THE BEST JOBS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 156, 3 July 1937, Page 22

THE BEST JOBS.

PRETTY GIRLS FIRST. BEAUTY AN ASSET. VIENNA COTTRT JUDGMENT. LONDON*. May S. ; "Only a beautiful typist can get the pi-ek of the jobs." That was what Miss Kathleen Howard, aged 26, of Cricket Field Grove, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex-. told a "Daily Mail" reporter on being informed that the Vienna Supreme Court had awarded her £220 damages. The award was for injuries—which left a scar under her chin—received in a bus accident while she was on holiday in the Tyrol three years ago, the Court holding that it, reduced her chances of marrying and impaired her business prospects. Miss Howard, whose name was not mentioned in Court, is employed bv a firm of rice merchants in Mark Lane E.G. "Who knows?" she said. "This scar may perhaps prevent me from marrying. "I am not engaged, or likely to be. and I cannot see why a disfigurement should interfere with love. But it certainly won't help. "Whether it will prevent me from getting employment—if I ever have to seek another job—l do not know. "But it is obvious that in everyda.v life the prettier a typist the better a chance she has of getting on. "The Vienna Court's judgment said: 'Tt is notorious that in this profession the outward appearance of female employees plays a major part,' and I think that is right." Other London girl typists did not wholly agree with the Vienna Court's view. Here are typical opinions:— Miss Eileen Baker, Claremont Square, Pentonville, X.: For holding down a job a smart but neat appearance and a pleasant manner are more important than, looks. Miss Patricia Bolton, Nevern Place, Eari's Court. S.W.: Good looks may be a. help in getting a job, but will be of no use in keeping it if one's work becomes inefficient. Miss C'arola Hawes, Broadhurst Gardens, Kilburn, X.W.: Most men are subconsciously influenced by good looks, and—business qualifications being equal —a pretty girl stands a better chance than her plainer sister.