Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-12
TEACHES GIRLS HOW 70
ELUDE WILES OF MEN
How TO Gut Employers
Socially.

1HlcdSO, aug. lI.-H0W to protect
the innocent working girl from the
lure of man has appealed so strongly
to Mrs. 7. Vernette Morse that she is
conducting a school in the Mcclure
building
Twelve graduates are putting into
practice the theories of Mrs. Morse
regarding the best way for a small
paid girl to handle her opu1ent 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 suppos-
ed to have had time to generate, sta
tistics will be futile. In the meantime
here is what those twelve girls have
been taught and what others are striv-
ing to learn:
How to treat street car conductor
How to treat an elevator starter.
How to act in the presence of a
handsome floor walker.
How to cut an employer socially
without losing ones Job.
How to demean oneself toward a
man so lacking of understanding as
to advertise for a bright girl
'sFreeZe the FIOOrWaIkpr."
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 tc
street car conductor at any time
unless it is to call his attention to a
mistake in change or to ask him fol
transfer. Either of these things can
be done in a few words and in a lady
like, dignified way that will preclude
any reply on the part of the conduc-
tor
Good morning is all that a girl
ever need say to an elevator starter.
Only one other thing almost forgot
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 assume the
airs of the nayigators 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 a fioorwalker
may be trapped in his tracks, because
he is afraid of being reported to his
superiors.
There should be no accepting or
giving of invitations between a girl
and her employer Only this hard
and fast rule will prevent episodes
in the Loop. (The Loop is the name
of the business district of Chicago.)
All personalities and social consider
ations should be eliminated, Ii a gen
tleman must call on lady, let him
call at her home, and not at her
place of business.
How to Dress.
The shop girls apparel should be
simple, but artistic. An artistic gown
is always a simple gown. 1t always is
good in line and harmonious in color
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 a 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.
LAS for the oft-used term bright
girl, | don't know what it means.
More than once l have seen advertise
ments for bright young girls Do
they mean bright mentally, mathemat-
ically or in personal appearance? l
have asked many persons who used
the term and | have yet to receive a
clear definition of bright girl >