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TF AN attractive and ambiticus college girl were asked what she wanted out of lite, she would doubtiess say, "husbarid, 'home, chil. dren, profession." Not many girls achieve thîs combination,,but occasionaily one does. Such an one lu Mrs. ,Elias Johnson of 620 Skokie Jane, Glencoe. She* seemns to ,have everything, the requisitellooks, brains, husband, children, and profession. Bemng'essentiaily smart, she attained each -of theseý one at a time ir,ï .afashion whiçch the astute can only approve. First, she.,chose to be born In New England, thus' assuringfor herei aheritage that* stands in- spection, anywhere. #his ,environ- r- ment gave her.an Upbrin>ging .which seems. odd to Middle Weterners. Her grandlather had been an Eng- lishman, and. his son carried on the t1raditional English ideas of.educat- ing his children, 'of whomn there were six,4 Katherine at the age of 7 was sent away to boarding school and kept there for seven years; Her memory o! family lite is of holi- d'a3rs at homne - 'and- surmers unn Cape Cod. The family traveled a lot, and after Katherine finished at Miss Chamberlayne's school for * girls ini Boston, she decided to in- crease her travel further by going to college 'i California. In 1921 * she was graduated from the 'Uni- versity of California and a year later she took her master's degree. Feilowshlp at Simmons Then a fellowship at Simmons *town. Her clays are civided between appear- ances in court and interviews 'ànd case -work in the Legal Aid o)ffices. She loves trial work and says the'Legal Aid bureau ofters, a wonan. law- yer the best opportunity for getting such experi-, ence. She is getting, readyno to go 1nto priyate practice and open up her own law.office.ini the the course of a year. Many are settled in the first interview. The interviewers might see as* many as 100 people a day. Some of them are re- lief clients, many are not. Ordinarily a 25c fee is charge of ail clients as a registration fee. 1Wage, cases, in whichý a waitress or a clerk or factory 'hand batties for $2 in back wages oj $5 or maybe $50, are frequent in the Legal Aid Bu- reua. Mrs. Johnson.told of the practice of sotne smail restaurants. The proprietor will hire à girl at i$2 a day and promise to pay once a wee' k. At th.e end of the'week he does flot pay. lie promises to payr her.. at. the -end of the séecond week. He does'not pay then either. By that time the girl is suspicious of hlmn and tries te, collect. Some-. timesý she brings her Plea to the Legàal Aid .bureau.1 In the, mnean- time. the proprietor goeson week 1rehelp. Describes Othier Fra.uds One of the, greatest Irauds perpe- j trated on the poor or ignorant, says Mrs. Johnson, is theýassignment of wages. Sh êited -a certain wasiiing machine company, as a flagrant of- fender in this respect. This com- pany, for example, sends a salesman into the home about supper time. He invites the husband and wvife to step into the salesroorn and see the new models. He persuades them to sign a paper he proffers, which he >: represents to be merely a request for admission. The man and wife visit the sales- j rooms. Maybe they, ick out a fr used to nvestigate the, need for olci age pensions, and we mnade a sur- vey at the time the state was* hav- mng its fourth or fifth attack of so- cial consciousness. The man at the head o! the commission did noth-ý ing, but when he found out about. our survey, he made use o! it." This survey took her into ail sorts of odd places, visiting and talking. with people over the age of 05. paiyient is made. Thne !arniy pro- tests. Tbey didn't o'rder the ma- chine, or they have changed their minds. It's no use however. The company puts through the assign- nment o! wages, and the man's enm- ployer or fin cleduets the wages over the allowance set by law, which is $20. After one or twu wage asslgnments, which greatly annoy the book-keeper, the man is Atter a year anâ had enough law to Jghnson went steac à half Mr. Johnson: felt lie comi erve his -Purpose, but Mrs. is hai yv on with hier courses and ,.cases er some 25,000 Aid bureau' ii niP second> d g9 about the was earning $14 a week. 1 from the budgt of $105 man Was given a $60 a Chicago Relief Admnini- elief. He naturally felt m ronthr as a janitor and ýr also got a job, lie sald (Contin ued on page 39)