The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08


value of young men and young women
clerks are exactly the same. The
Inference. says the Philadelphia North
.,,srican. lies partly in the attitude of
+ne employer, and partly in The gener-
- Qualifications of the help employed,
rsgardless of sex.
department store where the large
.ro,ber of clerks makes it impossible
- discriminate closely with regard to
.sa Qualifications of the help en-
r1o,,ed behind the counters, the general
o,inion expressed is that the average
..o,,re woman does not rank with the
overage young man N value to The
store.
said one manager of a large depart
mont store: "It is our experience that
Girls are more apt to become clerks
,,rough a desire to earn spending mon
ev than young men are. They often
come from comfortable homes, but
want greater independence in money
matters, to dress better, or sometimes
n gain experience in a line of business
IN order that they would be qualified
n earn their own living if it ever be-
,,,,osso,-,, rvbesa oirls so,,oa+iroas
GAME 80. 49, oe+o, 49,.
make sOou Help ~ oINeN NY az"
thoughtle5S anu IrltVlous. hey are
not obhgeu 10 Keep Clell posilloi III
fact 90 not EXPECT 70 rep tAelii Uls'
about giving satisfaction, and little or
nothing about being advance. There
are exceptions to this rule of course.
Some OF these girls 40 tnelr pest pe-
cause that Is cilaI aeleIlsulc OIL them III
whatever they ~
y Dung HleIl' On tie olner manu-, eA-
pecl 10 eHsdee ~ Soiiie Aiilu " nuH!
ness as long as tley HNe, anu Inns Is
necessarily an incentive TO sood WORK.
But even theh we nave young men VINO
care only ABOUT drawing thelr Week
wages, ana so 40 ohly enough 10 hold
their joD' BUT such clerks are "eeded
out as raploIy as posslole' ior they not
only fan TO sell as many goods as they
might put they urlVe customers away
from the store py thelr indifference
and lack OF courtesy Inc average
however, Is IN 1aVor OF the young man.
"One factor Whlcn makes the young
woman less valuable than the young
man grows out OF the condltion elready
outlined VI course an Ola clerk Is
IIViN e'Ae-AA SA'S N'AS -
perlenced' ana since young women stay
shorter time imam young men, IL
means less, experienced help among
them.
"When young woman OF the rlght
sort however, steps behind the counter,
we learn 10 Nalue her services. Hhe
may not expect 10 make clerklng her
life work. at any rate that fhought
does not IN any way AFFECT I!er pfeselit
efhclency' She learns her stocK' stud
les her goods, watches the buyers, ana
IS soon ready Tor an advance. In some
departments she may De given cnar%e
OF the stock and sent Ea"s or aLroao
from one TO -FOUR tunes a year us puy-
En- lot there are INES OIL Soous WEIGH
woman Is much better EQUIPPED 20
nandie IMAM is a man. inns apFlISs
especially TO ready-made wearing APP
parel Ior women ana chlidreA.
inc successIul clerk OF etner sex
must be interested IN MS customer
wants; he or she cannot chew gum or
hrt WITH someone IN the next eepalt-
meht ana at the Same tline wait upon
customer satisfactorily.
Inc owner OIL a store whlGn nous Elk
cepuohdlly lSh rahh III tne business
MVlu' anu helS d must @A0lual ~ ,'Ill-l
,ele' anu III consequence d coi 81 olS &c
lecIeu CoipS OIL clerkS' says
gran you thdt d YOUNG "oI lll
uoes HoI Keep HeI posltioil DC io"s 90
tne average young man. out IN my. -
PeIlence Wnlle she is III 'hat VoSltlIli
sne ~ dS Interested anu DIS alSll as ~, tI',
yOuHs men. men WIN SpiI"M NI- u
snnle ne ddueo' II tne young men ou1-
sIue the store would let tn9 younE W.
n,9n IN .he store ATONE tnSS WouiI No
AZ Ilshl' Inc trouoIe Is that 'heN
come in and visit over our counters
anu InonopChze the clerh tiine' 1h1 ,c
Il not lar, eltner 10 tne clSrA herseh
VI 60 Us. we hnd that young women
as cieIh are Wnoliy SATISFACTORY:
nave some that Woulu put 'Sdulst
anS man Ior salesmahshlp; dnu thtE
are eager 10 learn more, TO De au
."HCeu ana 10 reach the nlSnesl pi'Ne
~ tiLslr departments we hna tnelli
oapeDe buyers IN certain HneS o.
eogus; nut When glrl engaged
t anu llen ne Iaugheo. "eli' ne CON
unued, of course you can see that her
chairs then imam with those OF her EN-
tIoyTI' ole uoes not lntend that II
ono"lu pe So out lt Is. IL only nat
ul%' VI course, ana lts all right, out
-ealY her Gays or greatest usefulness
are over SO lar as we are concerned.
DelleVe that every woman should
nave a nome of her own, and have no
Iault to find with the fact that a young
woman is a less permanent institution
IN a store than is a man. That should
be so. But while in the store she
should not let that fact influence her
in any degree. OF course individuals
differ, and all are not equally ambit-