Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-08

.ences what had been her most en-
hentening one in the course Of her
career, and she said: The three days
I'VE years ago when I was not sure !
nao enough income to see me through
the next month"
ohe went on to explain that the big
eold background of a home and all that
Implies had by sudden shift of cir.
cumstances ceased to be hers on the old
footing. and her allowance that had
Deen ample for an allowance with oil
living and other perQuisites provided
would not keep her and even pay her
club dues. She had worked all her life
for the fun Of It, but it was different
matter, and that she very well knew.
to compete for pay. She had always
been a sort of lady bountiful to her
friends. but there was now the sudden
< probability that for time at least they
would have to be Good Samaritans TO
her. 1t was one thing to give. with no
Thought OF return, but it was another
thing to take with a dread of not re-
turning.
She said that the suspense lasted
three days at the end of which time
she found job that she could do and
which paid-a mighty short suspense
compared to most. but il was enough ~
make her very comprehendng of the
timidity that a narrow margin brings
and the exaggerated sense of obligation
there is in accepting from others what
one has always taken for granted from
ones kin.
n D SHE remarked: There is moth
"A ing like knowing a thing first.
hand. From having the Chckrnpox 70
falling In love- Apart from what goes
on Inside of you. your relationship to n
lot of things is changed by the attitude
OF others to YOU in your altered cir
cumstances. II you are earning your
living, the people who knew you before
you accomplished that feat are Just the
fame-perhaps little more admiring-
ut the other people who are earning
ieir living are much nicer.
l found that out by tho mereSt chance,
s 1t happened some years ago in onr
the first Y. w. G.. A. drives in my
wn city. I volunteered TO act as in
ormation clerk at the drive headQuar-
ers. and my desk was placed on the
buter edge of the accounting department
and sterographic part Of the office. The
girls who were employed as accountants
Uand stenographers and clerks for that
special occasion were strangers to me
P,nd to one another. but gradually as we
all worked together day after day. be-
fore the hours the collectors came in
md after they had stopped for the day.
1--WE became very friendly.
T WAS just called the Information
L Clerk. and somehow never gave my
name. so they called me Girlic, They
demonstrated with me humorously for
getting too fat and helped me proteCtngly
from the criticisms of very irnte
board member who held me accountable
for all the mistakes of the campaign.
j supposed that they knew. as she did,
that / was more or less accountable.
being one Of the directors and trustees
Of the funds that were pouring in, and
put the 'girlie" down to good Aineri-
can camaraderia and nice feeling. We
always had lunch together because thnt
was part of the campaign scheme.
got great deal of information about
firms and prices and reputation for
fairness and reputation for advertising
welfare at the expense of employees.
from the careless talk that went on
about me when the forewomnn was out
Of hearing. but never guessed that
they were off their guard.
Then one night toward the end Of tho
strenuous day. the clerical force was
kept to supper and overtime 10 finish
up some filing. and | went home to
dinner. AS I rose from dinner | got
phone summons to go to a special
meeting of the directors down at tie
drive headquarters, and down ] went
! was in n dinner dress with a very
light wrap. and that was what puzzled
them when | passed their desks.
"Girlie is going to n party they
called after me. Then the forewoman
or some one put them right from their
point of view, as To my status in the
drive. for next morning when | came
back to my place in their midst they
were not quite their natural selves with