Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-11
TOUTING DONE BY
SOCIETY WOMEN.
Continued from page 49,

men and more than half VIII have some
special shop or private worker to re-
commend quite disiuiercstedy, Of
course lhe whisper OF q complaint
against a laundress win bring a shoal
OF urgent recommendations the agent
for the accepted firm beside getting
her own laundering done for nothing,
receiving some 20 10 40 per cent upon
all the work she has influenced.
IL must be owned that AN sorts Of
tradespeople offer Inducements To- the
society woman for sale OF their goods
that they would not dream Of sug-
gestlng TO the ordinary commercial
traveller, One society woman who had
not then entered the business OF maxi
ing money by pushing trade among nor
friends was written to--after buying "a
Turkish bath in Bond street and beg
ged by the nrm 10 recommend the bath
10 her friends with the promise that
should she send "a list Of names and adj
dresses OF those TO whom she had
spoken they would follow up the quest
and when four Of these had been per-
suaded to make similar purchases Of a
bath, the whole cost OF her own pur-
chase would be refunded,
number OF society women change
their line Of business each season In
one season woman cells horses
for some firm or friend she may the
next season spend all her enthusiasm
over the values OF a certain complex
ION cream
But there ere others. who having
made one line profitable 10 them viii
cling 10 this, building NJ season by
season such a splendid business that
one might almost think II might be
possible 10 sell The goodwill
SOCIETY MUSICAL AGENT.
II is 10 the society woman known
for her musical parties that the young
singers go, and feel themselves safely
established II they have the Oppor-
tunity to take part IN one or her par
ties, for she is one Of the biggest society
musical agents. and win Hnd them en-
gagements
II would not be just TO picture Lon
don society as a crowd Of frantic WOO
men cOmercnl travellers underwriting
each other and otherwise not playing
the game fairly but II Is true that there
are a great many murmurlngs among
these agents on account Of the de-
linquencies of others.
REAL DRUMMERs
Just az when drulnmers are seated
around the bohIQ nv tOlnUcIcdi mo-
tel word win pass Of the dealings Of a
certain traveller, 30 I'm drawing rooms
az 8 o'clock tea will society women
tell one another Of Lady So-and- so
who cold q motor car and tackled ON 70
the list price another ElO0 for herself
beside taking the ordinary 3 per cent
from the makers Sometimes fair
one win complain that she can only
make elygence on q bottle OF rouge
that lasts long time while someone
else gets big checks from toilet spe-
cialist, besides which this other may
be In just the circle whore she can cell
pedigreed black sheep from the estate
OF a friend or make lump sums as a
sort Of 'mlddle-man' between lovers
OF pet dogs
And N the more successful OF these
commission agents do not boldly state
the monetary result Of their work. II So
probably communicated by confidential
whisperlngs, for friends VIII tell how
the whole cost OF o ban has been paid
for by the money made on little sales
which SO soon mount up. or how smi-
lar trading ventures have provided the
rental price OF country house
LADY MARY.