The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-05-28
PREFER WOMEN
In Various Branches of Business
Men are Being Supplanted
as Cashiers.
The Young Mans Growing Dis
position to Bet on the Races
One of the Causes

One of the reasons why there are
three times us many women as men
acting as cashiers is the growing dis
position on the part Of young men to
bet OH the races and to dabble in the
bucket shops, says the Chicago Trib-
nne.
This is what several employers de-
clare, and one of them continued:
''Within ten years 1 have seen an al
! most incredible growth of interest in
the race track. The time was when
there was talk of poker and roulette
and policy among men in Chicago.
Now everything is horse racing. You
hear the subject brought up on all
sides where there is Il chance group of
shallow young men. They talk horse.
of sires and dams, of jockeys anu
heavy tracks, of odds, and all that.
until it makes my sick of the whole
| business.
Having Il woman cashier, however.
and employing several other women in
almost equally responsible places,
have sense of security that 1 never
had when these positions We're filled
by men. At the same time not one of
these women is under bond in surety
companies. If my judgment of them
has gone wrong and my cashier alb
seconds, it will be my loss, of course,
but at the same time think it will be Il
breaking of the record for woman's
honesty in such positions in Chicago.
L never lave heard of one woman cash
Ter who has played false with her
Charge
Banking houses are the one eXcep-
ton to the growing rule. Scarcely any
other line of large or small business is
not making concessions to the desir-
ability of a woman at the cashiers Win
dow or desk. Not only are the women
cashiers in positions, but in the adver-
tiSementS of cashiers wanted the pref
erence for women is as marked.
Physically and temperamentally.
woman is better equipped for the role
of cash accountant in the ordinary
business lines. Where the pressure Of
business calls for the handling of large
sums of money, especially in bills and
in subsidiary silver, the woman has :;
marked advantage. Her fingers are
more supple than are mans. and they
are still more susceptible to the 'fecl"
so necessary in the handling of money.
1t is this "fcel" exercised in the
handling of both bills and silver that
makes the woman superior to the man
in a general way. Whether at the local
cash window or at the general ac-
counting window of an establishment,
this physical touch is the one main de-
tector of counterfeits. The raised
good bill can be detected by an expert
of either sex at Il glance. For instance,
a dollar bill may have a good feel, but
it may be marked up to $40 or more.
The cashier will recognize without
thought that there is something wrong
that, it is impossible for the one alter
ing the bill to deceive the expert eye
in the alteration itself.
\ practical test of the cashier of
either sex will demonstrate that the
woman cashier even with her quicker
touch, will be more careful than will
the man. This is especially true where
new bills are concerned. Ordinarily
when new 500 or $50 OF 500 bill is
passed through the window to man
he will pull it through his fingers once
in acceptance of its genuineness. 1t
is his disposition to hide any possible
uncertainty that he may have of its
genuineness. He does not like to be
in the position before a customer of
examining too sharply OF seeming tc
do so.
A woman is radically different in
temperament in this respect. She is
wholly self-possessed, and it has been
her privilege as woman to exact con
cessions from men and to impose them
upon women. If she has ghost of q
thought that bill may be doubtful
she will hold it up to the light and pull
it through her fingers without the least
conjunction. The fact that she is re-
sponsible for the admission Of counter
feits calls her to the responsibility
and out of her independence she al
lows the person on the other side Of
the grating to wait.
But one of the best recommended
tions of the woman as cashier lies IL
} the seX," said an old employer. II may
have decent sort Of a man here as
cashier, but l haven't much of an ide;
where he is after office hours. With {
decent young woman in the position,
am pretty certain Of her in every re
spect 1t comes more natural to thu
business man to make himself sure O.
the character of the woman than i
does for him to dig into the characte
of the man. 4 woman's face is NOR,
easily read"
The woman cashier, rs regarded b.
the surety companies, does not GU
much figure either way. She seldom
appears to ask for bonds. When sh
does most of tho nanies will firm