The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
HER UNIQUE PROFESSION.
This Woman Makes Money by Market
ing for Other People

IN q large. fashionable suburb Of a
certain city clever young woman is
E r~ splendid income for herself by
professional marketing" The deals
-..- .lsv fha W-althIesf families but
her idea may easily De adapted to al
most any place and 90 people In m0Ger-
ate circumstance.
All sUburbauites suffer Inconvenience
in laying I'm their weekly supplies Of
edibles Of which city folks never dream.
The cost Of everything, even In quite
large towns, is invariably more than
city prices. nor is a good selection al
ways available. Marketing In person
takes UP much time. orders are unre-
liable, and servants. II entrusted with
the marketing viii deal with those
shops which offer them the largest com
missions. and large accounts are greatly
to their profit. To be relieved Of all
this care and worry by ha ing ones
marketing done by an expert IS a thing
for which city housekeepers. as well as
those living out of town, viii gladly pay
The young woman Who markets pro-
fcssionaIly does not work on commits
sion. She charges each customer 81 per
week for her services. thus assuring her
self Of a steady income. incidentally,
she saves each of them more than %
each week on their bills.
She buys in the city and she accepts
no percentage from any OF The dealers
thus holding herself Independent o. them
and winning the confidence OF her pat
rons. At present she does the entire
marketing for fifty families The task
IS an arduous one, requiring constant
vigilance energy. and watchiulness-
when she IS not buying provisions she is
haunting new shops. especially those or
the Wholesale dealers along the city
wharves. For, though she deals prin-
cipally with a few men, she never allows
herself 20 become dependent on them
and Is constantly on the lookout for pos
sibly better sources OF supply.
A simple calculation VIII show that
this young woman's earnings are $3.50 a
week, but this is not an profit. She
spares no expense in saving her strength
and time and catering 90 the convenience
OF her customers. To begin with. she
supplies the ladies' every now and then
with a number OF stamped envelopes
with her name and address printed on
them. I'm which 20 mail their orders 20
her Then. al least once i'm TWO weeks.
and sometimes OftCnCr. she sends each
patron list OF the came. fruits. and
vegetables On season and She market
prices Of these al the time.
The majority OF her orders reach her
twice a week on the evenings before
market days She has them sorted and
arranged systematically. and is down I'm
the city the next morning before the
markets open Before her present GUS
tom was established the different fami-
lies sent their baskets 20 the city. as Us
usual and the young woman was Obliged
to see that these reached the right
butchers and farmers wore packed and
returned 20 tho depot iH timo TO catch
certain trains. Now she avoids an this
trouble. She deals. iu general with two
butchers. and az she has Hf.. large or
ders TO divide between them twice every
week. they readily consent to send their
wagons OCT 0f town ON those days. and
deliver her orders iu their own baskets
No millionaire gets the attention from
the tradcsUcoTle chat does this yoUns
woman. but she stands by white each or
der is filled. examines everything placed
I'm the baskets. sees that these are prop
erly tagged. and examines The price list
which accompanies each. $50 that DO mis-
take in any direction te uuesiulc.