Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-07
Useful
Hints
The Whitney Woman
She /, Aluoys Acoidcd in Business
and Sociol Life.
tBy Ada Pattcrson.D

VI Tell her I'm out" snapped the busy
editor Then looking up in halt
2 apology for the conventional hb. for
! he is a, heart an honest man, he said
20 me: She's such a Whitney woman
: She gets on my nerves"
/ know that woman. She IS one o!
the kind OF persons we respect, bu,
avoid. She is honest, earnest, ener-
! getic. self-denying, but the editor Is
right. She whincs Wherefore was
she cut OF from a base of supply
] Of what She needed, money. The editor
: is purchaser OF ideas and OF stories.
/ She had plenty OF both. But her
Z methods OF presentation of her wares
dis unpleasant to him. Busy, anxious,
/, hard pressed ne preferred To buy Of
/; che who turned upon him a brave
/ countenance, and who spoke crisply.
getting out" when YOU nave finished
is one highly rated ia an Office.
am sorry FOR the woman. II was
an unjust stand The editor should
have ordered personal preferences to
the rear and kept them there. You re
qnite right only We live in world
in which, unfortunately wrong, sun.
nourishes. ln!usticcs sim exist, We
find them growing thickest perhaps in
what We SiVe the vague name. but
that has an immense significance 70
US all business down town" The
millennium is not liable TO overtake us
in this generation.
Never Pay. 10 Whine.
And yet ! find myself declining in
vitations from that woman. Invita-
tions for dinner for the theater, for
drive. And 70: no other nor better
area son than that She wines. Once !
said something cruelty true about her.
II always feel like running away
from her. She has a voice like a rat
10y a
the speech after one who knew me
had told me OF her life story. II Is
true that it was dotted with vicissi-
tudes. And yet ] know a woman who
has met even more and whose voice
has the ring OF courage.
one OF these women talks with her
head bent though she were afraid
stones might be thrown at hor Tie
other walks with her head high and
her eyes steady as Though she dsticd
fate. The one woman is n downpOUr
OF the disbursement. The other
WI of courage
ono thing it never pays TO do is to
whine. 1t IS good investment to
,auch Laughte' is 4 dividend paying
bond. So is light step So is =
cheerful smile. For these beect CON
tldtnce and success and any hnancier
you know will tell YOU success is
buildcd upon confidence.
Keep Troubles to Self.
Tho person who whtneS ConfcSscs
herself beaten. and large part Of the
world is still cruel 10 the beaten II
YOU are unsuccessful, If YOU haven't
received the recognition You merit. If
your employer SHOWS signs OF longing
for your successor don't tell 1t. The
persons who surround us in our bust =
ness lives are busy about thcii own
affairs Thar makes them thoughtlcss
OF others. If YOU tell them YOU are Il
failure they Will not stop to analyzc.
They will take for granted that what
you say OF yourself is true. And thcy
will remember that indigo mood Of
yours long after YOU have forgotten il.
Tell your troubles to your pillow and
to the four walls OF YOU room They
arc the only contidants who can be
trusted.
Every one faces some condition no
wishes were otherwise. Every one has
at most times tooth OF dlsappoiut-
nent Enawing at his heart. There is
= big IT, thar is the supreme obstacle
to everything The conditions of life
are much the same for us all. Trouble
ther" is ALWAYS and will lie until The
work in Tho far future becomes q vast
harmony. II Is only the form or flavor
~ trouble that differs
But there is a difference in peoplc.
There are winners and ronwhincrs.
Dont whine