Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-18
ONE WOMAN'S WAY !
THE STORY ORA GIRLS FIGHT FOR SUCCESS. !
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longing to them"
Don't build air castles, Olive.
They ara alp to be mighty flimsy
structures Just find out whatever
you can and some day arop into my
office and tell me. By the way hear
you are doing wonders downtown.
The president OF your company is an
gressive man he is, too. L hope ne
won't spoil you by giving you too
knew that Mr.. Curry did not
wholly approve of women doing. work
which required them to take heaVy
RESPONSIBILITIES that he did not be-
lieve they hac yet the executive ab1l-
itv to make a success. So l could but
feel plea sed that ] had been praised
to him.
own" I quoted, teazing him.
How { hate that phrase: Women
have had their own way almost eV-
cry way ever since Eve tripped so
gayly ABOUT the garden inveigl1ng
Adam to do things he had no bust
ness to-. It isn't a question of sex
with me, it - of ability. But wom-
en- will lntrudo seq into their work
just so .ong as there are women.
And"
mot all women, Mr.. Curry. And
they have to do-learn. You see you
men have it all over US in that you
have the generations back of you to
lean upon. Your father, your grand
father, his father, and his grand
father, al! hac their share in making
the wheels of the wollo go round and
you have inherited their ability along
with their immunity from distrust of
your powers until you fail. While
women arf distrusted until they make
twice good aud then some, simply
because they have never been train
ed, never allowed to learn the first
principles of business. But look to
your profession they are making
great strides. Some day they will
walk rough-snod over you if you
don't watch 'Gt!'
ooh, you advanced females! What
are we going to do with you?"
Love US, help us to earn so that
we may help you, help the whole
world to know that a busy woman, a
woman w tn vision, perspective, is a
better woman, better wife and
mother tan the woman who thinks
only of self. The war has given
women nue. il. return for what she
has done in the way o. selflessness
and work. Ii is up to you now to
a certain extent, up to the men, the
business men OF the country to en-
courage err to go on and on until she
stands side DIP side WITH them men
tally as IL ever. other Eay-because
her mentality has not been allowed
to go on rus'ang until the very bot
tom of her brain has rusted away,
like the bottom of an old cast-off
washboiler."
"Hear! Heart"
please believe 7 am in earnest!"
mo one could listen to you and
not know it, in spite of the wash
boiler"
"What ere YOU two talking about?"
Annie called from the doorway. IF
you have Olive started upon her pet
theme, womans work, L might as
we'll take off ny things again.
mo 1 am all through. But meant
every word said, even that women
are coming into their own, l threw
the phrase ct him laughingly as
ran up the s+eirs for my wraps.
"You should have studied law. L
am not sure but you would have
been a great success as a pleader'
Mr.. Curry ca ed after me.
"1sn't IL nee to know such people!
How good they are to take me in
right along with you. I Just love
that dea, old lady. If could have
had a mother like thai" A sigh fol-
lowed Armies wish.
We had scarcely reached home
when a soy trough ne cablegram =:
"Start tor home tomorrow on the
Maureta MA. Frank"