Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-09
A PLAIN
GIRLS
CHANCES

10 seems that some people. having
assumed that tho pretty girl u given
preference By tho average employer.
are wondering what becomes u Tho
rifl who is not only plain but no longer
young, and who docs not marry.
In tho first place it ia a wrong sup
poaition that tho pretty girl IL gonor.
ally preferfodi many business mon,
young ones, also, who arc supposed 20
be quite impressionable, refuse 90 hire
pretty girls. claiming that they do not
take the really active interest In their
work that plain ones DO, and make
Ices satisfactory employees. They have
a theory that tho pretty ones mind
must be on her cuFls aud hor dimples
aud tho admiration sho elicita from
che male half OF the population. Nat,
urally. II such wefo the case. she would
not give as good service as her homely
sister, aud business men-tho success
ful onea-are running their businesses
primarily for tho purpose OF making
money Therefore they hire their
help without regard for sentiment. and
90 got tho most work Ia return Tor che
amount Of money invested The plain
girl is not Disseminated against ex-
eepting by class Of employees that ID
would not be 10 her credit 10 please.
But what becomes Of the old girls
who do not mafFyfN This Is readily
answered by a little insight into hu,
man nature and the laws of living Il
Is certainly true that people get what
they 20 after In this world 10 Ger,
tain extent They may not reap On full
measure that which they sow, but there
Is always a partial crop, at least, and
most assuredly they do not reap that
which they do not sow. A girl who has
matrimong in mind whether pretty
or plain, FOR the plain girl maFries
quite as readily as the pretty one
dresses with greater care, spends her
salary on becoming clothes lives only
in the thought of some man some day
assuming the burden Of the future,
and, as she is on the lookout for hus-
band she naturally finds one. Ii new
eF seems 90 her worth while % save
money because she knows she Is
working" only temporarily. and she |
prefers the ribbons laees, hats. etc, |
that her salary will buy 20 a bank ae
eouug. A man is readily attracted by |
the prettily and daintily dressed girl, |
and her problem in life Is easily set |
tied
There are other young women natur- /
ain thrifty who would feel that their /
working hours were wasted II their nav /
went merely for things Of temporary |
value They have ths business in |
stinets Of a man, aud they must. ac- 1
cOFding 20 the nature Of their beings, 4
put aside a part Of their salaries each 4
week As the years 60 on they become |
keenly interested in watching their 4
bank accounts grow larger with each /
week savings. They become more
economical with the passage of time,
and even take 10 doing their own sew
ing at night and eeonOmizing in other
little things that they may save more
money.
The employer notices their thrifty
ways and feels confidence in them as
women who could no more waste anoth
RS money than their own. They are
safe people 10 put in charge Of the
work, as they will allow no "soldier-
ing" among the help, neither will thew
waste supplies. They become fore.
women and general managers They
are promoted as readily as a man would
be, because the employer does not be-
lieve they Will marry now and he comes ,
10 look upon them as fixtures. Their
services are valued and they are paid
almost the same salary, and often ex-
,etly the same, that a man would re-
,eive for the identical work. You win
ind them IN every establishment IN
he city where there is a goOd-sized Of
Ice force, and often as managers Of
ne business where there are no other I
employees save stenographer and an !
'ffiee boy.
know one capable business woman
Who has complete charge Of a tremen-