The Washington times., 1920-06-25

full entrance into the business world
has done away with her femininity
has been shattered so many times
that II hardly seems either necessary
or apropos to offer additional evil
dence. But when a woman who owns
and operates her own business with
such success that she has been made
member OF the board OF directors
OF a bank walks into her nrst meet
ing OF the board. and blushes-well,
that's the last little bit OF evidence
necessary to shatter the old-fashioned
idea.
Mrs. JEANNE Kafisa is the woman.
Miss Mary O'Toole. the other woman
member OF the board, Is responsible
for the information that Mrs. Kafka
blushed. Miss o'Toole was there.
SHE FELT EMBARRAssED.
81 feel terribly embarrassed sitting
here with all these men," Mrs. Kafka
said to her.
"Well. you mustn't be-" Miss
O'Toole replied. We've got TO learn
the banking business. Some day we
may start womans bank. Who
knows?"
Those who know Mrs. Kafka's his
tory may we'll echo Miss OTooles
words. "Who knows?"
Twenty-Five years ago Mrs. Kafka
left school, and started to work.
There weren't as many opportunities
for a young girl then as there are to-
day. There were only a few lines OF
endeavor open to girls of thirteen or
thereabout who found 1t necessary
to earn a livelihood.
Mrs. Kafka became a cash girl, or
bundle wrapper-she isn't quite
sure which. But she is sure about the
salary. 1t was 81 a week.
Today Mrs. Kafka is proprietor of
Kafka's Shop for Young Folks at r
and Eleventh streets and a recently
appointed member OF the board Of
directors of the Citizens Savings
Bank.
APPOINTED DIRECTOR.
III anybody had ever told me in
those days that some day I'd be a
member OF the board Of directors Of
a bank-especially a bank in the ma
tons capital-fd have thought they
were crazy" Mrs. Kafka says.
Sounds Quite simple. doesn't 1t. this
step from cash girl to director in q
bank? But IL wasn't simple. Mrs.
Kafka says so. 1t was accomplished,
she says. only through hard struggle
and an ever-present application of her
own well-grounded philosophy. Keep
Smiling"
There's nothing on earth that can't
be overcome II you keep smiling"
Mrs. Kafka said. That's always
been my philosophy. I've always
made II a point to consider my to-
morrows as yesterdays. Consider the
struggles of tomorrow as conquered
feats of your yesterdays and you'll
get along
Mrs. Kafka refuses to talk about
her struggles. IT'S much more in
teresting." she said, ito talk about
ones successes. One shouldn't talk
about his troubles-shouldn't think
about them any more than necessary.
HAPPY OVER SUCCESS.
"Of course sometimes. I sit here
at my desk and think over the days
that have gone by and 1t brings a
great feeling Of satisfaction--to know
that i have done 1t all, with the aid
and support of my friends. But 1t
isn't so much the feeling that success
has come to me which makes me
happy as the knowledge, we'll proved
that there is practically no handicap
which cannot be overcome"
Mrs. Kafka's advice to young girls
leaving school is to go into business
to become sales-girls.
"Not the listless. floating. sort of
eales-girl one sees so much Of these
day" she says. "But my advice to any
girl who wants to make a success and