St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-06-17

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tail that appertains to the business OF
life insurance.
AT great mahogany desk near the
window sits Miss ABendt. 1t is no or
binary desk. It is perhaps ten feet
long and four broad. The top is one
solid sheet OF plate glass. There are
papers everywhere, but each one is in
its own place. Not soul can get by
that desk unless that soul first has the
approval of Miss Amendt Unlike Miss
Katherine l. Harrison, the $4,000 Sec
rotary of II. II. Rogers of the Standard
Oil, Miss Amendt will see anyone who
has any reasonable business mission.
Yet Miss Amendt is far buster, as a
rule, and has far more mass of detail
on her mind at all times, than Miss
Harrison.
From Miss Amendt the humblest
caller who really has business with the
Equitable will receive the same treat
ment as the star general agent of the
Equitable. This is part of Miss
Amendt's theory of success. It is Miss
Amendt's special province to attend to
this agency business for Mr.. Tarbell
She keeps in touch with everything ap-
pertaining to her department in the
United States and Canada The gen
eral agents in all the large cities in all
that territory do their business chiefly
with her, and all the smaller men, of
course, are under her dominion.
Her appearance in the Equitable fight
really led to her newspaper "discov-
cry" The newspaper men began to ask
questions about this busy woman. Then
they began to ply her with questions.
Il atarted," she told one correspond
ent, I'm Mr. Tarbelps Office in Chicago
as photographer, and when he came
here, in 1893, to be second vice presi-.
dent, l was taken along, with several
others. That's all.
'How did first get with the Equit-
able? Just as any other woman might.
/ lived in Logan, Ohio, where I was
born, and when my father lost his
money l had to teach school to help
along the family. Every night when
l went to bed hoped wouldn't wake
up in the morning. hated it SO. Fin
ally I saved up $500, and went to Chi
cago to learn stenography.
Il took the course and got my diplo-
ma. The Equitable needed stenog-
rapher, and I got the place at SIS a
week. The work interested me; took
hold, and finally became Mr.. Tarbell's
secretary and stenographer. He was
general agent for the Northwestern
territory then, with his headquarters
in Chicago, but he was made vice presi-
dent, and came to New York.
"That was twelve years ago. Our
business grew so large that other stem
ographers and secretaries were needed,
and SO became one of the assistants
to Mr. Tarbell, as am now. For the
past six or seven years l haven't done
any stenographic work; row I have
three or four stenographers of my own,
and my own secretary.
Mr.. Tarbell has in charge all the
agencies in the United States and Can
ada. Nearly all that enormous bust
ness masses through Miss Amendt's
hands before it reaches her chief. 1t is
her function to take the wear Of detail
on his mind. She answers great deal
Of correspondence which Mr.. Tacbell
never sees. Other letters she answers.
hut hands to Mr. Tarbell to read over.
Very little of his vast correspondence
dealing with 100000 policy-holders and
those who expect to become policy
holders reaches Nj. Tarbell first hand.