Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-02-21
HASKIN LETTER
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN
NEW YORK is NO PLACE FOR GIRLS

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year II g lvF- ! rs y que ho. - i'la'1i
y the ihitrlol HI iialils - w HH.hs W.. -
aitlnhS olfeF"d at Suptri4r prices otte
y III lh' hoPeit5S s.ai tt's - 'ieiHt ~,
mere IS 'lehtA ot worn 70 " nati.
Inc Waht-aa columns are so iat laat
tht9 iHic lHouSaiidS u "illpi'tpus r. r.
sons 10 the city every mouth put aiiei
1aeS are mere oitlA tae li.tts. l.;s' sur Wv
tne teItioi" Str9ss1e LOT
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here recently 80 work during the sIflhs
H5iii'i'fIA' a l@E M eNali'le' ohis =
me othtt - promptly shaAlns .ht uhst
q the lhetlopeis iio!h .heit lse1, s,19 pr
cause, lhpy aSaels5"t thtS simply N0ai'
Hol &iIo'u u 1e>iHs i4ei''
The struggle Is not quite 50 intense
for men as it is for women, because men
can live where women can't. including
not only dsrenutable ne1ghborhoods, but
mems clubs, hotels, studio houses and
fraternity houses, OF which a great va
rietA exists Moreover, most New iof6
landlades share the worlds general
partially toward the male sex. extend.
ing their hospitality to gentlemen only
while the supply of rooms for refined
gentlemen advertised IN the Torrent
columns apparently even exceeds the de-
mand.
But the lone woman attempting 70
settle down N New 4ork mas sad tiIhe
ot II. Inc records OF the hpon hesls-
try bureau of the central boaFd o. the
Y. w. T.. 4. here, which bureau Is de-
voted entirely TO securing rooms Tor
women, prove it, The reception hai
outside the Offices OF the bureau does,
too, Here, every day. from y COCK III
the morning, until 10 O'Clock at hlEht.
may be found crowd OF patient, weary
women, waiting to be helped TO IND
places 20 I'VE
''If this bureau cant find something
for me, | VIII nave 70 60 PACK nome,
young art student confided to the other
applicant seated on the sofa beside her,
the other day. L have spent three WhoIe
days looking for rooms when l. L should
have been going TO school. Inc last
place ! went the landlady would not rent
me the room because | admitted that
sometimes | stayed at nome IN the al
terno6n. Everybody had 10 pc out el
hcr house nt $50 II the morning. she
said, must be out all day, ana she pre-
ferred them to be out IN the eFehlhS'
also. | asked her bitterly Whcfe she
expected me to live, but she repliea
eoldly that those were hef rueS' anu
closed the door.
During 1919 nearly 2oNuo girls aP-
piled to the Room Registry bureau Tor
assistance in locating rooms, when rep
resented an increase Of 1T per cent over
the number applying during the previous
year. Although the bureau mas 'h,'e
Y. W. G. A. houses, girls club ana
list of nearly thousand private room
ing houses to draw from, and although II
has a large staff of paid and volunteer
workers constantly searching for ana
investigating new houses It was apie 10
place only one-fourth OF the total mum
her of women applying LOT ptfihaheis
lodgings. s .ht
we attribute TINS 70 'he lae. ssnaa snas
most ol 1he apflleanes eoulu n"' ,;ataa attuI
TO pay the prices OF the rooms $50 ~
saws Miss Ethel TANKS, director o! tne
bureau hoohs are Jnst aoou' 49,, 49,