The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-11-04
The OFFICE GIRL
Lines Of Conduct by Which She
is Popularity
Supposed to Both Please and
Protect Herself.

office girl Is popularity supposed to not
| only please but to protect herself from
over-familiarity on the part of her
employer and fellow employees is
summed up and expressed by those
who have made a study Of the subject
in the following rules, says Martha
Stein. in Chicago Tribune.
Do not have candy upon your desk
or offer it to your employer.
Do not be "ribbony" girl.
Do not chew gum.
Do not "effervesce."
Do not ask your employer If he
knows II there is any good place
around to get your lunch.
Do not protect yourself from posi-
BILE familiarity by wearing a sour face.
In case of excessive praise of your
work on the part Of your employer inn
ply that it is undesirable ana would
best be discontinued. This is danger
signal. Thank him for his Kindness.
but express the fact that you prefer
him not to mention it again in plain
terms.
Do not wear lace sleeves.
Do not encourage the men in the Of
flee to wait upon you or to pick up
things that you drop.
Do not jump right up and run home
to your mother If you feel that you
have been covertly insulted.
Have dignity.
If your employer remarks that he
hates to see you becoming tired and
| offers to send out and get you glass
of lemonade, decline 1t, and tell him
that your being tired is a matter for
yourself alone to deal with. (This is
an entering wedge on his part).
Keep an eye on the whereabouts of
things on your employers desk, but
do not attract attention to these serv-
ices. 1t would seem like bid for his
favor.
If you consider that anyone in the
Office offers you undesirable attention,
decline it In such way as not to refer
to the moral question involved.
| If your employer helps you up" in
| any way in your profession do not as
sumo anything on account of his hav-
ing done so.
Do not wear flowers in the Office.
Do not go to lunch with your en-
ployer unless you are in position of
long standing and there are exceptional
circumstances, like business which for
some unusual reason has to be dis
cussed in an extremely lmiteI time.
Then insist on paying for your own
lunch:
Avoid the man who in any way
knocks" the others, especially the
other women in the office.
Hold your head we'll and carry your
self Welt
Affect the shampooer and the mani
cure and the wearing; Of tailor mades''
rather tHan fnery.
There is a. great deal of talk about
how girl should conduct herself in
an Office: There is a, prevalent belief
that If she receives any undue famtl-
iarity 1t is her own fault. If she fol-
lows the rules that are set down above
she is pretty certain to be exempt.
AS will be seen, they imply not only
the poS>esston of fine dignity, but
also good taste, and a broad UNDER
standing Of the subject Of dress and
the fitness of things" and call for a
fair understanding Of tactics" when 1t
comes to. particularly unn1ansgeable
masculine material. q.
If girl. has all of these, qualities 1t
Is pretty safe to- say that she viii be
able to, manage anything In the shape
Of office. material which she may be
called upon to do, barring brutes, that
the managers OF all reliable woman's
business snltsors will tell you exist in
considerable quantities. She will at
least not he responsible for any mat
tention, to- business on the part Of en-
ployers or fellow employees. She may
even marry her employer.
Unfortunately. however, instead OF
I being all this, the girl who goes into
an office is not infrequently Of the kind
generally called worldly. For this class
Of girl, those who employ many women
emphasize and elucidate certain
points. One thing which is particu-
larlT perilous to the masculine balance