Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22
Girl PUTS ALL ON BACK
MYSTERY SOLVED OF YOUNG
WOMAN WHO DRESSES FINE
Morals Usually All Right. but Is Cen
orally selfish and Doesn't Help
rsS>e" ut Home.
ny BEATRICE FAIREAX

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drop In there about once u week and
now version OF tho mode up. to- the
Xfe white spa.s II, the taq Of the mo.
a,sst sysr s ses" for DO saS,,to
poIiy's tam is as smart as any Fifth
.ivenuc can boast; Is the dress. %
PAINTERS on the hips and s ssarnned nm in
brown. MORE tho best now French
How docs she do it7
], Ny lawyer asked me that. and I
shook my head and confessed that
T. preferred TO have referred TO the
How doeyeahe do it?"
me that OF some Polly" working in
'..h isaa,, of' is where he is employed. Yet
r r!nSc - probably square: honest. self
and ethics are far more worthy Of re-
specs that those of the pretty parasite
~ ~ls s' siss' york-in an Office or any
Own ss,ss sS ods l. rs makes her
w.oks sss And pe afye we eors9 soS of
are eaten UP BY time at the rate Of at
l Making e any b rasTs , ,nas
capaei.y-about 1880 year-.and the
sy9,s aas sse 40 a' WITH the
smile and shrug which don't do
rr Ss%aa: sSis a s eli q E S!ipt.
The'.oniy way TO explain Polly I.
10 presume she is "A selfish girl who
and has only lunches and car.fares
10 oxpend toward her living expenses.
h VIII + little tie cleverness in picking UP
y.hero. the Wholesale houses are Polly
can produce an elegance to be cnried
sno,S any y, sS9 .1y "slaes OF fashion and
Tn. Girl. however. who lives Mt
i.',r am doesn't contribute cen;
e,'s sense Of SratitudcWor deeency.
I've known plenty Of girls who gave
ot their earnings. But on the Other
hand there arc girls earning as high
az s31 I, week who keep out but $40
n ono OF tho moderate-priced
white-ti,sd restaurants coffee is now 5
cents cents cup: versus former universally
-os. white thing: And cake has gone
roaming upward from 10 cents through
slice.
~ group, Of s,enoEraphers who are
good friends OF mino acknowledge that
: rs. AT that rate IS OF a SOS SALARY is
;, gene Then SUPPOSE the girl gives as
mlnimumIs5. There e Is ;i Tpf ieft3, seS
"a year; $500 earned by hard. work.
&. r,., w =. nnd m.pPen. TO s sss9 49,
som. ,1 o OF !. go into a rainy-day fund:
goE the z! needy as and &c iae.i4sT Does
|,horne? Is part OF II expended in odu-
eating the cir! and fitting her for bet
,<tcr tasks?
!, questions is. Yes" But it isn't With
flea, ,!,, Or the ambitious girl I'm dealing
= The sir We wan, 10 heip i, s0 the Toily
her ssv or cIothes
8. It's perfectly trIe, as one Of my
Young friends informs me. that girl
Tier end OF things. It's very expen-
.sive performance keeping up-to. date
I'm q world where tho plainest OF walk
Fought with an eye to wearing quail
- But Il necdnt take all OF $500 q
Ter nls,er is 800 Gas one OF my Girl
c,5!ends s isin,s,. Won't i, last tso or
/>be made 1t home and made for a fftl,
&c INC giri VINO OVerdrcsSe9 FOR her
work makes herself conspicuous and
,@aroYsesr unpleasant, comment. She
, ,niaht once have hoped to support a
wife comfortably on his s3o q week.
= but who knows perfectly we'll he Isn't
y-!going to be aole to buy squirrel coats
for that price. She looks out Of place
-faid Is set down as one OF a mob OF
N" erdressed. self-conscious girls Of the
.>Elieape type not worthy >of mans. sin
= vcrc regard or respect.
-, Tho girl who earns $50 a weck would
y 90 we'll ito make a budget. Why not
Z. ::-y one something like this:
no mother ......S g 90
uc'tsb .'''.'.''s.... w
<,,'|aT idFeS ...'...s 40
- sAmrsements Observation-Disclosures. 20
: RainS-day fund ............... 90
GOOD deeds ........,........... l 90
- ST. 60
~, And that still leaves half the salary
"a soodly sum even In these extravn-
giant days for clothes.
~ How about It, girls?
~ How Fast Can Yeu Say Thems