The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-10
BEAUTY AND BUSINESS,
Ihey WIN Not Nix Any More Than
WIN Oh and Water.
Does . pretty faee Aelp the industrial

Does . pretty faee Aelp the industrial
woman? H.
That was the question under discus
SION : few nigh Is ago among party
Of men seated 1t table on roof gar
den, and between the sipsof ginger ale,
cobblers and punches there were some
pertinent remarks interjected, says
the New York Herald.
Certainly It does" argued the young
man, with an air Of conviction that
failed to impress anyone but himself.
who wants to see an ugly or even
homely face every time he looks up
from his desk. I don't, and no other
man does, and it's not pleasant to have
ones thoughts broken up when die
tating letters by plain, angular type
writer saying: Excuse me, will you
please repeat?' One can forgive even
that when pretty face smiles at you
as you upward gaze"
II, too, like bright, attractive wom-
en- about an Office" said another. "Of
course it helps . woman. When did
beauty ever fail to gain place or fail
to get more salary out Of . man?"
lips of man who married his type
writer for love, and not for the beauty
of her face or FORM,
"Nell, I'll tell you little expert
ence," broke in the treasurer of we'll
known bank note company. Its q
good joke on our president, too, and
will illustrate the point in question.
We were shorthanded in the Office
and wanted another stenographer. As
women for the position, but none filed
the bill.
FINALLY there appeared . young
woman who would attract attention
anywhere-not that she was dxessy,
for her ralmene YVES plain 11~t trrm%
but simply by the beauty of her face.
"Now, am not believer in beauty
about an office. It has al attractive
force that breeds trouble among the
men clerks. But she seemed SO anx-
ious for the place and her references
were SO good that decided to leave
the matter to the president. he talked
with her, but, being careful married
man, had his doubts about the wisdom
of engaging her, but the pretty lace
was too strong for even his conserva-
tism.
$50 he mumbled: 4 do like to see .
pretty face, even in business hours,
and she was engaged and reported next
morning. She was q little slow, but
we thought it was because she was
strange to the office. The second day
there was no improvement and the next
likewise.
'sThen came q rush Of correspon-
dence. Miss Beauty was foundered.
She failed dismally to do her work
but neither of us could 6nd it in hi
heart to rebuke her; the pleading eyes
of violet hue set in face SO fair were
safeguards against the well-merited re
proof that girl Of less personal 1T
traction would have received with
promptitude. But the end came in
about . week. We had occasion to
write letter to rival concern and a1
the same time to new customer, sub.
mitting designs for very large order.
''By this time our bookkeeper wal
badly smitten on Miss Beauty and they
were going to some entertainment to.
gcthcr. suppose she was making
eyes at him or he at her. At all events
she mixed those letters up and we lost
our order and got credit from our rivals
for being grossly careless, al because
two old men had been impressed with
i = pretty face. @ z
s.The girl? O, yea. We gave her Z
letter saying she had worked for us,
but you can't get anything inside that
Office now but pain, matter-of- fact
| typewriter. The president wouldnt
look at Cleopatrs if she came In, and
the boolkeeper he shuts hi
eyes when he rides on the elevated fol
very fear Of haautvn