The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-11
TIE AOMelY GIRLS DAY.
Handsome Typcwriters No Longer Popu'
lar la the MetropoIis.

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i'm the outer office, waiting TO see the
| proprietor. of whom they want 10 get
| cmiloyment ~ pupils or secretaries tO
bushes, men. When he comes in YOU
| will always notice that he sees them
| without REGARD To the order IN which
they came. picking ont one here and ono
there. taking them into his Office each by
herself until only one or two remain on
the seats. Ii YOU studied the subject
day after day you would soon discover
that the more progressing young
woman is the less time She has 20 wait,
J and that it II always the plain ones who
are left tO the last. Poverty, especially
when il entails The necessity for a young
! girl 10 20 out and earn her living, IS hard
and bitter, and many a time and oft YOU
will see that the hOmely girls, left sitting
on those benches. have untathomed the
propretor's secret and are biting their
lips and even suffering moisture to flood
their ewes as they note how certainly q
beautiful face and stylish attire command
attention.
The other day went to that school,
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grl who evidently found it difficult 70
conceal her modification. | was ia the
room with the proprietor when he asked
her to come IN.
81 suppose there is no use my asking
you, sir, she said; but since lave
waited | will say that ! am seeking oc-
/ cupation Is typewriter
"Do YOU understand the busine-s" he
asked.
81 am said to be very rapid said she /;
II have been five years at the calling
"Wili YOU accept SO a week 20 act as
stenographer and typewriter to vice
president 50 and SO of the -- oil COM
/ pany;
Her eyes changed color They bright
encd almost into flame
Fifteen dollars" she said; Il only
got so, sir. and then only Tor a year
/ before the firm was with failed.
The arrangement OF bargain was
quickly made. Before she lea the girl
asked. "Wil YOU tell me why you saw
me last though | was the first 10 come: y
I'D rather not. SAID the employer
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asked.
"No one but YOU was taken % the said
She went ava, wondering When She
had gone the proprietor turned tome and
said: That Is both a sensitive and a son
sialc girl She thought she wa5 left T.
/ the last because her face and dress arc
plain. She is right This IS the day Of
/ The homely girl The beauty, the belle,
/ .ne drc--y girl. are all az discount IN
/ th- business and we have resolved never
TO employ another pretty girl II We cam
/ get homeiy one.
There's no mystery about 1t, he con-
/ tinued. Its plain business. There are
now 5000 or 1000 girls al work IN
mems Offices down town, and while their
entree into commercial life is always
spoken of as a feminine revolution. the
| truth Is that 1t las created a social stir
deeper than either one Sex has felt.
When girls were ilst made use # on ac-
count VI their quickness with their hands.
the suitability Of the work and the low
wlca at which they could be got by
reason Of the large number seeking work.
tine craze was Tor pretty girls. Every
man wanted belle 20 SIT at ms desk and
take down his letters and memoranda.
1t was natural There were plenty Of
Wetty girls. and who on earth does
not preter beauty TO plainness. Men who
are IN my business naturally tried 70 get
only pretty pupils and beautiful adopts.
We scanned the girls dresses, Judged
them by their stylishness and insisted on
general attractveness Ii We ever took
I'D plain girl We were apt u be sorry
for lt for we had bard work 10 place
her Now all that IS changed. / can
show YOU scores Of letters ia which bust
ness men ask mo not ~ send q pretty girl.
In fact. the only offices where we can
place "a pretty gIu are very large ones
where the employer chooses the girl and
details aer b. 20 with others IN some de
partm.nt or % assist male chief clerk
or private secretary. Those and the
Offices OF the bachelors IN business nre
tie only places where We can get work
for pretty girls.
The reason is as plain as the nose on
your face, he continued, 1.-THE wives
have interfered Every married man IS
visited at his office by his wife more or
less frequently. ii she finds him elbow
to elbow or face u face with pretty
coquette every time She comes, she IS
certain tomake life more or less unpleaa
ant for him. Some women IN sIch
cases rake il ont al home is the saying
goes. but | have had men tell me that
their wives were forever popping in on
them and practically never missed a day
without q call at their offices. These
business men. nearly all men pick up
bouquet, or box Of candy or some little
knickknack now and then 20 gladden.
the lie OF the girl at their elbow.
Imagine the state OF the wife who finds
that the howe.s she sees Oh her husbands
desk were put there by him when he has
told her ten thousand times that he has
hated flowers from infancy Oh, no;
there l. no show for the pretty girl IN
business in New York today, Those who
got places long ago are now being crowded
out and no new ones are now taken on. '