The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-18

MRS. T.. A. Lynch ia the woman ieweler
In New York and her big corner building
on Broadway is a brilliant testimonial to
one woman's knowledge of diamonds-for
that ia the corner stone of her success.
women are proverbially font of spark
ling gems" she smiled, pleasantly. land
not n few of them put money into them in
stead of banks and bonds. / not only make
money out of their value. but pleasure out
of their beauty, and you may find me in
their midst at my store at almost any tim
of everv day, except Sunday. | do not care
for social life--that is the means of exis-
tence to other women. l lave a large fam
lily and We are happy within ourselves, but
If there is any entertaining and keeping up
a calling list to be done my children have
to do it for me.
How did l happen to 90 into the BUSH
ness2 Well. my first venture was in a sim
1 gle diamond that | bought as a child with my
| spending money. My father was a fruit
dealer n did not approve of gewgaws, but
when l sold the gem for twice What it cost
me he sanctioned the transaction and en-
couraged my later efforts at others. / go
abroad and select in person the gold and
silver curios. the carvings set with jewels
and the antique, a. we'll us the newest pat
terms in jewelry. They say it takes a Jew
to have a nose for bargains in iewelry,
but ] nm nm Irishwoman from Dublin
| Ame%rieanized of eourse-and | have reason
1 w SliG lilht liz lCdl CoADDluA-
| tipn of business ability. added to II woman's
instiot, IL as good n one as can be found for
metropolitan USE
Mlre. L. s. Parsons went to work from me-
cessliy and not from choice, but she does
not regret tha turn her life has taken. As
n girl she hadn't n care III the world, and
when she married n wealthy merchant she
supposed that a future OF luxurious ease
was assured. Unfortunately her husbands
close attention to business brought on par
esis. mi before they realized that he was
afflicted with softeninR of the vain he had
thrown things right and left and gone into
bankruptcy. After that he had to be cared
for as a little child. and somebody must
earn the wherewithai. Mrs. Parsons, being
OF Il scribbling turn of mind, got u position
with an advertising company to do write
ups, and showed such unusual ability in
bringing the good points of an article be-
fore the public that the advertisers them
selves were edited and delighted, and she
was taken into active partnership.
"That WAS tho beginning of tho end" she
told me. II know a good thing when l sea
II, and az tho shareholders got indifferent |
quietly bought up all floating stock of the
company, little by little, until / had the
| employ fifty men all the year around and
in certain seasons many more. l can tell
you to a certainty just whore those men
should be and what they should accom-
plish, II you will find me at my desk
every day from one until five. The morn
ings keep for myself and my two child
rem
Mrs. Sophia Bruenlich, the business
manage of the Scientific Publishing com.
pany, is the hardest working woman in
New York. She ia small and slight. with
brown eyes aud animated face, and i'll spite
of n recent eight months illness from over
work considers that her lines have fallen in
pleasant places.
II began as n typewriter for the president
of the company ten years ago. she replied
TO the regulation question. My husband
died and l had to do something. | made
up my mind that | would not always bs a
typewriter, and | kept my eyes open and
my hands always ready to do anything
anybody else left undons. Within a few
years l had acquired knowledge enough of
the business to bs elected secretary and
treasurer of tho company. with The bank
book and check book in my possession, and
since that time l haYe added to those du-