| Show MAN PREFERS WORK TO RELIEF ANY NY DAY By BETTY BLAIR We YVe 6 are all fU of f US adept at misjudging oth others rs but perhaps never before Ill n our times has so much misjudging been done o on n such flans flimsy basis as now flow There is cutthroat competition on all sides to see who can be oe the champion T Dear Miss bliss B Blair Your remarks relative to those who prefer relief relic rather than work somewhat irks me How you or anyone with knowledge of the relief setup could make such an assertion is beyond me I am on relief and also am in daily dally contact with many more in a 8 like position and I must honestly hon hon- estly that I say have never encountered encountered en en- countered any who would not Hearts Heart's s Haven gladly trade their starvation ration ra- ra ration ra ra- tion from relief for a more abundant diet that could be theirs if It they had a job Government Go Jobs Also did it ever occur to you and and the many other well fed d voices of the press that the government government government gov gov- finds it much cheaper to keep people on relief than to provide provide pro pro- vide yide jobs On a W P A project the government government government govern govern- ment pays 55 per month The amount obtained from a relief agency for a man and wife is 2630 per month I cite the foregoing foregoing foregoing fore fore- going as my own case Of the 2630 received we have the rent paid which is 16 The remaining remaining remaining remain remain- ing 1030 must feed two people for 30 days It must also supply other things necessary even to a life Imaginary Cases Cass Did you ou ever try to exist on that thal And if you were on relief would you refuse a chance to pull yourself out of the muck and mire I am sure you I Iam Iam Iam am equally sure that too much false talk centers around imaginary imaginary imag imag- inary cases of people who prefer that thal abject poverty to the more mor substantial and gratifying life that a job would provide For myself would I do any type of v work rk that man can do but I fail to to find anything I am of the opinion that I am one of several millions who feel likewise I would gladly trade my 1030 monthly sustenance for a pick and shovel any da daA dayA day A Im I'm sure you would and that as you ou say say- there are millions like you who w would uld get off relief and onto a job were that job to be found This fact d does es not obscure the other fact that there are others some who have come under my own personal observation and and experience who make one excuse after another to keep from taking the jobs that come their way All this I made clear in hi my statement if you will re reread reread re- re read tead it it Specialists N Needed ede 1 Much is being done for the jobless in the free adult education classes to prepare men for technical jobs The cry is that there are too few men technically prepared for the specialized jobs that that await await them I hope lope every jobless man with a desire desire desire de de- sire to better his condition is taking advantage of these classes No my friend if anything has preyed on my mind during the past nine years it is the fact that tine Ine m men n with families and a will to work have been denied that lege This makes me feel the over the moral defectives defectives defectives tives who could work but wont And lets let's none of us make the mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take of judging others by the size of their larder ALWAYS A FRIEND The only premium listed on your large penny of 1841 is s from 1 to 20 cents I am returning your good wishes per cent and hope matters matters matters mat mat- will take a turn for the better for tor you very soon LISTEN SHOPPERS SHOPPERS' t Dear Miss Blair Ive I've never written to you before but am a constant reader of your column and thought I could use Hearts Heart's Haven to blow off steam Ive I've worked in a department store for six years mostly in the wear to and Im I'm getting fed up with my sex The salesgirl spends from an hour to an entire morning showing her stock and helping the customer to try it on Then Ihen the dear lady wants to look lookaround lookaround around which is okey ors Favors Another The trouble is that later when she comes back into the store in instead instead in in- stead of giving the sale to the girl who has missed sales all morning morning morning morn morn- ing while waiting on her she goes to another salesgirl entirely tomake tomake to tomake make her her purchase Doesn't she know that while we were waiting on her we might have sold several other costumes Doesn't she know that we keep our jobs by our sales we work on a commission basis She should at least have the courtesy to give the sale to the girl who gave her the time I wonder if it itis itis I is is' is just lust thoughtlessness SPLEEN 41 41 I know some salesgirls who cheerfully cheerfully cheerfully cheer cheer- fully say My number is and is-and and Id I'd be glad to have you look me up when you you come in again This statement gives the client the idea ideath th that lt girls do work for sales Most clients like Uke to return to a girl who has served them well Its It's a comfortable comfortable comfortable com com- feeling to go into a store and be able to ask for a salesgirls salesgirl's name or number someone number someone whom youre you're sure will help you to exactly the thing youve you've been looking for Give Reminder Im I'm sure m most st of your trouble lies in the fact that a good many women dont don't know that the security of a salesgirls salesgirl's job lies Ues in the amount of merchandise she sells Its It's a good thing for all of us to be re reminded reminded reminded re- re minded of this fact so we may have something definite in mind before we ever go into the shop to make our purchases Thank you for your letter but try also to get your clients client's point of view and Im I'm sure you can make other women work with you instead of against you ONION ODOR Dear Miss Blair Please tell me how to get rid of the odor of onions on my hands and cooking utensils I I enjoy your column with its helpful hints immensely Many thanks E G. G Put pieces of lemon pee peel in the water used for washing your china pots Sand and nd pans also in the washbasin washbasin wash washbasin basin when you wash your hands They will wiH not only remove the onion odor but will soften the water and put a a. a fine gloss on the |
