The Inside Stories ·� Pacific Grove Grows Tents, tents, nothing but tents! ·� Others Saw Us Through Postcards Pacific Grove in 1908 'e Down The Piney Path Election in December Arson in Chinatown A new town called New Monterey 'e Help Us Find This House! THE OARD AND .....,�TTEN NewsletterofthePaci.fie GroveHeritage Society October/November1991 Good Looks A Hindrance Pacific Grove, Dec. 1, l908If women are to succeed in business they find that beauty is a handicap they cannot easily overcome. At one tlme merchants were under the impres­ sion that a pretty face brought trade. The idea has been exploded. The pretty faces at­ tracted customers to their counters, but they were crowds of dudes and loafers who would buy a 5 cent paper of pins and then flirt away a dollar's worth of time. Further­ more, the handsome girls were sure to be vain and touchy, and morally certain to get married Just when their services were needed the most. The same discovery has been made in Pacific Grove offices. Perhaps the poor girl wasn't to blame; she could not help being good to look at, but the idiotic men working in the same office would not leave her alone. However, results are all that count in business. A few years ago a reaction set in against beauty and now pretty faces are at a discount and will no doubt continue to be in the future. continued inside UpcomingEvents Cfiristmas.9lt 'Ifie Inns - Vecember 10, 1991 Julia Pratt Lecture - Vecember 12, 1991 'Victorian 'Tea - Vecember 1� 1991 , OCR Text: The Inside Stories ·� Pacific Grove Grows Tents, tents, nothing but tents! ·� Others Saw Us Through Postcards Pacific Grove in 1908 'e Down The Piney Path Election in December Arson in Chinatown A new town called New Monterey 'e Help Us Find This House! THE OARD AND .....,�TTEN NewsletterofthePaci.fie GroveHeritage Society October/November1991 Good Looks A Hindrance Pacific Grove, Dec. 1, l908If women are to succeed in business they find that beauty is a handicap they cannot easily overcome. At one tlme merchants were under the impres­ sion that a pretty face brought trade. The idea has been exploded. The pretty faces at­ tracted customers to their counters, but they were crowds of dudes and loafers who would buy a 5 cent paper of pins and then flirt away a dollar's worth of time. Further­ more, the handsome girls were sure to be vain and touchy, and morally certain to get married Just when their services were needed the most. The same discovery has been made in Pacific Grove offices. Perhaps the poor girl wasn't to blame; she could not help being good to look at, but the idiotic men working in the same office would not leave her alone. However, results are all that count in business. A few years ago a reaction set in against beauty and now pretty faces are at a discount and will no doubt continue to be in the future. continued inside UpcomingEvents Cfiristmas.9lt 'Ifie Inns - Vecember 10, 1991 Julia Pratt Lecture - Vecember 12, 1991 'Victorian 'Tea - Vecember 1� 1991 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Board and Batten,Board and Batten Newsletters,1991,05-1991-October-November.pdf,05-1991-October-November.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: 05-1991-OCTOBER-NOVEMBER.PDF, 05-1991-October-November.pdf 1 Page 1