The Washington herald., 1912-05-12
Office Nuisance In Many Guises.
By ALICE MASON.

slightest effort toward q more eongenial
atmosphere. Even when asked to do the
work for which she was engaged she as
sumes the attitude OF one imposed upon,
and. II extra work necessitates delay in her
leaving promptly on time, IN spite of the fact
that three mornings out OF the week she Is
late. she shows bitterest resentment.
The girl who does her work in this frame of
mind misses the Joy Of work well done and
her grouchy, sullen disposition bars her from
any congenialities with her fellow workers.
Everybody hates and avoids a Crouch. A
cheerful disposition, willingness TO perform
the duties assigned and to perform them to
the best of ones ability, patience In the face
OF the innumerable petty trials and an
aItruIstic spirit make equipment sufbcient to
make a comparatively short journey to the
success goal
Again. there Is the untIdy girI-the once
eyesore. Not even pretty face will coup-
teract a ht-Rnd-miss belt connection. q
shirt waist with missing buttons. soiled neck
bands, mussy JabotS, and shoddy hnery1 un-
kempt hair and nails The desk Of the un-
tidy one is ever in state Of disorder. A cou-
pie Of minutes delay for the recovery Of her
pad and pencil from the debris Is necessttated
when an emergency call comes from the boss.
She is a nerve racker.
There is something lacking in girl who is
habituaIiy careless about these little things
and the boss Is one Of the first to recognize
the shortcomings. Plain, simple clothes. well
brushed hair, neatly dressed, and q clean.
fresh look are the essentials Of good groom
ing and good grooming has a great deal to
DO with q girls progress In the business
life
Some other well known phases Of the once
nuisance are to beFound In the thoughtlesS.
superficial, giggling girl, whose constant
giggle creates anything but q good i'm
preston; the gum ehewer, who compromises
her business character and puts q stigma on
her profession by the annoying sight and
sound and whose continuance Of the dis
gusting habit shows the possession Of little
self-respect and no ambition; the borrowing
type, whose easily acquired FIRST loan Is
followed closely with second, then with
every craving a recurrence Of the habit until
she becomes an object Of suspicion-the ulti-
mate fate Of the borrower-and III feeling be-
tween her and her bankers results; the girl
who shifts her work on to her good natured
once mate. who by her failure to do herself
the distastefuI thing loses q chance to
strengthen herself for the hardships she
must meet in life; the Indifferent girl. con-
tent to drudge along in the rut she has made
for herself; the firt, whose silly httle ONCE
affairs have 50 often been the ruination Of
her business career; the slangy girl with her
Believe met and You get me. kidY" and
the girl who undertakes herself, whose self.
belittlement does not help to raise her In the
estimation Of others.
Also there Is the woman in authority who
makes Of herself not only nuisance but
an injury. By her self-importance she irri-
tates. She labors under the delusion that no
one is as capable as she iS Her lack Of
sympathy and ofaciousnssS make extremely
dinieult the work Of those under hE dreo-
ton