The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-12-06
STARTED BY MAKING PAPER DOLLS.
How a Paying business Grew Up around
Three Young and Pretty Girl.

tuence. were suddenly derived z the.
monev. II be"ame necessary for thu.
to earn money. and it suited neitae,
their tastes Epr inclinations to 80 out o.
their homes. nor had they been eIuca.. G,
IN any special direction. The hat
skiiiful hands, however, and with these
they got IN paper dolls and put them II
Buffalo shops for sale. These incilen.
tally came 10 the notice Of a stati0rCl
here, VINO surprised them with an cr.i-.
sdry and q proposition t. make these
dolls and give him the exclusive control
Of their sale.
Imagine the astOnishmcnt and Devil
aerment of these three housekeeping
. girls. They We're, however, persuaded
into the enterprise, and got tOgetheY
thirty housekeeping girls like them
selves. who came to their house and
helped them. This year thew made aud
q disposed Of 5000 paper dolls. The or.
ders for the next year Were larger than
eFcr and hid Outgrown their home.
They now engaged Offices; the financial
arrangement their mother took CHARGE
Of. and the packing and shipping fell 10
the father. In the midst of all this prep
aratiOn the firm failed, and they were
Left to struggle with discouragements
and vicissitudCs, as if they were in tie
graf world indeed.
Then came q proposition more aston
ishing than the last, which was t. euU;7l
d novelty fJr AL American bazaar in
the Cyclorama Of Niagara. London.
and to three girls who believed them.
selves unknown outside Of their homes.
Then came letters and propositions from
here and there. and their wonder grew.
Bat their fingers kept pace, and they
found themselves obliged to keep larger
Offices. to give themselves a firm name.
and until scarcely realized by them
selves they found themselves swimming
along gayly in the great current OF
trade.
Nny they added thirty more girls to
their original thirty { d to their p4per
dolls al sorts Of pretty and dainty az
ticles III paper. Then they bethonoh5
them OF giving Il reception and shOwi.rI
what wolncn's fingers could do in paper. |
The youngest of the trio had a pretty !
taste in decoration, and their Easter
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such rcnOwn that Cleveland begged for
exhibition OF the same sort, after the
manner Of these two cities, who ALWAYS
covet II anOther's performances. and
thlther the sisters went, taking their
things.
By and by the paper house from which
they bought their paper wondered who
tails, their best customer, was and what
be did with such quantities Of colUl2d
Papers. This curiosity was carried to
t1e pclnt Of finding ont. Imagine the
hrms surprise. Three Young and pretty
girls, installed III one Of the hauGsomes,
Office buildings in tie town. and sur
rounded by sixty more girls like unto
-leinscITcS, were transforming theirT4-
PEI into banks Of carnations, tr~ailir..
Of pun le clcmutis, masses of p,o.
MES, JoHquil5 and tulips, yiOlets and
,"ret peas, butterflies with gilGeQ wings. .
and powder p,.ff b&2a, dressing
even dressed il paper. and Glove
S2chet powder box, ali Of paper. .
Here was an idea, and this firm, Whose Z
commercial instinct was alert, immedi- .
-tely invited these young IN to owe {
ISpIays of their work at their branch f
III different cities, and thus they i
made visits Of triumph to Boston. Phil +
.delphla, Chicago, Milwaukee. Tn O
F~ofNrco'nS have grown again and they 9
employ from 80 to 100 assistants.
Mamma IL still cur business mana2nr. .
ne Of these in a friendly letter. /
and we are happy also in having Ieea is
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