WOMEN WHO SPECIALISE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16940, 15 January 1923, Page 10

WOMEN WHO SPECIALISE.

Many girls _ who hays na marked talents find difficulty in deciding whai career they wilt adopt. They may try various kinds of work and then wonder why it is they excel at none. This is the age of th© specialist, an ] the girl who does not decide to specialise in whatever she takes up will find herself far behind in the dailystru-ggl/s for advancement. Competition amoip* women workers has become 90 keen that there is only room for those who are really efficient* Therefore the girl who means to get on. has first of all to make herself efficient. This entails study, concent ration, and the desire t > succeed. Whatever she does is always worth doing well* and this has never been more apparent than it is today. THOUGHT FOR THE PRESENT. “ It’s not worth while spending extra time on this—-I shan’t be doing 1$ for long,” is a sentiment that manv girls express when they first take un work. In this connection it would bo well to recall Longfellow’s words, ‘‘ Act, act. in the living present,” as, after all, it is the present that matters, for tho poet, also truly states: Trust no future, howe’er pleasant.” The girl who specialises is endowing herself with a (qualification which is. likely to be of value to her. To be -Till of nil trades and mistress of none neither practical nor useful.