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Show GIRLS IN CANADIAN STORES In City of Montreal Only Three Per Cent. Were Not Compelled to Labor for Livelihood. Tho claim so often mndo that girls In department stores do not requlro a living wngo, bocauso they nro living at home, has been punctured again by an interesting research made by Montroal young women, says tho Sur-voy. Sur-voy. An association of department storo girls organized for soml-rellglous and seml-oducatlonal purposes, conducted con-ducted an Investigation for the child woIfao exhibition now In progress In Montreal. Thoy secured responsible responsi-ble young women In each of tho stores to make the rounds of tholr associations, Tho questionnaire was of tho briefest posslblo kind, prepared by tho director of thu child welfare exhibition and adapted to amateurs. The result showed that out of tho 2,471 women employed In elovon Btores In tho city: Seven per cent. we the solo support sup-port of tholr family. Sixty per cent, wero aiding In tho family support. Thirty per cent, were living alone and supporting thomselves. Throe per cent, worked only for pin money r clothing, making no contribution con-tribution to the finances of the homo. The fact that a girl Is living at homo may moan that sho Is protected protect-ed In her recreations nnd social engagements, en-gagements, but theso Montreal figures fig-ures add to tho cumulative ovldenco Jhat It does not moan that she can depend upon others for her support and thus work for less than a living wage. |
