Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-06
IS WOMAN Drawer THAN MAN
Conduct Considered When Loss Of Employ
ment Tries the Courage,
MEN ARE APT TO BE O5sPONOEST
But woman puts an Extra Feather
In Her Hst and Gees BraveI
I'm search 81 An
other job.


'1s man more lacking in courage than
woman when out Of a job?' was the quee-
tlon two women fell to discussing the other
afternoon when crossing the park.
Rows Of men were loIing on the park
benches; in fact. every bench practically
was filed with men only. Not more than
half a dozen women were visible, either
walking or sitting. in the park.
II imagine" said one OF the two women,
that most OF these men are out OF work.
IT don't see how they expect to find work
sitting here returned the other woman.
They don't expect TO. They are sitting
here probably trying to screw up their
courage to go ask for another job
''Uml How about the women who are
looking for work. why doesn't one see
rows Of women sitting here?"
Because, as a rule. women have more
courage than men when It comes to the
point Of asking for employment"
well, 1t is doubtful il there is a man
living who would agree with you.
II am not so sure about that At any
rate, l mean to put the question point
blank to some experienced business man
and get his opinion" said the other pausins
before crossing Broadway to glance back
at the park full OF idlers.
put has been identified for twenty-four
years with a department store Of which
he Is now one OF the heads.
speaking Of men and women employees
as fnd them today" said this man after
a fun minutes thought II am inclined to
think the former show less courage in the
face OF dismissal than the latter.
when 1 started my business career moro
than thirty years ago the number OF women
employed by business concerns was com
paratively small. Cashiers, bookkeepers,
auditors, were almost without exception
men. whereas now many large dry goods
concerns employ women only to do such
work.
Therefore a mans chances Of getting
work when / was a young man were, II
anything better than they are now, for
the reason he had less competition TO fear
from the other sex; but even in those days
I some men I knew were inclined to show
| the white feather whenever they lost
Job.
Getting Out and In.
"I myself have been through the ex-
perience of being discharged That was be-
fore came to this concern, and remem-
Der that for several months 1 was out OF
work. mainly because l didn't have the
/ courage to make application at places
where I might have been taken on.
Il had a feeling OF disgrace at being dis
I charged. although my offense was nothing
more serious than a hasty. III advised
answer to the head of the department in
which I sold goods. 1 was never favorite
! with him, and that answer cost me my
place.
Talk about courage! Well. I'm willing
to confess that It was days afterward be-
fore could screw up enough TO enter a
business ONCE. I don't remember just
what did with myself those days. but
very likely I sat around in the parks
some.
Fortunately I was not yet married. so
I didn't have TO think of any one but my
self And that reminds me that the mar
ried man Is generally more downcast than
an unmarried man at losing Job, and the
more downcast a man is, the less likely
he Is to show pluck, and consequently the
less chance he has OF getting another job
to his nkin-.
"At such. times a man may even forget TO
polish his shoes or brush his hat. He Is
discouraged. Inundated. and he shows It.
OF course there are lots of exceptions to
this rule. I am describing the avera &c
man who earns SIS to SIS or $50 week.
Il can't say the same thing about the
single generally takes her discharges more
or less serenely. Naturally 1 don't know
how these women feel, but do know that
instead Of sitting down and moping most
Of them stick an extra feather In their
hat put on = becoming veil and start out
the very next day on a hunt for new
Mace
Locking en- the Bright side.
Under such circumstances there is a
hopefuiness and cheerfulness about a
woman seldom seen In a man. One reason
for this may be that men applicants are
usually put through a sitter examination
than women are.
''Wher. for instance, a woman with a
toss OF her head tells me she quit her last
Job because the floor walker was a tyrant.
ar because her fellow clerks treated her
real mean from jealousy, or for some
other equally feminine reason. am more
inclined 70 believe the yarn than II a man
told II TO me I don't cross-question a
woman as rigidiy as I do a man.
when told the reason for my dis