LABOR LAW I CASE DIGEST ADKINS VS. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF COLUMBIA (261 U. S., 525) FACTS                A children's hospital employed a number of women at various rates of wages, which were entirely satisfactory to both the hospital and the employees. A hotel company employed a woman as elevator operator at P35 per month and two meals a day under healthy and satisfactory conditions, and she did not risk to lose her position as she could not earn so much anywhere else. Her wages were less than the minimum fixed by a board created under a law for the purpose of fixing a minimum wage for women and children, with a penalty providing a punishment for a failure or refusal to pay the minimum wage fixed. The wage paid by the hotel company of P35 per month and two meals a day was less than the minimum wage fixed by said board. By reason of the order of said board, the hotel company, was about to discharge her, as it was unwilling to pay her ...