THE GIRL CLERIC.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 3

THE GIRL CLERIC.

»' A MelbourniS employer, who has gained a good _ deal of 1 experience of clerks, both masculine and feminine, says that a good business girl ,is worth' two ordinary youths in an.office. She both."sticks to her woTi, and puts more enthusiasm into it thaa tfce ordinary male clerk, and she is "generally willing for"' a "sprint"-at a busy'time. ■ The. authority, who is a. well-known business man, recommends the would-be girl clerk to specialise in some of the subjects which are so Soften neglected. Por example, a commercial acquaintance with a foreign language is always, a valuable asset, for both French and German letters are continually being'received, and anyone.capable of translating and answering them must always be in good demand: . Then, again, sneb items' as knowledge; of: railway and shipping woTk, - checking freight charges and' tonnage rates, drawing up advertisements, and so onfall go.' to enbanoe the other, qualifications of a good clerk, and make ;up one wlioso services can only be replaced by another who has been years : at ; similar service.. The girl who trains as a mere shorthand typist is now practically a drug in the market, ; and her value is rated each year, at slightly fewer shil- ' lings per week.