Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-07
'PLl|N JANE OR FLUFFY .
RUFFLEs in BUSINESS
Writer Raises Point as to Whether
Beauty Is Handicap to En-
plOyer.
ny utsATRICE rAIREAx.

is beauty handicap TO tho work :
/ ing girl?
Does iovellness interfere with ef-
aclcncy?
IS. DO men OF affairs want their cm-
p,oSccs and assistants to look like
candidates .or the movies or for old
Is the beautiful! business woman
she hasa, Won or insult sac doesn't
IS the homcly but serv!ceable type
neglected or preferred IN business
ofhcea
Beauty is an asset 10 the business
woman until she tries 10 make /; one.
'rhe instant girl tries 10 make her
beautiful complexion Il barrier between
woman who hasn't turned OUT half
her days quota Q. work. that instant
she makes her loyclincss liability
instead OF an asset.
Beauty never yet kept girl out
secretary Is likely to be SO etupidly
narrow minded as 10 suppose tha: II
follows as the nisht the day, that he, be-
there can't be brain under il.
True beauty is harmony o; health
ciesr-cu, features in pleasant comh!n-
alton. AL these things are JUS, as
likely 20 mean happy, disposition ana
a sane mind in u healthy body AS they
are 10 indicate a tendency 10 wear
oyersheer chiffon Houses and open
wori; stockings in January or ,cnt-
>ierk
Thc Goodlooking Girl.
AS matter ct TACT. ,ne gocd.eo King
girl is. likely 20 be sought socially out
20 play the Soc!a! game on the job
She can divide her World into water
;isht compartments Of we;k ana ,p Play
10 keen each in its place and do fun
Justice 10 IT.
:, Z; Just happens ::Iat the hest look
~ my work IS also tho mos, dignittcd.
She doesn': have TO come proving
rs.bout the Office in search OF heauN and
masculine attention. She's happy.
sun shiry creature who doesn't feel that
.isfe has given her raw deal as an
sosAer Of ;hs girls , sens =, 70 Smns be
which has CHANGED to fall 10 her lot
Cor to be produced by her dealings
with pastry and cond!menis3,
ability are no more monopoiies OF the
ugly than OF the beautiful. brains;
business sbil.y' willinenS5S a,I 70 a,dsna
extend them il the interests o. th" o..
fec require il may be shown IN equal
dest caricaturo OF the human form d
sine the Office contains The whole
Thing is a matter OF Tic individual! ar!
his feelings rather than OF type and
its appearance.
il, the the f SenSty f 70 s,r us lon to Work
T isn't s fr always Z tho gr ri Witii tie sim
NEST ankles who Insists on patent
leather pumps and sheer SILK stockings
Beauty liz Rcstfui.
It's not fair to make mental reser-
ca,ions either for or against the
eea5iy IT'S mo- nndv to %a aad
den Of the girl who's deprived of WON
Tiers ls Ss an s nnn hrsas eonnec' ION
between homel!neEs OF face and ugli-
arss OF spirit, l. simply isn't fair To
throw. the onus OF the matter on eN-
There's no getting away from the
fact. lint beauty is rcstful and re-
lis. And il never will I've a handicap
10 the woman who works. unless her
Idea Of workins is that of working
"a. The only Kind Of beauty that isn't
welcome IL, the world of bus ness is
the self nsc!ous, selfish kind, which
seeks TO be its own excuse for being.
Work hall done wRoiesone lowell
Ness is rs welcome n the business
bfauty-worshiping world. But ,inscl.
.Ta,ydry pos!ns WI! always bore people
fnHae 's wnrt tn nto 'h iasf III ofcs dor
their homes.
AS for the !nti:racles or which Sore
business men seem .ntea. aud wAicA
business girls SEEM 20 a;.-ac: !.
isn't always beauty who does TIE t!.c-
ms. \ girl creates hrr owG Amos
gphe-e. Il irs one o! coo.. ! Idof dignity.
only . brute ut 4 man will !nsisL o..
trying to malt H. I. Us yuc 81 cone-
<,|thtr .ure. not her !oRg eys-la.ass
put her coy way cf handling them. does
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