NEGRO COOK WHO DRIVES HER OWN CAR

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 155, 27 March 1926, Page 22

NEGRO COOK WHO DRIVES HER OWN CAR

' PROFITAFLE AMERICAN CALLINGS

The White Collar job in America is not profitable, according to a report of the Department of Labour. -the sensible man, if money is what he is after would better become a brickla ver, a carpenter, an engine-driver, or a chauffeur, which is the aristocracy of the trades, than set his ambitions toward attaining a Ph.D The Department of Labour calculates that before a man obtains the degree of doctor of philosophy he will have spent tion and living expenses at least £1609, and when he gets his coveted parchment most meagre will be his reward. He will have spent 18 years in acquiring knowledge . and teaching, and then in one of the smaller universities or colleges his salary will average £680; in a'.medium sized university he will be paid £5O more, and if he is one of those fortunate men to draw the big prizes of his profession and hold, a chair in one of the great universities, £l2OO a year will be the utmost figure he can expect to make. “The figures cited,” says the report, “show onlv the money cost and return. In addition there are many sacrifices that must be made bv the teacher and his familv in ord“r that the husband and father mav advance in Ins profession.” The bricklayer, making from two to four pounds a day, does rot have to invest what is the ecmve °nt to the interest on a capita to acquire an education, nor does he have to make sacrtaces to advance in i-s -m*e«'Oii Besides, the bnc’Hnver. If !,e' ,-q intelli~ent and has enterprise enn easilv S“t tin business for h-mseH in a small -wav and in time Become n -rent biv’lder or contractor. Iw.t Hie ■nb n. cn-mot a nniversitv am become b ; s own boss. A FoofhaH i”!'lienalre. But if Nature has been kind,, v Sir A. Maurice Low in the “M< I’ost,” there is something even profitable. It is professional R Where the bricklayer and the i cor earn their hundreds, the pn sianal football plaver can make bis thousands, “and then some,” as he might add. Until a few weeks ago Harold Grange was'a student at the University of Illinois, modest and not distinguished for his scholarship, but the rods had been good to him and endowed him with somethin'* more precious than learning. In the summer, when professors and students scattered, “Ped.” so-calWl because of t’re colour of his hair, a livin'* bv de’ivcriiK* ice but in the autumn, when students were snnposed to attend classrooms. "Reel” phnved football—mid I’ow be dM nl.av! According 4 to the newspapers he has

made £lOO,OOO in the last few weeks. His share of the gate receipts at one game was nearly £Booo. llicn tiie moving nicture concerns got after him, and after some lively bidding he was secured bv an enterprising manager for the trifle of £60,000. thereafter came- the turn of various manufacturers who wanted “Red” to approve their wares. The-amiable Mr. Grange was willing', for a consideration.; According to the always reliable Associated Press, he gave a testimonial to tlie manufacturer of a sweater and received £2400, for being equally kind to a manufacturer of a doll he was richer by £2OOO, tor praising the merits of a shoe his reward was £lOOO. A mere £2OO was all he got for saying kind words about a branch of tobacco, but Grange never has smoked. The Servant Problem. A Washington woman needed a cook. Slie opened negotiations with, a lady of colour. (Incidentally, let it be remarked, the female of the coloured race whose profession is that of domestic service resents the imputation she is a woman and is always a ‘ lady. ) Her references were satisfactory, she spoke the language of her trade; for the modes, sum of £l5 monthly she would tov with sauces and otherwise exhibit her skill. So the bargain was struck, and the coloured lady promised to report for duty next morning. Morning canae but no* cook. A few hours later Blanche (for these ladies of colour delight in incongruous names) rang up to sav she was sorrv she was unable to report for work, but her car was out of c-ider and the repairs could not be made for another 24 hours. “But, said the would-be mistess in exnostulation, “vou can come on tlie tram, and have only a few steps to walk.” To which Blanche replied with much i-iuteur: “I never ride on the street ■s; onlv common folks use them.” - mav'think this is slight exaggerabut the woman, who tells the .- vouches for, its literal truth. And another woman tells this story. She wanted a parlourmaid, ami having passed upon the qualifications of the. applicant, told her she would be required to sleep in. (ATost of AVasliington 3 ladies of colour, it should be explained, are cither married or about to be, or hope to be, and insist upon 'having their evenings free.) Io this she demurred. as she had her own apartment. The mistress said she had a nice room for the maid, and would make bet comfortable; besides, she considerately added, it would be bard on the girl to have to go home on cold and wet nights. To which the ladv answered: “You medn’t worry about that; my car will bring me in the morning and call for me at nights.”