Il see 1t in your willing
| the city with me. We will do the shops
and theaters. we will buy large quantities
OF clothes, and my aunt will provide us
! with men,"
To the unsympathetic outsider these ex-
pendttures may seem like reckless ex-
travagances: to the college girl they are
the necessities Of life. Even If the ext
genc1es OF classroom work or the mis-
| fortune OF Over-cuts prevents a metro
poiitan journey. class and society dues
| missionary pledges. house taxes, all de-
| mand attention, while the funds which
sreedily clamor to be fattened are with
out number Millionaires are in the habit
/ of advancing the interests of education
by gifts whose entails turn the college
are acquired only as the results Of count
less microscopic contributions.
| Ihus there comes time when even the
most elastic allowance will stretch no
more. when the most doting parent writes
coldly. Your letter of the 18th inst re-
| ceived. have sent checks In payment of
the bills you inclosed. Owing to this adj
! vance allowance. you need expect no re-
| mittance until the first of the month";"
| Poverty and the wolf rush in as unwel-
| come guests. The genial carelessness
mi h tnh oh I0v
| equaled only by the ingenuity with which
| she turns about to make it. Many and
| varied are the methods by which the COL
lege girl builds up her fallen fortunes and
refills her purse.
Tutoring.
Tutoring is a good staple occupation,
| which. provided the student is ordinarily
| bright, proves an easy and remunerative
source of income. 1t brings from is cents
an hour up. A tale of thriving tutoring
| enterprise comes from the University of
Chicago A graduate studen. there had
| received a fellowship for $500 year. In
| return for this she was required to per-
form eight hours of library work week.
| Whereupon she engaged substitute for
| 20 cents an hour and spent her own time
! in tutoring. AS she was a woman of I'M
| usual ability she received SIS an hour.
This little transaction netted her so. 40 a
| week. which. in addition to her income as
| fellow. enabled her to live in ease and
luxury. There are amusing tales told of
girls who spend so much time tutoring
that they fall below the mark in their
| studies and are in turn conditioned.
Every college, of course. has it's organ
lied methods of assistance. There are
scholarships covering tuition and some
| times board. There are students aid So
cieties which lend money without inter-
est for a long period There are students
| exchanges, which act employment
| agencies and secure darning, mending,
pressing party gowns, copying themes,
| busting rooms at 90 cents an hour. The
services of the exchange are entirely
| voluntary, but a progressive student at
Boston University set up employment
Office. advertised 1t well and made a pay
ing business out of it. The college libra
ries offer work to students at 20. % and
80 cents an hour according to their ex-
perience If this happens to be discharg-
Ing books 1t gives them time to study. or
II 1t Is confined to the cataloguing or re-
| cording rooms they are often assigned to
departments in which they are specialize
ing, so the time spent in earning money
is not entirely lost to the cause Of learn
ing.
Waiting on table will dispose OF the
large item of board and often room. which
! to the entirely self-Supporting girl seems
an insurmonntable obstacle. AT Radcliffe
tain positions as mothers helpers" They
receive board, room and small allow
ance in return for the services OF an older
daughter in the family, They dust and
mend, help the children with their studies
oversee the servants: in fact, they supply
that element which. though not requiring
a large expenditure of time. Is of great
value to a busy mother. At Smith and
Vassar students make substantial REIN
! forcements to their incomes by teaching
in the night schools. II they can arrange
to have all their college recitations in the
morning they teach afternoon classes in
the high schools Of the city or adjacent
| towns: sometimes this work yielding as
much as $40 a month. which for the
whole year amounts to $3.50. As living on
the campus costs $500 and tuition 800. a
student can get the best the college af-
fords and still have enough left over for
| books and many an Incidental. If. how
ever. she Is trying to earn all her ex-
penses, she can get board in the town for
much less and make her teaching pay for
her education.
Clever Stunts by College Girls.
Desirable as these occupations are for
the certain incomes that they yield, it is
the stunt" ways of making money that
exercise the native invention of the COL
lege student and that delights the soul Of
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