The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
CHANCES FOR WOMEN
One Of the SEE Seeking Employ.
ment Learns Strange Things.
Facts Whick Prove TAat the Mes
Have Not = Monopoly % 1nG~a-
aity-Odd Ways 81 Making
. Livellh0sd.


The ways in which New York women
who are dependent upon their own
efforts make both ends meet are
varied. a woman who has been forced
to look for work made mcmorandums
Of what she found others doing. She
did not Try for ordinary clerical work,
or stenography. typewriting or EN-
ploynient in stores. says the Sun.
81 found one woman" she said, "who
is making a comfortable living for her.
self and supporting un invalid hus-
band by selling gloves which have been
thrown aside nj the glove counters for
apparently trivial reasons. For ex-
ample, in fitting glove the saieswom-
an may break OFT button or rip
seam or soil it so ny to spoil sale.
This woman has contract with sew.
rral stores to take all such gloves at
a reduced figure.
"She sliillfully repairs whatever
:lninage las been done and sells ths
vluves at less, of course, than tho
store price. do not know what she
pays for the damaged goods. That
depends, fancy, upon the extent Of
the damage. but ] do know that in
some cases she sells pair of $t.5O
gloves for one dollar. maybe less, and
so on. know she has built mp quite
n business in this way. \ number of
her patrons ROW have orders with her
frequently IN advance for from one
TO II half dozen pairs. The saving Of
80 or IS cents on pair of gloves ID
quite an item.
"Another woman who had tried in
vain to make n living Mt millinery. in
which she is an expert, calls at num-
Der of houses in her neighborhood
and takes the daily market orders.
She is paid FOR this. of course, and 7
am pretty sure she is smart enough
to get n commission besides from ths
butcher and the grocer.
Some times when the mistress OF
the house wants something extra for
n special luncheon or dinner the order
talser makes more. On one occasion n
woman WHIP had lived in Washington
wanted some I.ynnhavcn oysters. Now
IL is n fact thnt you cant find a Lynn
haven oyster In New York such a.
you can get in Washington.
"This ordertakcr knew exactly how
to get the Washington LynnhavenM At
n reduced price, and how to have them
shipped. and she made handsome
profit on her order. She told me she
would not exchange her work for :
place in the biggest millinery foundry,
MS she called ii, in New York.
another woman buys all the the
alter tickets for a colony away uptown.
Her patrons call up on the phone and
name the date and play, and she does
the rest.
IL found another who. in addition to
some other little jobs. furnishes sew
eral churches with communion bread.
Then there is another who sends out
samples of new goods to customers in
the country. She is not exactly pur-
chasing agent. for there are many
such: she simply sends out the sam.
pies, naming the house where the
goods may be obtained. The name aud
the address of each person receiving
the samples are furnished to the liousc
sending ont the samples. and in ease
OF a sale the woman is notified by the
mouse. which pays her commission.
MS SoTt OF business. SHe IOlu me.
pays better than direct purchase by
an agent-if the woman who sends the
samples has n good list. of custo mers.
for the reason that many customers
in the country rather like the idea
of dealing with the house direct in
purchases. The stores. she added. nrc
not so apt to send samples as wom-
an who makes business OF it.
II found woman in drug store
in fashonn BILE part of the city who
is graduate in pharmacy. She fills
only such prescriptions as are brough,
in by women. She receives n salary,
but she gets commission on all the
trade She secures from women.
"And SO it goes in this grent city
where so many women have to MAXI
I heir own living. II n woman can only
find something novel she will find
plenty of people to help her out"