Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-07

knowledge OF human nature. my en-
ployer read my fears pretty plainly
and he profited by my timidity. as most
employers will. He wouldn't have CIV
EN- me another cent to this day il 1 had
not asked for 1t.
1T Is. of course. true that the law
OF supply and demand has much to do
with the amount of increase IA girl can
expect. out the fact stands unchal-
lenged that a raise in the contents of
her weekly envelope Is seldom. If ever.
forthcoming unless a girl takes the
trouble to ask for it. The old fashioned
theory that our worth speaks for itself
and will receive it's own reward is out
of date. Women. like men. must de-
mand nowadays before they can hope
to secure h desired money returns
for the work they do.
Back of this demand, however. must
lie in every girls mind the inward as
surance that she knows how to do a
line of work. II she feels that she can
do 1t a little better than the person
next Der. so much the greater are her
chances Of an increase in salary. My
own experience has impressed this on
me forcibly. for nothing in the world
but lack Of training could nave kept
me so long cOwed in the SIS a month
position. had no certain knowledge
of. or experience In. n trade or SAL
aried occupation. and I lacked the ini-
tidlLSe u start out ana see what l Coulo
do for myself with what natural abil-
tiles 1 possessed. 1t was that fatal
fear again and it stunted all chances
of growth.
FINALLY. after three years awoke
to the realization that l never could
earn any kind Of a salary unless /
could say to an employer with as
%surance. 4 know how to dc this or that
n my experience warrants SO much
salary Like many another girl.
night school vas my solution OF the
problem. and l stuck to it through all
disappointments until l had mastered
the preliminary training of the employ
ment l wished to take UP. From that
time on my salary continued to grow
larger.
This has been my policy ever since;
to fit myself for a better position While
I have been holding n not so good.
Then when I wanted a raise in salary it
was forthcoming. or 1 have been pre-
pared to ask it from some other en-
ployer. The old saying: Don't put all
your eggs in, one basket, is a splendid
II for the business woman to keep
In mind, when she Is considering a raise
of salary.
Hence. my first and last advice to
n girl who wishes an increase in salary
is to prepare herself for the position
which gives the better wages and the
salary will come Of itself. Above all
things, she must not allow any mush-
room growth of success to deceive her
into the belief that a good regular sal
airy comes by anything save ability and
steady. uphill p%lodding."
On the other side Of the question of
an increase in salary stands the man
who has to pay it. and his views with
regard to the problem are as enlighten-
ing as those of the woman who has
succeeded.
w reserve our good salaries for two
classes of girls is the dictum OF the
busy manager. Those who can do
their work in just the way we like to
have it done. and those who do it in
a way peculiarly their own and a frac-
ton better than our way.
THE former class of girls make i.
evident in every little thing they do
from the moment they take their posi-
ton. that u interests are foremost in
their thoughts. If it happens to be a
stenographer. no letter ever passes
through her hands which she doesn't
fully understand. or which could pos
sibly he m%iscOnstrued. that sha does
no. take it Immediately to the writer to
have him correct the error. And as