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Show SACRIFICES HAIR TO PAY HER ROOM RENT Pitiful Story of Hardship Is Told by Toung Girl at Chicago Bureau. CHICAGO Dec 4 A young wqn an who cut oft her hair and sold it m order to pay her room rent told the n ost p t ful of mam disheartening stor es relate 1 today at the emergency employment b reau condu ted by the Ch cago Woman s club She gave bir pame as Mary S mpson her age as and was a picture of desponlency as she sat n the wa t ng room w th a boj s kn tted cap pulletl down to her ea s to cover the short ha r Two weeks ago she was d sm ssed fron her place as an off ce cle k which pa d $7 oO per weel Her sma 1 sa ings went to buy a coat when the cold weather came I had n y ha r cut off to pay tho rent on my room wh ch was $4 back, she sa d I asked a woman on the street whose ha was the san e color as mine t she 1 d not wa t son e more M e sa d she would pay me $9 50 for t Now that s all gone but 7 cents My andladj sa d she would not trust ne any more and I had to give up my room All this week I have 1 ved on a halt p nt of cream a daj wh ch costs 10 cents a day Last n ght I met a girl who earns $6 a veek and she took me to her room and told me to come back f I o d uot f nd work Th s morn ng I wa ked from T fty fifth street (seven n les to save car fare A pos t on paj ng $9 a week was found for the g rl |