The sun., 1908-05-03

| the fact. for the address on the lundre Is
Of return postals she sends out to the big
cotton growers Of the South to Get iniorma-
tion a. TO the extent and condition Of the
crop j. simply "K NJ. Gile-, -tatistician.'
She /, probably one Of the very few women
in the country who by their own Efforts
are earning an annual income Of $1,000
She has risen to this position by hard, con-
scientious work from a salary Of IS week
as assistant in the Office Of q cereal statis-
ti.ian in the Wall Street district
Mis-, Giles was found hy q SCN reporter
AZ ler Office in the financial district poring
over Il zig pile Of tabulated reports, while
beside he' lay symmetrical lies Of return
postal-. some 900 Of them, which had just
come in the mornings mail from the cotton
growers Jf the South Somehow one uat-
urJlIy expects that q woman whose business
is almost wholly concerned with figures
and mathematical problems should herself
lie cold, dry and calculating Miss Giles
does not meet expectations 10 this respect.
She is youthful looking exceedingly
feminine. with pretty well rounded figure,
real golden hair and clear steady eyes.
With a pleasant smile she greeted her
visitor and explainel the nature Of her
business and how she happenei to enter
into a profession which taxes even the
resources Of the Government Of the United
States
To what do owe my success' repeated
Miss Giles She sat far hack IN her big
revolving desk chair end thought moment
and in doing so her blue gra y eyes took on
a deeper color. TO the feet that never
speculate" she finally said, gazing stead
fastly at her visitor to emphs size her words.
Yes, am quite positive that to this
fact largely owe my success. You see,
she went on rapidlyes the idea grew on her,
"the temptation TO do so is almost over
powerng, but it has proved the Waterloo
to more than one statisticiUn, IL one 5pecu-
lgtes il ia only human nature to be biased
in the direction In which YOU want the
market to GO. But you can see II Is the
utmost folly to do so, for though you might
win and you might not in either event YOU
would lose the confidence OF your clients.
Another important thing is to allow
no one TO influence YOU. You must rely
solely on your own judgment This is
absolutely imperative.
MANY persons have attempted il with me
hut have not succeeded, at least in the wey
thew meant to. we'll remember that ore
man who tried TO make me believe that my
calculations Of the crop should be greater
than they were managed to send me in
the other direction. That season as
consequences my estimate was way too low.
DO the speculators ever try TO get in
formation by strategy MIs6 Giles was
asked,
face lighting up in amusement ~ some Of
her experiences AN sorts OF subterruges
are worked in order to get 2 line on wha I my
report will be and all sorts Of stories and
rumors are circulated for which am held
responsible l iii u..-,.
| was kent in hot water a Il the time by these
tricks You can fancy yourself how il
would seem When you were guarding vour
information rs you would your life from
the knowledge Of any one, and some one
came TO you saying they heard you had
given out certain important facts, Ii
certainly used TO try my soul, But | have
got 50 now that almost never answer the
phone even for fear Of being betrayed into
a reply that, no ma tier how innocent il
looked on the suris ce, couh be construed
into news Of crop conditions
why, ! have had men call me mp and
Ia about the wes ther, then turn and twist
what / said into a statement regarding
cotton. which would be quite sufficient 10
put the market mp or down as the case
might be Only last year a couple of days