New-York tribune., 1903-07-27
WOMEN EMPLOYERS.
Their Faults and PettineSs Described
By Employees.

I'd rather work for the crankiest man that ever
ranked than any woman I know" exclaimed z
harassed looking young girl the other day as with
sut removing her hat she sank down a hassock
n an anteroom of her employers Office and began
nunching a sandwich luncheon from a paper bag.
Ne, too" chimed in fellow worker. You're
ever through, and the low-downer they are them
selves the harder they'll be you" which, being
translated. meant that the less important the Off
-ial position the feminine employer filled the more
severe she was likely TO be with her subordinates.
The eavesdropper In this instance was sufficiently
Interested 10 gather little data the subject
4 large proportion of women and a minority OF
nen have women bosses" In three instances out
=. four where men we're questioned they made
-emarks relative to his Satanic Majesty. She's
fussy" was the plant Of the fourth I'm de-
ais that have no more to do with the output OF
work than the band on my old hat. she's as par
icular as she is about the gross plans. I can't
lep liking and respecting her, she's conscientious
and hard worker herself. but she lacks all sense
# proportion. Il I'd known here anywhere but in
he business world I'd like her very much. In
the workroom. though, she's-pricEly, TO say the
east Of il. But then. what can you expect? busi-
life is an entirely unnatural one for woman,
and Of course. she IS her natural affable self
when in it, I never saw one yet who could carry
On extra pound OF steam without showing it in
her temper"
And yet it was universally agreed that the
women referred to were nicer" TO the men in
their employ than TO the women That's natural
too" commented one Of the former. She doesn't
mean TO do IT, She's as just as judge in essen
ilas but its In little things you notice it. and you
know they re what count in the daily grind
Out Ct thirteen womeT questioned twelve agreed
- Sa!4 ing 'AAl women were more dlIlCdIJ 70 work
ler Lan men This was insisted upon with varia-
the ingenuity OF women in the number Of ways
discovered IL which 10 be agreeable. The thir-
teentn worker questioned was a newspaper woman
o. certain age of all the editors and wOuid-be
editors I've worked for" she said. no one ever
taa ever seemed fo are v %a5 & SeS nGI iIe one ne
cead, Just so the copy rolled off I didn't know
noticed that / was pale lei me vyat iii affsr ne
storm was over before going out on an ASSIGNMENT
ana passed an occasional oversight without an ex-
-.5Ey Bpt you must have found whose amiability
REACHED at least that point?'
men 7 ! never had a woman employer before. and
, Ihe majority Of women questioned comnlained
mat the chief aim Of a woman enplover W. 20
- w, lt ~ IiIe eyes OF the man higher up" and
~ % ~ sle "oL4u De perfectly merciless toward
Personality Is the verdict enters far mora into
the methods of woman EMPLOYER fIsT thoe s - -
man Little spiteful actions small grudges thirpe
-t-aN 'ouId nave long ago forgotten direct t6e
rl~.i rom the ranks" -@'0''
;" much for employer and empIoye. As sister
htIs the criticism is that jealousy and dis
81 =. ,'.ly mark the path Of the woman in business
HE name for herself because Of the exceence N
pun and getting the better" of The yyorker a+
5heI sac and TO this end they do not hesitate 10
'.tle ana preFaricate The desire 10 stand ,rS
VII the powers that be prevents ANYTHING Ike IN m
mess or personal sacrifice The fellow strivers
80 80 are sorry that they spelled the word nd
it 20 go ABOVE another are largely creatures Of
a a .lst hTaln say numbers who have spent wears
women. '''0 9'oS O@ size with
,Ls sald mat women's aim IN business IS gen.
.-.- - Ll x OUT or H. that they have scarcely an
o4e business conscience. and that they rarely
ne making Of such a thing as a business
lioil II seems impossible for them to break
sway Fon The everlasting personal