The Washington times., 1918-01-28
MAKING YOUR
JOB PAY
Is 1t Good Business
to Appear Shah
billy Dressed?
By Beatrice Fairfax.
SST HERE'S man outside
vents 70 see you said
30 - 49, a..

.SNAA s7ta1 OluCe oogst
Ar.sJenklns looked UP and studied
Jerry's face: whats the matter
with himr'
"Ahl he looks like a back number
kind OF down aad out thought
maybe he'd come to touch You for
loan or to. sell you some phOay
stock"
Mr.. jenkins seat word that hS
was In an important eopfersnes
and could see no one. Then he
turned 10 me and spoke tsrssiy.
aSEressIvely: when an ofncs boy
comes IN and reports that q man
looks sesdy and ShIftIess and dowa
b and out. / don't want him In my
organization"
is II fair to judge that way?
Maybe this Il a splendid man whO
has been forced out OF work De
you think it's humane 70 turn him
away because a fourteen-year-old
younsster says he looks ssedyF
Perhaps he nesded you; perhaps he
had. something you need" I asked
30 earnestly that AIr. JENKINS sat
back then and there and gave me
what he called ''chatauaga Lscturs
No. S3l3."
Business isn't 4 social settlement
or \ charity fair" said he. and It
hasn't time to Investigate down and
cutters"
Fifteen years ago was down
and out went after a position for
six months and pieeed In with such
Jobs a. dishwaGhfng at eafeteriAs
and shovslling snow. had 70 take
any cheap little means Of earning .
few cents In order to avoid starV-
ing to death. Fate seemed dead
against me. I got more and more
unShavsn and unshorn. Ny feet.
were not far separated from the
cold ground. And the ragEsder Z
got, the worse the tre-fv or
when I went looking for work.
And doesn't that make you see
how unfair ~ Is to smut l.---. -;
from a job because he's snaOUs
NO. It doesn't I was shabby
mentally tSos Hh.fCsss, down and
out. I locked. the part OF a failure
and = vagTant- I looked like a
tramp. felt like q tramp. I got
treated like q tramp. And then
one day woke up to the fact that
a man Isn't likely to be much better
than he looks.
so 1 marched myself down to =
big charitable orEAnizatiou. put my
pri In my pocket and offered 20 do
OF clothes. They gave me a place to
sleep and two square meals a day.
and r worked at everything from
packing cases OF old clothes TO
driving waEon-loads OF poor chill
drsn on excursions to the country.
II waited on table. cleaned DOR
mitories and did q lot OF jobs you
probably won't be able to think OF
in connection with mel 3ms
out with hvs dollars and lived on
pretty skimp meals. but I kept my
clothes prsssed and my face shaveh.
got . position too, without any
hslp-started On my own. and here
am I tell Fou the man who looks
a. u he had kept his sslf-respeet
-
grit to light fer it."
OF course Mr., jenkins IL hard.
He has been trained in . hard
school ard has made his night grim
ly and ruEKedly. But he isn't all
wrong about the Importance Of aP-
pearance In business
When I come into an office and
am greeted By a rouEed little
StsnogFapher, who looks as IL she
belonged IN musical comedy
chorus, I inStinetively feel that
am In a place lacking In either e.
fcisney, dignity. moral tone or all
three. When I am greeted by a
neat, well-tailored, blue serge clad
clerk ] naturally feel the waves OF
efficiency and business-like order
and ecoFum that are part OF the
atmosphere OF the place.
Dressing for business IL part Of
the equipment for business success.
Neat, clean. plain, dark clothes with
q touch OF seru or gray or white
are most practical for the business
woman. Too many girls think that
q bit OF color to brighten them up
Is going to make them more at
tractive. Being over-emphasiSed BY
blue glass beads and a purple veil
and pale gray suede shoes isn't at
tractIve' in the right way. however
The glass beads look cheap and
dinEy, the purple daunts itself. the
light shoes become soIied. There 10
. suggestion of soil and chsapness
about the clothes which attaches
Itself 70 the wsarer Businso
needs . uniform that shall At quiSG
" into an atmosphere OF work
No more than he can aEord to 70
Impressed. unshaven or spotted a.
TO clothes can . man aford to e
dressed In conspicuous black and
white checks showing yellow shoes
and vivid scarlet ties. And csrtain-
ly OF all places where WHAT'S sauce
for the goOSe Is sauce for the gan
der" the business world most com.
plstsly 10 one where, what is neat
ness and tFimnesS and common
sense IN mans dress Is also pleas
Antly attractive. decentiy pleasing
and efficient looking for women.
Tour appearance Is your letter OF
Introduction and you might as well