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Show THE WORKING WOMAN Now thatagrfiatarmy. of working women wo-men Jhaye, been, taking" mehV jobs and, entering, en-tering, new fields of labor, the question arises-how the working woman is to establish es-tablish a comfortable home for herself, unless' she liveM in her own home, she has four alternatives: Boarding- in private families, ' commercial boarding, houses, housekeeping, .and (working girl's home. The United'iStates Department of. Labor La-bor recentiy'lnvestigatedrtfie conditions under ' which otkingjWQnien; are living in the Diatnct CbTumbia, which-must be somfwhtrtypicalof,theirjexperitnces all over.ithe country." ' - -r1" " ' " The department found that of the married mar-ried women living away from1 their homes s about two thirds are attempting to keep house while 'holding' their business positions". posi-tions". They thus gain, some independence but many of them live on a nearly starvation starva-tion diet They return from Work tired, arid the "temptation is strong to get .along on light lunches.' '" Many women of course board in private pri-vate 'families, ah arrangetnerithich'ac-' cording -to'coriditions may be very "satis-f "satis-f actory or very unsatisfactory. Some better means for providing comfortable com-fortable living will have to be thought . -out Working girls hohws, and such-or- ganizatibns as the Young-Women's Chris-afifsttlpjr Chris-afifsttlpjr solution.: The -work' of caring for-aU of these1 women away from home opens; up' the chance for a new industry. The ex-' pensekshouldj be reducedwhen' a large' nuraberare cared for iri'one builoUng.'I' such homes they should be able to' get a godealmore'subgtantial food than they t would be able to provide for themselves. ' They would find more 'pleasant' social" life than jnthe;loneliness of.an indiyidi-al indiyidi-al room !or apartment l ' " '- |