The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-15
MANY GIRLS ARE
NOW UNEMPLOYED
Conditions Here However
Are Much Better Than
in Other Cities
y. ". SERVICE IS BUSY
.l4O Applications Are on File
for Domestic and Busi-
ness Positions

That a considerable number Of
women and girls are out OF employ
,ront here now because OF general
business conditions Is evidenced from
tho records Of the employment de-
rartment and residence section Of
,he Tulsa Y. W. c. A.. activities In
which are usually an excellent ba-
roueter of Industrial conditions
among women In this city.
Though admitting the unusual pro-
4 norton OF unemployment. associa-
hon secretaries declared that they
are not alarmed but believe that the
situation will soon adjust itself.
Meanwhile they are making every
effort to find positions for anu ad-
wise with unemployed women. They
further expressed qualification at
the cooperation of local business
mon and said that reports brought
nv girls from other cities showed
that conditions here are much better
than elsewhere.
There were 14O applications for
domestic and business positions In
The employment office OF the asso-
clation las, week and applications
during the present week have num-
bered about 20 daily. according to
Mrs. Victor Hunt, employment secre-
tary. The applicants are In the main
women who have been thrown out
3of employment by readjustments In
office forces In this city and else
where and young girls Just gradu-
ating from high school and business
colleges who Are unable to find
work Though the majority are not
the highest paid In their particular
lines of business. q number are wo-
men Of experience and efficiency
who lost their positions because Of
reduction of business staffs.
Means taken by the employment
office to relieve the situation were
stated by Mrs. Hunt as follows. I'VE
are, Of course. endeavoring to place
all satisfactorily. To out-of-town
paying attention. suggesting that
they return to the home town IL they
know of open positions. To The stu
dents in business colleges, we advise
continuance Of study II they are
financially able, in order that they
may complete courses and thus Sc
cure better positions. We also ascer-
tain whether married women really
need to work before recommending
them for positions which some other
woman on her own resources may
need badly"
The supply" Of domestic help now
equals, and threatens to exceed, the
"dcmand," for the first time since
Mrs. Hunt took charge of the office.
"Formerly there were about 10 OPEN
ings in domestic service to one wo-
man, but today had eight appli-
cations which I could not fill." Mrs
Hunt said. THE only explanation
seems 10 be that women are doing
their own housework, that unem-
ployment Is recruiting women from
business into household work and
that 'by-the-day' work IL being done
by married women who are helping
10 exc out the family income"
Calls for rooms in the residence
section OF the building are on the in
crease, Mrs. NJ. v. Bronson. dormi-
tory matron. said. I'VE are forced
10 turn away seven or eight each
day. When the girls are from out
OF town, I try to tuck them away
somewhere. We have placed two cots
J neach OF the kimono parlors and
In a hall and the four cots in the
rest room in the main building are
also occupied every night. Some
times when girl Is out Of the city
Tor a Weekend. we place another
Girl In her room. A number OF girls
who have lived in Tulsa for some
time are also applying for rooms
because wages have been cut. while
their room rents rematn stationary.
IN some cases. reduction OF wages to
sloo has made a girl eligible for a
room hereb