The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
FIRST ACTIONS COUNT
 WITH THE NEW GIRL

Have you ever watched new girl in big office building? From the special officer ats the entrance to the Italian who provides the daily "shines" in the various ofices, she is an object of interest. she comes there fresh-iocking. girlish and unspeiled. Her glances are shy, her color comes
 and goes and her step Is light Her
 mother does not come with her; that would be unbusinesslike. Her mother
 does not interview her prospective employer; that would be making the little girl. fresh from the business coiiege." look clzfldisR and foolish. But the mother could and should tell her
 how to bear herself toward this un- known employer and the men whom she will meet day after day.
 The elevator starter and the elevator boys all see this. new vision of girIish prettiness who is- going to work for the first time. They note her comings and her goings. the girls with whom she associates, and the lunch-room she patronizes at noon.e They are talk ing her measure, BylandAby, one. of tbem s,wiB s3ea fm9hsr sfarst onsme ana say: Hello, MinnsRS sisifelnifnakes sure that mo- one--is- around to note his moskifieaticm ifs thss fapsiiiarity is resentea E FE
 That is the crpciAhS moment in Minnie's bpsipess c&reer yIf2hef mother
 has warned her aright her cool. im-
 personal "cood-morniiss will squelch the impertinept youth1and forever fix her status in that building. But if
 she gtvesi. him A l lo6k fer his look and
 replies gayfy.s "ffefio.@ every one Of
 them will there after ;call herf' Minnie"
 or even s"Mihls Then will come invft- ations to luncheon from young men
 who win slip their arms familiarity
 through hers--to help her across muddy streets. of course. And in a
 few months. perhaps. the pretty. girl
 fish face will take on lbrazen. hard
 looks. the color win no longer come and go. blushes will never return to her checks. Minnie vii be Tone of the sad arm ywho make. a moclkery of seif-support.
 .~sAnd 1t is. Minnie.ss snosher:s fault. The elevator boys. the older men. the feliow-clerksa all were willing to put Minnie on pedestal built especially
 for girlish modesty, purity and
 sweetness, and keep her there. but she had the wrong idea of becoming popu-
 lar or securing business advancement
 or good times. and her mother never took the trouble to find out what was going on. in Minnie's mind ana Min nie's daily business life.
 The young girl in business. indeed. needs something more than intelli- gent, cleanly-worded information as to her personal and business relations with men downtown, says The Delin- eator. She needs sympathy from the
 same lips that give instruction and warning. Those frat weeks and
 months in business are nerve-racking.
 The girl is finding not only her bus
 mess. but also her sex. level. She is adjusting A life that has aiwava haan
 sheltered to life that is altogether
 exposed. Things will go wrong at the
 office or store. The girl will grow
 weary in body and soul. She will
 come home at night with her physical
 energy and her love of life drained
 out of her by her new experiences If
 the mother is too tired to- listen to
 the tale of her petty trials. the girl
 will find, confident elsewhere. If she
 Is the sort who makes girl friends
 she will seek d girl chum fin the
 business world who will give her the
 sympathy she craves. If she has no
 girl friend the mother may rest as.
 sured that a man will mark that
 girl for his own, and make place for
 himself in her heart by the route of sympathy.
 It takes a lot of affection and sym pathy at home to counteract the hard life the business girl must lead. It
 takes lot Of mothering to balance the more dangerous attentions and affec- ton so freely offered the persona bIe
 girl in the business world But girl forewarned and guided by good mother Is just as safe in business as at home.
 The Robin Hood hat, with brim of Gaf hAn -