The sun., 1900-12-09
WOMEN As BO0KKEEPERS.
rHSsR rOJriOy van ysrAniJsHgD
vow ~ gUS ~ sINsS WORtD.
ola vrsjsdites Ars,n., the So, Proved n, rrsi
IN fe tnfoundsd Advantages of women
rootksepet. over Wen thou'snds ~
Ihem tnPlo,~d An Umpio,efs view,

Th~m IN, pio,ed An Umpio,ets view
N. woman book kccper Il not hcfofc N"
public ." rtnpinoutl" ~ tho woman st~nog-
rnphrr. hu' hcr postion In tho hulncss world
4, one ~ the .iraws which shows ~" way the
wind IL blpVIng " III. Testimony " n large
number Of businrs, men of New YORK II 90 b"
accepted. the woman hookkoeper has com"
e. stay, and ~ slowly hu' surely replacing her
brother H. the work \ hint ~ the old prei-
udiCc still Uugcr-. and there are men who In
sist that they vill never employ WOMEN Tor
of'lco work but. when forced 10y aStN reporter
10 stand aud deliver. these conv 'rs1tIous could
rarely show ~ argument wor' logical than
personal prejudice and the fact that man
had to hc careful about the language IN an office
when there were women around
ON the other hand. employers who have
made the change and employ women bookkeep-
ors are loud IN praise Of the innovation. one
recent convert has stan Of IA ho"kkeepers
in his of,lcc. aud looks upon them with as much
pride o. though thrv were q pudding OF his
own invcut,ou
How do Ike IL it'- great" he said en-
Enthusiastically Ia took me n long time %
come around to it. OF course there have been
women bookkeeprrs ever since the food. but
there were not very many of them. and
thought man was a fool for employing one
There are Il lot of seedy old traditions about
,r,,,a,, ,ho,o,, h,,orod irs, on arco,,ut NJ their
antiquity and believed them all II they had
hoor ,r,,o ,,,. a,,i,,do ,ow,rd women in oe,o,
,r,, o,,il L,, h,o, al, riebt hu, rho v,yoro not
,r,,, ,s,t.,,r,.,,n n-o,, ,m,r, ,,bo has nevsr
rn, an oc,tu., ,be working woman. and .lsh-
,,ra,,s al hi. ,ho,,ios ohn,,, wononlind from
,,rdr - u.,,,,, rhn.o. In his now family and
social circle, needs enlshtmcnt Now. firmly
hclcved n scr, ~ cr.od Women vero phy-
.i.,rlr i,,orollo ~ .,.odv ond irving work.
U,,,,o, ,.,ro roo r,rrou, On 0ros,, broad husi-
,,.s. ,r,nci,I,. Worror talked too much 70
no ,,,.,od wo,,o, uor. too frivolous In
,,ko n doo, ir,.ras, In nm cmnlovcr's business
Vo-,o., ,.,ra i,,ccur,,c Women couldn't
Loan m. narsopoI oouatiop ont of business
r.I,,io,s I could have rone On that way all
da, ,a,li,,, CON roasons whv women weren't
az ,or or,ca work ,yas n fool In fact. |
,,,s sa,orol L;rds ON fool I've senior book
$3.50 .rI O,,,, i,,,,i,r hootL.o,.rs all women
al ,,,ot rraad ~ ,,,,ra hos hear knocked into
a cooLod ,a, nv hi,bor crlticism
~vi,h,, do los, ,c, y.,rs moro and moro
,-o,,o,, ar,,io,.o.s h,vo beor tur,irs nm in
tb, Jo,,to,v, or'ces and nv friends who had
,,i.d uor,o, for their hookkeanins nil insisted
,ha o,,ari,n.r, w,s n success hut 7 hold of
a., ,hro. ,.oors 600 nv head booxkoener
q, ,,ix pla ierun giving
Narho,,on and Nar,i,i lcdeers So lod to
a. h,,, ord ,rluo I vros wonde,,nv ,,lat to
an ,rio,d =, ,r,. limo of bnsiness came in
IIo ,ras ,n't losing on, hsre nr.paratorv To
,,,o,.,ns, ~, ana no bnd tho hes, bookkeep.r
,h., ay., s,r,,ck IN n trial balance
,co,d hir, around .Isoid
. M ,,o,non
. .Tha, .o,,Io. ,,, pr, (, d,,r, .,tt,o 4,
, uos ,aI,,od i,,, ,i,ing ,b. boolL eaner n trial.
- ,.o 80, do, ,,,ia, U,,Io ,rn,non IN hIocl
,raI,,,d ,n,, ,bo or,,. Sba.s ,barey 20, Whom
sho Ioo,.o. I.u -o,iro from business There
hosrl hoo, , bi,,h .i,o. sbo STRUCK ,bo nloce
uL, - - .,.o lI,,.s I,, ,hroo ,c,rs and
,ha, gho mo- ,rr,.ir, a bro,bar We set our
~, -, hor orr,,ol IN IN. ,ror,i,g I've
ra,o, COON ber angry Two never seen her
cra,Lr sLo has 4. lo,, voice and at frat some
:, ,la ,,o,, ,,soJ 70 r,,, IN n,ols on IN, nun,ber
., words sho would srcak I'm n day She didn't
,,cs,e o,, sha hos a hcsd for detail that is
si,rrlr croyi,e and she Is so rne,hoocal and
100, 49, tccl,. o,o wo,tsofnr,
"a, c,s, sbo had mon for b.- iurior. and
,,or raso,,ot lsr arrival but .he managed
,r,r, ,,r,a,,I,. Iro notion tbot sbo n,onec.s
an nfrs I'm, xe don.tkrow If she 10 forced
,r,o oss,,,ri,,,, re.nor,,bili,y en-. does I, and
~ ,s ,,.,,oI,. ri,h, but she rrofors c,rsul,ine
49,, ,,, ,,a,,.r ~ ,or,, Ordinarily Inn, IL
=, aooi,ad,,. ho,,.r than tbo rnar.s fashion ~
,,ir,,irl, ~. ,,o,,s moro about the busIress
,ha,, M. or,,,oyer and going ofr half-cocled
re,d tho, , woman. Iocl of solr-cor odorce in
!, ,,, .,cos.iy. on. of her inertia in clerical
,,,rL s. is,., toLr,,, INV cboncas ard when
,,o,. ,rotI,,, ,orrrcr,s bor sbe finds ont
80 e., all no,,. II o,,,b. IN h.,,ct
aTbo, ,.-,, I,,L ,f saIf-coradcnce n,akes
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-. g, ao,.u o,d ,lo "a nation, With IL She
.a,,,i,i,,,. ,,,,,., ,,o,,. ro,,,ro ~ lao, r,o,L
-, ,a, -, 40, Iii. ,riol b,lo,c. and s
- L,rr,. Lo ,,,Las n GROSS ep,,v ,orces n
,a,',.n. ol - ttr,o hiring tho no,t ,,or,h
a,,I, h,ro ,ta ,,a,,,Ia wos Won will ,ot
,,.,,,,,.,, h,,,ti,co,o, doir, ,ho, Sh.
GN-,,, .r,,,sL Sro,n s,,ilo ~ ,bot
- :, :, .,,, n, .Iotas 70 81 ,irh,s
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-ol 80, lo,oro a., coos or ~ n uor,ap
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an,. n t.r ,,ial hoIo,co ,,r,o o,icLIr
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