Life's Problems
Are Discussed
By Mrs, Wilson Woodrow
I haven't any illusions about my
own sex.
I am not one of those -who believe
that national suffrage for women
will immediately usher in the Mil
lenium. and prove a panacea for
all our ills.
I fancy that in office and in their
party councils women will "play
politics" and be swaye/C >y un
worthy influences just as much as
men. ■
I do not claim superior virtue
for my side of the house; in fact.
I am inclined to believe that men
are the more staunch in upholding
a principle, less inclined to waver
ing or compromise.
But there is going to be one big
difference when woman takes her
equal place in the Government.
The Government is going to be a
closer and more intimate thing to
the people than it has ever been
before.
And that will come about from
an increase of courtesy in the
various bureaus and departments.
The ordinary citizen doesn't
often come in contact with Gover
nors, Mayors or other high officials.
His business, when he has any, is
usually transacted through minor
clerks and subordinates who en
meshed in red tape and safely an
chored to their jobs by the rules of
the Civil Service make it the en
deavor of their lives to draw their
pay with as little return In effort
as possible.
To this type of mind the use of
the proper report form and a de
votion to rigid routine are of vastly
greater importance than satisfying
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M \OO'TO NE P ' AN ° *' ~ FIX OUR PIANO-
the wants or needs of some out
sider. And why not? Attention to
the one gets him credit with his
bureau chief or superior for effici
ency; attention to the other means
merely a lot of extra work and
bother with the especial recognition
for it. The clerk knows, of course,
that he Is technically the servant
of the public; but his immediate
boss is really the person he strives
to please.
He is also aware that by follow
ing the strict and definite line of
his duties he is not going to get
into any Irotible, whereas the di
vulging of information or other
wise bestirring himself to help the
citizen who comes to him in a
quandary may lead him into all sorts
of hidden pitfalls.
So naturally he grows to regard
the perplexed people who lay their
inquiries and complaints before him
as nuisances and interruptions, and
gets rid of them as expeditiously as
possible.
Who that has ever had business
at a public office has not felt the
suspicion and hostility with which
he is regarded when he presents
himself before some person of brief
authority to state his case? If he is
to show some especial "pull" or in
fluence his task is easy; .otherwise
he is listened to with bcved Im'
patience, insulted if possible, told to
sign a blank which is pushed in
front of him, and informed that his
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affair will "be taken up in the
regular order."
There are exceptions, of course,
but that is the usual type of minor
officeholder, and that is the usual
treatment accorded any one who
dares disturb them. The variations
of it run all the way from gruff
ooorishness to elegant indifference,
but the effect is the same. The citi
zen leaves fuming at his'futility and
confident that nothing will ever be
done in the matter which he has
submitted. And nine times out of
ten he is right.
Owing to the incivility and lack
of consideration he has received,
he begins to feel that between him
and the government he supports
and pays to maintain there is a
great gulf fixed. He becomes a po
tential anarchist.
But why should a shirtwaist and
La Valliere behind the counter, in
stead of a waistcoast and horseshoe
pin, effect an improvement in meth
ods? Women can be quite as snip
py as men, perhaps more so. The
woman red-tape martinet is as fa
miliar a figure to those acquainted
with office work as is her male coun
terpart.
Yet no matter how deeply sunk
in the ditch of routine, feminine
curiosity is bound to assert itself.
Proverbially, traditionally, charac
teristically women "want to know."
And for most of them personalities
have an absorbing appeal. Genera
tions of sewing circles and back
fence colloquies have left their in
delible impress on the sex.
So when John Jones comes storm
ing in to recite his family troubles
or to report the iniquities of the peo
ple in the flat overhead or to com
plain of official negligence and in
justice and demand the heads of
everybody concerned he will bs very
apt to find with a woman behind
desk an eager listener to his story.
And it will be as soothing balm to
his perturbed soul.
His difficulty may be trivial or
something entirely outside the prov
ince of the authorities; probably it
is. A male clerk would recognize
that in the first half dozen sentences,
and with a brusque "Nothing doing,"
would turn away.
But a woman will probe and
question and lead him on through
dozens of irrelevant details until
he has talked himself out, and then
if she regretfully assures him that
although he has her personal sym
pathy the department is so circum
scribed by law as to be powerless to
aid him, the chances are that he will
go away perfectly satisfied. Half of
the complainants only want to "get
it off-their chests" anyhow.
Feminine curiosity! Some phil
osopher once said that everything in
this world has its uses, and here
is one for a trait which has long
been flunk at women as a reproach.
Unless I am vastly mistaken it will
serve as an effective lubricant to
ease much of the fraction in govern
mental contact with the public.
It is said, you know, that Jose
phine won many supporters to Na
poleon in the earljf days of his ca
reer by her obliging manner and
by the readiness with which she
would lend ear to any story where
by it was sought to gain her inter
est. No matter how tedious or prosy
the recital, she would listen with
every semblance of interest, and of
ten interrupt to question or have
some obscure point explained.
That this was often purely per
functory on her part is shown by
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HXRRIfIBURG TELEGStXPH
the tale of the courtier who by mis
take gave her his tailor's bill instead
of the petition which he wished her
to present to the First Consul, and
who was afterward assured by her
that she had been deeply touched
by the contents of the paper and
would lose no time in laying it be
fore her husband. But that was only
one unfortunate instance; usually
she scored.
The red-tape artist and the mar
tinet have their place. But if I
were a government executive or
head of a department I would place
on the first line of attack only soft
voiced, sympathetic women of about
thirty with tender hearts and hair
] worn Madonnawise. And in choos-
Jing them I would subject all candi
! dates to the psychological test of a
j five minutes' conversation. If any
I applicant did not ask at least twen
ty questions in that time I would
have none of her.
Advice to the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
CAX YOU TRUST YOURSELF?
DEAR HISS FAIRFAX:
I am a telephone girl, caring for
a switchboard in a very large apart
ment house. I am considered attrac
tive. and. though I try to appear re
served, the men in the house pay
me a lot of attention.
Several of them have asked me to
go out with them or meet them for
lunch downtown. Do you think it
proper for a girl in my position to
accept these invitations? I am not
referring to the invitations of mar
ried men (though they are more fre
quent than any other)'.
I would like to know your opinion,
as I must confess I do not go out
very much, and often feel inclined to
take advantage of the many offers
pressed upon me. SALLY.
I am going to make a confession,
my dear—my respect for mere "pro
priety" is not always overwhelming.
To do what is right and sensible and
dignified and self-respecting seems to
me a great deal more important than
to worry over the fine points of eti
quette. But there are certain "rules
of the game" which everybody ought
to observe. One of them you in
stinctively follow —you would not
consider accepting the invitations of
those worldly and cynical married
men who in our day and generation
like to amuse themselves at the ex
pense of any silly little girl who
wfculd "play up" to them. As to go-;
ing out with the men you meet
through your position, can you trust
yourself to.be so dignified and well
bred that even if they start out to
have "a little lark" with the tele
phone girl, they will end up by rec
ognizing that their guest has been a
dignified, refined young woman who
demands as much respect and dignity
as ever they have given to the girls
in their own social world? If you
are well-poised, sane and high-prin
cipled and, added to that, have a lit
tle judgment of human nature, pos
sibly you can afford to have lunch
with som,e of the young men in your
building. Frankly, though, I don't
believe the game is worth the candle.
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THEIR MARRIE
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Helen slipped a clean cover on
the card table and got out the cards
and the bridge score.
"Well, how is everything, Helen?"
queried Mrs. Stevens, coming out
from Helen's bedroom and pulling
down the front of her blue taffeta
dress as she came.
"Just fine. I'm so glad you camel
early. Now we can have a nice,
evening playing cards."
"Hello, you people," said Warren, j
coming in from the kitchen. "Is it,
cold out? Did you in the|
car?" I
"Yes," said Mrs. Stevens, "and I|
flidn't want to a bit. It's not really:
far enough to bother with the car.'j
"Well, it isn't cold enough to
night to freeze," scoffed Warren.
"That's what I told her," put in
Mr. Stevens.
"I don't know about that," as the
four settled down at the card table.
"It felt cold enough to me."
"You probably don't dress warm j
enough," suggested Warren teas-i
ingly.
"You couldn't possibly ruffle myi
composure, Warren Curtis," said I
Mrs. Stevens, trumping Warren's
trick gleefully.
"She's rather hard to rile," said
Mr.Stevens.
"Don't you really set worked up
over things?" asked Helen wistfully.
"No, I don't think I do." said Mrs.
Stevens, and the game went on.
At 11.30 o'clock Helen brought in!
the sanwiches and Warren appeared]
with beer, and at 12 the Stevensesj
had gone. • j
Helen had slipped into her bath-j
robe and began to take out the <■
plates and glasses, and Warren set-!
tied down for a smoke, -when the I
doorbell rang furiously.
"Who on earth can that be at this'
time of night?" said Warren, start
ing to the door,
i Helen's heart began to beat. Un
expected calls like this in the mid
dle of the night always made her
think of telegrams containing bad
news from home.
"Whv my dear," Helen gasped
with relief as Mrs. Stevens came
into the hall. "What is the matter?
Is something wrong?"
"We can't start the car," said Mrs.
Stevens. "We've been at it ever
since we left you."
"It can't be frozen," said Warren
incredulously. I
"Of course it's frozen," snapped
Mrs. Stevens. "I told you it was
cold enough to freeze to-night. I
told Henry not to take the car out,
but he would do It."
"Sit down, dear, and take off your
coat," said Helen soothingly. "War
ren will go down and see what he I
can do."
"Oh, there's a policeman down
there now, and done every
thing. We always prime the en
gine the first time, and that never
even made a flutter to-night."
"I'll go on down," said Warren,
who had slipped into his coat.
"Helen you might see that some
water is put on to boil. Hot water
is the stuff for a frozen engine."
"You know if the engine's frozen
the car is ruined," said Mrs. Stevens
turning to Helen tragically. "It
cracks the cylinders, and the car
is never any good again."
"But you don't know that it is
frozen, dear excuse me just a min- (
ute while I see if there's any hot,
water."
"Oh, don't bother, please. I know j
it won't do any good now."
But Helen had gone to do what I
Warren had told her, and when she;
returned she found Mrs. Stevens j
crowded up against the window gaz-1
ing down into the street.
"Warren's coming up," she In- j
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formed Helen. "I told you it was
ruined. Oh, I wish he had never
come over to-night. I shall be heart
broken if we've ruined the car."
Helen flushed at the words but
said nothing. The next minute War
ren appeared in the door, and went
into the kitchen to get a pail of hot
water.
"You'd better take off your coat,"
he called to Mrs. Stevens.
"You can't do anything with it,
can you? I suppose Henry will
have to have it towed in to some
garage." Mrs. Stevens was almost
crying now, and Helen met War
ren's eyes for a moment as he left
with the pail of hot wpter. They
were filled with all kinds of unsealed
things.
Helen came over to the window
and stood looking down with Mrs.
Stevens. Suddenly there was a
snort, and almost instantly the en
gine began to hum. Its sharp stac
cato beat could be heard plainly, and
Mrs. Stevens turned to Helen quick
ly.
"Oh, I'm so glad. I'll run right on
down. Come over soon, won't you,
Helen. So sorry to have bothered
you," and she was out of the door
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while Helen was expostulating that
she hadn't been bothered.
Warren came back a few minutes
later swinging the empty pail.
"What was the matter, dear?"
"Oh, a little carburetor trouble,
that's all, no more frozen than I
am. Got it started before I arrived
with the water. But say, kitten,
some calm woman, Mrs. Stevens, eh,
what? Terrible hard to rile or any
thing of that kind, eh?
And then they both laughed and
Helen forgot the unpleasantness of
the occasion in the pleasure of
sharing a joke with Warren.
(To Bo Continued.)
FAMOUS EXPLORER TO
SPEAK HERE TONIGHT
Dr. Frederick Monsen will speak
on' "America in the Caribbean" In
the Technical High school, auditor
ium to-night, under the auspices of
the Harrisburg Natural History So
ciety. Dr. Monsen's subject is a very
Interesting one. The islands in the
Caribbean sea are of great strategic
importance to the United States and
(he lecture will tell much about these
islands. '
PLAN COLLEGE BANQUET
A "Going to College" banquet is
being ararnged by the members of
the University Club, to be held some-
time during the last week in Marcl*
A committee, of which Arch H. Dins*
more is chairman, is perfecting' at*
rangements.
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