The evening world., 1914-02-18
WOMEN ASK CITY
FOR Jobs ON SNOW
ALONG WITH MEN
Ladies' Day at New Bureau
Brings Many Calls. for
Female Help.

To-day was ladies' day at the
Municipal Employment Agency. No.
"a Lafayette street. ny some streak
Of fate the great call for help that
trickicd over the wires from all COR
ners Of Manhattan and tho hinter.
land sister boroughs seemed to forget
that man existed.
To-day In Wednesday, servants
day on" explained Lieut.. James
brady of the Elizabeth street station.
"Mistresses who are calling up hero
for help know their cooks arc not
coming hack"
Guess Brady knows: IT'S what
every cop knows" said Matthew ].
Dobbins. In charge Of tho agency.
Three women applied for jobs at
snow shove!iins. They looked able.
Thoy said the job paid better than
housework and II was healthier"
Dobbins sighed and said he'd do the
best he could.
LoNo LINE OF MEN WAITING TO
GET JOBS.
", "
block north to Worth street. then
around the corner and over to Centre
street. stretched n line Of men--young
mon. oil OF them. There were no gray
hairs there. There were few horny
handed toilcrs. For the most part
they were narrow .chcsted. stoop-
shouldercd. They wcro questioned.
Sixty per cent. were garment workers,
cutters. machine operatives and the
like. Few OF them got job1.
but this was Ladies' bay. A lady was
the first caller. She was Mrs. Rich
auft. Her husband Ii janitor at the
Parkhiil Apartment. One Hundred and
Forty first street and Hamilton ave.
nue..
II want an assistant janitor." said
Mrs. Ritchauft. Then: The pay Ia
go a month and board and room. I
don't object to man drinking a few
pints Of beer u day. but he must not
got drunk"
The few men In line smiled angel.
ically. Ono posed and another bumped
up his shoulders to show how deliri-
GUS he was to work.
II like that man." said the lady,
pointing q long index finger at q man
Of thirty. He gave his name a. John
Cash. Incidentally he was broke. No
particular address. He went with the
lady. Before departing Mrs. Ritch-
auft called back: III he don't suit.
can I make changer"
Sure. lady" called the man.
At 3 o'clock Mr.. Dobbins received a
call from an employment agency for
seven girls.
ALL THE CALLS FOR HELP
WE'RE FOR WOMEN.
One was wanted as a cook. She
must be thirty. She must be sober
Six girls were wanted for general
housework. They must be between
sixteen and twenty-five. The cook
was offered $50 month and the girls
$40 to 326 a month.
There we're eight or nine calls like
this. In other words. there was de-
mand for about nifty women. and. up
to noon. practically no one wanted
male help. The line stlll stood.
Two young women called and snid
they wanted any kind Of n job In Of
nee or factory. They told Mr.. Dob
bins they were In pretty Straitsned
circumstances. One was nineteen and
the other about twenty-five.
"We're going to he lawyers" said
the girls. I'VE have n furnished room.
Nights We study. In two years both
Of us will be ready for the bar"
Mr.. Dobbins took their names. lie
was not asked to disclose them. But
II you have an ofIlce Job for girl who
might some day defend you In a law
suit. cps chance.
Hut the men had some innings even
II II was ladies' day. A one-arined
man who said he was horse doctor
wanted u dozen live men,"
II have here . horse caks-an In
gredient nutritious. subtly active
non -irritant, a liver stimulus and nj
the same time panacea for any and
all the ills Of which the horse 10 heir
TO. I want you meh 10 sell II. A
dollar n day and commission"
I'VE know nothing OF horses" suY-
gested ono OF the men,
'"The less you know the better,
replied the Doctor" "Il hand you
your spiel, all written out. Memories
II and get busy"
Tho horse cake man took eight
young men with him.