The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
HOW A BRIGHT WO-
 ' MAN WON SUCCESS
The Story of Kate F.. Griswold.

ems and eggs for The Poultry World and wrote so well that presently she was invited to take a desk in it's office. She accepted the invitation with &lacrity and entered at once it's business department. She was its advertising manager and correspondent. This is how she got the place: There was something of a com petitive examination of 300 applicants. Miss Griswold won because she wrote rapidly and showed herself to possess a high degree of general business "gump tion." No element of luck in it, you see.
 She was seven years with The Poultry World. By that time her reputat ton for ability was established in Hartford. Then, afteS serving the cause of poultry thus long, her love of horses got the better of her love of chickens and she transferred her affections. She accepted post at the headquarters of the National Trotting As sociation in Hartford, here. again. in the business and advertising department. She compiled the associations directory and did general clerical work.
 T had a variety of. experience" says this business woman who learns all the time as she goes along.
 While with the National Trotting As sociation Miss Griswold had the first and only breakdown of her life. Before she was fully matured Physically she had begun to do grown mans work in the world and had kept it up. In the office of the Trotting Association she under took at the same time to learn shorthand That floored her. She collapsed alto gether one day. They took her. a nerve less wreck, to an invaids health re- sort, where she rested and lived hygienic- ally for a year; then she went back to the dear old home in the country with her father. It was two or three years more before she actively engaged in bus mess. And 1 believe she never attempted shorthand again.
 After resting some years. letting her yivrn he orirl ha came interested in d fair given by the Hartford City Mission. She established and managed a daily paper during the fair She attended to 1t all herself and cleared over l,0Oo for the mission in I few days. Then once more the old spring of inspiration came yelling up in this serene, strong soul
 She saw notice that considerable prize would be given for the best adver- tisement that could be written on a cer- tain subject. She competed and won. Other prizes were offered for the writing of other advertisements, and again Kate Griswold competed and won. The adver- using magazine of which she is now pro- prietor had been recently established. It was for the first issue of that period ical her first prize advertisement was written. This led to correspondence with its manager. and presently Kate Griswold was asked to go to Boston and be its editor, which she did. Again there was no luck in her getting the place. She won it because of her proved ability in writing advertisements. The magazine was at that time the organ of an agency. The agency failed. Kate Griswold bought the remains of the periodical and went in to build it up on its own merits as an advertisers trade journal. That was eight years ago, and she has succeeded shiningly. Her dealings with all man. kind are honest yet shrewd and square and businesslike.
 She chose her road and walked 1t. with never a whine, grumble or kick She has never suffered much hardship, she says, though she has worked tremendously, and has Known what 1t was to live on $ a week.
 She is in New York and Boston alter nately In her eight years of enterprise on her own account she has bought out three periodicals in her field and con- solidated them with her own.
 In the advertising field Kate E. Gris- wold is a representative woman. She dresses neatly and quietly and wears. as might be expected. skirt of convenient
 walking length. She has a sweet, rich voice a pleasant. frank, businesslke. yet
 high bred manner She Is fine looking woman in the early prime of her powers. which she Is using nobly to demonstrate that a woman can do things as well as other people.