The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-04-14
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
REMIND "SELF-MADE MAN" OF
AN EXPERIENCE.
One Of George Horace Lorifner's
Letters" That Combines Humor
and Wisdom-His Final Solution Of
Great and vexing Problem.

never do business with woman
that l don't think Of little incident
which happened when was first
married to your Ma. We set up house
keeping in one Of those cottages that
you read about in the story books,
when it's up to you to live in one Of
them
Your Ma did the cooking and
hustled for things to cook. It was
pretty rough sailing, you bet, but one
way and another we managed to get
a good deal of satisfaction out of it,
because we had made up our minds
to take our fun as we went along.
With most people happiness is some
thing that is always just day off.
But have made it rule never to putt
off being happy till tomorrow.
| was clerking in general store at
that time, but | had little weakness
for live stock, even then; and while
l couldn't afford to plunge in 1t ex-
actly, managed to buy a likely
little shoat that | reckoned on carry
ing through the summer on credit and
presenting with a bill for board in
the fall. The first l knew your Ma
was calling him Toby, and had turn
ed him loose. Answered to his name
like a dog. Never saw such a
sociable pig. Wanted to sit on the
porch with us. Tried to come into
the house evenings. Used to run
down the road squealing for Joy when
he saw me coming home from work.
Well, 1t got on toward November
and Toby had been making the most
of his opportunities. l reckon I was
attached to him myself, in a sort of
a sneaking way, but I was mighty
fond Of hog meat, too, and we needed
Toby in the kitchen. So sent around
and had him butchered.
When | got home to dinner next
day, | noticed that your Ma looked
mighty solemn as she set the roast
of pork down in front of me. but I
else, as | carved, and my wits were
off wool gathering sure enough when
l said
will you have a piece of Toby.
my dear?"
Well, sir, she just looked at me for
moment and then she burst out cry.
ing and ran away from the table. But
when l went after her and asked her
what. was the matter, she stopped
crying and was mad in a minute all
the way through. Called me a heart.
less, cruel cannibal. That seemed to
relieve her SO that she got over her
mad and began to cry again. Begged
me to take Toby out of pickle and to
bury him in the garden. reasoned
with her. and in the end made her
see that any obsequies for Toby, with
pork eight cents pound, would be a
pretty expensive funeral for us. But
first and last she had managed to take
my appetite away SO that l didn't
want any roast pork for dinner or
cold pork for supper.
That night took what was left of
Toby to store keeper at the Cross.
ing, who l knew would be able to
gaze on his hams without bursting
into tears, and got pretty fair price
for him.
l simply mention Toby in passing,
as an example Of why believe women
weren't cut out for business-at least
for the pork-packing business. I've
had dealings with a good many Of
them, first and last, and it's been
my experience that when they've got
weak case they add their sex to 1t
and win, and that when they've got
a strong case they subtract sex
from 1t and deal with you harder
than a man. They're simply bound to
win, either way, and l don't like to
play game where l haven't any
show. When clerk makes q fool
break, I don want to beg his pardon
for calling attention to it, and don't
want him to blush and trembe and
leak little brine into fancy pocket
handkerchief
A little change Is q mighty sooth-
ing thing, and like woman's ways
too much at home to care very much
for them at the Office. Instead Of
hiring women, try to hire their hus-
bands, and then I usually have them
both working for me. There's moth
ing like a woman at home to spur on
a man at the offlce.-From Letters
from Self-Made Merchant to His
Son." by George Horace Lorimer. Ey
permission of Small, Maynard G. Co.,
Publishers, Boston, Mass.