The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
For and By
Business Girls


Several years ago young girl who
was neighbor of mine started to
work in humble capacity for a large
corporation. She was merely one Of
the many girls just out of scshool who
were beginning their careers without
training and with no definite line Of
work to follow.
AS nearly as can remember, her
first job consisted Of collecting the
outgoing mail from the various depart
ments of the house and helping to seal
and stamp the same work that most
beginners figuratively turn up their
noses at and consider 9themselves
above performing. Jane, remember,
was extremely proud of being able to
arm her own living, and simple as her
duties were they held for her an i'm
Iportance that made her perform them
in thorough and painstaking man
ner.
She used to talk to me a great deal
about her position and her desire to
become a really successful business
woman. inexperienced and young as
he was, she realized even the import
nee of doing her best on every task
hat came to hand in and about her
inc of duty.
Her first promotion was a great
vent. and made her more ambitious
or success than ever. There were
wo or three girls with the firm at that
ime who held responsible positions,
I'd it was James earnest desire and
Intentions, as she contided to me many
lines, to occupy one day as important
a position as theirs.
Jane moved away and / lost track
f her for three or four years,
although / never forgot her delight
I'll assurance that she was going to
make good in business in spite of
her limitations in the way of education
and training. / often wondered how
he was getting on, and was pleased
when a chance encounter with her
sister the other day gave me news of
her.
James success has been phenomenal.
At first her family was inclined to
laugh at her serious air whenever she
talked about her work, but their
amusement was dissipated as one pro-
motion succeeded another, and now
she is the object of their unbounded
admiration. She is still working for
the firm she started in with, and has
the best position of any woman in the
house.
According to her sisters account,
James success is due to the fact that
no matter how insignificant or disa-
greeable bit of work was allotted to
her she took care Of it pleasantly,
promptly and thoroughly. Her later
promotions are due, of course, to her
initiative and keen business sense,
but her earlier recognition, which is
responsible for her development, was
a direct result of her willingness to
do well the little tasks that the other
girls were inclined to ignore or do
lhalf-heartedly
After Jane started to work the man
in charge of the department to which
she was assigned found that certain
portions of the work that had always
been sighted by the girls and which
had been the source of good deal
of trouble amongst them, were being
accomplished with neatness and dis
patch, and there was no longer any
difficulty about them.
It wasn't long before he singled
Jane out as the one to whom credit
was due for the change. Her eager
ness to learn and her willingness to
do things cheerfully brought promo
ton to her in preference to girls who
had more experience and served longer
with the Arm.
The girl who continually grumbles
about her work and refuses to do this
or that, and who performs any task
outside her routine duties only under
protest, is not on the road to success.