Show Queens to Buy Finery Take Jobs From Needy V r Sisters Employer Says Why Pick on the Working g Girl and Not on the Better Off Class Asks Milliner Millin r in Discussing Discussing Dis Dis- j cus cussing ing Garb for Business Wear 4 By Patricia Leigh I This little milliner who writes below has an idea that I am responsible for all the articles app i in this this Before we proceed any further I wish to dispel this belief I am not illustrating illustrating illustrating illus illus- my articles with cartoons of girls with dresses up to their knees I refuse refuse to be held responsible for such pictures They probably strolled 4 into my column o mn from th that t of the sporting editor W V. u. T. T H H. has a good idea but why condemn a a. girl to home just because her parents are able to support support support sup sup- port her herT Let us hear what you think of ot this It lends a new aspect to the case Miss Iss Patricia Leigh I am going to express my opinion too Have Ha been reading The Telegram every evening and Im I'm very much in interested in- in I agree with the majority of writers but I dont don't think we should t put much on what hat a young girl of seventeen says when she is not a I working girl This is what I think A business girl should be able to dress prettily and in style stylo without being unmercifully unmercifully fully full criticised A working girl spends much of her time where she works W Why shouldn't she dress nice unless she she goes out eve every night where she has an opportunity to wear vear pretty dresses Dont Don't think I uphold these extreme freakish creations for tor I donot donot do donot not But dont don't you think it t was overdoing overdoing overdoing over over- doing it a trIfle trine to illustrate strate your articles with cartoons of ot girls with dresses up to their kne knees knees' Now you know you ou dont don't see one out of a hundred hundred hun- hun dred that goes that far tar Another thing why pick on the working forking girl Wh Why not the more better off class For instance a ayoung young oung woman came into the store In inis ia is black crepe de meteor creation creation with silver beads this afternoon f She was out shopping shopping but but of I I k course it was all right she was not a working girl If your curiosity is aroused as to what I do Ill Til tell you I am Just JustA justA A A MILLINER Dear Miss Hiss Leigh Leigh- I am much pleased with your good work Rork on the working girl and think I can put you wise to a few facts I want u-want to inform you that 50 per cent of the queens and duchesses you see going to work mornings and noon time are not working girls in the full tull sense of the word In fact they are not compelled to work at all They have parents who do not wish them to work said parents being fully tully able to l keep them in ja a moderate way wayt at t home but are not able to dress them like lik queens Now ju Just t think of how much dress a girl sirl can buy on a salary of from 40 to 60 60 a month ina In Ina a case where the parents wont won't take any money for board I have five girls In my office but you ou can bet they are all working girls either keeping themselves or helping in the up-keep up of their families fam tam I Illes es I know whereof I speak having had I 1 considerable experience In employing girls I always ask them if they need the work for their support or to keep their families Often they answer no they just wish to be Independent andU and bu buy U their own clothes Now Kow Just think what an injustice that Is to the real working girl It often orten keeps her out of a position she 1 Is In sad need of 04 so that others m may ty dress like society queens l' l Yours Tours truly W. W T. T H. H |