Evening journal., 1919-02-25
The New
BuSine SIS Girl
~ HERE are probably twice as many
working girls in this country to-
= day as there were three or four

" i1ERE are pIoodDiy tWiSc - many
working girls in this country to-
= day as there were three or four
yrars ago Instigated by their patriot
Ism. their very laudable desire to put
heir own youthful shoulders to the
wheel alongside their brothers fathers
and sweethearts, they have left their
easygong. earefrec lives at home with
mother and entered that to them. un-
explored country. the business world.
But these same big-souled girls, so
eager to help. arc 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 dazed. to
lose thcr sense Of direction and to make
little mistakes, that If not caught up in
time may some time develop into big
ones.
One thing that this new business girl
often fails to realize is that business and
society viii not mix any more than oil
and water. There must be no social
recognition during Office hours. Your
employer may be your dads best friend
OF you may have met him at party the
night before and had two dances with
BIN, but during business hours this
should be forgotten. OF course. you
should be perfectly natural, don't over
do it. 1t is easy enough to get so in
terestcd in your work that he is only
8 part of it.
Girls often wonder whether they
should accept invitations from their eni-
ployers to lunch. You can hardly blame
g man for wantiyg to take a nice jolly
girl of his own social standing out for
lunch and spend a pleasant hour across
the table discussing work and other con-
genial topics. But II will not do. The
other girls and men viii talk; you can
not affordit Discuss your business at
his desk. and reserve the other things
till later
1t is very hard to put aside the lovely
clothes and jewelry that you arc so fond
OF wearing. but you will never be taken
seriously il you appear at the Office at
g o'clock dressed as if for an afternoon
tea. Get yourself a simple. well-made
dark business frock. and leave your jew
elry at home.
Another error that this new business
girl must avoid Is talking to the other
girls about her family and her possess
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 ar their jobs since they left school.
nay resent il. may feel that it is a pity
hat yor, had TO leave your home and
Ike the bread out of their mouths. And
ou may miss making some of the dear
/ and most loyal friends you have ever L
ID. h
And of course, it is only to be expect ei
that much Of the social life that was W
'urs before must be given up for the to
me being. That sacrifice is nothing tn
ompared to what the boys have given co
'p Tor you. 1t was a different PROPOSE dc
non altogether. dancing till o'clock one ST
hight and going to the theater, with in
supper later. the next. when YOU could be
lie IN bed ull 10 or II the following
tnornng and have mother bring your =,
coffee up to you You have no right 10 !
bring an aching head and tired BODY !,
70 work. If you are worn out. cross
and unable to think clearly. you arc TAX
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 uch more efficiently after an
evening of pleasure. but it must be the
sort of fun that will not leave you with
that morning after" feeling.
And just because you do not have to
york. don't get into the habit of arriv-
ng few minutes late and leaving few
minutes early. Again you are taking
omcthing that doesn't belong to you
very time you do this.
These little things are all so easy to
void and the new life will be so much
ore interesting and worth while, when
u have learned TO steer your little
at along the right channel