III- "Any Woman Can Eat, Sleep if She Knows How to Do Housework, Writer Finds" - Adela Rogers St. Johns - Los Angeles Examiner

'Mother's Helper' Jobs Always Open, but Hard Tasks – Pay Little – Most Unfortunates Steer Clear of Family 'Slaving'

Byline: Adela Rogers St. Johns; 1931-12-22; Los Angeles Examiner; pages Section 2, p. 1, 14

Report: How Jobless, Hungry Girls Live - Adela Rogers St. Johns - Los Angeles Examiner

Tags: Adela Rogers St. John, living poor, Los Angeles Herald Examiner

". . .I felt dirty, unkempt. I longed for a jar of cold cream almost as much as I longed for breakfast. A glance into a store window mirror showed me a lined, dirty face, rumpled clothes, straggling hair. Not much of a front. I didn't know where to go to clean up. The splendid doorway of a big hotel stood open. Like a criminal, I glanced around. Then I sneaked in. The doorman stared at me. I tried to give him glance for glance, to look as though I had business there. . ."

Description:Adela Rogers writes a series in the LA Examiner about her experience posing as an unemployed, poor and friendless girl in Los Angeles. In this part of the series, Adela finds that housework is the only answer to unemployment.

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Adela Rogers writes a series in the LA Examiner about her experience posing as an unemployed, poor and friendless girl in Los Angeles. In this part of the series, Adela finds that housework is the only answer to unemployment.