Hints for the Business Girl.
From the moi'ient you enter the offke until you lea\e it attend solely to \oui duty
When \on ha\o finished attending to \ollr duties leave the oftiie
The habit ot lin^eiing after business hours to chat with the \ollllg men in the uflice is a bad one.
If the young men wish to talk to \ou they should seek you 111 \<uir own liwine Chattering will not i:u->e you 111 \our emy>loyer's estimation. A business office is not the place for fun and social conversation
No matter how great 30111 iiipndship with one of your fellow woikeis. tieat him during office houis v Jon would a (ompaiati\e stianger. There is no leason why you should not be cordial Htid pleasant towaids the men with whom you come in daily contact. but never allow the slightest hbeity or familiarity
Aci ppt no present^ fiom your business associates, and when a marred man begins to show you more than ordinal > ,'2WUii keen a. way from lnin^
Dignity is an invaluable asset to the business woman. Do not carry the office home with you. Forget it from the tame you leave it until you enter it again next morning. You will do your work all the better for going at it in a fresh frame of mind
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Otago Witness, Issue 2758, 23 January 1907, Page 73
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