| Show 1 LETTERS TO A BUSINESS GIRL No 1 Keep Busy and Be Happy I i BY HY DOROTHY DIX BIX DIXI I w NY I Y I Dear ar Sadie l I lute are I y yur Ur ur note lute In which you tell telli i trat at ye you have secured a at t tHank nn Hank 1 Cu Cod a as a st pher and aad at tomor tomorrow w you ou begin beela your career reer asa as asa a II business girl I 1 congratulate you You are fire going to toI toone I I one line ne of the workers Instead 1 of the and there mere meren I ai r s of ot society although I boards board along womans u nu no n III Bt I a KC Keep Kep bu busy and p vi say tY a i ev ey say p y d tai py it 1 Is true tru all the name came me meI I I r is j no ou road to contentment I 0 thaI ihm Ih tt of ut honest i 01 i t t work as a curie up I m an ann n lIe He h has talented and andi andI I Im i J it u tans mans chief blessing blenar though somehow o uman I stupid to now now har a been ben so up the thO only thins thing t I r Iy v s Fate Lae thought 1 It ree i e i iy uy II Y enjoyed was waa 11 killing killin time timed be to one onea onet on to good d i t Let ai e way COO t make h hr her r an idle lazy laY useless uHle a n su rat parasite which explain I p neurotic dl dlF n ro are so 0 many man I 11 u ei ed 01 discontented I I F i cable I le women omen in the world They I II net re u 11 alo al u unemployed assassinate assassin who all ajl the the In peace peAce killing and an I Immediate vicinity m Olt in n their O Grasp rasp Independence 1 Therefore 1 sy sty y to you 10 b be glad and andt Del that destiny h has baa made ade you t of ot of ot ott workers worker Instead one ODe of ot the i one ne nt Dont Don Dont t look about bo t you at the theno 1 t lb Firis iris irl oho Yo ho live in is l luxurious K homes no rr if fl who can mn n daw dawa dawdle i ad d i rids ride in automobiles dle a il l n bed halt half the day and aDd spend spendIn tit of It In tal balanc ne In h I hard bard bardIa rf and dont dout think that tt It Is la In rte hive hv to get ret up tad and d be at the that tb t Ia tat yOU coo and aDd vita ff rr at t and have to scheme and save ave In lu order t to buy a new Dew J arent anti t so ao unevenly divided In 11 think For all we wethe fl f as al we e Late w wa must mut pay and ter fr all we pay wt gel tt compensation atlon from frolD Fate Your compensator is II there Is aUna a the new III l i uha ne ot of thew but butI the thi that are to Una 1111 moments la a lit lite I r great ls es here her herTI ne e t I the he tint first her lorer lor 81 rIves gives with V TI 1 a seon l i is ill when abe he kneels kneel t j rr e TI l husband at the downhead downy down altar nil The 1 U Ird 1 I when she ahe feels the breast breas head waI if of 1 her rn upon her Tax Take It tt Tom from me the working wo woman moment fourth great a w know kt man an the them her tint pay She with When hn she ha riled with her ner bern m oney and aad hand band and when very every oe n fl head had thrill with of 1 blood blOd In her veins Mop drop that he Is no the tn ter a measly I limp dishrag vine but taut Is delair s thing in to the sturdy oak line 1 K For the first time Ume In lit bar hr Ute life she ah is p standing 01 on her own feet teet She can make her ber own living lining She will never neer have hae 10 ec know how bitter is as a the bread or of de dependence t or how steep the th stairs stair of another s house She toes does not have hayl to cringe or wheedle or beg be for tor mOil mou y She Sh can earn ear U It Shu yh knows what the poet meant wl wizen en he wrote about the tile glorious privilege of being independent dent and her heart Binge to it lt There Thel are many things thi s That are beautiful in the world little II tie sister dieter but there is I nothing eU elan quite so good to tc took look at a as aa your sour own individual pocket pocketbook book hook Just go and take a squint at that whenever er j you iou ou are tempted to en envy Mias Mies Gladys Ile l e Vere Yere G who ha haher hasher has hasher her hill bills chargEd to Papa and would harp c to go 10 o and sponge on some same un unwilling unwilling unwilling willing relative if It Papa Pa apa should sudden udden suddenly ly I tile die H bankrupt as all fathers hers frequently have ha a way wa of ot doing loing That hideous experience ex experience happen to you be because because because cause you have bae a trade Thank God for tor te it teBe Be proud pl ud of 01 being a working girL Look upon the tilE appellation as aa a badge of honor instead of ot a term of or re reproach reproach reproach Any little silly goose af ot a girl can an flaunt fine fl feathers that Papa paid for around a bathroom ballroom but it takes Intelligence e aud IH character and aad gift gUt to hold down a good lob job The Hardest Way a the Best And It means something m re it means ms the chivalry of womanhood When a pretty young girl elects to live in a hall han bedroom and aad cook her bel meals meal a over a tae gall stove and aad wear cheap clothing and stand eland for eight or ten hours a day behind a counter or bend bending bendIn it or ur ledger edger lug ing In over oar a typewriter means meane that she abe has bas chosen eho en the hardest way instead ad of the easiest way and aad that she is i keeping koping alive all alt of the theline fine line white things of life ute For my part I never eer watch the army of r working girls girl II that file through our streets of a morning Ruin going to their labor without feeling like taking hard lard I uncovered oft off ff mv my m hat and aBel standing before them for I know that valor ana ano belief are honor and courage e HUC beyond marching by br No member of the Old been need have Guard of ot France of ot belonging t to his hili s battle a scarred prouder corred ca regiment of than you to to that thata heroic band pity yourself for tor being a work working working Dont girl Be thankful for the privilege ing ng think what lege ege Did you ever stop slop to the he right to work means to It a woman and that v you ou belong to the first tint gen genI I of ot women in al all the world w a were not forced fored to marry for tor a 0 live Uve i hood if It they the happened to be poor cr of else go 0 into the poorhouse or be a a angeron despised led and tr n o some family faintly where they tuey t I wanted The poor gIrl gir of the past had to sell sen herself for a It hum She was waB obliged to marry whether IP lP wanted to or n I nut t r whether she lured lud the Hie I man or not Sue Il ever een wait in the hope that t te right man might come cume along or that she sh might win will the man she fancied She was wall obliged to take the first good chance that offered because she not run the risk of 01 o being left leet an of oM i maid with no support A Beal Privilege Of all aU women the working girl li is linow ROW now freest to follow the dictates of her hei own heart She does doe not need aeed to mart man manfor r for a living because she can an make mak a living for herself She is iii not drive dmeo into marriage b by the fear of being an anold anold anold old maid for the supporting bar bac bach bachelor j elor girl is an object of respect and an envy not of ot pity and derision She is not literally bored Into matrimony like Uko the society girl who often otten marries f fur t something to fill in her empty life lite for forthe f fo the working girl has ha an absorbing or and tense with the excitement j jot of ot the race for lIu e 1 am not decrying matrimony mv my I Idear dear Far from it Wifehood od and motherhood are the finest career that I I any woman ever followed and mar marriage marriage Is a womans beRt bent Job Job j b when she gets the right man But between I marrying for tor love Ion and marrying for a living is all the difference between happiness and nd misery miser between virtue and vice Ice and aud I am Just calling your attention to the fact that being a self supporting woman w man gives you the unique advantage of ot being able to pick out your husband instead of ot having to take any makeshift of a man that hap nap happen happens along pens pen Those There then are among amon the chief perquisites of being Minar a working girl independence freedom of ot body and aDd soul lOul Believe me little sister they are worth having and an 1 so I again congratulate con congratulate on you cu eh your our entry into the great groat at world of ot work |
