Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-25
ONE WOMAN'S WAY
THE STORY OLA GIRLS FIGHT FOR SUCCESS
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see any need to improve themselves
Sm a WAS satsfed 1h With P5em tRo
years before.
[ told them how the men who
were to remain abroad for d year OF
two, even though peace had been
declared, were to nave their minds
school, be educated and developed
along many lines. But until one
day in talking, L remarked that,
among other things, they would
learn TO speak French, what l had
said appeared to take little hold
upon either the minds or the inn
agination of the two girl wives,
VINO were working only until some
one could work for them; when they
would sink into a mediocre sort of
less intriguing.
l told them also that they must
learn to cook. Our boys had been
well, fed while overseas, and they
cooking the unambitious, unedu-
Gated woman would set before them.
Soon l found that, by dwelling upon
these homely. more easily under
stood phases of what would be re-
quired of women if they were to be
companions of men who had seen
service for their country, who had
grown and developed UNNECESSARILY
more than had they who had re-
manned paSsiVely content to go on
in the same old way as heretofore,
was the only way to fix the atten-
ton of the Mary and Helen sort of
women and to get them interested
enough so that they would COM
mence the study SO necessary if the
men were not to be bored to death
INV a min wi,
reaper on the battlefield.
Chapter XVIII
r HAD not felt such rea! content
ment since mother lett me as l
L did now that Annie Was Install
in my home. | had, because of
my work, cut myself off from prac-
tically all my young friends. Yet
often regretted the fact that l
had no one near my own age with
whom | might chat or VINO was in
terested in the same things -hich
! Interested me. Not that | ever for a
business life, for l had not. But
| even u business woman longs for
| relaxation, for the companionShip of
| her own sex; and save for Ellen,
my devoted servant, and all elderly
woman, a very dear friend OF moth
| er'S, l had no one.
| Another idea in connection with
| Annie occurred to me. Why not be-
| gin to train her to help me in my
work, to assist me in teaching girls
| independent was a voucher FOR their
| happiness, not a stumbling block, as
| so many seemed to fear
| knew that men-most Of them
| contended that independence would
! UNFIT girls and women to become good
wives and mothers. I declared just
as Vehemently that it would make
| them far better wives and mothers.
| Annie, of course, had had very lit
tie, experience, but she was wonder
| FULLY receptive and adaptable.
That she was too pretty to be a
| good business woman l did not be-
lieve, regardless of Frank opinion
to the contrary. l knew lie was al
most a beauty worshiper, and that
he thought an office where a girl
was thrown into daily contact with
| all sorts of men was no place for
an attractive young girl.
You are. old enough to take care
OF yourself 3! to know your own
we were talking upon the subject.
"A fri of nineteen or even twenty,
without much education, no expert
ence with men, and who is unusual
~ beautiful, has no place in an
office unless there is an older wom-
an employed" That was. one thing
upoL which we agreed; that III offices
where numbers of girls as we'll as
men were working it was wise to
have an older woman as sort of
chaperon or matron, also an employee,
but whose added duty it would be
to keep a watchful eye upon the
girls. But that was something which
would need the education Of en-
ployerS as we'll as employees before
1t gould be accomplished.
one would think ME a Methuse-
lah, at least l returned, pouting
little Some way whenever one spoke
OF me as old it hurt me. l was not
old; If sorrow and responsibility
had made me appear older than my
years was not to blame. Yet l
knew it was this very appearance of
maturity which had made NY serv-
ices worth more to my employers.
Annie"
And infinitely older in the ways
of the world
Yes, but Annie has, common
The best in the world" he had
answered. but don't build too many
foundation sometimes crumbles.''
Frank and had talked very little
really. Yet [ felt sure he approved
to, very young, very pretty girls
taking up office work, partly be-
| cause of their youth and beauty,
| partly because their minds were not
L
! that Annie was of different type;
| that she was just as much of a
| worker as L was, even though ] were
older.
How did we ever get along with
! 81 was a thinkin' that same thing
| myself. It seems as though she had
always; lived here, don't it, Miss
"It surely does" And it did. She
! n oil
! | was astoniShed at her aptitude.
| Where had she learned to be so dain-
| ty, to have such correct manners.
! to know what to use at table, etc?
had not been to the manner born;
| that she had not always been ac-
customed to the little refinements
of living Ladylike' refined, quiet
in our. little household and at the
she might be your own sister,"
Ellen had added. You mover was
was educated and had nice home
and was brought up proper. But she
amt had none of them things. yet
she amt bit like most workin' girls
either. She amt none of their bold
ways, and she acts educated, whether
| she is or not
L thought perhaps that explained
much about Annie. Ellen's homely
| speech conveyed a lot to me because
| it showed adaptability.
"She acts educated whether she
is Or not"
"she is a dear. sweet girl. and we
are very fortunate to have her with
u.s.
"Wfll she stay. Miss Olive, when
you get-married?"
ooh, I think not. Ellen. yeti
don't lnow-of course, that would
have to be as Mr.. Lampheer wished
(To Be Continued.l
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