The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
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1t IL Il subject as old as the hills ana
ms threadbarc as the Mistcr's" coat
in "N. VS. Eyes" but, nevertheless,
the discussion was well under way at
the supper table The night that the
Busy Man came home tired. Every
body said, 10. the poor working girl
an" WI! were starvation wages the
fashion. and how could any self-re-
speeding woman keep herself in two
taiior-mades and SILK petticoats on the
usual salary Of first class steno-
Braphcr these days. Around the table
hu'nmed the thoughts from many
minds and most of those minds con
tended that the King girl got the
little end of the horn
Then tho Busy Man rolled UP his
sleeves which is not in the least Gus
tomary at tea tablcg in the best So
ciety. but denotes great agitation and
certainly deep thought. III you Will
only stop a minute and let me tell you
Il story" he shir. Il can explain at
least i Few OF these o-callcd 'starva-
ton wages The reasons for the ma
jority OF them arc legion"
You see, the i3usy Man has a number
Of stcnographers in a big office that
requires a great deal OF brain and sys-
ten 10 run 1T and they simply cannot
afford TO lose time and money on n
giil that won't give value received and
the story is only n comparison of the
girl who did ana tho girl who did not.
The girl who ala not comes down
few minutes late nearly every dhy, and
she leaves a few minutes before actual
closing time about every other after
noon. Whatever holiday time comes,
such ms Labor Day and Fourth of July
ana Thanksgiving and all OF those
small one day vacations, Miss Bessie
II we may name her is Obliged 10 leave
town on such and such train. The
train VIII not wait until the office !s
closed, unfortunately for Miss Bessie.
aud she IS begging OF a half day
or three hours as the case may be. In
order that she may take her train ana
rpcnd the holiday in whatever place
1t may please her fancy. 1t never oc-
ours TO her that ner outing should fit
into tho given time In the sumner
thc manages TO get exactly three
weeks OFT. when the allotted amount
Is two. Not that she has renounced
her pay FOR the extra wcck--nevcr
think II for moment, She has writ
ten a sweet little note. or ner mother
has and said how rundown she is
and how badly every one says she is
looking. and that the spell that she
had sunday will surely be the death OF
her unless she has until the end or
the wock ut any rate, he may curtail
her salary TO that amount. etc. and
30 on, which. of course, she knows he
won't do. Tha, is The girl who did
not
The girl ,vho did uot cant for the
life OF her understand why the steno-
graphcr at the uest desk is drawing
just about thrd more salary week
than she IS What is more she wli
- 4 cot Ut
dog of-~cll anything she might hap
pen To ;hink of-when ne hrcs he;
next ruonth. She has traded on he.
fcu,ininIty ana done tho trick once too
often 1f II were a man in her place,
the Busy Man yin tell him tn short
order that that sort OF Thing had 10
stop. and r. II dIdn't he would hc fired
In two winks OF :, sleepy head hu,
for months hc bears patiently with
The girl Of the type. because, simply
and solely. she IS woman and lac Is
man ~ manner. You can easily see
that IL IS business 20 keep the sicno-
prapher that you telephone 10 one
evening 20 meet YOU early. because YOU
must leave town unexpectedly. and she
ia not ONLY at the office but there
good -humorcdlv Her outside life does
not enter into her business existence
in The least Ter sisters and her cou-
Sins ana her aunts might as well he
buried these hundreds OF years IN the
pyramids for all that the Busy Man
hears about them, or the effect that
they may have upon tho work put out
every day 10y the girl that's on her
Job. Her salary is good the best post
tions everywhere are open TO her. she
gives value received, and is worth the
money that the firm pays her TO the
last cent
one or the curses OF the working
girls snlary question is the fact that
such n large percentage OF the girls
in mills and factories and stores are
not actually working for bread and
butter. but "a wreath. n rose and n
ribbon In their hair They want more
pocket money than their parents are
able to give them. and they go forth
to get ii Then they can loaf on the
Job ms much as they picasc. IL is not
actual necessity that the money he
brought In. thus they drag down the
chances Of the real worker. who is
conscicntiouslv doing her duty. and
isn't lust working until she decides 10
take unto herself husband. So many
OF them will powder their noses when
they ought to I've handling the loom.
This is what the Busy Man told the
tea table full Of people that were all
on the other side not so many moons
ago 1t is word to YOU. Working
Girl be YOU weaver of ribbons, twister
Of threads or mistress OF the newest
tvpewriter on the market. Are you
rivinm value received?