The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-05

! ly pays her for the information, her
charge being according to the worth of
| the article. Often she is asked to pur-
chase the article for the collector, and
then she charges a little more Gener-
ally, however, curios bought in these
shops can be obtained for far less than
the ordinary dealer in such things
would ask. For the secondhand deal
ers are mostly ignorant Of their value
as antiques. and rate them a ccording
to their utflitarian value only They
will invaria bly, ask five tim IS what
they expect to get, and almost as cure
ly will end by accepting any price that
is Offered.
Besides profiting from the objects Of
real value which she finds this curio-
hunter has constant commisSi Ons from
those who know of her, to pick up OBJ
Jects quaint and curiouS-braSS candle
sticks, odd lamps, coins whenever
she can get them for trifng cost. And
these little things add largely to her
income. Pa wn shops are anO { her pro-
fitable field for her The keepers of
these are judges of what they buy. She
leaves her address with them, and they
send her word when anything particu-
larly valua BILE as an antique falls into
their hands.
Some women who find themselves un-
expectedly obliged to support them
selves, and yet entirely UNFRAMED in
any kind of work of the sort undertake
en- by the New York women, may be
able to follow the example OF clever
Boston woman who was placed in Just
such a predicament a few months ago,
and who. nevertheless. Is now mixing
IN income which. while by no means
princely is sufficient for her n eeds. Her
work Is one which entails almost TO
mental strain or worry. II is simply
supplying business firms with stamps,
stamped envelopes, postal cards. etc.
Ali places of business send to the
postofice for supply Of these necessi-
ties at least once a week. Often 1t is
inconvenient for them to do so, espe-
cially where no boy is employed to run
errands of this kind, and the Zine OF a
clerk must be taken.
In working up hef trade the Boston
woman went from office to office In the
business section of the city, Offering
to bring any specific number of
stamps, etc, regularly each week for
the consideration of a small percent
age of the amount bought She re-
ceived number of orders at once es-
pecially from small frms-a rchltects,
lawyers, etc.-where many Tnen were
not employed. Many larger firms were
also willing to patronize her merely 70
relieve themselves Of the bother of
sending out their boys with the neces-
sary money each week Some firms
could give only a general idea Of what
they would need. but having ascertain
ed about what patronage she may ex-
pect, she lays in a generous surplus of
stock each week. knowing that nothi ng
will be wasted in the end
Each Monday morning she purcha ses
her supplies for the entire week, and
every day she takes a different route,
50 that all her time is fully occupied.
At the offices she is paid in cash at
once for what she leaves. plus the
small percentage which she charges
for her trouble. In each case her
profit is inconsideable, but a = she often
serves a large number of on ces In one
building, and as she works j n only one
peighborhood on each trip. little time
is lost in going from place to place, !
and she manages to reach great
many customers in a day.