Working Girl's Friend

The Seraphic Secretaries of America is an organization of 87 women who shine in the reflected glory of their bosses each one tops in his field.* This week the Seraphs are shining in bookstores as the expert advisers on the Complete Secretary's Handbook (Prentice-Hall; $4.75) by ex-Secretaries Lillian Doris and Besse May Miller.

A 672-page package of facts ranging from Abbot (how to introduce and refer to)" to "Zones (parcel post)," the handbook may prove to be the best friend the working girl has ever had. It tells:

P:How to fill out the boss's income-tax form, what to do when his wife's checkbook doesn't balance, whom to notify when he dies. P:How to dress in the office ("Grecian sandals are not appropriate"). P:How to begin a letter to the Lord Chief Justice of England ("My dear Lord Chief Justice"), and to the Commissioners of the City of Buffalo ("Sirs"). P: How to brush off a begging letter to the boss ("I wish I could, but I can't. I have come to the sad conclusion that I am carrying all the Good Causes I can possibly tote around"). P:How to keep flowers from wilting in the office ("Carnations and snapdragons do well at 45DEG at night").

* Sample Seraphs: Katherine Grimm (secretary to General Foods' Colby M. Chester), Naoma Lowensohn (Publisher Roy W. Howard), Louise MacLeod (Adman Bruce Barton), Mary R Davis (Lowell Thomas), Marguerite Shepherd (Eddie Rickenbacker), Lillian Rosse (Thomas E Dewey).

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