, 1921-10-10
WHERE A WOMAN WON.

Verify, woman has come into her own. And IL any,
one asks you she has come in strong. We all delight
to tell about her. When she can do a thing better
than we can, we do not hesitate to hand the crown
and scepter over to her and give her three rousine
cheers when the thing has been accomplished. There
is no backbiting when woman Is concerned. We like
her. She has been a silent partner for n long period
of years and since she has been made a full mariner
with an active interest in the business heretofore con-
Quoted by man we are treating her with equal respect
and courtesy and according her the game credit we
have given man In the past. The Louisville Courier.
Journal tells of a case in which a red-headed girl saved
the day when the men concerned were discouraged and
ready to quit:
"In these days when men with hard faces and soft
bodies are reminding women Of the limitations of
the female of the Species it may be interesting TO
note the case of a certain Louisville woman, to whom
it has been given in four months time to wine out a
$4,000 deficit on the books of a well known corpora
ton after its president and directors had practically
thrown up the sponge and were on the point of
adopting a policy of liquidation.
THE case is not a little illuminating respecting the
adaptability and the c~apability Of women in various
fields of activity.
Successful at the outset of its career, the business
OF this corporation began to slump early last fall. By
March q steadily increasing deficit had set in. Anx-
ious bill collectors began to crowd the presidents
anteroom. The president got up in the morning with
a crouch and went to bed at night with a corrugated
crow. Directors were glum. Everyone, excepting a
mere woman, was looking for someone to pass the
buck to. The president got sick and went on a yaca-
ton. Directors fed to fishing camps.
"The woman remained on the job.
IT was agreed that where president and directors
had failed, a woman, not yet twenty years of are.
whose only assets were Titan tresses and a charm.
ing, though not too charming, smile, should be given
a chance to succeed where her elders of the strong.
er' and more intelligent sex had failed.
This woman, armed with a disarming smile promnt.
ly, tackled the job.
Two things needed to be done; increase the vol.
ume Of business and stave off importunate creditors
Like John Wanamaker, at the beginning of his en-.
reer, the cashier prayed for credit and for time. She
answered all telephone calls, met all creditors. In
stead of writing letters Titan hair telephoned re-
quests for interviews at her office. Callers came in
brisades. She met them all, smiled, assured each one
that in her opinion everything would be right if they'd
only have a little patience. She promised them moth
ing until sure the promise would be redeemed PROMPT.
ly on the appointed day. Lawyers, collectors were
met, matched and satisfied by his 2o-year-old woman
with a nimble brain, an honest heart, a woman's wit
Titan hair and a smile Of charm.
Soon the tide turned. Business was speeded nm.
Informed of the change at a watering place near by.
the president began to improve in health. Reluctant
ly, his physician permitted him to return to Louicviue.
Directors cut>short their fishing trips and came back
to town to take a look at the books. The companv
was no longer sin the red.' Everything was all right
as the woman had said it would be.
Nov the corporation that owed sac, 900 four
months ago is in the clear with a comfortable and
steadily increasing surplus.
This cashier saved the day after the men had lost
it, generously admits the corporations president.
Behind this admission of this hard-headed busi.
ness man may be discerned a factor in modern Amer.
lean life that deserves no little consideration in these
days when faith and hope and courage and honesty
and optimism are needed as seldom before in the ma
TONS life"