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Show 1000 MEN IN BANKS0FB0ST0N Retain Job Thrust on Them in Wartime BOSTON". Jan. 1. One thousand women are employed in the hanks of Hoston. Thin would not be surprising but for the fact that a larre proportion are employed us expert clerks an elastic term in all departments of the institution. The, women were employed, in many can- with reluctance, as a war emergency emergen-cy when the boy went marching away, but they are mttd to have shown adaptability adapta-bility to the hanking business. Mies Caroline '. Kttckle, in charge of the woman personnel in an Institution employing lis women, auya that last year 2oO women bank clerks occupied much of their tare time obtaining added knowledge knowl-edge of the principles and details of banking afforded by the evening courses rand led for the benefit of th Hoston Chapter of the American Institute of Hanking. Of women in the banking world ahe save: Tntil within a few years, moat position posi-tion open to women within banking In-mhuHwhw In-mhuHwhw hsas team laewHr i aba walMee of stenographic work. At present, you will find women in almost every department depart-ment and when the department head la consulted he will tell you that the woman clerk's work ta very satisfactory Indeed. Occapionally. wa near of soma woman who has attained an eaerutlvs position wiihln the conservative circles of banking, bank-ing, although such attainments have not been lit all general. This Is not a bit discouraging, however. whn we. realise j that what we have been given to do we have done satisfactorily. We need to realise real-ise that the future may bring greater opportunities, op-portunities, and to be ready for these we cannot have too great knowledge relating relat-ing to tha principles) and details of banking." |