The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-09-14
WORK FOR WOMEN OVER 80
DEMAND IN BUSINESS FOR THE
YOUNG GIRL LESS URGENT.
Good Pay for intelligence, Experience
and Judsment-The Average Young
Girl Tried and Found Waiting in
Common Qualities That Tell
in Business.

|
"Over thirty" and mot under thir-
| ty'' are business requirements which
are becoming more and more requent
! where the services of woman are
desired. In almost every such case
the salary is above the average and
the qualifications are those which it
would be almost impossible for very
young woman to count among her as
SETS The characteristics usually de-
manded in such instances are "execu-
tive ability "tact'' and "good judg-
ment''
| The head of a New York establish
ment making speciality of supplying
business women for all sorts of work.
IN speaking of this subject recently.
said:
| I have more applications now
adays than eyer before for thoroughly
competent, dignifed, mature women.
| trained and experienced in some line
OF business and upon whose judgment
| and intelligence an employer may
| rely.
II secured a very valuable woman
| Tor large dry goods store not long
| ago. In order to induce her to change
from form er place the store owners
| were obliged almost to double her SAL
airy. This woman had been for TWEEN
ty years accustomed to the handling
| or laces. She commenced by selling
them-nOw she buys them. going
abroad three times a year for that
purpose. Her work Is one of great
| responsibility. Do you think for a
moment it could be done by a young
woman? "Over thirty" would certain
ly be flattering figure at which to
place her age. She's fifty if she's a
day.
Another person whom I have in
mind and whom I placed more than
| two years ago in a very different sort
OF a job was a we'll preserved thor
oughly charming woman of, should
say, almost sixty years of age. Hav-
Ing brought up family of her own
and being accustomed to the manage
ment OF household. she fitted in
capltally as house mother in a
| suburban school, where the principal
was wise enough to appreciate the
| value of such a persons services. The
salary paid was not large, but she
had a delightful home and made an
ideal mother for the boarding school
girls. She did more or less chaperon-
ing during the school term, and this
summer has gone abroad with three
| of the girls.
Business men, too, such as law
yers, bankers and brokers, to whom
| are Entrusted many absolutely conf
Dental matters, are at last realizing
that the average young girl of eight
cen, fresh from some business college
and with absolutely no experience and
perhaps not much common sense, is
not the sort of person to whom they
dare to intrust weighty business cor
respondence and other details. Years
ago We did not dare send out a.
woman over twenty-five without stat
Ing this fact to her prospective en-
ployer; in fact, rather apologizing for
her lack of youth. That's all over
now, and when a man wants a thor
oughly experienced woman to look
after his confidential mail and per-
sonal affairs, the preference is given
every time to such woman as the
advertisements describe as not under
thirty.
"Of course, it goes without saying
that such q woman must be prepos-
sessing in appearance, for certain
degree Of good looks and an attract
I've manner go long way in the Sc
lection of a woman for any sort of
business"
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