After Business.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 2 June 1906, Page 60

After Business.

FOR THE GIRL WHO EARN'S HER OWN LIVING. It is a grievous mistake for the business girl to forget how to play, or to sell her girlhood and her capacity for enjoyment together with her services as clerk, cashier, or typist for weekly wages. The capacity for enjoying every small pleasure which comes her way will keep her young, and do more for the complexion and eyes than could the highest-priced beauty doctor. It will also train the lips to be cheerful, upward curve, soften the voice, and keep dimples playing in the cheeks of the fortunate girl who possesses these pretty birth marks. Now, then, is the moment, with holidays behind us, and the long, sombre winter stretching before us to plan the winter pleasures. No girl can succeed in business who cannot give her employer the enthusiasm and attention his interests demand, nor can she be even healthy and happy unless she learns how to rest ami play when the work is done. FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT. Men bear the strain of business life so much better than women, not only because they are physically and nervously stronger, but because they know how to drop all thought of work and office annoyances when they go home at night. They seek amusement from the moment they unfold the evening paper on their homeward journey. Already some business girls meet together for their mutual benefit, and it will be well worth while for other girls to follow their example. One small club of ten girls has been organised for theatre parties. Six other girls, who work at one of the great citystores. have started an exploration club. GOOD READING. Every pleasant Sunday afternoon will be devoted to trips or visits to points of interest in and around suburban towns, and each girl has pledged herself to walk half an hour every pleasant day, either to or from work, or during the noon hour. One night in each week they will meet to read historical works and novels bearing on English life. Four typists have arranged a calisthenic class among their girl friends, to meet twice a week, and they hope to make it large enough to command the exclusive use of the hall and services of the teacher. Once a month the club will give a dance, to which young men will be invited. The girl who earns her own living, and who envies her freer sisters, should stop and inquire how these other girls, so-called society girls, spend their time, and she will find that she may en joy some of their pleasures. LEARN TO SING. The society girl does not give up everv moment to calls, receptions, and dances. There are luncheons with hetgirl friends, with frequently cooking classes as a hobby. The independent working girl can belong to a cooking class or club if she has energy enough to organise one among her girl friends. The only difference is that working girls must give their "spreads” at night instead of at high noon. Mothers will hardlv refuse the use of kitchens once a week, and even typical London land ladies have been known to turn their kitchens over for such festive purposes. The society girl generally does something in a musical way. So can the girl who works in the city. Every town and suburb supports its choral society, where fresh young voices are welcomed, and excellent training is given. Many churches have large choirs, where girls with fair voices receive training in re-

turn for singing twice a day on Sunday, or a small salary. Pleasant acquaintances are made in such choirs, and musical taste is fostered. The society girl. too. has some charitable hobby. Even girls who work long hours will l>e happier for giving up one hour in each week to someone less fortunate. —"Daily Express."