The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-24
Women Who Win in Trade
JANE TOMBSTONE MARTIN. ADVERTISING
abel SteDhen

field through service as clerks or stem
ographers In the advertising depart
mcnt of some agency or mercantile
| house.
There is one thing which want TO
SAY TO young women who wish to en-
l ter advertising and il is that they GO
into 1t with serious intent. A large
! majority of women who find il neces-
sary To enter the business world en-
| ter IL with the belief that il Is mere
! ~ q hold-oyer until some chance pro
vidcs them with an easier and bettcr
means of support.
| Women have demonstrated their
ability TO compete with men in every
! business of life. but women who have
made il n success have done so because
! they put heart and soul into the work.
and have rccoc nized no limitations and
! have given tho thorou2luess and at
tcntion to small 9 tails which have
been their strong points along eco
nomical lines.
There is another point which
would Hike to impress on women In
business in any line. and especially in
the advertising line. and that Is IL they
are holding down a mans Job, doing Il
mans work rs we'll as man could do
it. they are entitled 10 mans salary.
amt there Is no reason why they should
work FOR less simply because they hap
Pen To be women.
DO you ever notice that although a
man and woman may he holding eX-
/ aStly tho same position in different
hrms. the man seems 10 have plenty OF
time 10 spend outside the office while
a woman would never dare lift her nose
from tho grindstonc' The man is not
wasting any time: III j. talking shop
with another man H. the same line
probably. learning all he can from the
. others experience, and in retur:l Civ
.rE points he himself has discovered.
Women have 4 horror OF talking shop.
RMS prejudice Is n hard one to kill.
Mcn, too. buy every trade magazine
they hear OF having Information about
their port!cula: branch OF business.
but q woman who has been grinding
out work all day feels TOO tired to take
advantage OF this opportunity. OF she
considers that when She leaves the Of
iico she has earned the right TO rest.
For the young woman who IS fond
OF travelling. the work OF an advertise
ment solicitor would prove very con
genial If She is very bright and bust
ness-likc. she can earn 81 very good
salary III this way: but there is one
thing which she should always rcmcm-
Der. and that Is not to take advantage
or courtesies which are granted her on
account OF her sex. Many q young
woman has obtained an interview with
some manager who would have turned
man down, and after she has talked
him into placing n good al She mas
talked him out of II again. because she
did not know when 10 stop.
"fcpywriting Is a splendid occupa-
tion Tor young women who have the
iinack OF saying things In a bright.
tcrso. snappy manner. Many OF the
best copywriters in the country are
women. Originality and Imagination
are the chief qualifications for this
work. and the salaries paid run from
$50 to 500 Il week. There il Keen com
petition among Advertising firms to
secure the lest copywritcrs."
Miss Martin is secretary and treas
urcr Of he League of American Adver-
Using Women, and is one OF tho best
known women IN the hcld OF adNer-
Using.