The evening world., 1919-02-20


they will find open and ready
for business the biggest employment
bureau in the world. 1t will also be
the best and most efficient, because
II boasts both the guiding force or
experienced men and the whole
hearted service OF women. Not hys-
terical women, who will burst into
tears over the needs OF the returned
soldier. Not women who think it
will be fun to visit business mems
Offices and plead prettily for jobs Tor
doughboys. Not cutie girlles who
their eagerness TO impress Mr., Big
business with the Importance Of
their quest. But women whose time
for the past eighteen months has
been spent in serious war service
and who have now moved logically
from the work Of war to the recon
structive work of peace.
The United States Employment
/ Service Is under direction OF Il. l..
Wood, Assistant Federal Director.
His right-hand man" Is Mrs. Alex
ander kohut, whose very name spells
! employment, so many Industrial
movements has she led for the fitting
of men and women into suitable jobs.
Mrs. Alexander Kohut was Chair
man Of the Employment Committee
OF the Women's Committee for Ma
tional Defense when it was organized
under Mayor Mitchell. in April. 1917.
| By August in the same year Mrs.
kohut had smoothly running
employment clearing house, which
is now part OF the United States
Employment Service. with a New
York Office at No. 469 Fifth Ave-
nue. and branches throughout the
country. The headquarters in chief
are in Washington and there arc
about 1000 bureaus. one in prac-
tically every big city in the Union
Mrs. kohut is also Industrial Chair
man OF the National League for
Woman's Service, and l don't know
how many other industrial and EN-.
ploymental things besides.
SlHNt HosL OF lHe ClnteCnS lT
which these league women cooked
and scrubbed and managed and serv.
cd for many strenuous months ar,
now closed the logical work Of tn,
members now Is to help solve IN,
employment problem, which begin!
to press acutely.
H\YTE wish TO bring TO the L. 6
w Employment Service" Mrs
kohut told me when 1 had at las
corralled her in her home, No. 80.
West s1th street at the end of he
usual ntne-hour day, "as many vol
unteers as we can TO scour the cit,
for Jobs. There are thousands O
merchants small and large who hav,
Z positions vacant and know no way {,
fill them except by advertising in tn
Help Wanted column. We want al
such business folk TO register wit
/ us, telling what they want and hoy
much they will pay. We VIII do ou
part in fitting the individual 10 tn
service required.
I'VE are already working cfficicntl
and with system, dividing the cit
into zones and avoiding all dupl ca
tion cot EFFORT. We need wome
workers. We have IA now in tn
D field. Within ten days we shall hav
, 100, We can use 800. They mus
have special qualifications. We war
e no hysterical or sentimental youn
' persons. No one who will distur
. the busy man or take a moment NOR
OF his time than Is necessary. W
n have some ideal workers alread,
, One little woman located 80 Jobs in
y single establishment. The manage
was hungry for help-and didn
n know where to find IL.
: I'VE want women Of education. IL
: telligenc> and good judgment, who ~
derstand business conditions and bus
L ness needs--serious women who M
Q willing to work systematicallys (,
n weeks or months under the gliid1n,
3 OF the United States Employment Sc
: vice"
;. DO not expect financial coApe ns
u, ton, sisters Mrs. kohut herself
- one OF the dollar-a-year Governmel
employees-and hasn't even been pa
! her wages, though almost two who
n dollars are due her and she wanted
3 put them in u frame. She keeps IA
tory hours, wears the pldlnest worl