Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-16
SOME TIMELY THOUGHTS ON WOMEN.
IN SELLING FIELD ARE GIVEN BIZ
ONE HAVING EXTENDED EXPERIENCE
ny MISS MARouERITE STEVENS

gnylncs. II. like our old friend the dod,
oxtlnci. There amt no SIGH animal
I have found him courteous, connIdel
ate. and willing 10 40 out Of his wa
more thnn little 10 help lady
distress. oven though that lady be
competitor II has boen my oxporlcnc
hat the cub salesman IN the chief u
cndtr. untll he has been Enubbcd
umc on two. AMI the "old tuners" hav
aiken his education IA hand. he ID NOR
.Lnn apt Ia think the traditions of n
,oad demand that he be- dell anon
be vocmcn." clearly Il does not TAX
aim long IL learn his error. and n h
,alls Ia profit by tire example he Il mof
ultUn than not the sort whose h0un
does me-, nslt him To undertake Hecon
trlp.
realise that this point ~ Wow
,cry PROBABLY provincial. ! am a Nes
snglnndcr. born and bred. and the mt
GRITTY of salcHmen who travel In Main
10 also New Englanders. There II q
lndcfinahlo clannishnenH among thos
who sell there aud those who buy. w
,ot only "nlm Ia please" but we all
10 come hackl This feeling does nc
prevail 10 nuch an extent In other ~
liuns. 20 have been told. n you WI
read nrr IN New York. points South
West, sou mny aslp tho rest Of this q .
fusion. and pass II lightly on 10 wha'
aver u In men play IN Now York. point
,outh or West. In Maine they pla-
ditch. believe.
They ten mo | ann The only girl WIZ
ryor went out from Simmons who ca
pc classified under Travelling Salcsmn'
- II this be- distinction. here max
the most of Il. am not going Int
the merits 81 college training asst pei
,alns to selling goods. hut am COT
lidont No yeats NO by that women
colleges all over the country will tur
fair percentage of their graduate
into the selling end Of business, al
me natural result II this will bo yer
evident progress a finer dcvclopmof
II Is personnel.
some very wiHe person once sait
brains have no SEX" and the u. q. I
viii probably grant ~ much. II In ver
much In the position however. II IN
shopkoepcr. who refuses Ia stock HI
shelves with new article. because h
has 'ho demand for n. Why shoul
II bother about admitting women
membership unless women bothe
about bcing adnittcdg feel a 81
tlmid about using that word demand-
particularly because desire oxprcszo
II sO much better. have no impof
INK array IT figures to sklllfuily IA
sert right here 10 fnrtify my positiofl
hut my sixth sense tolls riie that AZ
M, the only onc who IN DESTROYS &
recognition. sst4
The 4. e. T. offers benefits 20 N
commercial traveller. which, IN all fat
moss should accrue 10 women az We
AZ men. To paraphrnsc Shakespeare
"Hath not woman eyesg hath not
woman hanua. organs, dimensioni
unrcs. affections. paasions7 fed Wit
the same fond. hurt with the sam
/ weapons. rubjoct to the same diseased
| healed by the same means. warmed 40
cooled 10y the same winter and summe
NJ q man isY'
Statistics prove TINT women are NOR
prone 20 fall victims % accidents tina
men. II may We evidence ola "sinei
track" mind bn, doubt H.. thin
this peculiar idiosycrncy Il a harikin
Lack ~ the are when !, was not Cos
Sldcrod quite respectable for a woma
To think Ter herself Commercial W.
men. am sure. do not materially Il
crease the percentage. We are Use
H. THINKING Tor ourselves. even NOR
pcrhape thhn women IN ether lines {
work. thc very nature ~ our burinss
calling Tor initiative and quick thInl
;. InE.