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II Number Of the Leading Employment
.Agencies Are Asked to Give Their
Opinions ON the Business Efficiency Of
Married Women, and Here Are Some
REPRESENTATIVE AnszverS.

to avoid household duties or for additional pin
money, and they possess an independence
which does not make for permanency-when
something occurs which is not to their liking
or they become tired of the routine Of the
work, it simply becomes a matter of leaving for
more congenial surroundings.
There are exceptions to all rules. There
many employers who prefer to hire married
women. They find them to be more dependable
than their single sisters; their home duties
have taught them a sense of responsibility and
care for detail which younger girls lack and
frequently the burdens of home and children,
where the wife is forced to work, make her
better employe because the loss of her position
entails a severe handicap. But this is the
exception.
Marriage has less attraction in the modern
young girls scheme of things than it had at
one time. The average girl works to earn
money for a good time. and a career of some
sort is her goal. She is in business for herself
dependent upon no one.
THE average married woman has no definite
success in mind-no career-beyond helping to
pay for the new machine radio or dining room
suite When that is accomplished, she quits
or extends her working period until she has
also purchased an electric refrigerator.
During the war, the problem of the married
woman in business became a very acute one.
In fact, in 1920-21 definite campaign was put
forth on mo jobs for married women OF
COuISc1 uuS WaS UhOuSuC aUOub Ny LAc DuoAiic-oo
slump in that year and the resulting unem-
ployment
with the return of industrial prosperity,
however, many more women have entered COM
mercial employment, and recent surveys show
that they have again become q factor which
must be reckoned with in the question of en-
ployment.
Every business man knows that it is desir-
able for the purchasing power of sthe Nation
to be kept well balanced. 1t would seem that
this whole problem rests largely upon whether
the employment of married women disturbs
this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27

Big deals haze often been nipped in
the bud by girl spiIling inside intor-
nation to her husband.
From an analysis published by Mrs. Frida
Wunderlich in SOziale Praxis. these statements
stand out: In nornaal times woman workers
are engaged solely on the ground of their
abilities, without any distinction being made
between married and unmarried. The former
seem to be sometimes preferred ON account OF
their greater stability. When, however there
is a shortage of orders. married women are the
first to be dismissed, because 1t Is thought that
they can live upon their husbands earnings.
For salaried employees the position is diff
ferent The preference seems to be given to
those who are unmarried. The salared en-
ploye gives up her work after marriage more
often than the manual worker. These two
circumstances explain why the proportion of
married women is much lower among Salaried
employees than among industrial workers
Murray E. Hill, president of the Hill Position
Exchange, Inc, of Nashville, Birmingham and
Memphis. believes that the number of married
women employed is increasing because 1.-The
average married woman of today Is better
equipped for a business career than formerly.
I'm her single days she has usually had a
business course. worked for some few years
before marrying. and after marriage either
the necessity for more money or the amount
of spare time from home duties turns her
thoughts again to employment. Another rea-
son is that many girls marry and continue
working.
"Of course, q husband occasionally disturbs
q wife ON the job, either by calling her on the
phone or in person, but such a case is very
rare, 80 PER cent of the married women
working consider their job their own business
and are not likely to use the phone for en-
gagements as much as q single girl.
1T is often said that the duties of married
woman interfere with her work and the arrival
of a new member Of the family makes for her
permanency on the job uncertain, but on the
other hand you have the single girl attending
dances and parties at night. going here and
there and otherwise consuming hours In which
she should be sleeping and, of course, there
Is no certainty as to when she herself will
marry, and there your circle starts all over
again" ..'.. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27

The average married tCODl0n IS prone to
walk out on her job on the slightest
pTOUOcatiOn.
to exist almost entirely among factory workers.
Vocational positions, especially those which hold
out more or less Of q promise Of career"
are being filled more and more by young, I'M
married women.
In a recent address before the Nation Con-
ference of Social Work at Washington, Mary
NJ Winslow editor of the Woman'S Bureau of
the United States Department of Labor points
out that while the number of married women
who have gone to work outside the home in the
mast 10 years has increased but per cent, the
increase among factory workers amounts to Al
per cent.
C. d. Howard president of the Cleveland
and Pittsburgh Vocational Bureaus, believes that
married women are fast being supplanted by
their younger sisters in the oflceS of the land
THE average married woman works because
she wants extra money Howard explains.
"She is more or less independent and is prone
to walk out on the slightest provocation"
TOO, many women assume that because they
once have worked In an Office, they can
quit for varying periods Of time and then step
back into Office routine as if they never had
taken an extended vacation.
q
firm more quickly how well it can get along
without this that person on the pay roll
than to have this that person quit-then
try to come back.
The percentage of companies preferrng to
hire single women, according to Towards fig
ureS is astounding.
Fully 80 per cent of our clients prefer the
unmarried woman" ne says land the ten
dency is steadily increasing.
This is the age of youth-the f1apper pre-
dominates in the world of business, as well as
in the social world Years of experience mean
nothing: good looks and plenty of pep are the
essential qualifications for position today.
woman is old at 30 in the business world.
"I am simply voicing the opinions given me
by many employers with whom we deal In the
everyday course of business. In the first
place 40 per cent of the applicants for positions
are married women. 1t can be readily seen
that with so great a number as this seeking
employment. the problem of placing married
women is quite a serious one.
There several reasons why employers
object to hiring married women; first they feel
that the worry over home duties and the care
of children rob the woman's mind of the ability
to concentrate upon accurate work, and in
many cases it. is true that such outside de-
mandS do make for ineficency.
Again, many married women are not work.
ing through force of circumstances, but simply
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"HAS the employment of great many mar
ried women thrown q SUFFICIENT number
of married men out of work seriously to affect
the purchasing power of the Nation as a whole?
II don't believe SO. Contrarily, the purchas-
ing power Of the country has been considerably
increased. The income Of the average man
very seldom allows a margin to cover even
semi-luxuries. For the majority of working
couples, it is the cash that friend wife brings
home which provides the radio, better furni-
ture. washing machine, enables the family
to drive q motor car or purchase a home. And
often, the working wife makes possible the
savings account.
Opposing this economic viewpoint Is the
moral side Of the question. It Is no untruth
to state that each year sees a larger proportion
of women displacing men in Offices Many
women are earning considerably more than
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roll. other firms make exceptions for COM
petent people and few firms say that they
prefer them, as they are more settled and
reliable"
The question Is also under observation
abroad. At the request Of the German min
istry of labor factory inspectors undertook .
special inquiry into the employment of mar
ried women in German industry and commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27

MISS ANNE KENYON director of the
Az Denver Collegiate Bureau of Occupations,
summarizes her opinion: MY experience in
placement work during the past eight years
has been that there is STILL generally speaking,
q good deal of opposition to married women
among employers. although many employers
recognizing the futility of fighting q trend Of
the times. are employing married women.
"A great many large firms still have rigid
rule that If woman is married and living
with her husband she cannot be on their pay
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BY EDNA ROBB WEBSTER.

s. s.: g.: q; J;
youth, women are old at 30-as
employees.
From time to time, of course, you see sta
tistics purporting to show rather startling iu-
creases in the number of married women WHO
have taken up what the statiSticians like TO
refer to as "gainful employment"
These increases, however, have been found
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-23
Your. Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER EIpRRD.

To Mrs. s. r. d. was Interested
In your comment on the article dealing
with the unconscious cruelty Of chill
dren toward newcomers in q neighbor-
hood. The article was from the view
point OF the mother whose child found
it difficult to find his way into the new
circle, and her role is a passive one.
The other side was not dealt with
remember the limitations Of space.
Obviously. we all teach our children to
be kind. We urge them to welcome the
strange child in the neighborhood but
do adults live up to these principles
themselves? However. much we may
deplore the actions Of human beings,
they remain fairly constant.
Children and adults react toward
strangers I'm exactly the same way. The
adult masks her Indifference by sweet
smiles and fulSome words OF welcome,
but ner actions are as cruel in their
way assthose of the child, who makes
no pretense Of wanting to know the
strange child. Who has not been a
stranger In q city and has had to watt
for months, sometimes years. before
being taken In? There are cities and
States noted for the tenacity with
which residents refuse to admit new
Corners from other cities and States to
their inner circles. and years of resi-
dence leave the newcomer still an OUT
slider. How can we deny the exist
ence of o condition so universal and
natural? Just being nice to q person
who Is strange cannot make UP for the
comradeship which he lost when he
moved away from his own friends and
associates. Have you always drawn
every stranger into your own circle Of
friends and Immediately made him wei
come? OF course. you haven't. In your
case you haven't called it cruelty
Though the stranger might)-you have
simply been cognizant of the fact that
all strangers are looked upon with sus-
picion until they have proven their
worth and likableness.
The children ignore o strange child
in O new neighborhood because their
social graces do not as yet cover their
real feelings. They are Indifferent and
they show it. Adults feel this cruelty
and yet their sweet smiles and soft
words are only masks for the same at
titude. Communities are like that.
Life Is like that. And children, being
initiative. are no different.
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Today in
Washington History
nv DONALD A. CRAIG.

August %. 1S62-Arriving here this
morning, the Federal Gunboat Resolute,
under command Of Acting Master Tole.
brought news of a skirmish on the Rap
r2hannock. River with Confederate
guecllles. The gunbost also brought the
E,cSy Of Michael Ryan, who was killed
~ tbs sighting.
TIE account C. the sk.-.......s,,,, a. tclc
~ he Eescluts's cfEce-s, .s as follows
Mastsr :role With q boats crew Of the
Essolute. vent about three miles up
sturgeon Greek 10 cut our tvo Confed~
81 ate vessels which were reported 10 be
there. He found schooner and a
the creek. On the way the sloop ran
aground.
When the Resolute'S men were trying
to get the captured vessel afioat again
they were fired upon by a party OF Con-
federate guerillas from ambush on
shore. The fire was Immediately re-
turned by the Union sailors and was
kept up for some time. AS the enemy
was hiding behind trees and bushes
the effect of the Union fire could not
be seen.
Finding it impossible to get the sloop
off, the party returned TO the Resolute.
The following men in the boat were
wounded: Peter Nelson. In the hand:
r. Kane. in the side. thigh and arm;
John Mcdonald, in the left hand and
arm, and ---- Jackson, q citizen OF
Virginia. who was acting as pilot, in the
forehead.
Later another expedition was formed
and Master Joclyn OF the Reliance,
Master Tole and Masters Mate Thomas
Newton, with a boats crew from the
Reliance and the Resolute, went up
the creek again. The men set fire to
the schooner and finding the sloop
still aground fired her also.
As they were pulling away the Con-
federates again fired from ambush.
The men in the boat replied with rifles
and then swung their boat around and
brought nowitzer into action with
grape and rife shot. The firing on the
shore soon ceased.
It was during this firing that Michael
Ryan was killed. The wounded were
Masters Mate Newton. In the foot:
Andrew Specinger of the Reliance In
the thigh, and Frank Miller Of the Re-
lance, in the right arm.
The boat, as it returned down the
creek. fired into every suspicious look
ing locality on the shore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-23

ing ridge IN the hair. Pinch this ridge
between the index and second fingers.
Comb the hair very smooth, as you hold
the first ridge in the hair firmly In
place.
Shift the index finger up toward the
crown Of the head and repeat the oper-
alton. The ridge which Is one side of
the first wave should not be exactly
parallel with the part, but should con-
verge toward the crown. Now you nave
made long ridge in your hair from the
forehead to the crown. Sop on more
water from q sponge or apply curling
fluid.
Shift your index finger about an inch
below its last position and begin max
ing a second ridge in the hair. This
ger and draw 1t backward instead OF
forward. Pinch the ridge as before and
move your index finger forward. IN
+.:s wSv carry the second ridge 6owa
to ve;i- forehead. Tais will give you TIE
frst -s-s. t~c.4. rs ostc s.cccSelr
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CT, your forehead. Llssse ridge ruiz
ming parallel with the first one you
made. In making the next ridge work
from back to front. Make the small
strands in front of the ears into nat
curls on the cheeks.
Remember that the hair must be kept
very wet while 1t is being waved. After
each ridge is made the hair below 1t
must be combed out smoothly. Pinch
the ridge firmly while combing below II.
The cont, must penetrate to the scalp
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Nv Y. y. GLASS.

inlaid instead" Her father, Edward
Moulton Barrett, in his passionate af-
lection and aided by an injury to her
spine, broke her health with the exact
ing studies and discipline which he
forced upon her. But she survived to
win fame and admiration as a poet.
What are these things worth, after
all. If you have not known love? Eliza
beth reached 81 without knowing love.
Her winsome beauty was passing.
John Kenyon, old friend Of the fam
lily, was one Of the few allowed to visit
her. One day he asked her II she had
read any Of the poems Of Robert
Browning.
why, yes" she replied; everything
he has written"
"Fine!" said Kenyon. st had lunch
with him only an hour ago. He wishes
to meet you. Can he Gomez"
Now, Robert Browning was no namby-
PANTY poet. He was husky. muscular.
He was few years younger. too. than
Miss Barrett. But when they looked
the physical gulf between them. They
When they finally married it was in
secret. SO that she might not have TO
bear the pain Of a scene with her des-
potic father. They stole away to Italy.
They were to have Is years Of happi-
ness as nearly ideal as can come to
humans.
And they were human. Once Brown
ing grew irritated with his luxuriant
beard and shaved it of. Elizabeth was
horror. struck. She cried! And he had
to promise at once to let it grow again.
He lived 70 years after she passed on,
but no one ever took her place. A son
survived her.
Copyright. 1927
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Fashionable Hair Treatment
nv MARY MARSHALL.

questions. and for one would feel less
free now to venture q prediction OF any
sort than would have felt two or three
wears ago. It should be remembered
that for ages the men in Northern Eu-
rope-our own ancestors, no doubt
wore their hair long, and long hair
continued in favor in Europe for men
Of the upper classes until within the
past $50 years. Now no one even thinks
of a possible revival of long hair for
men.
One of the smartest hairdressers in
this country. whose shears have trim
med the locks of dozens Of important
women of fashion whose names you
would know, Is specializing at the pres
ent time in o clever swirl couture. The
hair Is cut considerably longer at one
side than the other, and is brushed
smoothly across the back Of the head
to hide the gut ends OF the hair. This
gives possibly more feminine aspect
to the hair. but 1t cannot be considered
as step toward longer hair.
On request Of a number Of readers,
we have prepared a list of clothes and
accessories needed by the girl going
away to school or college. with prices
indicated so that the money set aside
for this purpose may be spent to best
advantage. There Is also in illustrated
circular giving diagram pattern and d.
rections for making one of the smart
new velvet or cloth berets which will
be SO smart for sports and informal
street wear this Autumn. IF you would
please send your stamped, self-addressed
envelope to Mary Marshall. care of this
paper.
Downright. 1929
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To refer to Elizabeth Barrett Brown
ing as a brunette, preferred by Robert
Browning, seems almost like profana-
tion when the beauty in which their
love affair was cloaked and the special
characteristics Of the lady are consid-
cred.
The love, elopement and marriage of
the Brownings has long been one of the
idyls of history. Still, there are evil
dences that not even they could keep
their romance on a high, poetic plane
ut all times, or even cared to.
Dearest, deareSteSts." writes the
author of Aurora Leigh" to her mag
netic lover, and the manner is quite
that of a feather Drained miss.
She signs herself "Ba," a contraction
for baby" designation any country
club happer or Broadway chlorine will
recognize without difficulty. But Miss
Barrett did rare things sometimes with
her nicknane-things the babies" of
today would not try. One must admit
it. She wrote 1t playfully in Greek
letters when signing a love note to
sturdy Mr.. Browning.
She wanted him to love her for her
self alone. too. He was not to admire
her for her genius nor to sympathize
with her tnf1rmities, poor invalid that
she was. Well, he treasured her.
He loved the elizabeth Barrett de-
scribed by her friend, Miss Milford, the
author-"of slight, delicate figure,
with a shower OF dark curls falling on
either side of a most expressive face;
large. tender eyes, richly fringed by
dark lashes: smile like a sunbeam"
Ebert Hubbard writes OF Elizabeth
Barrett Browning that she never had a
childhood. eft was dropped out of her
life in some way and a Greek grammar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-23
BRAIN TESTS

Visualization tests are frequently used
in mental examinations. This one re-
auires the formation Of mental images
or pictures in order to give the correct
answers. Time limit, four minutes.
% How many sides has q cube?
ca If three cubes were stacked in q
pile and set upon table, how many
sides of cubes could be seen by walking
around the table?
go If scent piece Is laid on q half
dollar; a quarter dollar on the scent
piece; dime on the quarter and cent
on the dime, what coins can be seen
looking directly from above?
a. An equilateral triangle has sides
the same length as the side of a square.
The two figures are Joined by placing
the side Of one exactly against side
OF the other. How many sides will the
resulting figure have?
go A pyramid has base which Is
equal to any side of a certain cube. The
cube Is set on the table and the pyra-
mid Is placed upon 1t. Walking around
the table, how many surfaces can be
seen?
(e) Two circles Of equal size are
placed so that the circumference Of one
passes through the center Of the other.
Then straight line is passed through
the greatest width represented by the
two circles. How many crossings Of
lines-either straight or curved-will re-
suit?
/ Answers.
% Six (2) Thirteen. go Half
dollar. quarter. / cents. a. Five. 60
Eight. (6) Six.
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Doroth.yDi1
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-23
Making Finger Waves.

The vogue for permanent waves has
brought finger waving much into de-
mand. Naturally curly hair may also
be trained into pretty waves by this
method. While 1t is hardly possible to
give ones self a good finger wave all
around the head, the front and side
hair may be self-waved with patience
and practice.
The hair must be very wet; the sitter
and coarser the hair the wetter IL
should he. Use water first and then a
curling fluid. Put the part in where
Won want it, then comb the hair very,
very smooth all around. Let US start
waving the right side. Comb the hair
cbliduely on the forehead. Place the
index finger of your left hand about an
inch to the right of the part so that 1t
presses tightly against the first strand
of hair. Insert the comb in the hair
right below the index finger, press it in
to the scalp and draw 1t forward and
up against the side Of the finger, max
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-23
sca1loped Salmon.

Put one pint Of milk on the stove in
a double boiler, keeping out half a
cupful. Mix one heaping tablespoonful
of butter with two rounding tablespoon
fuls OF flour to a smooth paste, then
add one egg well beaten, then half a
cupful Of cold milk. Mix well and then
stir into the milk. which should be
scalding. Stir until smooth and thick
like gravy. Season with salt and pep
per and set aside to cool. Butter q
baking dish and fill it with alternate
LAYERS of faxed salmon and the cream
dressing. The top layer should be OF
the dressing. Sprinkle with cracker
crumbs and bake for half an hour in q
moderate oven.
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...,., MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

the scalp while the hair is being drawn
forward or back to form the ridges.
Wave the other side. Adjust q hair
net and pinch eacte wave to make it
deeper. Pin each wave in place and
leave until dry.
Copyright, 1927