Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-02
PETITE BLONDE SELLS
STOCKS AND BONDS
LIKE A REAL MAN
Miss Elizabeth McShane, Suf-
frage Orator, Is OFF
the Stump Temper
arily
LITTLE MONEY NEEDED

II sounds like a fairy story to say that
keeping accounts for the Woman's suf-
frage Bell outfit on its tour this summer
led to making a bond broker out Of its
secretary, Miss Elizabeth McShane. But
that Is just what IL dId-lnculcated a ltlx-
ing for figures in her that is the only un-
feminine characteristic she possesses
Last winter you might or might not
have been aroused by the sight OF a
dainty nve-foot orator holding forth at
the corner OF 9th and Chestnut streets
on the merits OF woman suffrage. You
might have conceded TO yourself II you
happened to be mere male creature.
that she was decidedly good 10 look at.
with her fluffy blonde hair curling about
her face in tempting disarray and her big
blue eyes sparkling with enthusiasm. 1t
was this, perhaps, that made her look so
charming when she spoke about her ex-
periences with the bell. That was Miss
McShane
I'VE we're gone for months, and every
day had to send an itemized account of
the speeches, minutes, collections, ex-
penses and all the innumerabe expendl-
lures which such n campaign entails" she
said. "Of course, II was great fun, trav-
cling through the small counties and
stumpng' for suffrage. 1t was In this
way ! met a member of the brokerage
firm with which am now connected She
weeks I did nothing but study financial
conditions, securities, bond-brokering'
stocks and such things No, II wasn't
easy. had TO study from In the MORN
ing until 10 at night, sometimes. Then
the men were awfuIly nice to me-" OF
course they were, that goes without say
ing.
MY personal ambition" she confessed.
"is to make the business woman realize
how she can increase her income-not by
speculation, for II find a woman wants
to speculate I do not deal with her-but
by iudlcious investments. Most women
are at loss when 1t comes to investing
money. They know nothing about It, and.
naturally enough, are too tinld to learn
You see," she said, most people think
that an investment must involve hundreds
OF dollars. There are many business men
and girls who are perfectly willing to
speculate with $50, and they would laugh
at this sum as an investment j wish
could demonstrate to the working girl how
many bona fide, reliable, absolutely safe
opportunities are open to her II she would
take the trouble to find them out
II have known cases where women
were never permitted to care for their in-
comes from babyhood up. Some one.
either father. brother or husband, will do
1t for them. And what happens? When
the time comes to do the managing of the
estate the women of the family are at
the mercy of every fake investment
promoter who comes along. No wonder
the men think we shouldn't have the
vote, when we can't even keep our ac-
counts straight.
There are plenty of men who are born
with no knowledge of business. They have
learned what they have got by mngiing
with the business world. A woman can
not do this. Her knowledge of finance
is acquired from what her male relations
tell her. and you know how much that To-.