The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-07-01

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through the same thing until one day
! happened to leave on my fraternity
pin. The man | went to see that day
was Just rushing of to play golf, and
he was so afraid I would make him
late for his appointment that he hired
me without asking any questions. Just
telling me what my duties would be.
l never got a chance to say a word,
which was lucky, because later, when
ne found out he had a b. A. in his Of
nee, he was horiied at his own care
lessness. He let me see very frankly
how we college girls stand In the
bushes world, but he admitted that I
seemed to be an exception, and that
| would be permitted to stay on"
MUST KEEP DEGREE SECRET
In another instance. a college girl
was warned by an employment
agency not 20 say anything about her
B. A.
II accepted the advice" she said,
and acted accordingly. Never a
bold, brazen person, as an observer
with half an eye could see, I now con-
cealed my b. A. as though 1t were a
bomb. And after had a few con-
versations with business men, l on
cealed it as though 1t were two
bombs. A convict couldn't have kept
his four years in Sing Sing in the
shadow of silence any more than I
hid my four years in college. And l
got my job"
When her employer finally became
aware OF her secret, he looked very
grave and said that he would like to
tell her a little story.
Some time ago." he said, "a
young man Of my acquaintance came
out of college. He thought he knew
all there was to know. He sauntered
into the Office of one of the most i'm
portant business men in the town,
and told him that he'd consider en-
tering his employ. II he were offered
an attractive post. He detailed all
his amazing qualifications, ending
with-'Besides all this. I'm a college
graduate The business man stared
hard al him for several seconds; then
he said:In hire you anyway, my
boy. You may live 1t down. "Ahem,"
concluded the employer, II hope you
get the point of my story"
AS a result of this unfavorable at
titude on the part of the employers,
college girls are drifting into all sorts
of lowly jobs that would have been
considered beneath their dignity a
few years ago. Many are to be found
for instance. clerking in department
stores. In fact, this line of work has
become almost a fad Of late among
young women Of prosperous fami-
lies, who believe that the counter is
the quickest road to a big career.
SELLING READY-MADE CLOTHES
I'm learning the women's ready
made wear business from'the ground
up" confided one girl whose frat pin
attracted attention in a Fifth Avenue
department store. the other day
Last year i worked in a cloak and
suit ldCtOfy untiA L 6Ot W hhOW OIL
| wanted to know about materials
and factory methods. Now l am sell
ling what / have seen made to the
public, while / get a line on what 1t
wants. l have already studied de-
signing. What am l working for?
Why, some day l am going to be head
buyer for one of these Fifth avenue
stores, and spend part of each year in
Paris"
But another college girl, selling
ribbons in the same store, was not so
ambitious nor so fortunate. She had
come to New York from a middle
western university, confidently ex-
pecting to get a job On a New York
newspaper. After trudging ~valiantly
around to all the newspaperofices in
town, one editor told her frankly
that he wouldn't hire a B. A. We've
had college girls on u STAFF" he
said, land we couldn't do a thing
with them. They all think that they
can give us city editors cards and
spades on running a Newspaper"
This particular girl, having re-
ceived a good musical education, also
tried to secure a position as music
teacher or accompanist for vocal stu
dents, but the best she could get
was an offer to play jazz in a popular
music sheet store. This she was
forced to accept. as her funds were
running low, but had to give 1t up at
the end of a week because she could
not stand the incessant noise.