Evening star., 1922-05-14
MADE CHIEF AT 70.

Even In this day OF increasingly
broad fields opening opportunities
lot of stick-to-it-iveness as well as
plenty Of real ability for girl to
reach a post such as chief of the
statistics division, bureau of inter-
nal revenue. Treasury Department,
when only twenty-six years old. This
achievement when one takes into
consideration the hundreds of gov
ernment employees who are being
summarily dismissed from SO many
of the departments. Yet this high
pest was won won by Miss Miss. casheri5s pa in
youngest woman ever appointed
chief Of a government division. Miss
Selak, herself. does not credit her
achievement to any marvellous cir
cumstances.
"Believe me. It took some hard
Eetic tones full of emphasis. She
is almost tiny, with pretty chestnut
hair and alert brown eyes. When
talking with her, 1t Is impossible not
to feel every minute how very much
alive she is and how wide awake to
tones are business-hke and quick.
and her words have a definite, clear
cut quality that Is very pleasing.
Miss Selak was born In York, Pa.
where her parents still have their
home. She is the second Of five chill
tion in 4 parochisl school. She gra-
duated from high school when only
hfteen years. old. and took q bust
ness course at Pierce, College. Phtla-
delphia. Her first Job was q position
in Bears department store in York.
ed hard for. it. She originated a
novel system Of taking care of the
sales made by the clerks. which
proved very successful and was
adopted throughout the store: She
was also president of the Girls Club
of $50. 1t now has 1900 members.
She has helped other members OF the
club, and says that. while she be.
lieves in doing things on your own.
undoubtedly team wo1 is far su-
perior, and, to be successful one
must %ze help ssS, sna BE- RsIss nilPsd' h.. sine.
grown to be q very large store, Miss
Selak went to Philadelphia; when
twenty years old, as cost accountant
with Charles E. Hires ,condensed
milk concern. In 1918. two years
later. she went to New York city to
Nesties Food Company. She travelled
In both the United States and Can
ada, and received q salary OF $1,5OO
a year and travelling expenses.
That same year she felt the call OF
patriotism, like many smother Amer
lean business sirl and LETT this
sition n q junior cost accountant In
the finance section OF the ordnance
diyision Of the War Department., at a
salary Of $1,400. This was under the
Civil Service Commission. and two
years later she t9ok aas the t n1erT IN
the bureau Of internal revenue, but
was appointed instead as a clerk in
the statistical section OF that bu-
reau.
with her new promotion. her salary Is
satisfactory than the 81 a, week she
was receiving ten years ago.
Does she intend to rest contest now
with what she has? Not Catherine
Selak. With q mtschtevious twinkle IN
her eye aproposgof witty saying OF
Lady Astor's which she has Just re. re.
She has her eye on Congress for future
as 1t were, and as she seems
4 dne busin9s woman and no senti-
sha certainly ought to get
there. She Ii not q believer in q sep
arate woman's party however but is a
In spite Of the fact that her success
as q statistician is the result Of con-
,entrated study Of such subjects as ac-
economies, finance and sta
tistics. the artistic side Of her educa-
don has not been neglected. She plays
The violin we'll and says she inherited
The gift from her grandfather, q
viennese, who played the violin in the
famous orchestra conducted by Strauss,
The waltz king, in the fair old days
of Vienna. Eioth Miss Selak's grand
parents were natives Of Austria and
same to the United States on their
They found the country
10 attractive that they settled here and
raised their family as Americans.
Another Of Miss Selak's favorite REQ
reattons 1s horseback riding. fand she
lIso has. AZ healthy an interest lin ,roi
nance as any other normal girl Sft4
yays She, does not feel that her 6spffa,
ions for Congress should require that
In spite 0f' the fact that
aeither OF the con9reMyRomen We have
aad to date has been married. The
ucly man who wins her hand IL not
likely to have the bank notify him that
lis wife has unwittingly overdrawn her
lccount.
sWIMMIN' HOLE AND ALL.
A four.rooIn cabin at the junction
It the Cabin John stream and the
anal has been rented by the Business
3irls' Clubs, which are am1iated with
he X,;SW, C. A,slnd have 4oeimssn.
,srs, AeoefAlME ~ yre4eAk pfAMs. the
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