New Britain herald., 1930-06-25
GIRLS LOW WAGES
 ARE UNA7TRACTIyE
lope Of Marriage Bright Spot On Working Girls Horizon

Washington. June 25-The gay girl graduate now occupies the cen ter of the stage. with her hopes higA and a vista Of opportunities seeming to beckon her. About 360,000 girls received ribbon decorated diplomas this season from the various hign schools and colleges throughout the country
 Approximately 133.000 of the high school graduates in this num- Der later will enter colleges and oth- er institutions of higher learning. The great majority of the remain der, together with thousands of oth- CT girls who have had to ''quu" school to earn livelihood, now are or the lookout for jobs. These appli- carts want and need work. And many of them just must find work to continue to live.
 4 glance at the 1920 census gives an amazing picture CT over three end a half million girls under 25 years of age in the ranks Of the wage earners. two-flfths of all wo- men with paid jobs being so young. Statistics like these stress the inl- portaace Of such youthful labor as well as Uncle Sans responsibilities to these potential home makers an1 mothers ln guaranteeing them jops under working conditions most con- Cucive to health, happiness, and efficiency
 A fair wage and far play should go hand ir- land with each joo. Just because girl workers live at home, as probably at least nine in ten of them do. is no justification for the theory that they can there fore be paid low wages In reality. instead of the family income sup plementIng the girls earnings, too often her wage IS needed to help support the family One Of the chal- lcnglng economic questions of ths day IS; Why should the parents Of 6 working girl be expected to sub5l- dlze the firm employing her?
 Girls Get Low Wages
 4 glimpse into the pay envelopes c. 5000 salesg1rls n 5-and-l0 and other Inalred-pr.ce shops n IS dlt- 1ereat states, as afforded by q re- cent publication Of the Women s Bureau. shows that one-fourth of the girls earned less than 5I0 for tie week studied, one-ha!f received less than $12. 70 per cent less than 9l5, and only per cent could beast Of earnings of SIS or more. These figures are typical of the wages Of inexperienced girls in many lines Of work.
 How can q girl live on such q fur? She can't. She can only exist. doing her own laundry and other home duties at the end Of the work day, stlntlng on food. and going without medical and dental care and 2 thousand other things necessary for right and happy living.
 Should the oncoming bevy Of girl workers lA general under 25 follow in the footsteps Of their 1920 sisters. somethIng like this will happen: Over q fourth of them will stray into factories; almost q fourth will engage IT clerical occupations, chief 7 as clerks. stanographers. typlsts, bookkeepers: 15 per cent will enter domestic and personal service. most c. them going into hotels restaur- ant, beauty parlors, Or other people : home; .13 per cent will find employ r1ent in agricultural pursuits. lit tie over q tenth will join the pro- tassIoral ranks chiefly as teachers 5nd trained nurses; 5 per cent will hc drawn into trade, nose Of tI2er! a5 salesg!rls behind store counters;
 per cent will help as operators i1
 lephone exchanges and other !.Aes ? transportation to keep business
 lmmlng and speeding.
 Rope fer Marriage
 Such prophecies might tend rt IT the roseate future expected by the deborair graduate, except tha' tr most instances she visions herself az soon to be transformed into | i-mure bride. Her dream will likely cone true. but this will not neces- arlIy sound a fareH ell forever tc he wage-earnlng arena Anothal picture called up from the 132t Census reveals nearly two nl!llioc r, arried women breadwinners l' hat tire, an1 more recent trend: promise a greater number in the Q 90 records
 What does thls mean? l. mean. fiat marriage often spells for wo. r1en not release from paid jobs b@' greater economic burdens in the orm Of dependents, particularly |o'hen husbands fail to receive q llv. Ing wage.
 IL means that the pin-noney the. p-y, or the belief that women wort pnIy for feminine frlpperies. is no Cnls- wrong but vlcious since i
 andicaps girls 1T. their search fo' tobs, A woman's so-called pin money is often ., coupling pin hold ng the family together and making tnds meet.
 It means that girls are mucI