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Show Goinz to Washington? Then Read This First So you're going to Washington? Good girl! You probably have a job, or you wouldn't have that determined de-termined look in your eye that says so clearly "I'm going, and nothing you can say will stop me." Not for anything would anyone (not even the oldest and wisest of us!) want to stop you, but there are a few minor details you might like to know about before you step blithely blithe-ly off the train, run up against them yourself, and then wish when it's too late that someone had told you. To begin with, 80 per cent of the new arrivals in Washington are girls, and 70 per cent of the available avail-able rooming space is listed "for men only." And then, there are the lines you'll find them everywhere, at the movies, at the theaters, at the cafeterias, at the employment bureausblocks bu-reausblocks and blocks of them. And there's the question of dates. You may like to stay at home night after night. But if you have a sneaking sneak-ing suspicion that you will inevitably inevita-bly meet an admiral or a general who will, of course, take you to the Mayflower every night, better bring along a good supply of mystery stories, sto-ries, because the answer is "no." Of course, Washington has its brighter side. You will, if you're lucky, make a little more money than you made back home. You may meet some very Interesting people. And, because you are working work-ing for the government, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing your small part for victory. But you'll enjoy it all much more if you agree before you go to take all the inconveniences in your stride. And salaries and wages ore not as high as all that! Some girls start at$l,2tH), most at $1,440. |
