Middletown transcript., 1922-02-25
JOBLESS GIRLS
STORM new YORK
Lack Of Work Fails to Retard
Country Lass Seeking
City Career.
SITUATION REALLY SERIOUS
Employment Bureaus Crowded With
Women Who Have Been Thrown
Out Of Employment-War
Work Brought Unrest.

unemployment situation among women
has apparently no terrOrs for the girl,
from upstate the Middle West or tie
South, says Miss Amy Talbot Of the
Central Branch Y. w. G. A.. accord
Ing to the New York Sun. New Yor,,
Is the mecca toward which she turns
her steps, confident that once here
there will be jobs without number
waiting her acceptance. Miss Talbot
who Is head Of the Rooms Registry
Service, has noted little decrease In
the number of applications for rooms
received from out-Of-town women
seeking careers in the big city.
"As far as have been able to dis
cover" says Miss Talbot, girls are
not concerned with these reports or
unemployment. Jobs seem of little i'm.
porfance compared with the fact thar
the young adventurer has reached New
York. There Is one difference. | find
tfat now the demand Is almost entire.
iy for the $5 room, where it used to
he that rooms were sought not 80
much for economy as for convenient
locations.
Situation 10 Serious.
"The situation is rapidly assuming
serious proportions. Women, old anr
young, are now being laid off by firms
which have employed them for long
periods Our employment bureaus are
crowded with women who have beer
thrown out Of employment and yer
every train that comes into our
terminals brings its quota Of new
c0mers-all Of whom expect to he sup
.plied with some means OF earning
their livelihood. Not an hour ago J
talked with girl who had just come
In from upstate. Nothing said In
explanation Of the seriousness OF this
problem that is confronting so many
Of our men and women today had anv
effect upon her. She has alwavs
wanted to come to New York: she
had always had good job. and she
did not see why she should not fine
another one now. The idea that goo6
positions are not floating around 10
be secured at Will had evidently no,
entered her mind.
eve have daily to send back refus-
ais to Out-of-town applicants who
would like to find rooming quarters rr
one Of the Young Women's Christian
association boarding houses. The
waiting lists show there will he no
vacancies for months. The pitifu'
part Of II Is that we have so many
older women who are desperately lr
need Of place to stay, let alone tn
question of work to do. More and
more women well past the thirty-yea' ,
mark are being forced out by thi
stress OF the times to earn their Owr
bread and butter. They stand littlf
chance Of being met even half way.
the competition is too strong for them
with these eager intelligent young
minds ready to snatch up every goo''
thing that comes along. Watch any
fine In an employment office and ser
how many Of the women on It arc
gray-haired. There are few boarding
houses and business wom-n's clubs
which will admit a woman to residenl
membership without considering he7
uSe HiOSt carefully. Ill iuuHy vi lilcSe
| places thirty years marks the age
] limit. The reason that Is given for
this preference is that since there arc
rot accommodations for all, 1t Is felt
that the younger woman is more in
need of the protection afforded by
these clubs.
War Work Brought Unrest.
"Und0ubtedly, the wanderlust which
brings the younger women from the
security of their homes here to com
| bat an almost hopeless situation Is II
| phase Of the unrest which followed
hard upon the heels Of the war. So
many Of orr girls who until that time
were content to stay quietly at home
Jumped into all the hundred and one
activities that suddenly required the
services Of women. They found them
selves necessary In way they had
never before dreamed Of. They swung
hg Jobs, small Jobs, middle-sized Jobs
| with an efficiency that amazed them
! Now they are not content to fold the!'
| hsNhS.
~Tie younger generation has ac
Quired a marked distaste for staying
at home, where they may lead nor
msl life. They find they must be uF
and doing and In their minds New
| York is the only place for their activ
! tiles. The question is, Where are tht
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