Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
ASHAMED OF TOLL.
fhs Average Working Woman wor.
ships Unlimited Leisure.


The average working woman has lit
lie respect for other working women.
This doesn't mean that she Is without
respect for herself, of a certain self
satisfied sort. but it does mean that
that selfrespect Is not broad enough to
include Difference for fellow wage
earners. and IL must logically follow
that ii is very low grade Of personal
regard. The woman wage-earner whom
one most often meets has but one
standard of ntleship-unlimited lei
sure. According to her. the worker no
matter how credltable or remunerativc
her labor may be, is something Just Il
little TO be ashamed of; beyond the pale
Of all those who sit with folded hands,
no matter how much more content,
not to say comfortable, those hands
might be If engaged in good, honest
employment. 1t Is but another phase
Of the false and one time all-preyalent
squeamshness as to confesslng tinan-
cial straits; modern development OF
that spirit that Il decade ago led an I'M
poyerlshed family TO declare that they
only took boarders for company" A
successful woman teacher. who did
really love her work, used TO say that
she was the only member of her fam
lily she ever met who taught because
she had to-all the rest did 1t lust from
pure love Of It," A girl whose family
have recently lost everything disposed
of some embroidery at the woman's
exchange. When an intimate friend
congratulated her upon her good luck
at finding way Of making money, thu
girl, out at elbows and patched as to
shoes as she was, FASTENED TO say:
"Oh, 1t wasn't the money iou see,
have SO much idle time on my hands
now. and this embroidery does enter.
tain ME So" The new phase of the
old subject was brought the other day
to the notice of the head of an exclu-
sive and very prosperous girls school
In this city. The principal desired a
stenographer In place OF the amanuen-
sis she had heretofore had.
Applicants one after another pre-
sehted themselves, and with each one
the principal found some cherished no.
tion as to the good sense and stability
of the modern business woman laid
low. II It wasn't one thing 1t was an
other, but she at last realized that they
were all imbued with the Tm-as-gOod-
as-you-are idea. The principal finally
engaged young girl who was less
"uppish" than the others and whose
spotted veil was not quite so obtru-
sive. AT the end of one week the girl
resigned her place. "Why, l pay you
So week more than you were getting
In your downtown Office" said the
teacher. YES" said the girl, ''but
like 1t better in the Office. It's more
fun for one thing and then" She
paused, but the teacher begged her to
continue. "Well, It's this way" the
girl finally blurted out you see, it's
sort of more honorable for me. 1t isn't
because l don't like to be employed
by lady, but you're a lady who works
Why, none of my lady friends do any
thing except one or two, and they're
employed by gentlemen In downtown
offices; l don't know any typelady
who is employed by a woman who
works, and, TO tell tne truth, We tnlnk
1t a little beneath us. I'm sorry" with
a commiseratlng glance at the teacher,
''but the $3 a week extra couldn't make
up for 1t, you know" The teacher
steadied her voice for one question.
Don't your men employers in the Of
fees work." she asked. "Oh, yes, in
, deed" was the answer, 'but then
| they're men. It's different with wom-
en- 1t may be of interest to add that
this teacher subsequently secured 4
man stenographer, he having no objec-
tlon he said, ito being employed by a
| woman who worked" With such
standards as those in the minds of the
rank and file the business woman has
a good many lengths TO go before she
can hope to attain even quota OF that
which her apostles declare for her,
Philadelphia Times.