The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25

do you know there are numbers of
young business women in cities who DO
not identify themselves with church,
friends and even relatives, because they
work9' asked a woman who seems 10
have made close study of the situation.
Does work isolate u woman from those
ties that are hers by inheritance We
answer no, emphatically no! Work never
humiliates; 1t uplifts. The individual who
rises above the obstacles of everyday life
and seeks the peace of honest labor
should be too broad to be sensitive. The
world loves those who help themselves
There may be few who scorn work, but
they are weaklings and are to be pitied.
This business of being a woman de-
mands broad thinking today. Women In
charge of homes as mothers and sisters
have a greater work than the mere drudg-
cry of domestic service. There is more to
do than to wash the pots and pare the
potatoes. There is a humane responsible
ity upon their shoulders; they must pre-
pare to build strong characters while they
are making greater comforts. Men and
women are facing different problems to-
day; time is opening avenues to differ
ent phase of living: the environments are
changing and folks must be prepared to
meet intelligently the moral and political
revolutions.
Why Is the need so much more impera-
tive to throw a safeguard around our
youth today? Because vice has become
so prominent a monster and our financial
conditions have forced the young. espe-
cially our girls. out into the business
world. Even this generation of mothers
can recall the day when no woman stood
behind the counter. This was a man s
job; but the increase of expenses, the
methods of business have demanded more
shoulders to the wheel and the women
have marched to the 'front.' as they al
ways will in that cause of help and duty.
Are they to be segregated because they
are strong and brave because they are
business girls? Certainly not. They
should be given the hand of friendship.
the strength of our hospitality-then they
will be glad to know tnose upon whose
acquaintance they have claims.
The line drawn between the business
woman and society may be the outcome
of accident-the conditions resulting from
The facts speak for themselves. The
woman who gives conscientious service
in her duties is not equal physically to
participate in the pastime of entertain
ments; but she is ready always for that
friendly cooperation that insures greater
success for both.
Think of a young girl In a city. de-
pendent upon her own resources. isolated
in a boarding house. often with incom-
patible surroundings, but probably within
the limit of her income. Is it wonder
she shrlnks from her friends, would rather
almost appear incognito until she has es-
tablished herself in her natural sphere?
There are many characters that can
never adapt themselves, or become Injured
to such changed conditions: will never
fall into the habits of common girl.
There are others who fall easily into care
less habits and adapt themselves to hap
less environments-"ay there s the rub
and there the reflection on "the working
girl Even she who rises above the sit
uation shrinks from the mere atmos-
phere of such waste of humanity, and
makes her sensitive to her own situation.
This is the part that demands the at
tention of our homemalSers. Somebody
else's daughter is launched in a new
world Isn't 1t part of humanity to
meet her half way and give her encour-
agement that she may reach for the sue
cess that comes from the spirit that fol-
lows. When you have the worlds con-
| fidence in your well doing?
| The man in the business world recog-
nizes the true worth of a good woman,
a woman of the type who enters the field
in earnest to make good for herself and to
render services to the best interest of his
business. The character of the woman