The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-08
THE NEW WOMAN.
She Must Learn Promptness and Fidelity
In Business engagements.

She Must Learn Promptness and Fidelity
In Business Engagements.
Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden holds
an important editorial place ON the stan
Of the New York Tribune. Lately / met
her wearing q weary Of the world ex-
preston. 1t is part of her duties to en-
ploy women reporters and writer's TO
work for her department. She told me
she good Lord only knew the trouble she
had in getting girls that were reliable
and prompt. Just when an important
assignment was before her young
woman would step up and say she want
ed to be excused that night, as she was
going to party or expected to have
company Most girls had beaux and So
ciety in their heads, equally with II not
more than their business tasks, ana IL
seemed hopeless to make them appreci-
ate the importance of the work they mad
undertaken TO do. Then, too, they were
exceedingly apt to take atfront easily
when sent on ASST nments and come
back without getting what they were
sent for. If they were snubbed or not
treated like fine lady in parlor, out
they would whirl in dudgeon and
leave the work they had been ordered
| to do. "They don't think of the paper,
they don't think of me" said Mrs. AL
den. "All they think of is their own
| hurt vanity. Once or twice 1 have near
| ly lost my place through having girl
| whom had sent out on an important
| assignment flare up and come back
| without word of report" Mrs. Alden
declared further that boon beyond cal
culation would be strong, active,
willing woman, who knew how to
write, who had the proper pride in her
work and her paper and who could be
depended on to put its interests first ev-
cry time. / have mentioned this CONVEX
sation to point out incidentally the great
need for women who enter the indus
trial world to put all nonsense away
from them and settle down to serious
work. long ago found out that could
do one of two things ] could work or
could play, but l could not do both to-
| Qether. / could not even work as
ought to and then go off and have
l good time socially in the evening. II
did, was not fit for my work next day.
Work was what / gained my living al
and what came into the world to do.
So gave up the good times socially and
buckled down to the occupation l had
chosen. 1t has been my solace and my
delight. 1t has made me good living
and enabled me to help others. l have
gained more, far more, than gave up
Unless you are absolutely prompt ant
faithful in keeping your promises ant
engagements you will never amount 7
q row of pins.
Q Many girls and women would like {
t write for newspapers. They have per
: feet right to do so. First, they shoul
1 be sure they have something to say
: something they think ought to be said
!, They must learn to write. A legibl
k hand is an important requisite, whethe
v ! you do or do not use typewriter.
good, plain handwriting is an indica
ton of a character that takes prope
pains with work. Learn how to spe
r and punctuate perfectly and how to us
!. absolutely faultless grammar. DO nc
3 depend on proofreader or compositor
It correct defects in this line. An edito
c will not bother with a manuscriI
II whose author does not know how
;. spell or to use good grammar. Mex
% learn composition. Be precisely accura'
e in YOUR statements of fact. If you al
Y not sure thing you wish to state
IS fact is such, find out, or, il you canno
a then omit it altogether. Do not bottle
If with trying to acquire any particul'
20 STYLE Simply say what you have to So
y in strong, clear English and stop, new
Sc repeating yourself, never maunderir
1t ON in sloven,y, wordy way. Do n
e. depend ON having your manuscript edi
K ed and cut down. Do the editing al
Sc cutting down yourself, and your chanc
ne will be 16 to for getting your matt
nj printed. Have every word OF 1t read
10 exactly as it should be printed. To
k, this requires much practice and usual
or much experience, but If you are real
il in earnest you will be willing to do
is erything that helps to make you 81
r. cessful.
have lately seen a new picture
" Hon. John d. Long, secretary OF {
L, i ".
friend Of women and woman suffrae
"a and, like all such, he is very fine loo
~ ing, handsome man.
The college education Of today dc
not at all fit young men to be husban
and fathers. 1t is dead wrong. Hc
~ can a course of comic sections or astro
ed omy or analytical geometry help the
the to get up nights and run for doctor
A administer correction properly to 10
wn Henry when he runs away and goes ii
y ing? How can conjugating Greek vel
en-, aid them in carving turkey {
a me you the system is all wrong. Let
,en young men have training which W
,ir. teach the duties and responsibilities
hot O family man.
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