East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-15
The New
Business Girl
r% lERE ara probably twice as malny

working girls IN THIS country to-
- day as there were three or four
years ago. lnstigated by their patriot
Ism, their very iaudahie desire to put
their own youthful shoulders to the
wheel alongside their brothers, fathers
and swecthearts. they have left their
%asygoing. carefrcc lives at home with
.sstiicr and entered that to them. un-
explored country. the business world.
But thasc same big-souled girls, 50
eager to help, are just the girls who are
needing advice these days The new
world is SO different from their old one,
that they are apt TO get bit dared, to
lose ther senx OF direction and to make
little mistakes, that if' not caught up in
time may some time develop into big
cnes.
One thing that this new business girl
often fails 10 realize is that business and
society will not mix any more than oil
and water. There must be no social
recognition during office hours. Your
employer may be yo,ir dads best friend
or you may have met him at a party the
night before and had two dances with
him, but during business hours this
should be forgotten. OF course, you
should be perfectly natural, don't over
do it. Ii is easy enough TO get so in
terested in your work that he Is only
a pari of IL
Girls often wonder whether they
should accept invitations from their en-
pIoyers to lunch. You can hardly blame
= man for wanting to take nice jolly
girl of bis own social standing out for
lunch and spend pleasant hour across
the table discussing work and other con
genial topics But Il win not do. The
other girls and men will talk; you can
not afford it. Discuss your business at
his desk. and reserve the other things
till later
II is very hard to put aside the lovely
clothes and jewelry that you are so fond
of wearing. but you will never be taker
seriously IL you appear at the Office at
9 o'clock dressed as il for an afternoon
tea. Get yourself a simple, well-made
dark business froek, and leave your jew
clry at home.
Another error that this new business
girl must avoid is talking to the other
girls about her family and her posses
sions The fact that you really do not
have TO work should not be mentioned.
The girls who do have to. and who have
been at their jobs since they left school,
may resent il, may feel that II Is pity
that yor had to leave your home and
take the bread out OF their mouths. And
you may miss making some of the dear
est and most loyal friends you have ever
had.
And OF course, it is only TO be expect
ed that much of the social life that was
yours before must be given up for the
time being, That sacrifice is nothing
to what the boys have given
up for you II was different PROPOSE
tion altogether. dancing till 2 o'clock one
night and going TO the theater with
supper later, the next, when you could
lie in bed ill 10 or II the following
morning and have mother bring your
coffee up to you. You have no right TO
bring an aching head and tired body
10 work. IL you are worn out cross
and unable to think clearly, you are taxi
ing something that doesn't belong to
you, the clear brain and rest that your
employer is paying for. OF course, YOU
must have some fun. "All work and no
play" you know Often you can attack
your Job UGH more efficiently after an
evening of pleasure, bt:t II must be the
sort of fun that will not leave you with
that morning after" feeling.
And just because you do not have to
work, don't get into the habit Of arriv-
ing a few minutes late and leaving few =.
early. Again you arc taking
something that doesn't belong TO you
every time you do this.
These little things are all so easy to
avoid and the new life will be so much
more interesting and worth while, when
you have learned to steer your little
boat along the right channel.