Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1932, Page 7

HOTEL ROOSEVELT I 16th St. at V and W Sts. N.W. The ideal Family Hotel in Washi on offering one, two and three room furnished house- FOMELESS WONEN WLL BT U..AD Secretary Doak Orders Sur- vey to Devise Plan of Re- lief on National Scale. Uncle Sam will extend a helping hand to the host of homeless women wander- inz from city to city throughout the land in search of work, food and shel- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, The Unemployed Woman 3,500 Apply for Work at Boston Y. W. C. A. Majority W hite Collar” Girls—Serious Problem Presented as Misfortune Is Exploited. heve never been large. Many have al- ways lived close to destitution. By an understanding with the city the Family Welfare Society has this year stood responsible for the case of the single woman who finds it harder to_apply to the city. alding about 300, but many of these are counted among the city’s 2,800. This is the second of a serics of stories The 'Star s presenting of the problem of the unemployed women in other cities #hroughout the country. since the lone woman has only emerged from her ob= scurity as a real relief issue after Win- ters without a job. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BOSTON, December 20.—The lone woman, unemployed in & great city, has only emerged as a relief problem)cause illness or other circumstances ‘The society is ‘The society is supplementing city aid, be- D. C, TUESDAY, them, but limits its efforts to women with dependents, usually wives of un- employed men seeking to resume em- ployment they had before marriage. In ‘most cases they have not yet had toap- ply for charity and the effort of the union is to keep them from that ne- cessity. The work found for them is mostly odd job housework, though some have been placed in such special lines as upholstering furniture, needlework or taking care of apartments of business women, Five to 12 single women apply at the union every day and are referred to other agencies. But Mrs. Gertrude Fletcher is usually able to steer them to the type of agency most likely to have the kind of work they are seek- ing. Some of them get work. Re- cently Mrs. Fletcher had a call for a typist and the first five women she called had found work within a five- month period. If she is weary of seeking work and wants to rest and get a sociable bite in the middle of the day, a woman may DECEMBER 20, 1932. MARINE OFFIGERS ARE REASSIGNED Withdrawn From Nicaragua and Distribtued Among Posts of Corps. Marine Corps headquarters today an- nounced che assignment of officers who are being withdrawn from Nicaragua. Sixteen are coming to Quantico, Va., five are slated for duty at Marine Corps headgquarters, two are to be sent to the trained; Maj. Thomas E. Watson, Capt. Carl 8. Schmidt and Chief Pay Clerk Benjamin H. _ Wolever. Brig. Gen. Randolph C. Berkeley, who has been commanding the 2d Brigade, goes to Parris Island, S. C. On duty at the Marine Barracks will be Capt. Stewart B. O'Neil and_ Capt. James A. Mixson. while at the Wash- ington Navy Yard will b Capt. Willett Elmore, First Lieut. Edward J. Trumble and First Lieut. William W. Davics. Other officers will be distributed to San | Diego, Calif.; Portsmouth, N. M.; B ton. Norfolk, Va.; Charlestcn, S. C.; Philadclphia and Great Lakes, TIL. QUT-OF-TOWN PERSONS’ EMPLOYMENT HERE HIT Lincola Park Citizens’ Association Passes Resolution Urging Jobs for Washingtonians. Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets coutheast. - The association adopted another reso- lution requesting that where gas lam) are removed electric light standards be - installed in their place. Joseph Gammel, who retired as presi- dent of the association after serving for - five years, was honored by the group. = John Hern, president, and Willlam A. * | Cerlin, secretary, officiated at the meeting. The business session was | followed by a program of music and ~ | entertainment. i s o The Scoto-Italian Society of Edin- burgh, Scotland, has solved the after dinner-speaker problem by having 12 * speakers at its annual banquet, each * limited to one Minute. Crystal Carbonated Water _ er. Although there is no suggestion of a Feceral appropriation to meet their Marine Barracks, at Eighth and G needs, Secretary of Labor Doak, after | a conference with local social workers, ditected the Woman's Bureau of the department to co-operate with national | relief agencies in a thorough survey o the problem these women present. He urged that every effort be made to de- | vise a plan of relief on a national scale | immediately. Miss Mary Anderson, chief of the Labor Department’s Woman's Bureau, will conduct the survey, with the assist- | ance of the National Travelers’ Aid So- | ciety and the Young Women's Chris- make it not enough. There is debate among social workers whether it is ever enough. The city welfare allowances have been cut four times mow as the | case load has grown. This has made | drop in at the Women's Trade Union League. They do. 150 to 225 a day,|Streets, southeast, and three are to for doughnuts and coffee. The wise |Serve at the Marine Barracks at the help Mary Gurdunr'rhumpson gives to;W’ir-‘lI‘:nglcnm‘N-\‘yl' Yq“d'u : re rjes X o1 . | those who come often is limited nnly‘ se coming to Quantico are Maj. i e o™ | unteers of America serve a 5-cent meal | bam, Maj. Louis W. Whaley, First | the case of Jane Doe, lone woman. *The Family Welfare Soclety, through | 8hd now have & restaurant for women. | g}emutv lil\:rbgrt S. l%rlxml[mg. First Lieut. “Boston is unique Among the great |its 14 istrict ofices, reaches out into | “If she can keep some shelter, the At O SRiGh, Grel Quaitermaster cities in the provision it makes for the | the lodging house districts. But it is | SIngle woriah COF by e My, | erick R. Hoyt, Capt. Harcld W. Whit single woman.” says Marjorie Warren, | limiting its work chiefly to middle-aged 'gmmfi::] ?.n“"’s" ‘*Sgsre"f‘t ';melén'n Yor | ney, Capt. James P. Smith, First Licut, TR e B D the homéless man to find & place to| Erniest E. Linsert, First Lieut. William clean up and keep decent.” N. McKelvy, First Lieut. James H. here, out of her knowledge of the 220| The younger woman, under 35, cities served by that agency. knocks at the door of the Young Wom- | (oonorieht. 1932, by Nerth American News- | Strother, First Lieut. Delmar Byfield, paper Alliance. Tnc.) First Lieut. Charles’ W. Kall, Chief | — - Wi But even in Boston, with its great|en’s Christian Association at the rate number of established relief bureaus,|of more than 300 a month. They ask Quartermaster Clerk Rufus L. illis | NEW U. S ISSUE OFFERED and Chief Pay Clerk Gouveneur H. Sale of $100,000,000 More 91-Day | in Boston after three Winters of un- employment. It is easy for a lone woman to escape attention. Surveys revealing the plight | of unemployed men have passed her b Social cgencies, organized to aid amilies, have not been prepared for keeping apartments, moderate- Iv priced. Tull hotel service.| it 2l A e e, Also transient A resolution protesting the employ- | ment of out-of-town per-ons for avail- able jobs in this city was adopted 1 Citizens'_Associz DE of the Bryan Phone Lin. 1981 wmanne OPEN EVENINGS sy Kitt’s Amazing XMQS OFFER Apartment auditorium B fon in the chool, cn 1 £ itions., DECATUR 0800 L. G. Sizer, Manager NATIONAL LIMITED Gncinniats, Lowinille, StLowis AIR-CONDITIONED § I If you can’t shop in person, you can read the ads and Shop By Telephone | | tian Association. | o one knows how many of these lone | for work, but thelr immediate need is oy mgomfl;u: Al;nl.e Problemy Tnemployed. women there are. No one | often food and a place to sleep. The Parrish, obless nml ‘{’“":“ girls and women | pretends that even a small fraction of | Y. W. C. A, can give bed and board to Coming to Marine Corps headquarters 3“ among the worst, sufferers from the | them are being aided by all the agencies| only 60 such cases at any one time.| are Maj. John F. S. Norris, Lieut. Col. | | depression.” Secretary Doak said. *“The | iy the field. There are no figures on| That is its immediate capacity. It| Calvin B. Matthews, under whose com- | | relatives to fall pnck on after having | oot s e Hotise, which hias Toof for 30 gicis &6 8 Bills Set for Friday. mand the native constabulary heeu‘ lost their jobs. exheusted their savings | Coinne 4 | time. ' In both places accommodations| The Treasury is in the market again and bocome victims of worry and| “The case of the white collar unem- | are temporary, to tide over until rela- | with another issue of 91-day Treas- nervous; strain has increased to such an | ployed girl is one of the hardest t0 | tives or a job c:n be found to help. | ury bills, to be sold to the highest bid- Sunroom § meet.” says Roy Cushman, secretary of | " The Travelers’ Aid Soclety takes the | der next Friday in the sum of about e o lem in every community. In some in- Sleeper: Rec stances they have struggled so long to | “She hasn't the same chance to appeal | they have a place to go. At the city’s| The bills will be dated December 28, e Leep from asking for relief that they |to the passerby as the homeless man.” | temporary home for women 21 women | and will mature March 29, when they s i |have become physically and mentally| “Not 1 in 10 of the unemployed | can be put up for lodging and meals. | will be redcemed at face value. The |broken when they finally apply, and |women come to the relief agenci e e e Toney feceived for the bills will be salet mald-manicure, : - > o 2 used toward retiring $100,665,000 due (::;;"’m“d“ e ;'aff;“’:“t‘;’:l | "Commm;lcs‘a.re confronted with um‘mgamnmm:i could help all who are % |urgent need of an organized program |now in need.” . or any jother ioftour convenient dxains ||| cozasanehere applicants. . Continued ef. | ~My greatest concern is for the wom- | than 3,500 girls seeking work this year. West. And many people say the really | | forts, despite increasing difficulties, | en we don't reach” confesses Miss | Two-thirds are “white-collar” girls. «asty meal we serve offer an import- | | mustbe made to find jobs or to make [Olive Webb of the Young Wamen's| Four hundred have been through col- le%e. lOn_llfl';lhxlfhhave been through high Lv. Washington. 6:15p.m. | “Many of these women are unem-|ing of social work is tha(" you don't | school ey have earned from $12 to e g: o D | Ployable because of age, ill health, lack | reach the people with pride Established 1892 r. St. Louis........4:05pm. {of ability or training. For the many By any method of computation, the less than a tenth of the applications irnunglmrlst;\drm and fobless recreation | women who have bog%l;?o? ml\:mplayed | EBE"L‘ :g?y e '{it :::Puzppllm‘::f . . . We' lected to protect, thei 1 i in Boston exceeds 20,000. ss than vay W y tie- v e've select D disappesr, but they hold hard to the| Tlme Stl" Permlts grands and .?la.«-fi"’f»f.m"'fi younger girls. The older women are 2 Brewood Craftsmanshi ~ . SERVICE up to the last minute on first-class designs in lremfl,‘: low—just for the few remaining days before Xmas. *5 DO *90 - Piano Free bench and free music rolls—a fine musical instrument for the home at a ridiculous price. | number of women without friends or | their numbers or their need. sends others to the Rutland Corners | extent as to constitute an acute prob- 4 the Bosien Council of Soclal Agencies. | job of getting stranded girls home when | $100,000,000. leay i dratiieas, | then they need intensive treatment. | says a veteran social worker. “No The Y. W. C. A. has recorded more | on December 28. S ST G T work for them. Christian Association. “One great fail- g $65 a week. Jobs found number 285, or D. L. MooruMax, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, | prepare them or keep them in practice | 3.500 have come upon the books of all referred to the Family Welfare Soclety. ‘What sort of women are they? Every ‘Woodward Bldg., 15th & H Sta. W. Diac for jobs should be furnished. More- | the helping agencies. What of the rest? over, immediate relief in the form of Nobody really knows. & | food, clothing, shelter and medical care | Families have absorbed the greater | must be given to many of them.” number and kindly landladies have SOt 5 | & | stood by & legion more. This unrecord- | The Travelers' Aid Society notes the | | Oniy Mitional Movement, [ed aid Is the great unknown factor in | exceptional number of holel workers | =3 | Miss Beatrice Hodgson, assistant di- | all Telief. It is tremendous in the case | Stranded between seasons. The Family | | rector of " the Woakiogion Travelers: | of the single woman. Welfare Society is impressed with the, =] Aid. said_this is the only movement of v i [Dmber Of eaatr e iciminaec by [13 3 ” Nationiwide e e Young Girls Return Home. | machines, with the unemployed nurses oist roat Dauone Wi Sope o dauine | The younger women_went home to| and older office girls. The Trade Union | CH RISTMAS he problem has become so acute,” | mother, if not the first Winter, the sec- | League saw store and office girls in 70 Miss Hodgeon added, “that New York, ond or the third. Few unemployed per cent of thelr cases last Winter, but oun ecret Chicago. Los Angeles, San Francisco 2irls in their twenties remain long in (now domestic servants predominate— < REETIN( ; CARDS . ougn elie Personalized with Your threat and hial tubes are Tined wth millions of pores Hke Your Name - > P 2ke i d waitresses. and other large citic are being the city. Families take in their lone an . swamped with .f,pm,,! ved and home: | women, even to second cousins. The | The domestics are a bewildered group. | : Yiny boitles conti: supplying naielinE fo iheian] sues . . . Choose from the most varied array to be found, including cards not available else- ss wome! wi e nt of the home-to-mother-or- The second girl. let go retrench- | - T dpauate aunties movement can be gauged by ments. is untrained in cooking or gen- “I have lo ard the be the two floors that have been closed | e1al housework. ’s sheltered, she | until you “catch col Then thése “bottl 5 . . up. phlegm accumulat where. Delivery is reliably ensured on either printing or engraving of your name. Stop in and select right away—at Al ginning cof a survey of this at the Franklin Square House, the is unqualified for the competition for | dan; problem,” said }\I.t Anderson, “and I greatest haven for respectable working jobs. ~Now office girls are entering | shall be glad to get it started. Home- Eirls in Boston. housework. They will take anything . ngravers am{fi/a tioners 6i1-12th St. N.W. |‘l.i‘l’(.‘.‘.fllfif’ww“l‘_wfl(.mal'(‘mm pro- = less women are as great & tax on us Young girls are no longer coming to Mother’s helper is the most common of- f as homeless men. except that, th the city. New England families are|fering and the pay is very little. little has been heard about the women " | keeping the 18-year and 21-year daugh- | The primary [ of Secretary ters at home. It is the one class for Doak and those spopsoring the move- which the num of stranded tran- | ment for the national survey will be sients is less no 1 in normal times. to find some means of caring for the The harder cases are the older wom- thous2nds of homeless women in their en. They were always girls until they respective communities and to stop the lost their jobs. But now the agencies migrations from city to ci |call them “older wome! " They have (Copyright. 1932, by North American News- | Of relatives. or else they pet Alliarce. Inc.) nev nd relatives. Sometimes : the feeling was mutual. ; PLAY TO | . The resources of kind landladies have { limits and one grows ashamed to ex- “The Nativity Last Time Here Tonight. | hibit one’s plight to former friends. It lis awkward to explain where one is living now. and one’s shoes are run- coat grows fraved. Peo- 2 scmetimes. After a “The Nativity,” the Chantilly miracle NeheT clreum- play. will be presented for the last time tonight zt § o'clock in New York Ave- nue Fresbyterian Church. The play is under the direction of the Religious Drama Committee of the Washington Federation of Churches and has been presented twice before. * get plugged affording Misfortune Exploited. The plight of the unemployed girl often loited. How outrageously has been exploited in certain sweated tries of the mill cities Commis- sicner Smith of the State Department of Labor and Industries has shown and in a measure checked. Boston appears | to have little of this organized swea of girl labor. But note the paleness the girl who'stands in tights in the store window trying on neckties and figure out how many meals she missed Defore she exposed herself on that job. The Women's Educational and Indus- trial Union has maintained an employ- ment Tegistry for women the last 13 months, has registered 2,658 women and ome kind k for 940 of it | ghing be curcd only e natural fluid is he phlegm so Many cough drugs ling, irritation s Your cough will when the fiow of increased, loosen. that it ca e “remedics ich merely deaden the nerves . . . o't get the root of the *9-12-°1% s1 8 and up “THE Complete Music Store” H IR G G 2 0 2 G0 GO0 GO GO G GO0 GV G0 28 R G 8 (8 5 BE PRESENTED Will Be Given for ¥ X ¥ ] { { [ : § X ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ 5 i i 3 X & 3 A & { { : z § ; AP LB P (P JF P JF Jr 7 J% 17 1 Ty ile it grows ver nees seem to ven $1 a Week. Boston City Welfare Department is giving $4 a wek to 2.800 single women who hate applied for aid. 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