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ipjgiftfi'iij the evij thing t;hat lurks there, "Now," she says, "our girls are graded by looks. The big and prosperous restaurants get the good-lookers'. There the girls get good wagers and big tips because they are good-looking, not be cause they are good waitresses The plain girls, even though good waitresses, gravitate to the lesser restaurants, where the pay is poor because there are no tips. "It isn't fair. As a general thing brains and beauty go in inverse ratio. The beauty stand ard puts a discount on brains. Most of the big restaurants discriminate against plain girls in favor of pretty ones, ''Some of them wont have nothing but blonds on the floor. Others have other beauty standards "One woman who runs a big high class place is in the habit of looking applicants oyer with a lorgnette. If they please' her critical eye, she says : "You're a good'looKer. I guess you'll do."-. "Well, hereafter they'll tyive to pick their beauties themselves. I'm through." The life of the Chicago waitress to whom Miss Maloney is a sort of guardian angel, is precarious. The wages are low maximum about $8 a week and unless she can get tips,she has hard sledding For tips she must rely upon the generosity of the MEN who eat 1 at" her tables. The women don't count, for w&rrttn, though exact ing much more fussy service than dp men, rarely tip a girl, ' To make good money, then, a girl must be pleasant to the men she serves. She must smile at their jokes must even seem amused when the jokes are ribald. She must not offend the most offensive rboth her tip and her job are jeopardized if she does. It continually offers tempta ' The Waitresses' Scale. The Chicago Waitresses union has about 400 mem- bers. Following is the scale now in force : week. Steady waitress, 6 days, 60 hours $8.00 Lunch and supper, 7 days, 42 6.50 hours' ,'.... 4.00 T nxtra supper, o aavs, ji 3 hours 4.00 Night, 6 days, 60 hour;. X .... Q.00 Extra girls, 10 hours (per day.) 1.50 . Head .waitresses, 6 days, 60 hours 10,00 Ushers, 6 days, 40, hours V 9- Steady girls in hotels, $20 per month, room and board. tion to enter another life still more precarious. For the waitress must serve men of lah morals every day. The minimize this danger Miss Maloney is fighting the beauty standard. v o o The goose stands on one leg. to deceive those who may be figur ing on his running capacity,