Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-11

even in whispers what woman may ex-
pect from her employer. You have to
get into a little bevy of working wom-
en-, chattering generally over their hot
cocoa and chicken sandwiches, to get the
| faintest hint Of this other side of the
story. Even there the suggestion is brief
| for the woman who works is discreet
i She respects herself 100 thoroughly to
| gossip about her employer and the sur
roundings of her workaday world.
| Nevertheless, though she keeps her own
| counsel, she knows what qualities go to
making her position endurable and con-
| genial.
She may have started out imbued with
many romantic notions concerning the
necessity for refined and refining environ
ment, but after awhile she is content to
| drop those delicate theories and adopt q
new standard, demanding only a whole
some business atmosphere, in which she
| is privileged to perform her part in re-
! turn for Il stated and sufficient sum-
This, then, comes to be her primary eX-
pectatlon from her employment.
She has healthy mentality, and She
would therefore prefer a clean. cheerful
place in which to work, This is her see
Cnd expectation.
In respect to her third requirement
she does not differ from her brother en-
ptoye. This is the treatment accorded
her by her employer.
The absurd notion that woman enters
business Haunting her right to be accord
ed all the little Differences of social life
dies hard The truth is. nobody is more
willing than she to leave those frills and
furbelows behind. What she wants in
hnitely more is justice and civjlity-the
same justice and the same civility that is
melted out to man. and which in 10
Wise does away with the courtesy we'll
bred man accords all persons of either
sex.
A man likes to be treated with the
business civility due to one of the spokes
of the Industrial wheel; he has Il part IN
keeping the concern moving. A level
headed woman likes the same treatment
It means more 10 her than compliments
and tlattery. 1t is the happy mean be-
tween meaningless adulatiOn and unreal
sonable tyranny.
Flattery? Perish the thought. Not
hattery. but honest appreciation of her
work, is what the average woman wants.
Right here is place for a little confes-
sion. showing one of the real differences
between the man and the woman worker.
Perhaps a man can do his work month
after month without word of encour-
agement from the powers that be: but a
woman cannot. 1t is one Of the hardest
conditions she must train herself to meet
in the business world-this working on in
the face OF a grim silence. There is some
thing In the extreme Sensltiveness of Il
weman's makeup which Graves a word
OF encouragement once in great While,
when she has done her best: just as She
prefers the honest reprOof when her work
is not satisfactory. 1t is the only guide
by which she shall be able to mold her
service exactly to the requirements Of
those who employ her.
oh" says q man, let her do her
best and not worry. Its not so impor-
tant.' And there's just another differ
ence between the two. Into her work
she throws herself. She cannot forget il
when she closes her desk at evening.
She takes it with too intense. too per-
sonal interest, which. if it sometimes
makes her more faithful servant than
man, also wears her out just twice as
fast
1t may be a fault, and one which she
will overcome. But so inherent is it in
the feminine disposition that nine out of
ten employed women deep down in their
hearts make that rare, occasional word
of honest commentator one OF the con
ditions that make situation possible and
work successful
4 chance to work, an adequate salary.
clean surroundings, just and civil treat
ment, and appreciation of her best efforts
that is what the average woman asks OF
the business Philadelphia Even
ing Bulletin.