Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-21
A COLLEGE GIRLS INCOME.
One Young Lady Utilized Her knowI'
edoe of Checkers and Chess.

of my EXPENSES while studying hv
plaving checkers and Oh -, said a
vone woman who has com" on frtiA
| the West to take q special course II
study. II charged by III" hour
cents for checkers and til AS mu'
| for chess.
II learned to play checkers Y il,
children of my own age. Later nv
grandmother taught me to play ch~-".
When I came to New York to stud
knew 7 hadn't money enough to tau
me through my course, but ! was 50.
| I could get something to do tE't
would make UP the deficiency.
thought place in store whei'
could work evenings would do Wv
well.
when | applied for wo"t at ~
first store and was asked If could d'
anything to aTuae lnNdlids ii
first answered in the negative, but OF
second thought / Glanced sayin%
could PLAY checkers and chess. Th"l
they took me up so quick 1t almost
made my head swim. 1t seems they
had had one old gentleman on tih'ir
books for the longest kline who VAS
anxious to get some one t" play chess
with him each afternoon and at night
when he couldn't sleep.
L went to him the very afternoon
l put in my application and have
been playing with him for at least
one hour a daytever since. Oh, have
learned when to win and when not t..
have found that the majority of peo-
pie get tired of playing unless I win
once in while. This particular old
gentleman can stand my winning
every fourth game, but if l forget and
do it a little oftener he gets cross.
BESIDES this old gentleman l have
an old lady and two younger invalids
on my list. The old lady is not to be
counted on. What she wants today she
is almost sure not to want tomorrow.
If she asks me to be sure to come
back next day l am just about GER
tain she will telephone a few minutes
before the appointed time that she
has decided on doing something else.
".Of course this is quite tantaliZing.
but l have the consolation of know
ing that when I do go l get the very
best treatment and an addition to my
regular charges. She always pays
my carfare both ways when she does
Besides she insists on my remaining
to whatever meal is in order
"Of course l have to arrange my
hours SO as not to conflict with my
college work. but | have not found
that very difficult. The thing that
has worried me most has been get
ting from place to place on time. The
distances are so great in New York
that l am on the jump continu-
ally.
For girls situated as l am I be-
lieve it much better to try to turn
some little accomplishment such as
mine into money here in New York
than to look for what might be termed
more important employment. l know
two students who are making a snug
weekly income by darning for FAM
lilies in one apartment hotel.
Another student calls herself a
professional duster, because she goes
once week to various homes and
dusts the handsome ornaments and
books. Yet another devotes all her
spare time to mending books, some
times almost reminding them. All
OF these girls get as much work as
~-'>S NAh pSSoiuiS W. lie CARRIERS
are often overrun with work.
IF l couldn't get work playing
Icheckers and chess / should think up
some simple homely line of work and
go out among the apartment hotels
IN New York to look for clients. An
other student goes out to play with
children in the afternoons when their
mothers wish to get out for shopping
or recreation. In some instances
there is maid of all work in the
mousse, but because she is new or in
experienced the mother is loath to
trust her child with her. In other
cases there is no servant at all and
the mother would have to take the
cnlld with her ii she could not get
some reliable person at a reasonable
price to look after it for her.
This girl usually does nnending or
some simple sewing for the family
while looking after the child For
this she receives from so cents to 81
an hour. according to the character Of
the sewing. I have understood that
the demand for students to do this
work was much greater than the
supply."-Taunton Gazette.