In the smaller hotels of New York City and the hotels of the smaller cities of the State, a straight cash wage was paid to women workers in all occupations. The wages of chambermaids and bathmaids varied from $8.77 a week to $16 in the 46 hotels where wage rates were obtained. Of these, the one hotel paying $8.77 a week was the largest hotel of a second class city where two large factories employing great numbers of women had closed down. The housekeeper said, “The works have shut down, so you can get workers at any price.” The one hotel paying $16 a week employed only three maids on a long-hour schedule. The straight cash wages paid to chambermaids and bathmaids in the 46 hotels are as follows: 1 paid at $8 but less $9 per least than week 9 " " 9 " " 10 " " 11 " " 10 " " 11 " " 9 " " 11 " " 12 " " 11 " " 12 " " 13 " " 2 " " 13 " " 14 " " 2 " " 14 " " 15 " " 0 " " 15 " " 16 " " 1[6] " " 16 " " 17 " " Footnote 6: The actual wage paid in this group was $16.00. Few women workers were employed in the kitchens and pantries of these hotels. No waitresses were employed. A comparison of these wage rates may be made with the minimum wage fixed for hotel workers in 1919 in the District of Columbia where the cost of living is comparable to that of New York State. The Minimum Wage Board of the District of Columbia decided that a wage of $16.50 a week was the minimum on which a self-supporting woman could live. In no case do the hotels investigated in New York State pay this minimum when a straight cash wage is paid and the workers do not live in the hotels. It can be seen from these figures that 40 of the 46 hotels pay between $9 and $13 or an average of $11 per week. * * * * * [Sidenote: Wages including lodging but no meals] In six hotels at which jobs were applied for, lodging was offered, but no meals. The following cash wages were offered to chambermaids and bathmaids in addition to lodging: 1 paid at $8 but less $9 per least than week 3 " " 9 " " 10 " " 1 " " 10 " " 11 " " 1 " " 11 " " 12 " " No information was obtained for pantry workers or waitresses in this group.