El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-27
CHAPTER XXXVII.

tGODNrlgnU, 1919, by Guar COlli peAIy.J
Wv WHATEVER Fanny Holden was
Nv TO do must be done quickly.
She appreciated this as she set
( ont to look for work. Nellie Benson
/ had urged her to spend that first night
| of her hemelessness with her-know-
ing that. now the girl had given up her
room at Mrs. Sharpe's, she had no pace
to sleep and only few dollars win
which to pay for lodging
To be sure, there was little space lot
her in the tiny flat shared by Nelle'
Grace Farrell and Helen Brown-out
on this evening Helen made the excuse
of wanting to spend the night with her
aunt Joe'S mother, and thus her peu
was left vacant for Fanny. The receipt
ent OF this hospitality was so graIeIul
that her voice broke when she tried to
speak her thanks.
"NonsenseF' exclaimed Helen, as she
took her departure for the night,
/ "Auntie will be glad to see me, and 1
want to talk 20 her anyway
cut out the thanks, KidF' Nellie
urged the following morning as She
Fanny and Grace breakfasted together
Spend your time in thinking what
kind of job you're going to get"
I'll try all the manicure places l
come across today" Fanny said. But
if those fail, I'm fitted for nothing
else"
Didn't you ever work when you lived
with your grandmother" Grace asked
surely she taught you to do some
only a little homework" Fanny ac-
knowledged ruefully, 'and not much
of that"
There's money in housework," Grace
laughed. IF what / hear about the
wages living-out girls get is true"
She said the words jestingly, but Mel
lie Benson spoke up abruptly and earn
estly. well, believe me" she de-
clared. I'D want a small sized fortune
to pay me for doing that kind Of Work
in another persons house,"
"Why?" Fanny queried. A sudden
idea had come to her-a painful and
distasteful one-yet she could not
st9rve.
because a girl in service is not her
own mistress, her times not her own
she's got to go and come at the beck
and call of the people she works for
''Well-dOn't everybody have to do
that if they're working asked Grace
IN a way they debut it is diff
ferent way You and have our even
ms to ourselves; there's nobody to tell
US we got to be in at such and such a
time that we got to dress thus and so.
But putin all that aside, there's
bigger objection than any of those
WHAT" Fanny questioned.
THAT no matter what wages a girl
gets, no matter how comfortable q
place she lives in, no matter how
much money she's able to save-ot
course her food and lodgin's don't cost
her any thing-she's still a servant on
can't get away from it.
There are worse things than being
q servant, Fanny observed gently All
workers are more or less servants
They aren't. either" Nellie contra
dicted. ct tell you, the shop girl, the
factory girl. every other kind Of girl
J looks down on the Twin out girl"
We'll it's a shame if they do" eX-
claimed Grace, with some Indignation.
Nellie regarded her gravely. See
here. Grace. You're stenographer'
Helen's a clerk in an office; I'm man
icure and we're all here together.
Would you care to have a Twin out girl
share our flat with US on equal terms
as all Of US are now, even if there was
room for her?'
Grace reflected for a moment Per
haps not she replied. Il suppose It
would depend on the girl Otherwise
the feelings all wrong"
1T isn't fair Fanny affirmed.
"Fair OF not fair" declared Nellie,
I'VE all have it. Well, must be Off
girlsi'
She pushed her chair back from the
table, picked up her own plate, cup
spoon and fork and carried them into
the tiny kitchen. Fanny followed her
Agrees TO Wash Dishes.
You girls go on to your work. she
said "PH wash the dishes. It's too
early in the morning for me to start
out looking for manicurinE jobs yet"
When her friends had left her, she
thought of the discussion she had just
heard. As she washed and wiped the
dishes and put them away. she won
dered why this kind of work should be
considered mental when done for
wages, yet perfectly respectable when
done for ones self or for ones own
people. OF course. she would not con-
slider going into domestic 'service-yet
if was safe life BY contrast with the