St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-25
FROM A SUBSCRIBER.
WHAT AUNT POLLY SAYS.

l want to say just word this morn
ing to you girls who are breadwinners.
L want you to feel that your work is
honorable. that you are proud of it, ana
that no matter what it is, if you
are ambitious and painstaking
you must surely succeed. | want
you to work earnestly and faithfully,
with an honest endeavor to do your
best. 1t is not what you do, but how
YOU do it, that makes your work thing
to be proud of, and if you are not doing
your best, there will be an uneasy,
mean feeling somewhere in your con-
science which will make YOU. first of
all, dislike your work. You'll never
like your work unless you work well,
and the keen satisfaction of doing some
thing well. whether it be sweeping a
floor, broiling Il steak or playing a
sonata, | want You all to have.
But to you girls who are in Offices,
just Il word about your dress. Dignity
yourselves and your work by dressing
fifty for it. Learn to know that the
things a society woman, rolling along in
her carriage, may wear are not for you
who come on foot or in rainy weather
take car. Don't buy anything strik-
ing-that is, not for wOrk-O-day wear
For high days and holidays, or for the
evenings when Jack calls, have just the
gayeSt and daintiest things you can af-
ford. but for your work wear something
that will not render you conspicuous.
You perhaps don't know that the men
on the street say, Here comes the girl
with the red Dress" or "Here comes the
girl with the stripes" but they do. and
to be known by ones clothes is by 40
means desirable.
Wear plain clothes and wear good
material. TO my mind, nothing is neater
and more ServiceabIe that good dark
blue serge for office wear. it does not
fade, it does not look cheap, for it isn't,
and it doesn't 90 out of style. You can't
afford to wear any but good material.
One gown OF good serge Will outWear
TWO make-believeo.
You can't afford light clothes. They
are conspicuous. and they dirty soon.
If you must wear a coat two seasons, or
even three, get a coat people will not
learn to know. Put away your bangles.
your rings. your bracelets and go to
work attired modestly, neatly and
quietly. Wear broad, solid, heavy shoes.
The grace and COOL health comfortable
feet will give you will surely compen-
safe for the loss Of the long pointed toes
10 man or woman of sense really adj
mlres.
Best of all. be womanly. | don't
mean womanish. If rough word slips
out from some man in the office, don't
| notice it. He'll feel ashamed of it if he
| is anything more than brute, but he
will think you silly if you make a
! fuss" Be wOmanly, be earnest, be re-
| liable, be diligent. Keep your temper,
and remember that your business self
! is, not your social self. The men you
meet in d business way are not your
personal friends, so keep them at arms
! length. Respect yourself and others
will respect you. for in the world you
| receive the treatment you invite.
Last of all, remember that you are
paving the way for ether women. If
| you are not to be trusted, the next
woman will be wrongfully suspected
I because of you. Keep in mind the holy
universal sisterhood of women, the
sacredness of womanhood, and do your
best. AUNT POLLY.