HIGHLY-PAID GIRLS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 21, 25 January 1930, Page 20

HIGHLY-PAID GIRLS.

NOT ANXIOUS TO MARRY. EARNING UP TO filO WEEKLY. AND SPENDING MOST OF IT. Does any moral responsibility attach' ■ to a man who tempts a girl to.remain in a state of single blessedness? This is one of:the questions upcast by the now chronic argument'concern- > ing the?. -■:■ working i wqnlanj' There ; jemplpyers in Australia, who admit—-in ■fact, avow—the soft impeachment that is implied in the opening question; This is how an Australian newspaper puts - : ,: ? t: , • : There;: are many girls in Sydney |who are barred from matrimony,'.by their higli earpipg power iri,varions : pro--fessions, "Some girls in my office wil| never marry," said a solicitor, "and,'? he. added "I cannot say tha,fe: 's wanitiigm to, All girl? have , in the pffices in which. come expert assistants, and it 'is no light duty.. I take my girl?; directffrom; ] school, try them: out, ;and never||;keep' } one who does not come up to xequirenients. To would not be ■ (fair Ito W? or tp her, It is best.'tp^'p,^: ■ firm: ati the outset. Girls in soiicitors': offices earn up to £500 a year, t-Few ; get more.' Marriage weans that;:th"ey:; r lose this nice income, and. if the : iband.is'a failure, they can-never--take' ' np the work again where they left it : ... off." • lsZS£%'\ On the other hand, if the work proves 1 . to be a .fajlufe in the age ; girl can seldom take up love -igaj^.- ( jrhere she left it off. '':'J,*\ . Staj, thp.,empJpyeT who pays welt in return for good results, "quite; . satisfied with hJs ; actipn point of or ethical, ip-y dividual or conimercial. He, claims that jf the wprjdng: woman the conimunity...welre; : suddenly^.ujb;^o^" -';■•■ of wprkapd,deprived of its. good: mapy huniriesspg would -flFPfi^^f 'jfc - violent fact, a s"^g|efing' blow. For woman is „ buyer if she has the amount, the cost of -of women and girls, as compared IwitfejoYen*, and boyp, i§ rgl§tively .greati femipine biJJ' for" wear J;acc£sgprias; is high, Once the male could "offset thai ;py -having a: monopoly of alcohol 1 and tobacco spending. Rut ripW' bo; longer!' •■ ■ ■ ', Wpnian'g standard of living has risen ' [(in cost) fill she has a real neejjj Jip wprfe, The, higher. %t»nd»rd compels t]ic new woman, to .acquire a ■ new chasing power *£p»jjfepetjpj-jof t ;bus jnesjp (representing now *ased. If eve^q«>l^(Sg#l M ; iricludes "woman" and 0 includes "girl") .were to work there inj|^^B;lii;''%hole- : ''6eri§i' v ef business ' So in AustraliAi.th'ey take the' position, philosophically:': apd; are riot, .?• to 4isbanJ|the' Amazpn; army'that marches and coanterniarches daily from . icity'to'-;suburbs^^%^?.f '' '.. ''V^Fijither i?estf fhftt the highest salary paid Jin? Sydney is probably that provided byjja ; ' Store lor, the secretary, to the" managing director. < f ßhe is no ordiii-; ary officer, but one with 'initiative arid; special qualifications that make her almost a consultative director." - Some hands in wave).' sho P s pak? $0 i ypar,>ith here jind thpre ope :ofpfrtipqlar merit: ±6QO. Various mercantile bfiicps have highly paid "girls." aVe 'go dfip-' cribed? though some are greyheaded.: of the highly. opes"chgw*g^S;*