The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-30

ter. The girl across the aisle says her
mother wants her to come TO supper,
and some one else asks her 10 party,
Supper is delightful. and then 10 the
theater II s a tired little girl that
gets To bed. but AT The end of the
week there is 1915 to help mother
along in her hard, uphill fight with the
babies against want, and the girl has a
feeling chat, after all. she has had
pretty good time She has an acquaint-
anceship Of probably six times the mum
Der of the girl who doesn Z work. and,
best of all-this with Strengthening of
her little head-ahe is n wage-earner.
Each year the number Of women
who do not work, said tho manager
"is decreasing in this city. OF course,
] am no authority, hut ] II tell You
this; That unless girl is society
belle and has tea or party for each
day, she stands a poor chance of meet
Ing the man who might marry her. We
hardly can keep our girls. Honestly.
the girl that wants to marry had better
make up her mind to come to work. -
This was substantiated by employers.
stenogra piers, clerks and managers of
other stores. According to all, the
stay at home girl never has y chance
to meet men. In this strenuous age the
man worth while doesn { hold down the
floor at dance: he hasn L time for
roller skating, and he wouldn't be
caught dead at tea, therefore, what
chance for the little stay-at-home7 But
tho damsel with fingers white and
pretty. taps her keys, gets in her fine
work while he is debating 10 her. while
he is buying socks, flowers, pencils. or
at any time in which the prosaic bust
ness gets tangled up in Dan Cupid S
May snares.
a dull old Office is the very best place
for romance to develop, and the man
with the thoughtful brow who sits in all
dignity beside the demure little typist
is not so engrossed in business but he
has An eye for dark dashed ewes.
At any rate, statistics show that, so
far as the matrimonial game is con-
cerned, the business woman has all the
cards and few to spare, and the real
society girl hasn't even "'look in. -
And then the canny young man OF to-
forgets himself and his progress along
the money way, will tell you that the
business girl, who earns her money.
knows how to save it; that she doesn, 7
throw it away; that dollar is dol
lar to her,
II don't care to go anywhere any
more, said q disgruntled South Tenn
PIE etreeI Slrl Ine otner DAY - | have
only met five new men this year. and
they are all sissies. am tired of
everything
Men," laughed a little stenographer
in linen jumper gown. her eyes twin
king. Mercy me, that s all we have
around here! How many do I meet a
yearf'' as she counted, with her brow
all wrinkled. ''Oh, L don t know;
abou, thousand, [ guess, Some of
I thprp ,nA
there are lots of nice ones.
So whether the new woman will CON
tlnue to keep her position behind the
counter, at the desk or at the telephone
In Salt Lake, there is this much that is
undisputed; The working girl is less
bored, has fewer hours to NOPE, meets
more men, has q better chance to marry
well, and actually dresses better than
the girl who is mothers pride and who
spends her days incoming over an imar
mary, lover or solacing herself with
chocolates, or else coaxing her father
for car fare or a little 7'roll" with
which to buy something she really
Imagines she needs to bring temporary
happiness