The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-17
TELLS GIRLS HOW
To ELUDE BAD MEN
School in Chicago Teaches Them
Way to Cut Fresh Employers
and Floorwalkers
GOOD WAY TO FREEZE A FLIRT
Way to Treat Conductors and EIeva-
tor Men--Words Of Scorn for Those
Who Advertise for "5rieht oirIs"-
How Shop Girls Should Dress.

OulCdSO.-t1OW 10 pTOLeCI lne lunO-
cent working girl from the lure of
man has appealed so strongly to Mrs.
T. Vernette Morse that she is con-
Quoting a school in the McClurg
Building.
Twelve graduates are putting into
practice the theories of Mrs. Morse
regarding the best way for a small
paid girl to handle her opulent en-
ployer. They haven't been at it long,
however, so it is too early to say
whether the newly discovered branch
OF education is practical.
Until the period has passed when
divorce, breach of promise suits and
marriages may reasonably be sup.
posed to have had time to generc te,
time, here is what those twelve girls
have been taught and what others
are striving to learn:
How to treat e street car conduc.
tor.
Flow to treat ar elevator starter
How to act in the presence Of a
handsome fiocr walker.
without losing ones job.
How to dencan oneself toward a
man SC lacking OF understanding as
to advar:iae for bright girl"
Here are the answers Of Mrs. Morse
in the form in which she conveys
them to her pupils:
"a girl is not called on to speak to
ctpnat oar pCr7y, rI.tpY Df n,y ti51n
unless it is to call his cttention to
mistake in change or to ask him for
"A transfer. Either OF these things
can be done IL a few words and in a
ladylike, diCnifed way that will pre-
cluGe any reply on the part of the
conductor.
"'Good morning is all that girl
ever need say to an elevator starter.
Only one other thing--I almost for
got to say that she also may say
Good evening" AS for the elevator
boy, the number of her floor is
enough. Too many elevator boys as
sumo the airs Of the navigatOrs Of
battleships.
"Our class in the freezing of hand
some floorwalkers is our pride. The
operation is delicate and not easily
mastered. But by the raising or low
ering of an eyelash q iioorwalker may
be trapped In his tracks, because he
is afraid of being reported to his su-
periors.
There should be no accepting or
giving of invitations between a girl
and her employer. Only this hard
and fast rule will prevent episodes
which too often have blighted lives in
the Loop. (The Loop is the name Of
the business district Of Chicago.) All
personalities and social considera-
tions should be eliminated. If a gen.
tleman must call on a lady, let him
call at her home and not at her place
of business.
"The shop girls apparel should be
simple, but artistic. An artistic gown
is always simple gown. 1t always
is good in line and harmonious in col.
or-that sort of gown, however, that
never will attract attention on the
street.
but, after all the point more than
anything else to be considered is the
fact of a young girl leaving her home
for the first time to take up bust
ness career. If she understands, she
will be safe; but few understand
First, she has to differentiate between
the home and the business life. Mrs
Ella Flagg Young, Superintendent Of
Schools, is living example of what
a girl can do if she starts out right
Properly, a girl should be just as safe
down town as at home.
GAS for the oft-used term bright
girl I don't know what it means
More than once have seen advertise
ments for bright young girls Dc
they mean bright mentally, mathe
matically or in personal appearance
have asked many persons who uset
the term and l have yet to receive {
clear definition of bright girl"