Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12

mother was sending her little Pat
tie 10 the Sacred Heart convent she
had no idea that a few years later
this Pat, IT,, would be doing her
best to come up to fathers expec-
tations of boy.
How do | like this work." she
repeated our question. "Why, /
love tit is fascinating. l love to
get big orders, and make big money
and spend it." she laughed
81 have heard of the horrors
awaiting the business and profess
sional woman but | must say that
the men | meet have, for the most
part, been gentlemen. Many OF
them wear rough clothes; my army
officer customers wear uniforms
and many others wear tailored busi-
ness suits but they are all gentle
men. l visit Is camps and canton-
ments and ] find the old world pref
ty much alike when it comes to the
humanity part of It,
Il meet men just as they meet
me. My experience has taught me
to sense atmospheres and | can tell
the minute / enter an office whether
the proprietor's car is working or
whether his domestic affairs ran
smoothly that morning. If he
meets me in a snappy, hustling
manner, ] am just as brisk and
have the blank line ready to be
signed before he has time to tire Of
me. If he is in a joking mood I
may smile and joke bit about the
weather or the service star l wear
for the regiment l sent over-rny
regiment of sweethearts-or some
other light, noncommittal some
thing"
"But, Pat, tell US how you got
this job selling plumbing supplies,
we insisted.
Same way-same way, / suppose.
Only let me tell you this much
the job was the hardest sale / ever
made. My firm seemed to think
that selling their line was strictly
mans job but l have proven that
it is a woman's," she laughed my
sales are larger than most of the
mems who were selling plumbing
supplies when ] was born"
And Pat, in her pleasant, smiling
way convinces you that what she
says is true. She also convinces
you that she is all woman, tender
hearted and all those things which
are supposed TO be perquisites OF
the fair sex.
Is Pat hardened to the bitter old
world? Not bit of it. Why, there
is tear right back of every smile
I'if you speak harshly TO her. The
great blessing is that nobobdy
wishes to speak harshiy to Pat,
whose manner is always pleasant,
courteous and whose personality is
like a spring breeze waited over the
last dull drab of winter. She is
always welcome in every Office.
Miss Mccoy has proven to her
firm that she is not FIRST order
man" because her business has in
creased on every trip. Many of her
customers wait for her and have
large orders ready when she reaches
their city.
Now that you are out in the
business world like a regular man,
what do you think of this momen-
tous question Of women taking
mems jobs?" we asked.
Good gracious no, women do npt
take mems jobsl There are plenty
for all of us and job is mine, OF
yours, or a soldier's-whoever fiji,
it best. | never could see why iol
belonged to one sex or the other
Men have always sold plumbing
supplies, but believe me, this is my
| job and every trip make proves
it more conclusively to my firm
I'd like to see man get it away
from me. Why, my expense &C.
count is a great deal less. than the
mans. ] have no entertaining to
do, no drinks to buy, no cigars
nothing ,but my actual expenses
When my days work is over / &C
to my hotel and rest or write letters
or do any other thing | choose
which means nothing in the way Of
kexptnse to my firm"
y These statements were all true
and her argument for women and
against big expense accounts were
sound Then instead of wondering
why Pat was selling plumbing sup
plies we began to wondeE why
many women were, not selling them.
And we were glad to learn that most
all men were friendly and few Of
them fresh" from a girl who
knows.
AS we wished her good luck on
her trip, when she left for the sum
ny south, she smiled, through a
serious mood and said: Its a
great old game Is vnit don't u.eaken .