Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-04-03

treated me as she would have done he
own daughter. She talked to me abou
stenography and typewriting and Sc
cured for me the use OF machine.
bought book on shorthand with tn
proceeds of my first weeks salary 70
envelope addressing and started In 4
learn my trade. For awhile l address
ed envelopes with all my heart anC
soul, studying stenography and type
writing in my leisure time, and finally
the idea of stenography office came Il
me.
The actual work Of typewriting and
shorthand was not attractive to me
but did like the idea of going out and
hunting for business. l thought that
If could get girl who liked the me-
chanical work of stenography / could
| drum up the work for her TO do, and
between us we could make more than
either one Of us could alone. | took a
little room In an office building and
paid for il in advance for one month.
l was looking over my first little ac-
SONNah OONA why TOeNSAAhsE anu a AOhhb
the entries for that first months work.
Our proceeds did not amount to much
more than $50 but we were able to
pay our rent for another month. The
second month the business increased
and after that II came with a rush
This was the beginning of my big
stenogrnphy office. l have sometimes
employed as many as sixty or seventy
girls there at Il time. Even SO, IL was
all | could do TO keep up with my or.
ders.
1T has been intimated in this Santo
Domingo matter that President Roose.
welt was not entirely friendly to me. Il
do not believe that this IS true. for Mr.
Roosevelt has always been my good
friend. II is true that when he was
police commissioner he opposed the
proposal to give me the stenographic
work of his department, but when il
was given to me despite his opposi-
ton he congratulated me. When he
was governor of the state he appointed |
me to two positions. He also gave me
his rough rider story TO get out, and
l have now in my possession a letter
from Scribners saying that the manu-
script was the most perfect piece of
work which had ever come under their
observation.
During the time conducted the Of
flee l handled the confidential CORE
spOndence of the eastern managers of
the Republican campaign and the pro
ceedings of the American commission
TO settle the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute. In the course of my business l
was brought closely in touch with bust
ness affairs, and | soon learned enough
TO make ii possible for TO me to under
take the promotion of certain large IN
terests in the south. 1t was about this
time that went TO Alabama. secured
charter for railroad, built 1t and sold
It TO the Southern railroad at a good
profit.
Two years after gave the stenOgra-
ply and typewriting business to the
young woman who had been at the
read of the Office for long time and
went to London, where acted as dip
omatic agent for large banking firm
nd engineered -EsDIseF-of matters
or myself besides. II was there that
met the sultan of Johore and secured
he concession for the Johore railroad.
Il never accepted a regular diplo-
matte position, although was once Of
cred $4,000 q year and all my ex-
lenses to do so. j told the people who
y nj n1 M fhat \ nnnl
year to them l was certainly worth
lore TO myself-lf not actually at that ,
in the course OF time. / have
ever been in India at all. In fact, my
Experiences of foreign countries Is at
resent confined to Europe and South ,,
merica
1T was after my marriage to Mr.. /,
eader, three years ago. that / went :
} Peru. Up to that time had never
cen attracted TO investment in mines,
ut Mr.. Reader was interested In some
outh American properties. and, natur-
ly. after our marriage his interests :,
ecame mine. | went down to Peru :.
nd Travelled all through the Andes \
one, inspecting all sorts OF business 7
iterprlseS and cleaning fund of use !,
Il information about South America :,
Id South American investments. My :,
lsband and l were just getting ready -
go TO Peru again when this Santo :
omingo matter came up, and now we =
all have to stay in New York until VI
is finished. That's the chronicle OF -,
Y business life up TO date" :"
Mrs. Reader and her husband are -
w business partners In some very =,
rye enterprises. Athole b. Reader =,
as born In New Zealand and has had ~
long diplomatic career. He has been =,
ccessiyely secretary TO Sir Charles ~
van Smith, British minister to Mo. a.
eco, and Sir West Ridgeway, gov. u
nor OF Ceylon. "
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