Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-10

icai and intellectual enects are pro
duced By the coanting-room and the
Office. Mr.. Philosopher seems To be
unawarc that countless women have
no refinement 20 iose-that thousands
Of others carry their own goodness
with thrm everywhere, To permeate
and improve whatever they come in
contact with
l have heard that business life Is snr~
prising!y Ike social life Much de-
pends upon keeping up Appearances
Not a very brilliant discovery, perhaps.
but from a woman's point Of view 10
means much IL shows that just As y
great general once made n wilderness
and called n peace. modern men have
constructed a gigantic juggernsut and
called IL business II were obliged 20
ds,cidc wherein woman's influence Ia
business could be made potent for
gos,d. l should Say. Let her introduce
little more commences into It.
For instance. We are al familiar with
,he aged merchants dietnm. that the
clever trader is ne who sells not what
people want bu, what they don't want
kacss - one immense concern. deal
Ing h articles have occasion TO buy,
but in the sale Of which there il an ABB
surd arsount q expensive sham. n
won-n managed that establishments 10
would not be -. There would be
morc a.rectness. greater generosity in
dealing with 'he humble employees and.
better than all. less vuigarity tn the
bushes. atmosphere. Indeed. IL WON
an did nothing but bring more refine
ment into the counting rom. she
would have performed lasting scrv-
ice
This brings me 90 what. as q woman.
consider very curious phase %
business life. narheiv getting ahead
OF cosupe sitors.r There i a degree Of
snbtlcty. Il seems. IN the process.
Merchants will SAY nothing disparag-
tur q competitors Sor viii they.
openly az least. profess 70 be aware Of
their sxistsnce Hut n they can So
cure any sort 81 public notice 81 them
selves - ths disronftnre Of rivals.
there - no hesitation in taking adj
vantage - the opportunity. have Ia
mind she case - = tarr-e concern which
deliberately plated the price Of =
eertata commodity below The profit
pntrt for she Sole purpose - destroy
inr a rivals business Whea one
questions TIE propris-ty q srch con-
duet. there - the Inevitable fetch.
s'Busine=s IL business am quite
SUR that the man who invented this
exprcesion was 100 izoorans ever to
Aave heard she fate If the PHILOSOPHERS
wlo irst dsaned ecrceps ~ itself
To get back - business In very
ht~rai ssnssf feel certain that
women are making barter ard sale
less nlereeuary ard more clevating. ~
anyoae dcubts a. Ia him see for
himself Ia my own brief ex-
perienc-. have found thss where
~omen are eonneeted with the corn
nerciAi process. IL = more
honest. usnre satisfactory ard. n the
suggestion - such thing be not 100
srras departure frcun tradition, ses'
lnteiy rpdning Fnr IL - a. true in
business - IN ether phases Of human
iifr that q yoa isriate a let - men they
sr~ sare - d@tericrate. y you seelzwie
", 20 ~oInan they become rnost sorry
er-.sar-s. bu. bring .heun al f.wether
sri saer wsll h~gin n improve 81
eer-
u shovia - hs~ce In Mind that BY
te-iae-a women 7 ~ rnt mean ina;
nrtnerrr- class a fesns,ss new earning
naenev IL sahnrdinase pceisicn. n
cfi,ss. ard shops The performances 4
rs1r,ssns @-rk 80 - naeh ~eek can
hsrsly - eaiiei doing hosines< To
he Eure sbs pr-~ence q wsm<n N al