The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-01
MONEY PROBLEMS OF
THE BUSINESS GIRL
BY SALLY

Once launched on the business world
the girl who is reaching out for better
things has a money problem to solve at
each milestone of her progress. 1t is
the problem of having her salary raised
and it has to be met once in so often
whether she will or 40, for an increase
in her earnings is the sure mark of her
growth, n come it must if she is
really making her way upward.
Precisely nov this raise in salary is
obtained is an individual problem, the
ultimate solution OF which depends upon
persistency. To be sure, seeming luck
In many cases carries one girl smoothly
over places which other girls must
struggle with all their might to pass,
but in the long run the experience OF the
hard working, determined girl is the
experience of all, and from the woman
who has attained success in spite of
many difficulties we learn the secret Of
succeeding under all conditions.
ST have found that there is no royal
road to a first class salary" explains an
experienced business woman who has
fought her way up from h ranks to an
income Of $4,000 a year. Competition
and modern strenuous methods make it
an uphill struggle from start to finish,
and the gradual increase in wages
which finally reaches a desirably high
mark has to be battled for every inch
of the way. Each raise in salary comes
with q greater effort than the last, and
h business world in general stands
with a gatling CUR before the door Of
each opportunity, demanding an ITEM
lied proof of every qualification you
possess.
This at least has been the case with
me, though my experience has been
an unusually hard You see I be-
gan without any trade at my finger
tips and with scarcely any knowledge
Of business methods. 1t was a fa:sal
drawback at the very start and my
first position was doing clerical work
only the morning hours. but 1 found
otter many fruitlesst attempts that there
isn't anything harder t. obtain than
regular employment for certain hours
of the day when a girl is occupied all
the rest Of the time.
Nevertheless, I took up the work
eagerly and enthusiastically and re-
ing emotions ecaus Of my lack Of
progress, and a profound fear of my
employer. This latter trait I have since
come to know is a decided failing Of
the average young business woman and
retards her progress immeasurably.
She has not yet gained the confidence
OF her abilities. With abject dread of
kllS lboI "a AlS LdldIy, SIZE
approaches him-or SHES away from
him-as though he were the last person
on earth who could give her employ
ment.
II believe it Is the greatest mistake
a girl can make, and 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 n a steady increase in SAL
airy. The very first essential to suc-
cess in h business world is conf
dence in ones self and ones abilities,
and, what is more. the courage to let
the man at the head of affairs see It,"
I'm this first position it took me all
Of w years to muster up sufficient
pluck to ask the man I worked for to
raise my salary. 1t doesn't seem pos
sible now, though I DO realize that it
has been a very valuable lesson in all
my future struggles. Having a keen