Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-14

Where did you learn your phil
osophy?"
Don't laugh at me, but guess
1 have learned it by living. with Fa-
gin and then by comparing other
men l have met"
II shall see you meet the right
kind after this" Ny thoughts, as
usual, on Frank.
When we told Ellen of our eXpe-
rience she tried to make us promise
not to ride in the subway again.
Nonsense. Ellen Annie replied.
1--WE are as safe there as anywhere.
God looks after us if we try to do
right" SO often Annie would say
One who cared 1t always surprised
me on account of what she had told
me of her childhood. Her religion,
like her refinement, seemed ingrained
in her, not acquired.
The next day I talked for a while
with the president of the company;
talked of the society girls predilec-
ton for work.
you speak Understandings, Miss
Morrison
Il feel it is true. While I was too
young to have really become tired of
society's designations when the war
started and 1 tried to do my bit,
yet even in the short time had been
in the swim, as we call it, I had
found nothing which could compare
in satisfaction with real work I'M
selfishly done. Of course L did not
work, and that is why I do not be-
lieve that, once having tasted the
joy of real work, our women-the
big-minded, big-hearted women of
this country-will ever consent to
be bored again when they see SO
much to do and realize that they
can do it."
what about the men? They are
looking for work. you know"
They will have to look out for
themselves. 1t isn't that the women
alone are happy in their work, pleased
please. Women cashiers in banks,
for example, have proven just as ca
able and more honest than men. If
they have the one trait necessary,
and then add the other for good
measure, why should bankers turn
them outo Then war has given wom-
an feeling of service. She will
serve from now on-with or without
pay. L am very much interested in
this side of the question-this part
that prosperous women will play in
the coming history of our country.
We will always have the fuffy-ruf-
files sort of woman. the helpless,
clinging zine sort. We must, because
certain men demand that kind and
would not be happy with any other.
But they will be in the minority.
Women of brains will Interest men Of
brains. A man viii. choose a woman
who can talk to him of things in
the servant question. the baby $
tooth, or the latest fashion in dress. -
"God speed the day." the president
answered in such way we both
laughed heartily. And [ apologiZed
for talking so much.
when I get started on this woman
question ] never know when to stop
the working end of it.
81 ask you to talk to me. Please
do not apologize. 1t is new depar-
ture for US, for all big business
we can about them as regards the
work they are doing or propose to
attempt. I don't know of any one
p better abe to inform US than wom-
especially one like yourself who
@ has studied the question from many
: angles"
away. But [ felt strangely thrilled,
d wonderfully encouraged, by what he
l. had said to me. felt that when the
d time came 1 should have friend
s who understood what l meant to try
: to do. With Frank beside me to en-
q courage the, and with this mans be-
9 lief in me and in my ability, surely
I should be a very happy woman.
r Now 1 scarcely could wait for
!, Franks return to tell him. How Rad
;, I ever been able to keep it from him
, so Tong? Perhaps with his help |
= could commence in a small way 70
put my ideaG into use sooner lldn
Then there was Annie. Always in
2 my planning I included her. 1t had
; become such a habit even In TINS
: short time that she had in reality
become a par of my plan.
Chapter xxxVIII
REAMS are silly things,
So , aren't they?"
Annie and I were linger-
q Ing over our coffee late on
Sunday morning. Neither of us had
g been as talEaIiVe Is usual. was