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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 18, 1920 n b a -Mi a. ifL vi.r ! i ion mr. vi r ii r, t - f ' :V's'SE-rT -life alt !JUJ . 1 BY HELEN HESTR HILiu I F YOU are an old-fashioned man. with notions about women's I i sphere," or, something like that. you are in (or a few shocks these days. And if you are an old-fashioned woman well, you may just wonder, when you read about Jane Carroll, for example, just "how she doea-lt." Think of a woman at the helm of a great big export organization-, with hands controlling the most practical details of administration and eyes on all the world! It's hard to fancy it at first. But not after you have really Been Jane Carroll. , I wanted to see Jane Carroll. I wanted to prove it. ' Women are re puted to be doing wonderful things and to be doing them in a wonderful way. But a woman managing a twenty-rnllHon-dollar corporation that merited investigation. There was no blame, I thfnk, to be attached to my rather inadequate pic ture of her as she was likely to look. One couldn't guess so satisfactory a picture: Very womanly brown eyes I that sparkle and snap and glow; I and glow; tawny hair falling careless of re-I stratht over a good forehead, a green I frock trimmed with, fur and pretty ivory buttons, showing a fine care fori all the feminine niceties of dress; feet I daintily shod, and her hands, though email, immensely - capable and ener getic. There you have Miss Carroll, seated at a desk devoid of ornament and of almost everything else, save a much used telephone and a few sample casts of her merchandise. Certainly not a masculine looking desk; devoid as it I was of all that interesting confusion and disarray of papers of the com forting pipe and ashes strewn all over the place, that one always associates with a man's desk. But not like the ordinary woman's desk either. Nor does she sit in soli tary state in some Inaccessible' inner office. She sfmplv occupies one of about 0 other desks, in a very large general room, which together with another equally large office separat ed only by a -partial partition, form her present export quarters. These arrangements, however, she told me are still in the making, and constant ly expanding. Right here, I want to stop and tell a little incident that throws an interesting side light on the charac ter and business methods of Misc Carroll. I had notioed a quaint, quiet little stenographer, the type that has to I plod and strive for results, and 1 1 asked Miss Carroll whether she pre- I zerred a woman or man aa secretary. The S-tenograpner Question, "Oh, of course, we have both," she I - said. "It makes no difference so long as they are competent. Do you see that young girl?" she continued. pointing to the very ono I had al ready singled out. "Well, she was In an entirely different department. She Js an industrious, conscientious worker, without self-assertion. I learned that, she is ambitious, and studies Spanish at night,, so I ma neuvered her into this department, where, because of the language which would have done her no good where she was. she will have an added chance of advancement. A gin l mac Kina deserves to suo- . ceed and certainly merits encourage- lacnt. , Now Miss Carroll has not been long established with the corpora- t ion, and the duties of reorganize- tion that naturally devolve upon her In taking over the conduct of ouch a huge plant absorb her time and energy; yet she found the time to interest herself in the affairs of one of the humblest employes o the company. She. herself not crly speaks a fluent French and Spanish, but has selected expert heads of departments who do the same; and with, them, aa in the case of the little stenographer, she feela that one of the principal duties, aa well aa the Joy of those who. rise Jo pre-eminent position in lite. Is to lake oUcrs alons as far as they Lan I believe firmly that officials of org-anlzat,Ions should disseminate as widely as possible among their sub ordinate. the views and impressions they acquire in their wider contact with the outer world. It gives them 4 a breadth of horizon and outlook which they would have no other means of acquiring, and makes them far mom valuable to themselves and hence to their firm as well." We talked of "success," she and I, that word' perhaps most potent f all words in- the human vocabulary,' to kindle the imagination, to arouse all jne a own combative energy. It seems the one common desire of the human race that will to get to the top; one of the big incentives in life, to make good, and then with the self-confidence that comes of achievement, to do sMH better. Miss Carroll exprescsed this idea very harmingly in answer to my question, "Did you start out with a definite goal?" "Have you ever.'.', "Have you evervV, she continued. "gone eagerly toward a rosebush to pluck some particular rose, and then (when you got there, coveted an in finitely pre'tier one on the bush just beyond the bend in the road? So it ia with cne's goal; scarcely do you ar rive, than another, harder to attain. and more distant, seems to beckon." 'What will satisfy your ambition?" I asked. "Succ,es for me will not be spelled in terms of position, or power or money. When I feel within me that I am exercising my fullest powers and capacities and can show adequate re sults, then I shall know the real measure of content." and Miss Car roll turned to me with one of those sudden smiles that so Irradiate her face, suffusing its strength with womanly sweetness. If it were possible so soon after the war justly to estimate any of Its effects, then I should say that in its insatiable call upon women aa well as men. it has already and permanently demonstrated the possession by women of qualities and abilities no one, including themselves, ever dreamed they had. And the versatil ity, the dynamic energy, the power of quick, thought and decisive action that we have now been thought to associate with women, seem veritably to ' be embodied ia thin one Uule woman. Barn in Foxcraft. a little town in Maine, transplanted to New. York at an early age, one of a family ol three girls and one brother, she graduated almost from the lap of Cornell uni versity into a business career, in which by ftieteunc stages sne ad vanced to her present post. To expand the export trade of the United States so that It reaches from all of south America to the outer most fringes of the earth; to create a demand in the highly populated and developed countries, an : to penetrate and seize the pioneer advantage in uthers calling for development, this is the lite work to which Miss Carroll has set herself, and she seems in a fair way to realize her kindling am oition. The Great Work of Foreign Trade. From conducting her own advertis ing agency for t purpostsa of foreign I trade Miss Carroll was appointed I foreign trade promotion manager and I editor of the Foreign Trade Bulletin I of the American Express company, a I position of vast responsibility. I She was called, from this latter post I to undertake the general managership of the American Safety Razor Export corporation. To her aa general man ager will tall the task of ' co-ordinating and reorganizing the work of the. component companies recently merged into this corporation and she will as sume entire charge of the expansion ot export ot their razor bladea and other shaving accessories. She is perfecting plans to enlarge the facilities of the corporation abroad, a that it wil) be possible for Inspiring Success of Miss Jane Carroll, Organizer and Adminis trator, Who Manages a Vast 2 v every man in need of a new raitrr or new blades to step into the nearest ratal; store and make hia purchase just as easily as he can do ao in America. In the matter of England. France and Italy, this ia already a comparatively accomplished fact; but Miss Carroll has no idea of limiting her activities to those countries. Over All the World. She feela the confines of Persia, India. South Africa, the South Sea islands, Iceland, Russia. Japan and China, already receiving consign ments of the corporation's products. I - . f - -wV,t JJR . 1 . . . i irr - . I-. - V.. 1 ? ' i - v ' . ? ; - UNCLE SAM HAS HUNDREDS OF HUNTERS IN HIS EMPLOY Big Force Is Speedily Exterminating AhimaU That Ravage Livestock and Destroy Cropa of Western States New Department Success. HUNTERS and trappers employed by the United States depart ment of agriculture In co-operation with representatives of the North Dakota. Agricultural college are now engaged in a huge coyote hunt in North Dakota. The latest and most effective methods of hunting and trapping wolves and coyotes, developed by Uncle Sam's 'experts, are being em ployed in this campaign. Similar hunts for the destruction of preaa tory animals destructive of livestock are In progress in Montana and sev eral other western states. That Uncle Sam IS now reguiariy engaged in hunting and trapping on a large scale, employing neiween ivu nd 600 skilled hunters, win oe in teresting news to many Americans. It Is a new ' department of govern ment activity. Ever since this country began to be settled and agricultural operations were begun farmers in certain sec tions of the United States have been constantly obliged to suffer loss to their crops and to their livestock f rom the depredations or wolves, coyoies, mountain lions, bobcats, prairie dogs, miirrels. rabbits, males and other animals. For years they were obliged to hunt these animals with more or lesa success on their own account when they appeared on their farms as the aovernnieut was slow to wake up to the tremendous losses the nation sustained annually through such rav ages. Then came the war and the absolute need of Increased production and the reduction ef waste to minimum. Uncle Sam bgan in 11)15 a systematic hunt for such beasts. For thia purpose the western states were , organised, into ten, hunting districts Business, and Points the Woman's Broader Work. . . - .... V - Ifiss Carroll at ffer JtesK. to be all too narrow for her ambitious plans, and she seems to share the, re gret of the Oreek Alexander, who wept that there were no more worlds to conquer. - "I live on Brooklyn Heights," she said, "and directly beneath my. win dow X can see the Brazilian steamer, that carries our goods along the en tire length of the Amazon, and that ship ia symbolical to me of the thou sands of others, sailing the four aeas carrying not myrrh and frankin cense, like, the Phoenicians of old, but modern goods, to' peoples all over the earth, to many of whom but a and trained men were put in charge ot the work. Hunters Get Ko Bounties. The salaries ot ' a part of these hunters are paid from the federal treasury and of the others from co operative funds supplied by the states or contributions from local organi zations and individuals. The hunt ers are not permitted to receive boun ties, and the skins taken by each become the property of the federal government, the state or the organ!- tion or Individual providing the money for the salary. To give some idea of the value of these skins it is Interesting to note that the pelt taken by government hunters during the pas year netted uncie oum b,i2s.tb. wnue the total ho has received from this source to date la 1197,381.37. , For a cumber of years rabies have been prevalent among predatory ani mals in California. Idaho. Nevada Oregon, Washington and Utah. Al- tnougn tne disease still lingers In all of these states, efforts in suppressing Ita carriers by government hunters have been so successful that Us spread to other states has been prevented, and the number of domestic animals and persons bitten by rabid wild ani mals has steadily decreased until at present it is very small. When an outbreak of the disease occurs in any district hunters are immediately con centrated there, ao that the wild ani mals carrying the rabies are sum marily destroyed and the spread of the ditease is promptly stopped. The serious situation resulting from the outbreak of rablea before it was controlled is -indicated by the fact that In 1915-16, when the principal outbreak in Nevada occurred, it was estimated, that livestock, ia that, state. i 'v ',. V 1 little while back, their very use would have. seemed a mystery." Doesn't it stir tga pride and Im agination to think that hard-headed business men, captains of big Indus try, will turn over the conduct of such affairs to a mere woman? For remember that with the condition of Europe as it Is today, with its own production largely at a standstill and in crying, need for manufacturers, this is the hour of America's oppor tunity, to seek out and supply the markets of the world; and at such a juncture, to invest a woman with cunuu or woman much authority and responsibility valued at about $500,000 was lost through being bitten by rabid ani mals. Some ranches lost from 00 to 400 head of cattle. Up to the pres ent time approximately 1500 persons are known to- have been bitteu by rabid animals and treated for the disease, and about 60 are known to have died from it. Without federal intervention for the suppression of rabies the ravages brouaht about by it would have been vastly increased. Bad Anlmalo Han Down. Special efforts are made by gov ernment hunters to destroy individ ual animals which have become no torious for their ' stock-killing ex ploits in various states. Near Dubois. Wyo., a mountain lion was killed in the sprLng of which was Known to have destroyed $1000 worth of live stock. This was a much-taunted and battle-scarred animal which had been wounded a number of times by pri vate hunters. Another mountain lion had killed seven colts during the spring before It was slain by a gov ernment hunter. In the same state a pair of wolves were killed the fe male by a government nunter ana the male by a private hunter which had destroyed more than II500 worth of livestock during the .preceding year. ' , In Arizona. Idaho, Nevada. New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washing ton, jackrabbits have in times past caused large losses to crops, but re cently Uncle Sam's hunters have re duced these losses tremendously by the organisation of rabbit drives and by trapping the animals by the thou sands. 'Since beet. lamb, pork and other meats have been at their pres ent high prices there has been an in creasing demand all over the country for rabbits as food. To meet thi government hunters have devised methods of dressing and killing these animals, taken In, the drives, to a fine art. Last year about 10,000 of these animals were thus utilized. Large moles have for a long time been a serious pest to farmers in Washington and Oregon. Hero again Uncle Sam a hunter have been doing good worn, ine lur value of th ani mals having been established among fur geaiera throusU the eftorta of V -.4 Tfiss Jane Carroll. represents a triumph for the whole sex. Miss Carroll proved the possession of the pioneer spirit aa far back as January, 1917, when, as the only wom an delegate, she attended the fourth National Foreign Trade Council con vention, at Pittsburg. She repre sented the League of Advertising Women of New York, and was given a place ef honor at the speakers' table. James A. Farrell of the United States Steel corporation. E. M. Herr, president ot the Westinghouse Elec tric & Manufacturing company; F. A. Selberling of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company, and many others of like Importance were among her table companions on that occasion. I did not ask Mlsa Carroll whether she felt in any way embarrassed or out of place in that assemblage of stmie 1300-odd men. because 1 recog nized at once that she ia one of those persons of rare adaptability and of such unconsciousness of self that she Immediately becomes part and parcel of her surroundings wherever she may be. "Tell me," I asked, "what qualities In a woman make for success?" "The being a woman does not enter into the matter," she answered quick ly and emphatically. "In business there should be no sex. Given the same qualities, and the same circum stances, success will come, be it to I believe. There must be certain inherent qualities initia the biological survey, the price of mole skins continues to advance. In co-operation .with agricultural agen cies in their territory aovernment hunters have given demonstrations of methods for capturing- the animals and preparing their pelts for market. Inspired by the hunters, successful boys' and girls clubs have been or ganized to trap moles and to co-oper ate 4n selling the skins. As a result the members of the clubs learned a valuable lesson in co-operative work, not only in ridding fields of a pest. but also in marketing, the sale of the skins netting them the substantial sum of more than $60,000. Civilization Brings Troubles, but Why Kick? All Tulna-a Will Come Kvea If Yon Unly l-t 'Ifcrm, Hmyn One. BY M. QUAD. WIFE wants to kick about the fraud pins, needle and thready that are on the market. I kicked, but I kicked mildly. A thou sand years ago they- used to use thorns as pins, and grass as thread. and we are no better than, they were. It is civilization that brings frauds. e I was feeling off and called the the doctor. lie came three times and looked me over, and said nothing ailed me, and sent me a bill for $10. I kicked about that bill. How much mora sensible to tell me that I was in a desperate condition and that he saved my life. 1 don't want some thing for nothing and I cant see why anyone else should. My neighbors on the right and left have given me warning that they are not going to clear their sidewalks of snow this winter. I was going to kick about it when the thought came to me that I would not clean my own sidewalk and thus get even with them., Two whole days had passed since my landlord had raised my rent. I heard he was coming and got all ready to. kick. wbA the news reaohed, no tive, resourcefulness and Industry with a capital T; and above all. one must know how to take advantage of an opportunity and if necessary, to create one. I dare say there may be some element of luck; in any cask one should, not put all one's eggs in one basket. In other words, one should always shoot in many direc tions and at least one shot will be bound to hit the mark." "What final message will you give me for women?" I urged. - Her Advice to Women. "Work and specialize. It may b" an advantage to be college bred, but above all it is an advantage to have character. energy, outlook - and health. These areTdays when all positions are open to all women Banks, even in Japan, are appointing women presidents; one. of the meet r influential clearing houses In the' south lias a woman manager; another woman is managing the business end of one of ,Nev York's largest daily newspapers; a former stenog rapher is now export manager of one of the most important disbursing firms for knitted woollan. worsted and cotton fabrics in New York and I could go on enumerating hundreds ot others within my own. knowledge, most of them risen from subordinate positions. "The day of woman's opportunity has come; she has less skepticism to meet, and more chance to rise. What one has done, all may do." that he had been thrown out of his auto and broken both legs. I heard, too. that it would be three months be fore he would be able to get around again. I didn't kick very hard, and he didn't kick at all. One of my neighbors la going to keep chicken. At first I thought I would kick about it, and I figured the nearer me the chickens, the nearer me would be the eggs. My house was robbed a few nights ago. When I got up and found that all my money had been taken, I pro ceeded to kick, but after a while I found out that my house was the only one on the block which the rob ber had visited. There was pride In this and 1 soon saw how foolish it was tv kick. The conductor on the street car gave me a lead half dollar the other day." It was some time before I dis covered it, and then I kicked. What a foolish thing it was? All 1 had to do was to attend church next day and drop the leaden coin into the contri bution box and receive a joyful smile frorck the deacon who was passing the box around. Don t hurt your tees in kicking until you. have real cause to do so. The grocer had sent me his bill twice a week for several months, when his place took fire and. not being insured, he had to go into bankruptcy. I missed receiving the bill as usual, and kicked a little about it, but after all it was only the eternal fitness of things. I got another grocer and shall leave it to him to do the kicking. When I went out in, my auto for the first time a man ran his machine against mine and I naturally . lcked. When I went out again I ran my auto against another man's machine, anil he. naturally, kicked about it. That made the kicks even, and we shook hands and were happy over it. AH things will even up if you will only let them. (Copyright, 1920, McClure Newspaper Syndlcate: , -