Working Girls Who Earn $6
A Week
"Let Us Try to Help the Working" (iirl Before It Is Too
Late, by Giving Her a Living Wage on Which She
Can Support Her Ideals and Her Body"
KV DOROTHY J)I.V
Some of the eminent students of
political economy who have been jin;i
l.vzing and digesting the figures i
brought. out by the investigation into
i he wages paid to working girls, have
solemnly announced that they find
i hat there is 110 connection whatever ;
between the amount a girl earns and
her morals, and that a girl can he as
high principled oh s•> a week as she
cjn he on siiO a day.
No doubt.
I:nt even these fat and prosperous,
and well fed, and well clothed invest!- j
j.'ators must admit that it is a good j
deal easier to be virtuous with plenty i
than it is with poverty, and that even
temptation whispers with one voice i
to tlio woman who has a comfortable 1
home, and a goyd dinner, and a warm .
aloak, and with another voice to the j
woman who is shivering with cold,
who is half starved, and who counts i
herself lucky to have even a hard cot j
in a dingy hall bedroom to go to when
her long day's work is over. i
I
F.very (iirl Who I- Willing to Work
For u Living' Is llonest
at Heart.
The immoral Becky Sharp laid down j
one of the cardinal principles of I
human nature when she declared that!
she could be as virtuous as anybody I
on $5,000 a year. .So say we all. A j
lot of virtue is the absence of tempta
tion, and they who have lived soft all '
of their lives, who have never been'
cold, nor hungry, nor lonely, nor
friendless, have no right to sit in i
judgment on their poor little sisters
who stand starving and shivering on
the doorstep of the Cafe of Pleasure,
and know that they have but to push i
open the door and enter for a little i
while, at least, of feasting and merry [
making.
It is one of the terrible things of
being a woman that every pretty ■
young girl can sell herself. She can I
barter her soul, her honor, her very i
life for a good time for a little while, j
and her ever-present danger is that j
ehe will make this losing bargain j
nome day when she is a little too cold, I
31 little too hungry, a little too friend- I
less and lonely to light any longer for j
nil abstract principle.
When she does let us pity her in- }
stead of condemning her. Above all. j
let us try to help her before it is too ■
to te by giving her a living wage on I
which she can support not only her I
ideals of virtue, but her body. For j
be assured of this, and that is that
every girl who is willing to work, and
\vho tries to make an honest living, I
is at heart an honest girl.
She wants to be good. She is try- ;
ing to be decent and independent, and I
to stand on her own feet. The girl |
who toils in factory, or store, or office
eight hours a day has deliberately'
chosen the hard and narrow path, and ]
not the easiest way, and she has a j
right to our help and our support, and I
to enough money for her labor to at i
Miss Fairfax
Answers Queries
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\ I».\\GEROI'S FRIENDSHIP.
HEAR .MISS FAIRFAX:
I am twenty-two and for the past
two years have had the company of
ii young man to and from business
every day. This young man is mar
ried, but says lie is in lovo with me.
He is fond of his home, hut his wife
makes no effort to keep it in order and
neglects their one child.
I am deeply in love with him. but
owing to the fact that he is married
I do not show him that T care for him.
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THURSDAY EVENING.
• least enable her to be decently
|clothed and dressed, and so far to re
move temptation out of her road,
j As long as we reward vice with
chiffons and champagne and pay vir
! tue and industry with rags and star
vation, what hypocrites we are to pro
-1 tend that there is no relation between
what a girl earns and her morality.
She has .$2.70 a week for food,
j She cooks her breakfast, a cup of
' weak coffee and, perhaps, if she is
flush, an egg over the gas In her hall
bedroom. She has a sandwich for
| lunch and for dinner blows herself
j for cheap food in a cheap restaurant
Iwhere the dishes are dingy, and the
itable clothes, and the unappetising
: l'ood is slammed before her by a
! frowsy waitress.
And as she eats her lonely meal she
i sees the vision of a woman, young and
j beautiful as she is, made more beauti
ful by tine clothes, dining in a sump
! tuous restaurant where there is
music, and shaded lights, and palms.
I and dainty food, and gay company.
■ And the girl knows that she might
J lie sitting at that other table —if only
| she were willing to pay the price.
Thirty cents a week, five cents a
| day, she can afford to pay for carfare.
This means that she must walk one
j way to her work. And as she trudges,
j footsore and weary, along the street,
j she sees limousines roll by. in which
j are other women —perhaps she glimp
ses some girl who once worked be
( side her until she grew weary of un
j rewarded goodness and bartered her
, all for her mess of pottage.
SI a Week For Clothes. $2 For I loom
Kent All She Can Afford.
For clothes she can afford the muni-
I lient sum of one dollar a week—one
j dollar a week with winds cutting at
one like knives, with streets that are
.an icy slop that numb the feet and
soak through ragged shoes, and all
. about her women clothed in velvet and
I furs! One dollar a week for clothes,
! when a girl is young and beautiful,
and she handles all day long the
{triumphs of the milliner's and dress
j makers' art that she wants as only
I youth and beauty can crave such
I things! Surely the Recording Angel
j must turn his face away in pity from
; a temptation like that,
j Two dollars a week she can spend
| for room rent, a bare, bleak place
> that is all she knows of home. A hole
|in the wall to crawl into when she
I comes back from a long day's work.
No light, no warmth, no cheery
companionship, nothing but a cell as
hard and cheerless as that of any con
i victed felon in a penitentiary.
Look at these pictures and see how
j much of life that is worth living a
i working girl can buy on six dollars a
! week, and then ligure out on any
human plane—on yottr own human
' plane of what you would do if you
i were in her place—and see if you j
; think there is any relation between a i
I living wage for working girls and |
I morality.
is always fraught with danger for a
young girl. t'nless his unhappiness
drives him to leaving his wife and se
curing a divorce he has no right to
approach you with tales of love.
DON'T TELIi HIM.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am nineteen and in love with the
I manager of my place, who is six years
my senior. He asked me to go to the
theater with him. and as I have known
| him for three years 1 went. He acts
|as though he cares for me. but has
never proposed. Should 1 tell him I
love him?
SYLVIA M.
Don't tell the man that you love
him. Men still do the wooing, and by
confessing your unasked love you
would probably lose what rgard this
man now has for you.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
CHRIST'S PROGRAM
OF PEACE IS NEAR
His Birth Same to People of World
as Springtime; Signifies
New Beginning
TIIK DYNAMITE OF PEACE.
The International Sunday School
Lesson for December 27 Is "Jesus
the World's Saviour aud King."—
II Cor. 5:11-21.
(By William T. Ellis.)
In these days of dynamite it Is well
to recall that the word is straight
out of the Greek of the New Testa
ment, and that it means "power."
The modern limitation of the mean
ing should not prevent us facing ap
parently Incongruous truth, that the
new order of human life has to come
about through the dynamite of peace,
which Is the power of Clear
jto all seeing eyes is the work of this
/new force In and through the world
|in our own time, and by its energy
i heaving society ur> to a new and high-
J er plane. Of greater significance than
I any tidings from the battle front is
:the good news, that the program
lof Christ, which is a program of
j peace, is hastening on Its way.
| What else mean all these expres
sions of compassion now abroad in
the world? How other can we cx-
! plain the visions of the better day and
| of the nobler way of living, which .are
j lifting themselves above the horizon
to the vision of all prophetic spirits?
The crisis of history which we are
j now witnessing contests not so much
,in the fact of tremendous wars and
! destruction, but of the emergence of
new and conquering dynamics whichc
; make certain a nobler life for man
jkind. Even by way of the battlefield
the triumphal chariot of peace is
| progressing. This is the conviction
j that springs first to mind when we
are called upon, as in the present
lesson, to take a long look at the life
| and teachings of .lesus which the Sun-
I day schools have been studying for two
years past.
What the Baby Brought.
As spring rejuvenates the tired old
earth, and as each generation of'babies
gives freshness and joy to the older
|lives that tend to jadedness and soci
ety. so the Christ-child brought to the
world a new springtime. His advent
was a fresh beginning for the race
With the echoes of the Christmas
bells still in our ears, we cannot for
get the Christ, about whom we have
been studying for these many months,
coming to earth as a baby. He
started his mission on the same level
with the rest of us. so eager was the
Heavenly Father to crowd close to
humanity in sympathy and compre
hension. "Baby," "Mother," "Home
are great words shining with new
radiance because Christ is now in
them.
First to hear the news straight
from Heaven that Christ had come
jand that a new way of life had be
jgun were the shepherds, the audi
ience of the angel choir. Tn the midst
of the working men, in the room se.
apart for the horses and donkeys—
the common man's friends —these
shepherds hastened and found a car
penter and his wife and the newborn
Child. Kings later came from afar,
but to the toilers it was first given to
acclaim the Messiah. Fittingly so,
i for that Baby has broken the shaek
i les of slavery and serfdom the world
Laround, and is still bringing In a new
[day for all who toil.
I The life of the common people was
the life lived by Jesus. He was not
among those who were served by
others, but was Himself a servant to
the end. A plain Man to the last.
His friends and followers having all
been common people. He shared a
cross—His only earthly throne—
with culprits who had been driven
beyond the pale of respectability.
The New Order.
Ilealer and helper to a host was
the Master. He labored and He
taught, nol as the haughty scribes,
but with new words of gentleness
and love. Quick to detect this fresh,
vital note uttered in their own speech,
the common people heard Jesus glad
ly. He summoned them to a life ot'
the spirit, declaring that not things
but thoughts make life. To those
whose hearts were set on pomp and
grandeur and power and earthly
state. lie cried "The Kingdom is
within you."
His program was for a new
world brought in by new men and
new women. He gave His life, His
personality, His Spirit to help His
friends achieve this Kingdom. By
these friends and representatives, He
would make the world over.
Do You Know the Facts?
To understand the genius of Jesus,
we should know at least the major
fact* of His life. That is surely a
test, of real culture in this Christian
civilization.
Yet how many readers of Ihese
lines can pass even such a simple
examination as that suggested by
Peloubet's Notes?
In what town was Jesus born?
What was His mother's name?
How long ago was He born?
To what race did lie belong?
What was His native country?
Describe how you would reach it from
your home?
Of what Empire was it a province?
To what government is it now sub
ject ?
What two remarkable welcomes to
His doming?
Where did He spend I lis childhood
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and youth?
What trade did he learn?
Tell the story of His first visit to Jeru
salem ?
How old was lie when ile began to
preach V
'Who prepared the way for llis work?
Why was Jesus baptized?
Over what three temptations did lie
gain the victory?
What were the themes of His preach
ing?
By what kind of deeds did He prove
that llis mission was from God?
Name some of the miracles lie
wrought.
What was the tirst one?
What great sermon did he preach?
How many spostles did He choose?
How many of them can you name?
•Name the three great divisions of Pale
stine west of the Jordan?
In which of these three did Me spend
the most time?
How many years long was His min
istry?
Xame the different kinds of mira
cles lie wrought?
Were they all for the good of the
peoplo?
Xame as many of His parables as you
cam.
Why did he speak in parables?
What did Jesus do especially for
children?
Tell the story of the Good Samaritan.
What did Jesus teach about riches?
What was His teaching about the
Sabbath?
What did He teach about becoming
His disciples?
Tell the story of the host Sheep.
Tell the story of the Triumphal En
try into Jerusalem.
What did Jesus teach about the Com
mandments?
Tell about Jesus and the Bethany
home.
The story of the East Supper.
The story of Jesus in the Garden of
Gcthsemanc.
The story of the Betrayal of Jesrs.
of what did the Jews accuse Jesus?
Of what was He accused in the Trial I
before Pilate?
What did Pilate say about Him?
Where was Jesus crusifled?
Where was He buried?
When did he rise from the dead?
How many times did He appear to I
His disciples?
What irreat commission did He give.
His disciples?
From what place did He ascend to
heaven?
The Utile Become Larger.
In print, from the platform, anil in
conversation, one hear* strange words
about the failure of the Christianity
of Christ in these days of world up
heaval. Some are saying tlist Christ
ianity has abdicated its mission.
Not so fast. Let ns consider. Jesus
was born in a little world, an obscure
Homan province. Even the known
world it covered or touched was but
a small part of the earth's surface.
Whole continents and races were un
known. Highways had to be laid and
channels opened for the life of the
Christ to follow. His truth could go
011 faster than the people whom it in
spired. Yet through the centuries,
which seem so long to our petty reck
oning, but which are but a small
fragment of the totality of human
existence up to date, and smaller yet
to Him with whom a thousand years
are hut as a day, the truth and power
of Christ have steadily 'advanced In
ever extending conquest. In our own
time the uttermost bounds of human
ity have been reached by his claims
to kinship.
Does it not seem as If the hour had
struck for great things. All the world
Is now one world; that lesson It has
learned in this school of war. The old
material civilization, with Its elaborate
culture and wordly wisdom and ar
rognnt power has broken down ut
terly. The goal of humanity cannot
be attained by the sciences. Now the
mind of Christ must have a l'resh,
free change among men. Humanity
as ready for a new program and
for a new dynamic. The present pros
pect is thrilling and to be alive in such
a day as tills is the greatest privilege
enjoyed by mortals.
<">ne thing alone is needed: that life
must, be yielded to Christ ere it can
be wielded by Him. Our prayer might
be "Dominus, dominate." "O Lord,
be lord, Master mine, master me," Tn
the words 01' the Scripture portion
suggested for to-day: "And he dted
for all. that they that live should no
longer live unto themselves, but unto
Him who for their sakes died and rose
again. Wherefore if any man is in
Christ, he Is a new creature: the old
[things are passed away; behold, they
are become new."
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Commission's Executive Committee
Selects Artist to Go to the
Panama Structure
Pennsylvania's building at the Pana
ma-Pacific exposition which opens
next vear in San Francisco will be
ready on time and the splendid series
of paintings ordered for the otnciai
home of the State's people while in
San Francisco is progressing'. Port
raits of Governor Tener and Governor
elect Brumbaugh will be placed in the
building and there will be some very
handsome views of the State Capitol.
The executive committee of the com
mission met yesterday at the' Gover- i
nor's office with Architect Henry Horn
bostle, of Pittsburgh, here to detail I
the report of progress.
Additional, contracts were let with
Guiseppe Donato. of Philadelphia, for
two ornamental flag pole bases, to cost
S3OO, and with August Zeller, of Pitts
burgh, for four plaques at a like cost.
Edward Trumbull, a Pittsburgh ar
tist, was selected to go to San Fran
cisco to oversee the placing of the
paintings and works of art, as well
as to supervise the interior decorating
of the building. Mr. Trumbull's agree
ment with the commission Is that
these paintings and other works of
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| SKRIOUSLV INJURED BY FALL
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa., Dec. :f —Mrs.
Mary L. Sense man, widow of John E.
! Senesman. met with a serious acci
dent on Tuesday evening when she
fell down the cellar steps. She was
found in a semiconscious condition.
| and assisted upstairs. An examination
i by the doctor showed that the socket
jof the hip bone was crushed, making
'a complete recovery impossible, owing
[to her advanced age, S3 years. She
lis suffering from the pain and shock.
I Mrs. Senseman resides with her sis
ter, Mrs. Knisely, in South York
I street.
1)1 KS IN HOSPITAL
Special to The Telegraph
Shippensburg. Pa., Dec. 24. —Mr.
Swartz, who was recently injured at
the Peerless Table Works, died last
evening at the Carlisle hospital. He
was injured by a board striking him in
I the stomach while he was operating
a circular saw. He is survived by his
wife and one son, Lloyd.
OFFICE WILDING BCRN'EI)
Special to The Telegraph
Duncannon, Pa., Dec. 24. Last
evening the office of Justice of the
Peace .Tohn G. Zigler, at Benvenue,
across the river, was burned to the
ground. A number of books and of
fice fixtures were burned. The loss is
about SSOO.
TO PUSH RELIEF IRK
AFTER HOLIDAY RUSH
Money-raising Events Will Follow
on Heels of Yuletide; Dan
sant January 3
"I want to give something for tlm
cause. Guess tliis's the right place?"
A plainly dressed man asked tlm
question of Miss Mary B. Robinson,
who was on duty yesterday afternoon
at the Red Cross division of the Home
and War Relief Association, 7 South
Front street.
Receiving the assurance that he hud
found the proper place, the man handed
over a dollar and apologized for not
giving more.
"It's all I can stand, just now,' he
finished, as Miss Robinson expressed
her appreciation of the contribution.
Contributions have come in slowly to
all departments, according to reports.
The finance committee is at work, but
operations are not extensively planned
until after the holidays. The only
money-raising event that has been an
nounced is The' Dansant at the Country
Club, Saturday, January Others are
due when the Christmas festivities are
finished with.
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