Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-07
MONEY PROBLEMS OF
THE BUSINESS GIRL
eY SALLY CHAM

Once launched OF the business world
h girl who is reaching out for bette:
things has a money problem to solve at
each milestone of her progress. II is
h problem of having her salary raised
and it has to be met nee in so oft en
in her earnings is the sure mark OF her
growth. n come it must If she is
really making her way upward.
Precisely how his raise in salary is
obtained Is an Individual problem, the
ultimate solution of which depends upon
Il girls strength Of purpose and logged
persistency. To be sure. seeming luck
in a cases carries one girl smoothly
over places which other girls must
but in the long run the experience of the
hard working. determined girl is the
experience of all. and from the n
who has attained success In spite Of
many difficulties we learn the secret of
succeeding under all conditions.
II have found that there is no royal
road to a first class salary" explains an
fought her way up from the ranks to an
income Of $1,000 a a Competition
and modern strenuous methods mak it
an uphill struggle from start to finish.
and the gradual Increase in wages
which finally reaches a desirably high
mark a to be battled for every inch
of the way. Each raise in salary comes
with u greater effort than the last. and
the business world in general stands
with a gatling gun before the door of
each opportunity, demanding an item
ICED proof of every qualification you
POSSESS.
This at least has been the case with
me, though my experience has osen
an unusually hard one. You see I De-
PEI, V,tthp,,t ory frpdo at INV HnSv.s.
tips and with scarcely any knowledge
OF business methods. 1t was a 's.al
drawback at the very start n my
first position was doing clerical work
at SIS a month. To be sure. 1t took
only the morning hours. but l found
after many fruitless attempts that there
isn't anything harder to obtain than
regular employment for certain hours
Of the day when a girl Is occupied dill
the rest Of the time.
Nevertheless, l ook up the work
eagerly and enthusiastically and re-
mained at 1t for three years with vary
ing emotions because of my lack OF
progress, and a profound fear OF my
employer. This latter trait / have since
come to know is Il decided failing of
the average young business woman and
retards her progress i~mmeasurably.
She has not yet gained the confidence
OF her abilities. With abjeet dread of
the man who controls her falary. she
approaches him-or SHES away from
him-as though he were the last person
on earth who could give her employ
ment.
Il believe 1t is the greatest mistake
a girl ran make. n just SO long as
she allows this feeling to dominate her
Just so long will she see incompetent
Dragging girls walk past her to good
positions and a steady increase In sal
airy. The very first essential to sue
cess in the business world is conf
dence in ones self and ones abilities
and, what is more. the courage to lei
the man at the head of affairs see It,
I'm this first position it took me al
Of W years to muster up sufficient
pluck to ask the man 1 worked for td
raise my salary. 1t doesn't seem pos
sible row.. though 1 do realize that i
has peer ii very valuable lesson in nj
my future struggles. Having a kee'