The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-29
WORK FOR WOMEN OYER 80.
DEMAND IN BUSINESS FOR THE
YOUNG GIRL LESS URGENT.
Good Pay for intelligence, Experience and
Judgment-Ihe Average Young Girl
Tried and Found wanting in Common
sense-4ualities ma Tell In Business.

Good Pay for Intelligence, experience anu
,Judgment-rhe Average Young Girl
Tried and Found wanting in Common
sense-Qualities n Tell In Business
.Over thirty" and mot under thirty
are business requirements which are be-
coming more and more frequent where the
services Of q woman are desired. In almost
every such case the salary is above the
average and the qualifications are those
which 1t would be almost impossible for q
very young woman to count among her
assets. The characteristics usually de-
manded in such instances are Executive
ability" "tact" and good Judgment
The head Of q New York establishment
making a specially Of supplying business
women for all sorts Of work, in speaking OF
this subject recently, said;
Il have more applications nowadays than
over before for thoroughly competent,
dignifed, mature women, trained and ex-
perienoed In some line Of business and
upon whose Judgment and intelligence an
employer may rely.
Il secured q very valuable woman for a
large dry goods store not long ago. In
order to induce her to change from a former
place the store owners were obliged almost
to double her salary. This woman had
bean for twenty ear accustomed to the
handling Of laoes. She commenced by
selling them-now b buys them, going
abroad three times = year Tor tnat pIf5PHNtes'
Do you think for a moment 1t could be
dons by a young woman7 over thirty
would certainly be a fattering figure at
which to place her age. She's 50 II she's
q day. I. ~,..
and whom I placed more than two years
ago In a very different sort Of q job was a
we'll preserved thoroughly charming woman
Of, I should say, almost 60 years Of age.
Having brought up q family Of her own
and being accustomed 70 the management
a house mother in a suburban school,
where the principal was wise enough to
appreciate the value Of such q persons
services. The salary paid was not large,
but she had a delightful home and made an
She did more or less chaperoning during
the school term and this summer has gone
abroad with three Of the girls.
Business men, too, such as lawyers,
bankers and brokers, to whom are intr listed
many absolutely confidential matters. are
girl Of IS, fresh From some business college
and with absolutely no experience and per-
haps not much COMMON sense, Is not the sort
OF person to whom they dare to intrust
weiRhty business correspondence and other
details. Years ago We did not dare send
out a m over rs without stating this
fact to her prospective employer; in fact,
rather a~pologizing for her lack Of youth.
That's all over now, and when q man
wants a thoroughly experienced woman
to look after his confidential mail and per-
sonai affairs, the preference is given every
time to such q woman as the advertise
ments describe as not under 81.
sOf course, It goes without saying that
r,oh a woman must be prepossessing in
anpearanoe, for o certain degree Of good
looks and an attractive manner 90 a long
way In the selection Of q woman for any
sort OF business"