The Washington herald., 1912-11-07
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srsasth to rssist an savsess tids.
4 yuung woman hed bsen axrsstsa b
Ch3caso for Fobolng . Department store.
|lt wAs not her arst e6enss. nor. yet hss
|sscond. for she he'd just compSstsd .
seutsnos for . similar tan from igraoe
Ia Cleveland. when tn Chicaeo anthors-
tiss took her In charge. And that vas
not al fsr she had bssn guilty Of shoD-
liftiug In other cit1sA
Qse - only tweuty-ona, u . e-ggaAnako
E6jm . h1gh seAool In eyracuss. ana -.
cd(ved further educational trimming fn Q
Canadian, convent. She married, but
that "a not 0ya hse. foe. in hoe words.
shs vas soou cast aArift and forcea -
Work vas found In . 6suaYtmsut ssera,
and that mas the SAaginninS Of her
troubles at least. The manifest bsgine
nlnG.
a osan ssss.
Hsr wsshfy wags Amounted 10 u grim
Joks." a. she puts Il. and to All out .
msagsr pay envelope. she seols from the
store whore she was employed. She de-
ciares she had to steal to set present.
able clothes" that ID. she had to steal.
else. resort TO other Questionable meth
oda And that seemed 10 her the easisst
way, % she acceptsd the vags the store
took the rest.
You 80, she did mot have ths ciuraes
to take ths pittancs-and Il b . sorry
earned and trisd to mako
herself believe II wss enough to 20
around Tor food. for clothing and for
rent. She did not have the neral force
to buy the oommonest kind Of clothes
and call herSelf content did not have
the grace to 30 on whethsr she Was
content or not. And maybe she did not
oars % much what the way. % long -
she got :.presentahls caothea."
Those who profess to know tell us
that the individual woman does not 10
main In the industrial world long enough
to make her an important factor
when II comes to adjusting her pay.
They say she often, very often. works
fer pin money. for . few extra luxuries
her parents cannot buy; and 20 . few
dollars per week make . pretty fair
aad satisfactory compensation. She does
MT. 20 We hear. assume the respons1-
bilities OF . homo the same a. . man.
does not have his ways Of spending
money. his needs and all. and conse-
Quently the living wage for her may be
kept pretty low.
And 70, when the weekly vage scale
Is made up they slice Oh several dol
lars from her oompenSstioa and tack
thsm on to his.
week Because TAey Must.
But the fact remains that the ma
Jor1ty Of women work because thsy |
must. and when . weekly wags Of nve. |
six oe seven dollars. or On 10 ten. isI
III thsy have in the world it 10 potl
hard to understand how and Why the
weak 90 under. For wage scale may
be % far down that II 10 not within |
human possibilities to abide by It In al
manner that makes for health or moral
aplift.
And II 10 when ~ rad Of Q scale that |
measures of 8 for women. 81 for men. |
md on and up In proportion that We
wonder INST how the world expects /
women to live honestly and abide in
moral grace from day to day. II il then.
100. that We think most seriously Of the |
all and Of the need for equal pay for
.Qual work. Living expenses do not drop /
It the magic name of woman: and It is
aard enough to stand all day. working |
~ tho side Of . man. who gives neither
more nor better service, and receive .
smaller wage. But It IL
harder stu to parcel out that smaller !
vage and learn that there ars no con-
,essions anywhere: that food. clothing.
'ent. and everything else have Just one
,rioe to all,' and that s somehow must
" made to do the work Of q.
Not Fitted for Test.
Whatever the economic pressure. there
re women who will not be forced to .
lfs in which crime or degradation hs-
lres. who win accept an inadeduate