Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-11-07

| even in whispers what a woman may ex-
pect from her employer. You have 10
get into a little bevy of working wom-
en-, ehattering generally over their hot
cocoa ard chicken sandwiches. 10 get the
/ faiatest hint of this other side of the
| story. Even there the suggestion is brief.
! Tor the woman who works is discreet.
! She respects herself 700 thoroughly 70
gossip about her employer and the sur
roundngs of her workaday world.
Nevertheless though she keeps her own
conhsel, she knows what qualities 90 ~
making her position endurable and coss-
genial.
She may have started ont imbued with
many romantic notions concerning the
necessity for retired and refining enviroa-
ment. but after awhile she is content 70
drop those delicate theories and adont
new standard. demanding Cnly a whole
some business atmosphere. in which she
IS privileged 10 perform her part in re-
turn for stated and sufficient sum-
IhlS, then. comes 10 be her primary eN-
pectation from her employment.
she has Il healthy mentality. and she
would therefore prefer 4 clean, cheerful
Ond expectation.
In respect to her third requirement
she does not differ from her brother en-
p!oye. This is the treatment accorded
her by her employer.
The absurd notion that 4 woman enters
business haunting her right to he accord
Ell all the little Differences of social. life
dies hard. The truth is, nobody is more.
Wiling than she to leave those frillS ana
furbeiows behind What she wants I'M
hnlteIy more IS Justice and civ.lity-tlia
same justice and the same civility that is
mefed out TO man. and which in no
wise does away with the courtesy n WELL
bred man apCorUS all unrsnDS az af+h.AY.
sex.
y man likes to be treated with the
business civility due to one Of the Spokcs
of the industrial wheel he has part IN
keeping the concern moving. A level
headed woman likes the same treatment
1t means more to her than compliments
and ttattery. 1t is the happy mean be-
tween meaningless adulation and unrea-
sonable tyranny.
Flattery? Perish the thought. Not
tiattery, but honest appreciation of her
work, is what the average woman wants
Right here is place for a little confess
sion. showing one of the real differences
between the man and the woman worker
Perhaps 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 grim silence. There is some
thing in the extreme SensitivenesS of Il
wOman's makeup which Graves a word
of encouragement once in Il 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 If
those who employ her.
"Oh, says a man. let her do her
best and not worry. It's not 50 impor-
tant.' And there's just anothaa differ
ence between the two Into her work
she throws herself She cannot forget it
when she closes her desk at evening.
She takes it with a too intense. too per-
sonal interest, which, ii it sometimes
makes her Il more faithful servant than
a 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 ia
the feminine disposition that nine ont of
ten employed women deep down in their
hearts make that rare. occasional word
of honest commendation one of the con
ditions that make Il situation possible and
work successful.
A 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 world. Philadelphia Even
ing Bulletin.