Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

bills. The work is here. the money is
here; take it or leave itr-that seems to
he their attitlIde-and s., or 81 in warm
office is better than walking the streets.
50 the positions are filed and there are
always many on the waiting list | know.
for | am one of them"
Five or six typewriter companies here.
iii connection with their other business.
run employment bureaus. but for every
position they are asked to fll there are
probably six applicants. A business or
professional man telephones in: i want
a stenographer. i will pay so much. Send
me around several tomorrow and l will
take my choice Accordingly. some of
those girls who have registered Will re-
ceive notices telling them where and when
10 -call. Usually. through the strange
irony of fate. the position goes to the girl
of the group who needs it least. The
comfortably dressed girl, especially if she
is pretty. has greater assurance and
makes better impression than plain
girl in shabby clothes. even though the
latter may be the better clerk. In fact,
many men stipulate that the girls shall
be neat and attractive. as it gives an Of
flee certain distinction and prosperous
appearance that is very pleasing
Often the girl in charge Of one of these
employment bureaus will look up from
her desk into the earnest eyes of some
other girl who has dropped in to see if
anything new has turned up" If told
that there have been no recent calls she
turns away and goes silently out, making
one more brave effort to hide the dis
enlargement that she feels.
\ woman III charge of one OF the type
writer bureaus in the city told the writer
about one case that came TO her atten-
ton.
e, ri frnv
one of the large cities applied to me for
Il position. She did not appear particu-
larry intelligent; besides. she was very
plainly and carelessly dressed. From the
first felt that no matter what her a'bil-
ity might be her appearance would count
though I sent her out again and again.
the position was always filled when she
arrived on the ground.
But there was go-ahead and bulldog
tenacity about the girl that impressed me.
l would see her during the day. from my
window. trudging along the street with
courage and determination that seemed
never to falter. L must have something
to do at once she told me. in a burst of
confidence. 4 have reached the end of
my string. | cannot go on like this any
longer. What can | do?"
1T CHANGED that that same day a man
telephoned in for Stenographer for tenn
porary work I could not get that par
tfcuar girl out Of my head. and. as I
knew the man. | explained the case to
him. telling him that the girl was almost
desperate, and that II he wanted to do
a really kind and humane act, 10 give
her a trial He consented and she was
with him for few weeks, doing the extra
work and doing it we'll. But now she is
out again, walking the streets In another
search for employment And when. from
my window. I see her. I wonder wonder
what will be the end"
There are some girls whose faces are
familiar to all the employment bureaus.
AS stenographers they are failures. The
only positions they can hold are tenn
porary ones where, on account Of rush
of work. inaccuracies that would not
otherwise be tolerated are passed over.
From one boarding house to another they
switch Each year finds them older. each
year they are losing their grip on them