The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-05

culty that you haven't qulte l
 "I've practically finished" Jane reminded her, "and I've done the whole course in a little less than eight months"
 They said there was no use sending anyone who wasn't exceptional. kandels Is the liVest real estate firm in the city, even if it isn't the biggest--but you don't even know their real estate vocabulary"
 Tt ought to be ensy enough to leArn." Miss Jurdine's reluctance whetted Jano's desire, as Mss Jardine intended it to do.
 "I suppose thero'd be no harm in letting them look you over" musod Miss Jardine. If you don't agree well, I could send either Laura Gates or Peggy Meredith"
 If they don't take mo they're not likely to want either of them. I believe 1 can get it. When am to go over there?"
 Now that Jane was eager for the lob Miss Jardine became n llttlo serious, "I want to talk to you first. You're young. You're only atarting. If you get 1t, thls will Dc your first job and u first Job often sets the trend of ones whole busl- ness existence. You must look It over carefully, from every possl- ble angle, and make up your mind whether or not it's tho right line for you. Don't bo one of these women who simply work for the weeks salary and never look be- void their noses. Now, after you're there a while and know the ropes maybe you'll discover that You haven't any flair for real estate, Maybe you won't like 1t. Maybe you'll be dumb about it, though l don't think that. But it it doesn't suit you, if 1t doesn't work out so thHt you like lt, and want to go on with it, you must drop 1t, cut it off clean and dry and try some- thing else now while you're young. Don't drift along on n job Just be- cause it's e joD. My belief and ex- perienee have always been that you can't be successful unless you loVo your work and go to it every day glnd that it's tho thing you've got ' 10 do. You have n little money Of your own, and there's no one de- pendent on you, you tell me, so you needn't stick to anything that doesn't suit you. want you to remember every word I'm saying and act on it." Mss Jardlne mado her speech of counsel with an au- thority which impressed Jane' she asked what was, for her, . very humble question, ..
 Miss Jardine, do you honestly believe l can get this Job ana do things--in business--like a man
 "f honestly believe that you can and that you will--unless-
 "Unloss what|"
 ',uniess you get yourself mixed up in some sentimental mess' That's whore the average business woman loses out" ,
 "What do you moan, exactly
 "I mean unless you nave loVo Affair that distraets you rom your work and makes you unrehaple and triting, and ineinelont' it ere going to advise about that, say and thiS may seem raw ana eyn. ieai. but it's sound--if you do fall m love, either marry the man and ouit business altogether, or take him for a lover In exactly the same way that the average man takes Al mistress, 1 mean by that let him care more for you than you do for him. so when 1t comes time to auit you'll get out of it without q broken heart and Q lot Of hateful memories"
 "There's no danger of me failing fin love, or marrying. I'm all through with that sort Of thing forever" .
 Mss Jardine smiled. At your age that statements Il joke. How ever. it's better than longing Tor romance and I'll do you the credit of believing that you aren't look ing for a Job merely as q raft to fioat you Into matrimony. Now you dash along over the kandel Ruiiding and let me know what happens." She called after Jane: .Ttil be a nice Christmas present 10 yourself to land this job-or did you intend to go home for Christ mas?"
 Whether land it or not, I'm not going home"
 GO home! Something of her first rebellion and fury came back to Jane as she thought Of that. whether she got the job or not, if she were starving, is she were dying and could not live by going honae. she wouldn't go. She came into the Kandel's office with her color flaming, her eyes defiant, and smoke to the important youth in the reception room so peremptorily that he leaped to announce her. And she entered MT. ovid Kanders nresence far more like queen Hashti at her height than an anx- aous applicant for a plum of Job. Mr. Handel was unaccustomed to m,rch an approach and 1t interested him. Coarse and cold, greedy and powerful, concentrated none too ecrupuIously on success, he could appreciaite the same qualities in others and Jane, coming in with her head up, her dashing good looks flying banners, struck his fancv instantly. His last secretary had been faded and acquiescent. afraid of her shadow. However, zbe had also been competent. Mir. Kandel was not so taken with Jane's air that he lost sight of the need of competence.
 ne asked the usual questions and Iane answered them almost ,offhand. Yes, she could type. Yes. rhe could take letters at any speed. CertainIy she could write them wIthout dictation given the gist. she could file. she could-suddenly nhe came alive to the situation. ~rssped the force and intensity of @nc man before her even as he rec ~~nfzed in her some of his own eharacteristics Now she knew she wanted to work for him, that ne could command her loyalty and aid