Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-14
PLAIN GIRL IN BUSINESS.

she IL More Often Than Not Pre-
ferred by Average EmpIOyer.
1t seems that some people, having
assumed that the pretty girl is given
preference by the average employer.
are wondering what became Of the
girl who is not only plain but no.
longer young, and who does not mar
ry, says the San Francisco Chronicle.
In the first place, it is a wrong sup
position that the pretty girl is gen.
orally preferred; many business men,
young ones, also, who are supposed to
be quite impressionable, refuse to hire
pretty girls, claiming that they do not
take the really active interest in their
work that plain ones do, and make less
satisfactory employees. They have a
theory that the pretty girls mind must
be on her curls and her dimples and
the admiration she ELECTS from the
male half Of the population. Natural
ly, if sutA We're the case, she would
not give as good service as her homely
sister, and business men-the success
primarily for the purpose Of making
money. Therefore, they hire their help.
without regard for sentiment, but to
get the most work in return for the
amount of money invested. The plain
! girl is not Disseminated against ex-
cepting by a class of employers that
1t would not be to her credit to please.
but what becomes of the old girls
who do not marry?" This is readily
answered by a little insight into hui
man nature and the laws of living. It
is certainly true that people get what
they go after in this world, to a GER
tain extent. They may not reap in full
measure that which they SOW, but
there is always partial crop, at least,
and most assuredly they do not reap
that which they do not SOW. A girl
who has matrimony in mind-whether
pretty or plain, for the plain girl mar
ries quite as readily as the pretty one.
dresses with greater care, spends her
salary on becoming clothes, lives only
in the thought of some man some day
assuming the burden of her future,
and, as she is on the lookout for
husband, she naturally finds one. 1t
never seems to her worth while to
save money, because she knows she is
working only temporarily, and she
prefers the ribbons, laces, hats, etc,
that her salary will buy to a bank
account. A man is readily attracted by
the prettily and daintily dressed girl,
and her problem in life is easily set
tied.
There are other young women nat
urally thrifty who would feel that their
working hours were wasted if their
pay went merely for things of tempo
rary value. They have the business
instincts Of a man, and they must,
according to the nature of their beings,
put aside part of their salaries each
week. AS the years go on they be-
come keenly interested in watching
their bank accounts grow larger with
each weeks savings. They become
more economical with the passage of
time, and even take to doing their own
sewing at night and economizing in
other things that they may save moro
money.
The employer notices their thrifty
ways and feels confidence in them as
women who could no more waste an
others money than their own. They
are safe people to put in charge Of the
work, as they will allow no Soldier
ing" among the help, neither will they
waste supplies They become fore
women and general managers. They
are promoted as readily as a man
would be, because the employer does
not believe they will marry now, and
he comes to look upon them as fixtures.
Their services are valued and thew are
paid almost the same salary, and often
exactly the same, that man would re-
ceive for the identical work. You will
find them in every establishment in,
the city where there is a good-sized
Office force and often as managers of
the business where there are ne other
employees save stenographer and an
office boy.
woman in business is not dropped
excepting for inefficiency. Some en-
ployers prefer men because they nat
urally think the woman win marry
and leave them just as she has
learned enough about the business and
has gained enough business Judgment
to be Of real value. But if the woman
passes the so-called marrying age safe
ly they look upon her as they wOuld a
man who had given them an equal
number Of years of good service and
hold to her, advancing her position and
her salary as her qualifications war
rant.
Make Alaska a Territory.
Alaska's gold product for 1903
would nav twice ovar +ho o. on oOO