The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
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at my oflce and I never realized that aha
had unusual hair until I heard my patients
talking about " I really think the sight
| Of that woman. with her magnificent head of
hair. has done more 10 encourage some OF
my nervous patients To persist In their
course Of treatment than anything I could
possibly have said 70 them.
They probably infer that In some way
| this nurses beautiful hair II due to ms
treatment. which isn't so at all. Now, u
I'm TO have n private secretary, there's
no reason In the world Why | shouldn't
| try to get one who will I've an equally good
advertisement for me-
Il realized In q moment that I had one
/ pupil who possessed just the requirements.
Under ordinary circlmsta ncee, she wouldn't
nave been ready to take such a place for
| three months. but I put the case before
her, offered her evening lessons and extra
practice, and In six weeks she was installed
In the ~physician's Office.
Il don't know which one 10 the better
! satisfied. the doctor or his secretary. Her
hair is her only pretense TO. beauty. and.
| naturally, Is all the more conspicuous on that
account. 1t In the most beautiful shade Of
light brown, thick and very glossy.
could well understand how such a head OF
hair, seen in the Office OF q hair specialist,
would DO more to encourages 6 lot OF ner-
vous thin haired women thnN any amount
Of medical lore.
Il placed another In q desirable
place only about a monfh aEA Snd eh9
was chosen entirely for hav toohs. and !
all nNnfnon tEat "a S4Ak paA aI-4aaf
three months to find jugs tbs night patson.
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tablishment, where a specially u made OF
corsets and all sorts Of lin6erts for large
women.
Il saw at once what the dodge was. They
wanted some one who would show OF their
wares, but she must pose "a q sscrCtary
and her influence must be extremely subtle.
Had they advertised for such Q person
they would have been ovefrun with APP
plioants- young things with girlish figures
and no approach to style.
"They didn't o. this type, not a bit
Of it. Their best paying customers were
mature women with figures showing signs
They wanted a tall, we'll proportioned,
stylish woman OF 30 or over. All she was
to do was to leave her desk occasionally
and in a casual way walk past a heeitating
taneous. The customer would look after
the retreating figure and exclaim:
l- Now, I'm not a bit bigger than she u,
but my figure is 80 differentl Does she
n wsss your c~0rssts' Her figure is simply
~The customer is t%hereupon assured that
she not only wears their special corset
but their W make Of underwear, which
the beauty of the lines.
Il don't blame an employer for trying
to combine several things in one person,
and II he can get a person able to
do dSvs the work do and vo also vo a lot Of Of silent tIIas
to do it? In this Instance the person i
finally succeeded in getting for them was
obliged without the least warning to begin
supporting herself, and that at the age
@She can compos a better letter than
the average business man can dictate, and
after going through Il short business course
could easily fill a position as private score
tary, Her only assets were an ability to
speak French fuently and a magnificent
physique.
The most unusual personal require
ment ever encountered was an adver-
t aemsn. sli faa ian lame att To 'denop yonns
special shoe appliance; Some knowledge
Of stenography and bookkeeping desirable
What do you think of that for a COM
bination of Office assistant and advertiser
Of goods2 Somehow / had never thought
Of a physical defect In the light Of an avail
able asset in the business world-especially
for a young and attractive woman.
But there 1t was in black and white.
and strange as It may seem, I was quite
sure I could put my fingers right on a young
woman who, with q short course Of in
struction, could fill the bill.
Il answered the advertisement In person.
I told the advertiser that I knew of a most
attractive young woman who had become
so crippled with rheumatism that one eide
of her body varied almost two inches from
the measurements Of the other. She was
unquestionably lame, and her trouble had
80 thoroughly discouraged her that she
had given up her studies with me.
THE prospective employer had patented
an appliance to be worn In q shoe. which.
Of course, was made to order especially
for each customer. His business was grow
ing rapidly and he needed a ~bookkeeper
to look after his accounts. also a stenog-
rapher. He Yves also anxious to COM
bine these business qualifications in the
person Of a slightly lame young woman.
Il arranged an interview and everything
was in the highest degree satisfactory.
She studied with me for six weeks and at
the end Of that time I was positive she
would do me credit In her business methods.
So far as her physical requirements are con-
cerped, she Is just the one for the place.
She Is dainty and refined, with the pref
test little foot imaginable. She has prao-