The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
NOTION OF A FACTORY GIRL
kI\D az MOTEL WOMEN WAGE
EiRNERS NEED.
~, aniaGr- ~ . WoOm IN n FRAT ONer n
uatri With Modern. Plhilanihrepie
Alta rhmrnts Complaints &C HiWh
Prices AZ HomeS for Momcn " orh eps.

To 7 iblTk tie nOteis that are Otlllt Tor
- king g,rls tend tn lower wages a
...ru- woman who works in an East Side
'.rsorv said. repeating the reporters
...a>iion Well should say they would
.,rrar send to raise wages II We are en-
tod 10 live in them
How oan a girl who 10 making s. n
-.~A lIv. IN a hotel or home where the
Ve,' rates ara ~ ~ a week and without
rrh. Three and half is the loves, rate
rFa' I have discovered in any of the hotels
which have heard about
BasideS buying our luncheon there Is
a.Vays tho item Of oarfare to be con-
=itersd because these hotels which are
stIi Co 10 built for working girls are all
rn such a remote part Of the town that
liking t. and from the factory or store
where you work is human impos@ibility
They say they have to he built in such
l0rauons because Of the price Of the land.
A. long a. that is 30 don't see but what
rh~ real working girls. that 10. We who
~ork in factories and the larger shops
will have to continue TO sleep in o'n tsne-
nents
! began to work az % a week That
uas pretty good wages. ard ! got il be-
cause ! had received some training in a
trade school. Other girls who begin with
our that training receive 81 a week less
Well. because my parents lived out of
town thought could 60 to working
girls hotel which had Just been built
and was not very far from the factory
where I had my first job. had a few
C'"'hes and by going in at the lowest rate
~ walking back and forth ! believed
q I'D make both ends meet until had a
rsi-s ! planned 20 do without lunch or
% got a penny's worth 81 something now
snd then.
All the papers had been full Of this
hotel and the numerous good features
laundry where the guests could do all
-hHir washing and ironing. sewing ma
chimes where they could do their sewinR
baths on every floor. besides an elevator
and large aud small parlorS where guests
could not only entertain callers but
have dances aud other siJupls entertain
ments Then there was library where
hocks were 10 he had without charge
I'D telephone where We could send
and receive messages OF course any
e. would want ~ go to such home I
as the most delighted girl in the city
- day ] applied for q bed and was told
,-,uld he accom- mOdatsd
The first shock cau. when / was tod
must paw for my room and board in
advance. ! had only begun - work en-"
day before - hadn't earned any wages
7 would have had To leave the place and
ray a second quarter - have my trunk
moved. 7 suppose. II the girl friend who
Rad told me about the hotel hadn't Of
s~r~d % lend me the 81 ~
Think OF having to borroW 81 ~ when
Won are only earning ~ a week ! cant
'sll you how many weeks y vas before
7 vas able t. pay that Rirl back I used
20 ray her - cents week except the
veeks when I got ~ hungry ! just had
- get something a. lunch or shsn 10
aimed and ! was Late starting to work
nd 80 was forced Ia take a ca I hadn't
any umbrella ~ over-ho~- So going on
-. cars was cheap than getting sOs
.nE act and having the time v"u would
- forced 70 spend drying over a lsd,ator
deducted from your wages
Then 7 had ~ huy sp1p - sash INV
clothes Wtth I couldn't afford starch
=" my -hirtwsisr- never Looked very
fresh very long which forrest me - Sash
''sm about twice AZ often - would
nae done had they been stifened
-There were Eve girls IN the room where
slept Each Of ~ had a he'd a char. a
srrsU dresser and two hooks under cur
'7.ns against the walls To hang oar clothes
on We could have washstands. 80 the
.-aua ger ~ the hotel told me. hut she ad-
~Ad ~ to 90 - the bathrooms and save
80 space m our rooms which the stands
-r.ld orCupy
fners ws- nothing that couldn'
Nsra ru' up with. I suppose Il had been
earning NOR" money. Though ] d'dn' ?
r. any II tho girls IN the room part
ari'- got along with them very comfort
abIv The elevator never ran except at
CHI 20 take ~ upstairs Nobody was
.,rs,'od 9" ride down either morning
- uIgh'
W. vsra not allowed to take anv food
a-s~ F.orr tho table ~ there was no
rossi rntv 81 t1king anything for lunch
~-su q 900 didn't want 20 eat q for break
I--' No. food Was clean we'll served and
E-rr-arv veil cooked though there were
--4-n .0ruyIaInts about the wav " WAS
,.,r-"u Whar Won had fish for dinner
'h@ : ~ dtdrt Exc having fish soup also.
srd p0sr they lad potato soup the only
-azs'HE" would 10 potatoes. either
--.rsd ~ h"iled That was what was
row -'aHuci ~ - Far ~ the dining room
90,
90 INC laundry and ~s~InE roOTnS
30 ,.'0rl4lrt vas that the chamber
go - md mattresses VIM were all freshly
.~n,-rsd immigrants. were allowed 20
O. -'r Tho 'uh- burn the ironing cloths.
r.ssl no sewing machines or the attach
..o-'- and then the bos riders got the
-rs md tho consequences. The blame
-assvrra-sasi hy -coIdinRs from The MAN
Ger aud other officials 81 the hotels. and
ID, sequences were having the laundry
,-a9 q rho very time when the rna iOTity
- girls wanted IN wash and iron Re
s.as saving 20 clean and scrub before YOU
's..II 10 anything
100 poarders had been Responsible
: .'" .ruditions I wouldn't nave minded
'.E nv -haTs ~ the blame. but when
go. that u was the help and one
I.gTHsrs vas hold enough 20 sug-
&C. ..4' tnsy gilt ID their work In
s..Uf- tha raplv 0amss HACK thu Z