Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-27
<<VYT E business girls have one
w do have to earn our own
braad and butter and

E<TTT business girls nave one
- M consolation even il we
w do have to earn our own
bread and butter and
JAM" said a young woman the 9TH
er day, and that is that we have
practically cornered the matrimonial
most of the good things in the
marrying line.
And let me tell you that is, no
small thing in these days when
men are scarce, and shy at the al
tar anyway, and when husbands
have passed into the luxury class.
You, may suppose that the rich
girl who has nothing to do but
and sit on the family pedestal would
have the best chance to marry. Far
from it. Cinderella the Typewriter
Queen, has got the Fairy Princess
left at the Old Maids home when
it comes to husband sharing. And
ry oftener and quicker than the
rich girl, she can marry better.
"As a matter of fact no other
girl has such a poor chance of
making a really good match as the
wealthy society girl. She is handi-
honor, and independence and pride
fight shy Of her because, for one
thing. they cannot bear to put them
selves into the position of a hanger
on and pensioner of their wives.
going to be the famous professional
men and the big business men of
twenty years hence are not hang
ing around drawing rooms, and
yachting and policing just now. They
are grubbing away in offices, and
wearing cheap clothes and counting
pennies, and the rich girl never has
any more chance of meeting them
than she has of being introduced
to the Nawab of Jepore.
"That leaves the matrimonial field
pretty much to the Papa's Son boys,
wife hunters who are not many
Perhaps. 1t is because the million
airesses' choice is so limited il hus-
bands, that very, rich girls so often
give up trying to find a man and
marry a title.
"On the other hand, the poor girl
who works for her living. works
shoulder to shoulder with the COM
ing men: She knows which ones
| have ability, and energy, and mi
that mysterious something that
takes a man out of the ranks and
sets him at the head. That's what
l mean by saying she has the first
chance at all the good things.
AS to her ability to marry be-
IuS ISdlSI lllLH Tie ITCH SlTl >,
that is obvious. What's the good
Of FISHING, in a stream where there
| are no fish?
"The working girl is where the
| fishing is fine. The rich girl is sit
| ting high and dry in a par1or chair.
| without a minnow being in five miles
| Of her. All she can do. is to cut
! bait, and pray for a miracle to hap
| pen that will send some poor fish
| her way. Which doesn't always hap
| pen, there being discoura ging times
| for the supernatural to occur.
Nov every woman knows there
| are two difficulties in getting a
husband. The first Is to find your
man. The business girl does this
| by the simple expedient of prose-
| cutting her search where men con-
| irgate. She is where she sees scores
| Of men every day. where she comes
| in contact with them in her work.
| and where she gets to know them,
| and they get to know her. In this
! way she establishes a cordial ac-
| quaintance with men who are too
| busy or too bashfu1 to ever. call upon
a dressed UP society girl with whom
| they would have to be formal and
| OF their p's and as.
"Why. know a dozen women
who are now riding around in their