Show I LIGHTS O OF F NEW YORK By L. L STEVENSON I A As Is usual at this time of ot year there have hn been a number of ot letters letter from young people eager to come tl to New York to begin begio their careers As the majority have ha been leen from young women this time Ill I'll let Mrs Helen D. D chairman of ot the room registry committee of ot the welfare council answer them Her tier reply may maybo maybo bo e summed up In a few lines Dont come come to New ew York If It you are ore unemployed unemployed you you ou will be better off cit at home C e e eIt It Jt costs a girl less to live In New NewYork NewYork York now than In former years but It Is harder than titan ever for her to find work Mrs l continued A girl must earn from 18 13 to 20 O 0 n a week to live life In any degree of ot rom comfort tort Her room In to a n private home Is from fromI 4 I Ito to 5 v i a n week food nt at least 7 a u week clothing on a basis of ot a n year 20 carfare telephone Incidentals That leaves from 2 to 1 I a 1 week welk for doctor dentist medicines savings recreation laundry and emer emer- Although these figures represent sent a minimum on which a girl may live with self respect there are arc many girls with excellent credentials who e hate to accept 12 a n w week ek or cr less and live lire accordingly e e Many college graduates Mrs Mona Mona- smith sal said have been forced to accept accept ac ac- positions for maintenance mal Instead of compensation and even efen that type of apprenticeship Is extremely to obtain Some college graduates have accepted positions as governesses only to find them ordinary domestic jobs with treatment common to that type of work ork Then here ere Is the opportunity home that Is Ir room and board In exchange exchange ex ex- change for some service in the house hold Social agencies report that of ot many housewives take advantage nd girls asking for work equivalent to a n time full with no compensation In 10 Inmany Inmany many Instances standards of living or hn hallway hall 11 are low a pow a cot In the parlor way and washing facilities In the kitchen sink Housewives have been ben known to keep a girl ju Just t long enough to get the house well cleaned then tell tee her she Is unsatisfactory a a rack rad radIn In which the girl has no redress In conclusion Mrs drs saM salt Unless you have hafe friends friend or relatives here an assured Job or money enough h to last a year Ear dont don't come to New York city And as she spoke she had in mind registered nurses women with all oil kinds of academic degrees derees and girls I with valuable business experience walling waiting In line only to hear Sorry but there are no openings e Khartoum the giant elephant that used to make things Interesting In the Bronx zoo and who acquired an International Inter international national reputation for being the tine larg largest largest est st of or his kind In died more titan than a year ago Poor For many Dany months his hide bide soaked In la a tanning prep pret preparation preparation lot tt the American Museum ot nt Natural History 10 men Den being engaged engage In the task tasU of ot curing it it II was taken from the tile big vat and Is II now noli receiving finishing touches The cur curIng log lag was a n big Job as the skin weighs 1345 pounds Khartoum's weight bavIng having liar hav ing lag been pounds e e eA A huge shipment of ot beer barrels arrived arrived ar art rived recently from Germany New Jersey brewers wore ware glad since beer containers are exceedingly scarce nut Blot B t when tine tho barrels were unloaded ODa on OD ona ona a Hoboken titer pier It U was found that they were green So they had to be trucked away to warehouses to season beason and ond the brewers vers an arl wild e Evelyn elyn Fort ort told me about a man who spends 24 hours a day on tho Line Boston Post road rond lie Ile pulls over to the tine side of the road and end sleeps when he gets too tired to keep on ills business Is to spot disabled automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles get out and fix them lie He carries car ries riel tools and even spare spate part parts and earns arns a good living changing tires and making roadside repairs c O. 1 1933 1 nell hell |