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Show trood Looks In Easiness. Here is a little story which seems to Indicate that the pretty girl's business I prospects are hampered by her pretti ness: . The secretary of a large eastern insur-I insur-I nce company decided a 6hort time since that it would be better for his office work to introduce half a dozen or more women as typewriters, operators and assistant as-sistant bookkeepers. He had noted that of the feminine employees in his office the pretty ones were the least effeotive and attracted the most attention, to the detriment of the work of the other clerks. So he decided to engage only women who were of mature years and experienced in office work. First he advertised, ad-vertised, stating that applicants Bhould give age and number of years' experience. experi-ence. He did not succeed in getting a Eingle satisfactory reply. Then he went to a well known business college and told the manager that he did not suppose sup-pose he would have any trouble in aiding aid-ing him, as he did not want a young or attractive looking woman. The manager listened to him while he explained his wants, and then, going to a desk, took out a file of letters, with a smile, and laid them before his visitor. There were upward of half a hundred applications from banks and commercial commer-cial institutions, and every one of them, without a single exception, asked for a woman of mature age. The manager said that it was absolutely impossible to supply the demand for employees of the description that business men now demanded, de-manded, but he had rafts of pretty gins .t all times w ho were applicants. |