The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-15
By Dorothy Die.
''The Worlds Highest Paid Woman
Writer

earn tnrif own Ofcad ana butter.
salute them as comrades, and |
congratulate them, for tho feeling OF
Independence that prevades n womans
breast when she realizes that she has
the strength to stand lone on her
own fee, and take care OF herself, is
the most oul.sa,isiying emotion that
she will ever know.
But ! wish ! could say ore word
tha, would penetrate through the ilui-
fy brown and black. and gold hari
mats over the ears of all these little
sisters who are starting out along
ihe road that have travelled so long
and whose difficulties know so we'll.
And that word would he ktfl-
ClENCY.
|, Take tina, word for your motto,
girls. Il Is the open sesame that
.wlll open the door OF big oppor,nn.
,i,ies Tor you. II i, the magic word
tha, will bring YOU suoces, II you
keep # forever in your minds.
For on your efficiency depends
| whether you will earn merely bread
| and butter, or will make Jam, and pie,
and angel, food. 1t Is not a ques-
ktion OF the kind OF work you 90 into,
I1irls. It's the quality Of the work
kfhat you do upon which your sue
(.ee,, depends.
! The lowest runs, Of every laader
ere cheap seats. The topmos, rungs
are the places that command high
yprceA In every occupation in the
world. iron the lowest TO the high
est. from being scrub woman TO be
fng President there are little
L,hin envelopes ard big fat en-
Ivelopes and the little thin pay
|envelopes 20 TO the incompeten,
IwoSksrs, and the big fat pay enye
hopes 90 10 the efficient workers.
{I,S up to you 10 decide In which
Iclass you arc going to qualify, and
1,ow much money you arc gong to
receive.
Did you ever think of this; that
|you have 10 work Just abou, as hard, !
and as many hours day. 10 earn
a little money a, you do to earn lot
Iof money! Think il over and YOU
will see that i, $ true.
!, The cook who knows so little about |
rocking that she has never learned
90 make decent cup ot coffee, nor
bread that is not frs, aid 10 the |
'Indertaker, and who cannot cook
roast without getting il overdone or
Sinderdoue, has 10 work Just ~ many |
hours 4 day, and just - hard tor
% 10 SO . week ~ the ehei does
Nor 500. The chef OF one OF the
big hotels In New York gets $4,000
q year for spending only four hours
b day at his job.
I The poor dressmaker who puts
gowns together hit-or miss. and who
has to he forever taking things out,
and puttisg them in. that she has
Ilap- dashed together and gotten
wrong, has 10 toll ten times ~ hard
Ter . few dollars as the competent
eressmaker does for many dollars.
: The poor stenographer who never
ieafns to spell or TO write securate-
", and who cannot take . letter wdih-
Sut making . dolen mistakes, puts
IN just a. weary time for small
bay as the competent secretary does
tor good pay. |
/, Consider these things, and YOU will
perceive that you save yourself moth
sng by sighting your work. and by
being satisfied 10 remain incompetent
The only thing that you do i, TO
Gu, down your earning power, and
put low valuation on your work.
4 II is efficiency that the world Is
willing TO pay for. II 10 the little
extra touch OF competence that com
1nands its own price. II 10 the know
)hg how TO make sauces, and soups
Nat lifts the chef above the cook.
b 10 the knowledge Of color and hne
bat turns the dfessmaker into III
3rtist II 10 her skin and accuracy
bat makes the stenoSrapher . private
1eeretary.
What are you going 10 DO about
4? Are you going to work tor little
money. or do you want . good alary'
4 Two girls start in at the same coun-
&r TO sell goods. One oi them is
sill At the same counter ten years
A,er, OF where she has driited TO
smother store where she has no bet
er place, while the other girl has
lone up 10 the head Of . department,
II . buyer. The reason Of il is
(hat one girl was efficient and the
3thsr girl inefficient
, One GIRL did Just n little work a.
jhk could get BY on. She never had
}nough interest in the thing she was
2eiling TO try 10 learn anything about
4. She vss lackadaisieal uninter-
isted With customers came TO buy |
and never took any trouble to please
chem.
! The olNlr sisl was On her tip |
sDes al the time. She was alert
eager 10 please, 50 enthusiastic she
Infected everyone who came TO her
lounter with her belief that she was
jeliing the best stock in town. And
ne stuffed her BUSINESS 80 that she
Snew her job down to the ground. |
, In the end she had something worth |
laylnr for, and the world wa. glad to
give her her price,
, Don't believe that there is but one
vsy TO get along In business. Don't |
pin your faith to pull or put your
helief in isvori,ism. II Is push that
does II. The office pet is the girl
Who does the best work, whose let
tbrs do net have 10, be read over,