The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-08
INSUFFICIENT
FORGIRLS WHO WORK

under that have much TO do with that
environment" 1uerlcd Lieutenant Gov
ernor OHars chairman OF the commit
Tee This was admitted.
'Tf q girl cannot live on her In
come, don't YOU think that, with the
pitfalls which surround young wo-
man. an immoral life offers the easiest
way outT' Mandel was asked.
May Becomc DomestIcs.
Not If she is the right lsin6 OF girl;
if she Is starving and immortality rs
repugnant 10 her, ~ it ahould be, she
can go into domestic service"
WHAT exclaimed Senator JUL. do
YOU think there are enough places for
domcstics To take care Of all the un-
derpaid girls and women working in
stores and factories"
flouse servants are mighty scarce"
smiled tho witness, and as both JUL
and Mandel had raised their voices the
spectators heard il, and Uttered
Mandcl expressed the opinion that
IS is a living wage for a girl depend-
ent upon herself alone. whereat JUL
handed him pencil and paper and in
sisted that lie go into detail on the
matter.
How much for clothing. insisted
the legislator and the witness hesitat-
cd. So
NO, should say that 81 week
would be enough was the reply
All right; ST. Put it down" said
the questioner Now, laundry?''
but these girls live al home: thci,
laundry~fs done there" said tho Wit
ness.
But suppose she doesn't?" pursued
Senator JUL. How much?"
Say 20 cents. then"
In this way they went down tho
Dashboard and room, 81; sickness. 10
cents; lunches, 7o~cents; car fare, 60
cents. and church, assuming that the
girls contribute whom the collection
box is passed, 10 cents
We'll, that makes $685." said SEN
ator JUL. who had added tho column
wrong. and that doesn't include
one-half' OF girls necessary en-
penscs."
( Mr.. Simpson had como prepared with
/ figures which showed. among other
things. that the Marshall Field retail
store employs Az: female clerks
/ whose average WACO is s10.76.
! refuse to Tell Profits.
/ In tie course OF the Interrogation
/ all the employers were asked TO state
tho net profits of their business, which
they declined to 10.
/ Simpson said no State should DO al
| ioWcu 10 ADOPT n minimum wage for
women. ms the business men OF that
/ state would be At Il Disadvantage as
compared with other States. 1t should
! be a Federal law, IL at all, he declared
/ The last witnesses of the day were
/ women brought in by deputies, who
! invaded the segregated district in
/ taNicabs with Jane Doc" warrants
They talked in Whispers and all To
! tho same effect-namcly, that they had
/ been unable TO make u living at repu-
table callngs and so took the down
| ward path.
"a. r." was woman of thixtN-eight.
| Sho worked in laundry ~ $3.50 a
week after her husband died and left
her with two children
You couldn't support q family OH
that. could your" inquired O'Hara.
NO found 4 couldn't even support
| myself on It, so went wrong"
How old were you them"
"Twenty-eight."
"Whcro are the children now7" she
| was asked
] We'll, you may be sure they ara not
+, in Chicago"
Sc. p. b." worked in a st. Louis shoe
factory from the age of fourteen years
TO eighteen. and nevor got more than
| IS q week. Then she answered the
call and has been In the restricted
district for FIVE years. Like the others
4 she placed her earnings now at about