Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21

CHAPTER XXI.
! " HERE was much that happened
at this time of which | made
L no account, but which after
ward REQUIRED with startling
| stlnctness-things of seeming nom
| Importance, yet OF definite conSe-
| quence to me.
Ore thing which was quickly APP
| parent to me was that the value OF
| tile worker lay In what she accom-
| Pushed and not in the number OF
| hours she put in. SO l urged my
| girls to take care of their health
while | advocated shorter hours OF
continuous labor. Very naturally
| woman or girl who is rested in mind
| and body can accomplish far more
tnan one whose energy has beSn
sarped by long hours or continuous
dissipation.
Another thing 1 tried to impress
Upon N.Y. girls was that economy
does not necessarily mean boarding
or saving money. Money is, after
all is said and done, but medium
Of exchange" [ told them. And the
business woman who spends money
to conserve her time or her strength
IS g true economist. This was espe-
c.all3 true Of many of the women
under my care. They were working,
studying, to fill positions which
heretofore had been filled solely by
men.
Personality counted for a good
deal in the success of the girls in
the investment business just as it
does in every other line of work. But
even personality divorced from tech
meal skill and thoroughness wouldn't
amount to much. Added it makes
for the best advancement for the
workers, also a valuable asset for
the house.
Arnie Fagin possessed personality;
she was thorough. Now she was &C
curing the technical skill necessary
to supplement her other gifts. There
was some jealousy in The office be-
cluse of her rapid advancement. She
had already jumped over the heads
Of those who when she came to us
regarded her as not their equal i'll
either business ability or in the So
ctal scale. Oh, yes-there is as de-
ctled a social barrier among work
ing girls as among the elect -Four
Hundred. And Annie Fagin. poor
Eas+ Side girl with patched clothes,
was looked at askance by many 81
- affairs was modified as time went
on, She won many over by her I'M
failing good nature and her earnest
woIk. But still there were few in
the offices who resented her promo
ton and who took no pains to hide
their feelings.
Ibis was brought to my notice in
a peculiar way.
NJH6 Gay Wleu II RANK LdlapllSGi
had called at the office he said to me
aE.er concluding his business with
Mr.. Barlow:
What makes the girls dislike Miss
Fagin? When I passed a couple OF
thtn they we're talking about her
and i. seemed to me very unllindly.
She is a beautiful character. 1t is
pity she should be made uncomfort-
ellie or unhappy through envy. Thac
IS all it is. Those other girls are
e>.vious of her beauty and her clev-
erness."
was SO astonished at his taking
uc the cudgels for any of our en-
plovees that for moment l did not
answer. That it was because it was
Aurie Fagin 1 never dreamed.
oh. I think you are mistaken. l.
have advanced Annie lately and one
or two feel a little hurt because they
have been here longer. They argue
they should have been given the
praterence.'
well, it is a pity that so beauti-
fu. girl has to work. he returned
wfIh such emphasis T stared bianklT