Evening star., 1925-10-02
Business Girls Efficiency
Proper Exercise and Games, Intelligent Use of
Dancing, Attention to Cheerfuness in
Social Affairs Among the Big Factors.

your expression, not only at the time
but permanently.
If you notice the expressions of the
faces of people you meet in the
course of a day you will soon see
that it is always the woman with the
turned-down corners to her mouth
who has those ageing noseto mouth
wrinkles.
Books and Character.
No wise mother allows her daugh-
ter to makesfriends indiscriminately.
because she knows what good or
what evil so-called friends can do.
friends one picks up at will and
which make one forget worry for
while. or sickness or sorrow. Their
influence, although insidious and
often difficult to trace, is great. as
mothers and teachers can testify.
Most mothers take care that no
coarse book or magazine falls into
their daughters hands. but they are
not sufficiently aware of the harm
the trashy novel does, even though 1t
ends by the Villains downfall and
he reward of the just. Often
mother has complained of growing
daughters intractab,eness, her sullxi-
ness. her idleness at home, and at
times her almost hostile attitude.
The girl takes the printed word in
the trashy novel for truth, and in
comparison with the exciting adven-
lures which fill the life of the heroine
Of the novel home life made up of
helping mother and getting lessons
seems very dull.
If a girl has been reading a senti-
mental book, it is best to talk it over
tactfully with her without scoffing.
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hurt. She should be carefully told
how different things are in reality.
how ridiculous a man and woman
would be If they behaved in real life as
they do in sensational novels, not the
best novels, and she should be shown
how great writer of fiction has
treated the subject. In this way a
girls good sense is developed and an
impetus given to her future happiness.
Business Girl With Ideas.
Originality is one of the most highly
priced qualities in business and one of
the rareSt, but 1t can be cultivated
Often the most profitable ideas are
improvements to the existing plans or
organizations, short cuts that save
hundreds or thousands of dollars a
year In costs, or methods that increase
productive capacity. This is where the
girl who studies her position with en-.
thusiasm will finally score.
The modern business man always
welcomes practical suggestions. New
ideas are essential to progressive or
ganiZations. No business is ever per-
feet. New and quicker ways of doing
things are constantly being devised by
people who have trained themselves
to think.
The girl who is keenly interested in
her work will often be able to suggest
useful economies. A slight saving in
for instance, may represent
cumulative economy of hundreds of
dollars year in a big organization.
and an employe who puts forward
such suggestion is Immediately rated
higher and marked for promotion
when the opportunity occurs.
The more specific the suggestion.
the more certain it is that it will re.
ceive serious consideration. Even If
the idea is not practical or cannot be
adopted for other reasons. the mere
fact that girl Is alive to the interests
OF the firm carries weight