The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-06-03
tail that appertains to the business of

tail that appertains to the business OF
| life insurance.
At a great mahogany desk near the
| window sits Miss Ansendt 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 a soul can get by
that desk unless that soul first has the
approval Of Miss Amendt. Unlike Miss
Katherine I. Harrison. the $4,000 sec
rotary Of Fl. H. Rogers Of the Standard
Oil, Miss Amendt viii see anyone who
has any reasonable business mission.
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
n1ent as the star general agent of the
Equitable. This is part of Miss
Amends theory of success. It is Miss
Amends special province to attend to
this agency business for Mr.. Tarbell
she keeps in touch with everything APP
pertaining to her department in the
United States and Canada The gen
eraI 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 @sdiscov-
cry the newspaper men began to ask
questions about this busy woman. Then
they began to ply her with questions.
4 started she told one correspond
ent, sin Mr. Tarben's Office in Chicago
as stenographer, and when he came
here, in 1893, TO be second vice presi-
dent, I was taken along, with several
others. That's all
How did I first get with the Equit-
abIe?9 Just as any other woman might.
I lived ii Logan, Ohio. where I was
born, and when my father lost his
money / had to teach school TO help
along the family. Every night when
I went to he'd hoped l wouldn't wake
up IN the morning hated it SO. Fin
ally I saved up $500, and went to Chi
cago to learn stenography
q II took the course and got my diplo-
ma. The Equitable needed a stenog-
rapher, and got the place at SIS a
week. The work Interested me; I took
hold. and finally became Mr. Tarbeu's
secretary and stenographer. He was
general agent fer the Northwestern
territory then. with his headquarters
in Chicago, but he was made vice presi-
dent. and came to New York
Tnat was twelve years ago. Our
business grew So large that other stem
ograDhers and secretaries were needed,
and 50 i became one of the assistants
to HI. TarbeI1. as I an now. Fer the
past six or seven years haven't done
any stenogranhie work; row I have
three Or four steuographers Of my own,
and my own secretary.
Mr.. TarBelI has in charge all the
agencies in the United States and Can
ada. Nearly all that enormous busi-
ness passes Though Miss Amendt's
hands before il reaches her chief It Is
her function 20 take the wear Of detail
on his mind She answers a greet deal
of correspondence which Mr.. asbeIl
never sees. Other letters she answers.
but hands 10 Mr. Tarbell to read oEer.
Very IzEtIa Of his Tast correspondent
dealing with 10000 police holders ana
those Rhe expect 70 become policy
holders reaches 1sT TarheI first land.