Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

the aggregate, takes jobs away from
those actually in need.
Miss Perkins agrees that idleness Is
undesirable, even in the rich, but thinks
that the woman with home and some
support should daily with the arts
painting, music and the like--and not
encroach upon the opportunities Of the
out ana out working girl who needs O
job to live in decency. Miss Perkins
makes the suggestion that these ambi-
tiouS pin-money seekers might take up
work as farm hands where labor Is In
demand. This is seasonal work, par
ticularly at harvest time, and fits in
with the incidental pin-money idea.
Miss Mary Anderson believes that the
very nature of pin-money work done by
women Is such that abstinence on their
part would not actually furnish any
more jobs to regular workers. The type
| Of work done by these intermittent and
incidental woman workers is not directly
competitive with the Jobs of those regu-
larry employed.
In the first place, extra work often is
required at certain brief periods, but
those are definite periods. For example,
restaurants may require an unusual
number of mattresses between certain
hours and give these jobs to pin-money
| workers. The establishment has num-
Der Of regular jobs which are filled, but
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Work can be done at no other time. II
| the work performed by three or four Of
these extras could be strung out over
, the entire day it would make an addi-
tional full-time job, but the very nature
Of the service is such that this is out Of
the question. Three or four women
make some extra money. The proprie-
out OF full-time job Therefore, the
arrangement is all gain, according to
| Miss Anderson.
Why Women Work.
The same situation obtains in con-
nection with extra help in stores at such
seasons aS Christmas, Easter and the
like. Much work must be crowded into
a brief period; it cannot be spread out
over weeks, so the extra workers who
take these intermittent jobs harm no
one.
The problem Of the girl who takes up
Stenography or telephone operating or
such work on full time, even though
she Is living at home or has husband
capable of supporting her, is one which
cannot be dealt with at one stroke.
Often individual circumstances make
such work far more necessary than may
appear on the surface. A daughters or
wtfe's earnings may look like pin money
TO persons not familiar with all the cir
cumstances, but those earnings may be
needed for some very vital purpose. Miss
Anderson is Of the opinion that the
problem is not serious aspect of I'M
employment and is constantly in proc
ess Of working itself out There are
necessarily, she believes, two urges to-
ward work Of any kind. One is neces-
stty TO earn money and the other is a
special and somewhat unusual keennesS
Tor creative labor. In the first instance,
the incidental work will be given up to
any one who wants it Just as soon as
the driving need passes. In the second
case, the woman with a real desire to
do creative work will soon leave the pin
money class and become a full-time
worker and such workers will always be
q gain to any community they are what
the world needs.
Women working for fun will not last
long under real competition. Any in
crease in the eXactions of a Job will
send them back to their leisure speedily.