The Washington herald., 1917-07-04

THE trouble with you women Is
that. as a sex. you haven't got a drop
OF sporting blood in your veins" said
man the other day. You are gam
biers at life without the gamblers
merit OF nerve and pluck to stand by
your own best bet. You plunge-and
then WEIGH when luck goes against
you.
You don't play the game fairly and
squarely. and that's why SO many of
you fail all along the line.
TITS your worst handicap in busi-
ness and why no man wants to do
business with you II he can avoid il.
He's afraid of you. A man goes into
a deal with another man. II II turns
out prosperously, we'll and good. II
1t fails, the other man shrugs his
and he lost, and that's an end OF IT,
He never dreams of holding anybody
else responsible for II.
But IL you go into a business deal
with a woman and 1t fails. she con-
| siders You a robber and a thief to the
end of the chapter. She would have
gladly shared in the profits had the
venture succeeded. but when II comes
~ pdiN VI lhc lOSs. snt
reneges. That's why ladies are per-
soma non grata around respectable
stock brOkerages.
Personally, l often have 1t in my
power to help my women friends to
make little deals that would net them
much needed pin money. but l don't
dare do 1t. | could say to Brown, Say.
old. man. p. ID. Q. looks mighty good
In \ hnf - L.,
Information that 1t is making money
hand over fist, and the dividend is
going to be increased
Brown would know that was Civ
Ing him the best advice ! had in the
snop and he would take it or leave it.
as his own judgment dictated, and
whether he made or lost would never
hold me responsible. But l couldn't
say that to Mary Brown because IL by
any possible chance my tip turned out
wrong and she lost her money she
would always believe that I was a
deep. designing villain who lured her
into making a bad investment for my
own nefarious ends.
And l find the same fault with nv
women employees. They are not
sporting" either, as our English
80 SdN utN want n man
chance in the business world and a
mans pay, and they don't want to be
treated like a man. They want YOU
to always remember that they are
ladies' instead of just cogs in a big
machine for grinding out dollars,
which is all that any business is.
One Of the chief reasons that wom-
en- so seldom rise to high places in
business houses is not their lack OF
ability. but because they have not
enough sporting blood to stand the
punishment by which a young man
gets mauled into the shape in which
he Is most useful. BY that l mean
that when l get hold OF a promising
boy go after him with a sledge ham,
mer when he makes mistakes or shows
symptoms of slackness, and il there
Is any stamina in him he doesn't sulk,
but learns how to do his work eff
ciently. and eventually is worth good
money to himself and the firm.
But when l tell my stenographer
that she is balling UP business by COM
ing to her work an hour late. or that
] prefer the spelling of the late Nos h
Webster to her peculiar variety, or
that 1t doesn't add to the credit OF a
business house to send out smeary and
untidy letters. why she bursts into
tears and sobs out that don't treat a
poor working girl as II she was a
lady.
It's easier on the nerves to fire an