The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-14

fessionally does not. work on commits
sion. She charges each customer SO
per week for her services, thus assur-
ing herself steady income Incident
ly, she saves each of them more than
the SO each week on their bills.
She buys in the city and she accepts
no percentage from any of the dealers,
thus holding herself independent of
them, and winning the confidence of
her patrons. At present she does the
entire marketing for so families. The
task is an arduous one, requiring con-
slant vigilance, energy and watchful-
ness. When she is not buying provis-
ions, she is haunting new shops, espe-
cially those of the wholesale dealers
along the city wharves. For, though
she deals principally with a few men
she never allows herself to become de-
pendent on them, and is constantly on
the outlook for possibly better sources
of supply.
simple calculation will show that
this young woman's earnings are $3.50
week, but this is not all profit She
spares no expense in saving her
strength and time, and catering to the
convenience of her customers. To be-
gin with. she supplies the ladies, every
now and then, with number of
stamped envelopes with her name and
address printed on them, in which to
mail their orders to her. Then al least
once in two weeks, and sometimes Oft
ener, she sends each patron a list of
the game, fruits and vegetables in sea-
son and the market prices of these at
the time.
The majority of her orders reach her
twice week, on the evening before
market days. She has them sorted and
arranged systematically, and is down
1 v
the markets open. Before her present
custom was established, the different
families sent their baskets to the city
as is usual, and the young woman was
obliged to see that these reached the
right butchers and farmers and were
packed and returned to the depot in
time TO catch certain trains. Now she
avoids all this trouble. She deals, in
general. with two butchers, and as she
has fifty large orders to divide between
them twice every week, they readily
consent to send their wagons out of
town on those days, and deliver her or
ders in. their own baskets. No million
aire gets the attention from trades
people that does this young woman,
but she stands by while each order is
filled, examines everything placed in
the baskets, sees that these are prop
erly tagged, and examines the price list
mistake in any direction is possible.
One farmer now regularly sends but
ter. eggs and some vegetables out to
her customers twice week in his
wagon. For the majority of her vege-
tables, fruits and game, however. the
young woman haunts the wharves
Here she can obtain everything at a
price which is a decided saving even
on that paid by the average city house
keeper. Often her orders from single
families are for the basket or barrel
full. II not. she can usually buy in
these quantities at wholesale prices
and divide into smaller quantities. ac-
cordiug To demand. For the two days
on which her work is heaviest she has
engaged a man with "a team TO collect
her purchases from the different deal
ers ard deliver them at the homes OF
her customers.
Above all, ] never stint myself IN
my expenditures z said the professional
nhrketer IN speaking Of her work 90
the writer II resolved in the begin
ming never 90 do so.and that haas count
20 more than haif 90 my success. AZ
nrst, when : had only q few orders.
could not induce the market people 10
send their wagons out 81 town for my
convenience, and II my baskets missed
tns right traips ! had often 20 sspd