Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1930, Page 99

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C—GRAVURE SECTION—AUGUST 17, 1930. Temptations of a Working Girl By W. E. Hill (Copyright. 1930. by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate.) The sight of a working girl resisting temptation is a noble . s spectacle, and it is what you have before you right here. This > b s Hazel, private secretary and tower of strength to an insur- lovely girl stenog is sorely tempted to order a Napoleon and ance office, is going to yield to temptation and tell her employers peach frisk with grated nuts, whipped cream and candied berries 3 where they get off one of these eight-hour days. “I know more for her lunch, but, her better nature having triumphed, she is about fire and theft, property damages and accident policies,” lunching off a bowl of milk and graham crackers. she'll say, “than you ‘and your partner put together " “You great big - ——— !t 11 What the —— do 1 care whether you get your number!” Just a lovely switchboard operator, who, forgetful of the voice with the smile, for the moment yields to temptation and talks back to an irate subscriber. PR WIITC YO Waitresses have their own temptations to face You'd never s But in these enlightened days things are very different. In the accompany- guess—now would vou?—that the most difficult thing 4 waitrese The most terrible temptations lay i wait for ye olde-time woiking goil. She ing scene we have a working girl of 1930—a buyer from the lingerie department— in a quick-lunch palace has to meet is to keep hole Rerseit could hardly step out on the street without being subject to the attentions of some trying to entice a visiting drummer out for a dinner and the pictures. There are and not run her rs throu the hair of a male customer male (who had seen her behind the counter selling dress shields and good-sense corset so many working girls today that conditions of 20 or 30 years ago are reversed. (Just to see if it's a water wave.) They look down at so many waists), and, of course, she had to tell him she could never go to the bill at the Palace Alas, it is the gentleman who is being tempted and lured out while his little wife male he that they just can’t keep feeling friendly toward the with him unless her parents came along. Oh, it was terrible ! waits in vain for the long-distance call her drummer boy promised to put through ! scalps—particularly the thick, curly ones Let’s hope that Heaven will protect the working boy This rough house is what a long-suffering lady decora s a I g lady decorator is E - 4 . . A A icate Ghsic e 5 : Sl ¢ ) , “ver and anon the voice of the tempter whispers in the shell-like ear of the girl .h.;‘;“,u, m-rlm ’l‘l‘l’]’\‘:l“r|n"':l (.'.\:h(.,( "L,'.\ “;h . 'l‘;]{“.l;["‘ ‘I",m The biggest temptation in a working girl’s life is that who tries on the imported models for the charge customers, and only great forcrgol general color scheme and the original brassee o carly Monday morning urge to go back to bed and not character saves her from obeying that impulse to say, “This wrap won't be anv good i s show up at the store till Tuesday —ii then to you, madame; you'd look terrible in anything!"