The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13

in temperamental fitness was A Ia c.,s,
She reasoned that a woman on en,.,.
ing the working world. espnCia,lv I.
law and medicine. had So many pret,
dices to overcome that temperams,.
was a matter of slight impor,anc,
Possessing an analytic mind was -. |
first requirement in both pr fass,os,
OF next importance she put the f,eu,,
of gaining other peoples confGerr.
Temperament has nothing 10 do VII.
either. she affirmed
That's just like n LAWYER"
woman doctor exclaimed. when told ,
the other woman'S decision. "NIv IRA.
tice is confined almost exclusively .
wo king women. and at leas' one.,h-
4 the troubles that I am called IN r
cure are caused by mlsh, temper,
ments.
Il don't know what Is required ~,
lawyer, So I can't express an oplnio,
about fitness for that profession. but,
do know that uniess q girl ras whl, ,
ca .led the executive temperament 81.
should not try medicine. She mus, "
able to direct. control by her innuerc,
and she must also he cheerful. I ,an,
imagine a successful physician brood.
ing over the preiudices she had 70
overcome when beginning practice
OF the W negative ones tho hr-
was an expert stenographer and n.
other a trained nurse, the head u tie
medical department in tho " mans
ward OF a metropolitan hospital TN.
stenographer thought the success ot 4
woman in her field depended moro IN
the temperament Of the employer tha,
Of the employee. She felt slro that,
stenography was such a broad red
that IL offered opportunities for gir.,
Of every temperament. TIE difficulty
lay in getting the girl with the en-.
ployer or boss whose Temperament,
didn't make her a misft.
on the other hand. the trained nur,.
took the position that all women vAr.
suited by nature to be nurses Just A,
they were suited 10 motherhood TIE
difficulty was In their early training ~
environment. Some Of the s'up.dsr
girls she knew had made fine nurse,
in spite of the fact that they a'mo,
fell down" on their final eXamini.
tons. on the other hand. some ~ ~
greatest "fibhergihits," girls who or
entering the training school appsare,
TO have no Of responsible"
whatever. had developed and done OF.
-eptionally we'll. She was convinced
hat being a good trained nurse WIS a
question Of conscience rather tan
temperament, and conscience. she h'
I.a,.A1 u-na n .,NAffnr Of frlhErNrHN-
certainly not Of Temperament,
A woman who has made A success
as a truck farmer asserted 'fa'
girl entering her field must have
mixed temperament. She should N
executive in her management. adm \
istratiVe in her planning and Co0'orr'
plative when considering her prc'
and loss columns. She had foin1 .-.
small amount Of contemplate ''m'
perament that rad fallen I, her ,h'''
of most value when ssarchiu- 81: h"'
profits at the prices offered ~ middle
men. She found 10 Difficult IN man.
aging her help o in prod...n- 'r'N'
but when II came 10 finlin- pr frs 81
felt her weakness as a r'.'a-''
worker. Because of THIS sh- Va
changed her methods, selling "N'll'
sively 10 consumers
The next woman on n" 'S' vas n
novel writer. Instead Of sha.ns M
head she held up her hants
II don't want 70 say a w'r5 7hoH'
it," she declared. i've never seen A.
adult human being vino w7Sr'' cor
WINGED that they could writ ~
masterpieces. Not one, oI' se.'ra
Some Of them do and som" dn'
That's all | know about =
The assistan, principe, ~ . r1N'
school gazed out tn vNd"" Nh 'd-''
fully before making any reply. WE.
she turned her face WIS Very Serious
1T is the problem thai very mo'''
Of a family has To- face and 'ft' 'Ne
teacher grows gray pu2f,'"- over 81
= said. "It Is whore our schools "A
= where our laws fail indeed ~ r. ~
whole social system falls short wa
= is food and drink fnr on" cF.| r
r person. may he rank po.s. ~ On
and the reverse.
: III vocational schools and N"'n
tional agencies are 10 d. ~" N.r, %
which they arc planned ''"N '''
consider the individual The ..'A
, difference in children. ~ p'Ts -
their temperamcu's. VIC" "0.' !
are able 10 classify r'mp'r'0.r.'
, such a way that We can n' -lF' ~ .
|. Letting the right cnv.rl"m'"' '.' ~.
, lcnnium vii have arrived
81 can think of rolh.ns NOV" ".''