The Washington times., 1918-07-17
When Bosses
Go AWGy
The Understudy Gets
q Chance to ShOID
Her Ability
By Eleanor Gilbert,
AutAsr ~TAs Aabftsses Wo.an 4.
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By Eleanor Gilbert,

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r. JONES never used to take
M vacation. He believed that
AVA his business would 60 70
everlasting ruin II he Isft It for .
dAy-mueh less for . weeks vaea-
don What, leave the whole factory
In charge Of some one Of the Eiris1
NSvsrI why. they wouldn't know
how to act In an emergency. Sup
e pose . sudden rush Of orders came
and he wasn't thsrsf. You see. Mr..
Jones va the kind Of person Who
believed he had to run everything
himself II II were 70 be right
Last Summer, however, he sud
denly had to undergo . serious
operation. For weeks he lay In
the hospital. desperately III. his life
despAired Of He didn't have
strength enough to think of his
business But gradually As he
grew better. his mind reverted 10
the factory. II must surely have
gone to pieces By this time. And
on the day he nrst Ventursd into
his little Office for a few hours, hO
WGs prepared for the worst
1t exceeded his widest sxpeeta-
tionA For things had happened
during his absence. The young
forewomAn who had taken charge
during his absence was one Of those
aggressive young things whose
energy sometimes gets buried under
daily routine. But with An oppor-
tunity for initiative. she had made
the most OF Il.
In the nrst place she had invented
two lAbor-Saving ideas that nobody
had ever thought of before They
had been used to doing one thing in
one way Gs taught them by the
ehist. who thought he knew every
thing. But this girl saw nAws and
wastes because she brought fresh
eyes" to the job.
Some buyers had come In expect
ing to see the head OF the arm, and
70 over the same old things that
had been discussed in the same way
for many yeArB before But thLA
young substitute talked to then
with . fresh point Of view; shs had
new ideas about designs ana aiS-
plays and selling points. and By In
tersstinE them she WGs able to dou-
BILE their usual orders
Some women take the absence Of
the chief on his annual vacation A.
a time to take things easy" No
body to supervise, to notice slips. to
eritieisS very good They viii let
things slide a bit And In doing 20
they lose the opportunity 81 the
year.
For this girl en- the contrary,
made the most OF her chiefs ab-
sencs. 1t was an opportunity-not
20 loaf but to do extra work. 70
give some OF her unused abilities .
chance TO demonstrate themselves
As n consequences, she not only did
loyal service in keeping the busl-
ness running smoothly in her chiefs
absence, but she also opened . big
new opportunity for herself
She proved that she could handle
responsibility. and any one who can
rove that can obtain plenty OF re-
. ,onsIbility to handle at respon-
sible salary. Now Mr.. Jones not
only takes a vacation with the con-
ScIousness that business will 20
on as usual" but the girl who
proved this to him has . permanent
Job as understudy and has completS
charge Of q branch Of the business
all the year round.
Understudiea- you know. get GheiF
only opportunity to demonstrAte
their talent when the real star !s
away. So, too. the woman with a
subordinate job In business gets an
opportunity when the chiefs away
"A chance TO tackle more responBi-
biIity, to prove her level-headedness
and initiative. and remind the boss
hat kAS'B capable Of bigger tAinSG