The sun., 1901-09-29
WOMAN'S START IN BUSINESS.
Girls VINO HtTE LEARNED TO
RELY IRON THEMSELVES.
Fermerl, Tie, Trusted 10 Their Friends
10 Help nem 10 succeed m Trade
Vow They Seek ts Please the
Pubic -Onr's Friends ~ Customer.


Now TIE, seek Tn Please tho
Pubic -On~. Friends a. Customer.
The girl who goes Ia work nowadays
diner In many particulars from her pre-
dece--or ~ a decade or more ago Ths
most striking point Of difference probably
is her Independence Of her old friends
and her willingness. even her determins-
tion. 10 look out for herself once she has
taken the step that transfers her into tho
ranks ~ the workers. and out Of the leisure
class 10 which she belonged.
When a girl formerly decided 10 starr
out for herself. she looked about the circls
Of her friends tn see how she might do some
thing IN the line Of her work for them.
IL 1t was millinery or dressmaking. shs
appealed hrSt 10 them and really begaa
her career a. worker with the idea ~
getting most 81 her patronage from them.
Even further back IN the history. %
woman's efforts To help herself. ~ was on
her friends that she relied II she made
pickles OF put up Jelly. she did not put
her products on the market at first, bus
sought to have her friends buy them.
II they did. she considered that she had
been fortunate and II was only after n year
OF two when her friends thought that they
had helpsd her along enough and ceased
to buy that she learned that she had made
a fal-e start in relying upon n circle 81
c,Is,omers who werr not attracted by tho
quality Of what she offered or by any real
need Of II. but bought only through friend
ship and a desire TO help her And that
is not the way to begin any kind Of busi-
ness that is to continue prosperouSly
80 the girl who works to-day tries TO get
~ far away a. she can from the pal runags
,ha, comes only from good will She
likes To start oui dependent only on the
customers that Tho quality OF her work
may attract and hold Of cours-. her cus-
TONERS are likely Ia H. from her own social
circle until she has made a reputation ia
business But that difficulty Is now fire.
9uently got over by the manner in which
One OF the most prosperous OF the So
called society millners began her work
two years ago with miiner who had
been established for some years.
Il had bought hats from her when |
never supposed would have to think of
the way ! should get the money ] wanted
she said, -and madame knew that | had
taste and could frequently suggest things
not because she hadn't the ingenuity or
the imagination. hut because she was
much occupied that things didn't occur
to her.
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like tflckS ana bpugh' mats tnh' "os' io',
hut ther" wa~ not enough o' Them tn max"
es'stei'ce profitable. Even The most inii-
mate brran '" drop away ht"' Nhh",
iu-' a. Hl women do hecau$e thcv wan, an
occasional chang" in 'h'ar nhlhher could
not help thinking he" ! would nave Jared
" had been comp"ll"d 10 rely on the sup
ppr' OF INV friends
This Young woman repeated the opinion
OF most OF VA" Noinen who have learn"i
Tor th"mseNe~ ihai only the ahilitl ~
please the erea' public VIII bring thrn