Evening journal., 1921-11-12
Her new JOB is
ARTIST MODEL
Mrs. Hawkins Will Pose
For Thanksgiving Illus
tratiOn
OTHER IDLE GO
TO SHOPS, STORES

This has been a much better week
than previous ones" Miss Katherine
Smith. in charge OF the Public EN-
Iployment Bureau In the old City
Hail. Market street above Fifth. said
today. There were many more men
and women placed in proportion TO
the number Of new applicants for
work. and I think the outlook is
that the gain in employment win
continue.
Take the figures for today" con-
tinued Miss Smith. Saturday Is al
. ways a dull day in public employ
ment bureaus throughout the coun-
try. But you can get a line on the
. situation by comparing the new ap-
'plcants with the number Of men
and women we placed in jobs.
we had only fourteen male ap-
plicants, and we placed eight. or
more than half. The eight men
placed included a salesman, several
= carpenters and laborers. In the
women's branch, Miss Blanche j.
Swayne, in charge, has had only
three applicants and placed nine in
'domestics. one was clerical and one
industrial"
Miss Smith said much encourage
ment was offered by letters she was
receiving from leading industrial
firms Of the city. stating that they
would make their calls for help di-
rectly through the Public Employ
ment Bureau.
II is rule OF the service not 10
give out either the names of appll-
.cants for employment or firms em-
ploying them An exception TO this
Iule has been made in the case of
Mrs. Mary Hawkins. Of East Fourth
street. Mrs. Hawkins has been en-
gagged by Charles A. Mcclellan, ar
artist, 1906 Franklin street. TO be-
come a model for him. She is 60
years old. but Mr.. MacClellan de-
cided as soon as he saw her she was
exactly the model he wanted for a
Thanksgiving illustration he has In
mind.
Mrs Hawkins. a plump, spright-
". little woman. whose pluck and
cheerfulness has endeared her to all
the workers at the Employment
Bureau. has been hard put 10 il
recently to support herself and hei
daughter Margaret. She has beer
doing any kind or work which hei
hands could find to do, even iron
ing in a Chinese laundry in ordel
10 tide herself over until she could
find work which would pay a com
Portable wage.
on Thursday afternoon Mis-
Swayne, Of the Women's branch o.
the Employment Service, notified
her Of Mr.. MacClelian's request or I
model.
shall I crimp my hair when
& to see him. Miss Blanche2" wa
Mrs. Hawkins response TO Mis-
Swayne's Injunction that she "lool
her prettiest"
And Mrs. Hawkins left the Em
ployment Bureau with an adde'
sparkle In her quizzioal. gray eyes
and a new supply Of that pep
which helped her TO find two od'
,jobs to do that same afternoon. Sh'
did a washing. cooked a pot o
.scrapple for a neighbor, and atte
her own meal. planned with Mar
caret her tittivating for the mex
day
Mrs. Hawkins quick needle sewe'
"A neat white collar to her best blacl
blouse while Margaret put up he
mothers dark hair on her own West
.crn electrics.
The next afternoon. when Mr.. Mac
Clenan saw little Mrs. Hawkins wit
her fresh. pleasantly wrinkled coun
tenance set Off by the white cola
land the crisp waved hair. he er
gagged her at once as the lady 70
.the Thanksgiving picture.
And part OF the money she
earning by posing for the Thanks
giving picture Mrs. Hawkins Is put
ting aside in a little box in he
>5ureau toward a real dinner q
thanksgiving for Margaret and her
self.