White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-16
CITY EXPERIENCE
Of COUNTRY GIRL
WANT AID PAGE OF METROPOLI-
TAN DAILY Is MEDIUM THAT
STARTS MANY PEOPLE ON THE
ROAD TO SUCCESS.
Four o'clock In the morning.

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The travelling public by boat and
train stirs unwillingly. The scrub
women begin the days cleaning, fill
Ing the station with redolent soapy
steaming smells. Trains screech.
car wheels groan and grumble, and
the army of incoming men and wo-
men are moved about In punches
from one clean spot to another. The
scene recalls my first morning in the
city.
| had come In from a little coun-
try town In the mountains. Father
had driven me to the depot" as we
called 1t then In the blackboard with
the colts prancing along shying at
every dancing leaf. | was some
pumpkins In that town. Indeed so
big had | grown that the village
store and the p~ostoffice were press
ing limitations. | wanted to go to
some place that would feel the i'm
press of my personality.
Reluctantly father and mother
packed my funny little steamer trunk
and father drew out the 5000 legacy
of grandmother's for me from the saw
ings bank and | landed in the city be-
wildered with noise and smells and
frightened. ! knew so little of the
way to do things In the city. | had
a queer feeling that | had died and
gone to another place where | must
learn a new language. felt so in
significant and In one overwhelming
wave of helplessness | realized for
the first time the Joy of being a big
toad In a little puddle, back there In
that country village. Pride would
not let me turn back. When | reach
ed my tiny room at the Y. w. c. A. I
was eager TO be one OF the busy
world and get one foot at least on
the bottom rung OF the magic ladder
to success.
The girl who sat next to me at
lunch asked IL | was going 10 stay
long and / said Yes. IL can get
something to do" What kind Of
work have you done?" she asked.
Are you a stenographer?" "Oh,
no." replied, ashamed to tell her
that my only experience In working
had been clefking In one little store
OF s. during the holiday season
when ! took my wages out In gifts
for the folks" | stammered out
finally that I was willing to do most
anything, only didn't know how to
go TO work TO get a position.
She was all interest at once. She
had come from a town larger than
mine. She too had come looking
for a job" and had found II and she
said III you will buy a newspaper
every night and cut out all the want
~ Nhot iOOh toou " 9Ou III stdii
out to answer them. / know you'll
land something right away. ! did.
Only don't make the mistake of TAX
Ing the first one but look around and
size up the good position. You know
every city has one reliable newspa-
per for want ads which you can al
ways depend on"
felt grateful for the advice of this
trim business-like woman and ] fol-
lowed 1t to the letter. | didn't take
the first position I.found. Out of six
ads which attracted me | looked them
over carefully and simmered them
down to four possibilities, then to
two probable ones and finally settled
upon one which took me into a big
department store where ! started for
a small salary In the millinery depart
ment.
This store had a lot of country
trade (they called IL suburban. but