The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-06-02
Two Sisters
By ETHEL HOLMES

IA ,rornaret and Belle Whitcomb were
s+ors and when they reached mar
noohc ace the matter of a career
ros discussed between them.
AZ az hrlteye." said Margaret, lin the
II tiro brutality of woman with man"
IT. bplicye. said Belle, that a wo.
Ian who marries should be her hus-
Sand's partner in every respect
#"r am going into business" said
torsarct land shall show the world
&ot = woman can run a big business
a well as Il man"
#1f YOU can secure the management
~ n business" her sister supplied.
AM0rgarct was twenty years old when
H. secured position as typewriter
M stenographer, a sort of secretary
n friend of her fathers who man
srad large manufacturing business.
NJ thus started with every advantage.
fohppv IIartwell. an office boy, fifteen
bars old, started in at the same time
a she. One day he said to her:
#"AIiss Whitcomb, I'd like to make
leal with you. Teach me stenography,
mi whenever you have to be absent
I'm time I'll do your work for you"
a Margaret agreed. She taught Johnny
1fepography, and he remained at the
Mice after business hours, practicing
jrnewriting on her machine. Ne kept
kis word. and when she was unable to
IA her work he did it for her. AS for
5obnny, he was never absent from
busjness. What he did for Margaret he
lid for any one else in the office; he
Helped them all and learned something
AZ the duties of each.
gWhen Johnny was nineteen years old
eome one was needed to go somewhere
ID straightcn out something. Margaret
lFould have liked to go, but she was
not very we'll at the time. Johnny was
tough as nut and was sent. He had
harmed SO much about the business
Mat he found it very easy to undo the
mar. He succeeded so we'll that he
Vas thereafter used to go about I'M
dcing snarls and accomplishing OBJ
Nets Pretty soon it was generally I'M
derStood that when the head of the
concern stepped out Johnny would
sep into his place.
Meanwhile Margaret was gaining
nothing in a business way. Unfortu-
nately for her success, certain man
wanted her to marry him. Whenever
she was discouraged in carrying out
ben agreement with herself she felt
Ike yielding and marrying her sutton.
Johnny married, and when a little girl
cane to him he remarked:
st"By cracIioy, now I've got to hump
Il sure enough, to put stufing into the
kd~
And he worked twice as hard as ever
Before
Hhargaret within eight years occupied
four different positions. But, not being
my nearer Il business manager than
bfOre she retired. Going into John
Ms office one day, she said to him:
n Johnny years ago you and I started
n this business, l having every adj
untage Of YOU. Now you are at the
az Of it and I'm out of the race. Is
&becauSc | am a woman and you men
ont give rs chance?"
IN this particular case" was the re-
ID, 1T is because when came in here
~ once became absorbed in my work.
men | wasn't at work | was miSer-
we | was four years younger than
lM and had four years advantage. |
Eyer had to he away from business. |
Has so eager for work that did some |
g your work and some of every one
eSe in the business. In this way ! |
sMfned IT, When some one was need |
n lor a purpose | was the best equip |
W Tor it. Perhaps you thought if you
aMled You could marry. | felt that if |
mled couldn't marry. When | did
aaffy realized that the responsibility
Na family was on me; if ! didn't sue.
eed the wife and the kid would starve.