Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-10-02

J0CI, OF mas D0eB close TO It too long
to see it in the proper light. One big
broker who employed Miss Shapiro ac-
| knowledged that his expenses were
altogether too large, but he could not
see for the life of him how he could
| reduce them. Miss Shapiro looked
| over his books and studied his case
| for day. Then she startled him by
| an explanation SO simple that he al.
most was ashamed of himself. The
| broker had offices large enough for a
| concern that did twice or three times
| the business. His lease was about to
expire. She pointed ont how. by re-
arrangement, he would have plenty of
room with half the space She con-
| solidated the work of some of the
clerks, readjusted tho ,shole establish
| ment,' and got her pay One day of
| study on her part meant the saving of
! several thousands of dollars a year
| to that broker. Not only that. but
it brought about better constitution
in the whole establishment. The broker
thinks she is wonder
SSWPle OF F7eF work.
| A very rich and good man of Wall
| street sent for her. He could not I'M
derstand why it was he never could
| get the service out of his clerks that
other men seemed to get. He paid
them we'll and showed every consider
| alton for them, yet, somehow, they
| Jagged in their duties. The man is
very charitable. When appeals are
made to him to aid he wants to be
sure that what money he gives is well
bestowed. His employees have a great
affection for him and do their best to
| please him.
Miss Shapiro studied this Office and
then surprised the kindly gentleman
by telling him that the trouble was
with him.
you send this clerk and that clerk
out, she said ito investigate cases of
charity, and you disorganize your Of
fee force by your interference with
their work"
Then she gave a list of the number
of hours this clerk and that clerk had
been absent. The number of hours
the clerk had been absent did not
measure the real extent of the inter-
ference in the office routine. Four
hours absence in one day sometimes
meant the actual loss of the whole
days service of that particular work
er, and incidentally it tied up the
work of other clerks whose duties
were dependent upon that particular
person. Usually the person sent on
the philanthropic errand had the direc-
ton of several other clerks and they
were idle by reason of his absence.
The kindly gentleman frowned and
said he did not see how to remedy the
| trouble. He knows now. Miss Sha-
piro has taken over large part of
the work connected with the charity
cases.
A lawyer with big office staff had
| been subjected to no end of embar-
rassment. He never seemed able to
have things done to his satisfaction.
He paid out a lot of money, but it
was no use. 1t did not take Miss Sha-
| piro long to find the answer 1t was
| cheap help. The lawyer had a chronic
! objection to paying decent wages. He
had lot of incompetents, and paid
more for them than he would for a
smaller number of employees who
| would do his work in first class shape.
| 1t was not pleasant for him to be in
| formed of the truth but Miss Shapiro
| had been in lawyers Offices long
| enough to make him understand how
| far below the average his employees
| were in grade and he commissioned
her to reorganize his force. He has
| a good office staff now. 1t costs less
| than the old one and he is getting ex-
cellent service. He is cured of the
idea that what is cheap is profitable.
Elimination of Waste.
| These cases are merely typical Oc-
| casionally the trouble in an office is
| due to a well-intentioned but poorly
| qualified managing clerk. Miss Sha-
! piro studies each case just as a sci
enlist studies a subject. The symp-
toms of disorder in an Office are as
| apparent to her as the symptoms of
! an dlIlnS person VINO comes before
physician for examination Once the
/ trouble is located, there is no diff
/ Guilty in applying the remedy. One
/ of her greatest values is in the elm
/ ination of waste. She knows pretty
we'll what supplies an Office should
use, whether it be a bank, brokerage
| house, a lawyers Office or a mining en-
| gineer's. She knows, too, the costs
of supplies Whep she goes over the
accounts it does not take her long to
tell if too much money is being spent.
and what would be a reasonable
amount to expend.
The range OF her work is remark
able. Some of her employments are
unique. She has a sort of emergency
clearing house. In some small estab-
lishments the whole Office is thrown
out of gear if the one stenographer
or the one clerk employed is i'll. Miss
! Shapiro is prepared on a moments
notice to supply stenographer
trained in legal work for lawyer, or
one trained in brokerage business to