Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-12

out and about noon she sailed forth
10 get her lunch. She had gone only
a block when she was acCOSted by a
woman with: oh, have caught you,
new stenOsrapher, going out To meet
my husband The poor glrl was daz-
ed and dumIOmled But the woman
was in deadly earnest and protested
that no decent girl would work IN her
husbands office. This was TOO much.
The girl burst into Tears and said If
that was what was thought OF her, the
sooner she lett such a place the better.
Accordingly sine reuacCd her steps pick
ID up her tIups-and when Mr.. -
returned 10 his office lie was minus a
stenOglupher.
Miss O., a girl of a good deal Of snap,
was from a little town in Wisconsin.
She went into an office where the man
said he travelled and wanted steno-
gaphcr for travelling companion
She slammed the door of the private
office in his face and went out into the
main room, where there We're several
other girls waiting She told them the
story and there was a hasty exodus.
Tbs same girl went to a stenogrphic
agency on LaSalle street The proprie-
tor said that "a girl OF your shape
ought to get a position anywhere and
proposed that she 20 on the stage.
Miss D., another country school-teach-
er, tlis time from Indiana, told OF go
ing into an office on Washington street
where the portly gentleman wanted "a
congenial stenographer, one who could
d1frH wine" He said she could have
many Of her afternoons Off, but that
she could make up by working even
ings. This girl went to an agency,
where She gave up s. for the privilege
of registering her name The proprie-
tol was 10 send for her as soon as he
, found her a position. She is still wait
ing
Miss r., a bright-faced girl, told an
amusing story of her experience in
working in Il private house. She was
/ from Michigan and was engaged as
I private secretary to n wealthy gentle
man in the suburbs After she got
/ there she discovered that the wife was
business woman and would also re
! uuire her services 70 use the girl
own expression, it was perfectly aw-
( full" She said: perhaps | would be
right in the middle Of sheet on the
! typewriter when in would rush Mrs.
- with something TO be done at
once and if l didn't drop my work
and attend to her she would be mad.
! oh. nl
in long hand first And ! really be
] lieye," continued the girl, that she
/ learned it all by heart, for she ratified
it off so fast It would take a phuno-
graph to catch it. Then she would
look at me in a superior way, as 10
say: You are not much Of a steno-
/ grapher' "Shc bothered me nearly TO
/ death too" said Miss e., with her
( domestic and family affairs. Every
/ time she had a row with her servants
/ she came IN to talk it all over with me,
( Then l overheard her tell her husband
I that ] was terribly slow Then, and
/ here her voice sunk very low, her
husband became so complimentary 'o
me that / gave mp my place"
I Miss f.. a TAN rather fnc-looEing
girl i'm spite Of her pale face, told with
GOOD deal Of indignation why SIN
left her last position 1t seems there
were two Eroprietors to this establish
ment There WAS also another steno-
grapher-a very gay grass widow.
And said the girl, the conduct of
those two men with that woman was
so outrageous That I could not stand
it, These partners seemed jealous Of
each other, and they Wed in their at
tentious, so that they actually would
leave customer standing while in
dulgng in some pleasantly with that
woman She always had fruit and
flowers and I have often known her
to 20 home in a carriage / saw one
of those men Introduce his wife to her
too"
Miss c. or rather Mrs G., for she
was a bright little married woman.
WHO is working with her husband,
helping to pay for a little home in the
suburbs. When asked about her eX-
perieuce she gave vent TO a merry
ldUGn. she SHlNs TN, yes, 1 nave udu
SOME few experiences, but my observa-
tions are perhaps worth more than
my experiences. as ] have had an Office
Of my own and had occasion to employ
girls l was once discharged because
! was a married woman. My employer
kept asking me to 20 out to supper
with him. I kept putting him of and
suppose he thought ii was only bash
fulncss. lie became importunate, so
told him my husband would object.
On Saturday night I got my salary
with an envelope saying my services
were no longer required. The very
next day / met n girl on the street and
she asked me If ! knew Of any place.
! told her IF the enc l had left. but
told her I did not believe any decent
girl could work there She said L
don't care; I'm going 10 try IT, l ana
Just bare; look at me, my shoes are
all worn out. I've been out to the
stock yards working for So a week and
I'm starving Il mad not seen her
since till the other day ] met her on
4l,, ,.troa.t - ron fuf1a1 tbn littIa woman