Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-17
WOMEN AND MONEY.
AsWoman in Business Is Less Ven.
turesone Than Man.

turcsome Than Man.
The Diapers Record has dug a
curious piece of information out OF
be report Of the inspector general
| Of bankruptcy. This fact is the
comparatively small number of fail
ures anong woman engaged in bust
ness. ia word, it is a rare thing
| for a woman engaged in business to
go bankrupt hat is what any man
oonversant with Business would ex-
pect to be told, and liz TINS case, ut
any rate, the statistics correspond,
with the general impressRn OF the
world, that women in busiseee are
more careful than men--less liable
to run into excess and/to ruin
themselves by too adventurous
spirit.
There is another fact about women
who trade which is not to be found
in any return or body of statistics,
but which is none the less fact.
1t is that woman very seldom, in
deed we might safely say never,
make fortunes in business. At first
sight it may seem as if these two
facts had little Or nothing to do with
each other. In truth, however,
they are closely related, The
methods of doing business which
bring men great fortunes also bring
them to bankruptcy. 1t is just be-
cause women do not become million
aires by trading that they so seldom
come to ruin. Ask any man who
has built up great business by
trade how it was that he managed
to make bis fortune and to develop
IA great industrial organization out
Y nothing. After he has remem-
bred to pay his homage to luck
ALMOST all men of business at the
boApm of their hearts believe that
theyowe everything in the last re-
sort 10 their good luck-he will tell
you that he got on because he
seized every opportunity that came
in his way, and had the pluck to
launch out where other men were
timid ''If\when Fhad made my
first 81, 900 Mad funked, and had
resolved | would go slower, and not
risk what | had already made, l
should be petty trader still. In
stead, I realized that the right way
was follow my luck and not to worry
about rsking whatNI had gained
with so much difficulty Accordingly
put my first 1000 into business
again, charged my old premises,
and opcnoi a branch, and this
though | hal to go into debt to do
it, and though every one said there
wasn't ten punds more trade to be
got in the district. l got rich be-
cause l dared take my chance, and
wasn't frightemd at my first bit of
success. Z
i Ask the BANKRUPT what ruined
! him, and he will I'LL you exactly the
I same story. 'It X had only been
content with moaeeate gains, I
n should have been al right. Only,
Unfortunately, | thought when had
3 made my first FL, 900 could make
n another 81, 900 just as easily. Ac-
N cordlngly, instead of keeping what !
m had got put it all into the bust
m ness aga@ and went on doing this
-, ~
m m TIL IN Fns enc ] had lost every
thing. h@ woman in business
y when sheshaA made her first 81, 600
never aces Ing this. Instead Of be-
en- ing elated byer success she is a
little frightene ut is true She
argues, Il han been lucky this
m m time; but then tlaly Of tho c5onca,
NJ I ran of losing my soney altogether
m Most certainly IwAoot ba Such
fool as to run the ris arain 7 bav
got my 1000 safe an / will keen i
ois So" With this resoss s+ronT ~
lis her she does her best ,rTorI no
Ell, 600 and goes on WY 6or hnei
ness as before, only wyiN 4 .ayoi
more than ever the risk ,noi,i,,
losses. To put the matte Ina. q n ~,
ifll shell, woman conducts b n~
air ness on the cardinal pri& :, Jus
". making as few losses as posSl,
= man on the cardinal primo
making as many profits az pcsh,
The woman's maxim is: {,
~ losses" the mans: Look out
So gains. London Spectator.
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