Connecticut western news., 1906-11-08
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
THEIR ACTIVITIES HEREABouTs

More Than Thiry-five resrs-Dress-
 makers and MilIiners are Probably in
 the Majority.
 Inasmuch as the ladies are by no means an insignificant factor in the business life of today. The News has been looking about in its terri tory to ascertain something of the activities of the fair sex in Litchheld and Southern Berkshire counties. The census, if you choose to call it such, which we give below, is probably not complete. but it will impart some thing of an idea of what the ladies are doing in this section in respect to conducting business.
 We might present an almost inter minable list of girls and women em- ployees who are self-supporting, clerks, telephone operators, stenog- raphers, compositors and assistants in almost every line of business, Some have taken up their work because of necessity, while others have done so from choice, preferring to occupy their time in manner that is both pleasant and profitable rather than to lead the inactive life.
 The fact that the ladies whose names are mentioned below have con- ducted their establishments from one to B years, is evidence conclusive that they arc the possessors of the kind of acumen and sagacity that places the balance on the right side of the ledger at the end of the year.
 At Ashley Falls Mrs, Julia Rora- back is the postmiStress. After the death of her husband, Milton Rora- back, last April, she became acting postmistress. She received her ap- pointment during the past quarter and became postmistress on October lst.
 In Sheffield Miss Alice Cassidy is the milliner and has been in business for several years.
 Over in Salisbury there Is, accord ing to our information, but one wom an conducting business "on her own hook" That woman is Miss Mary Clark, dressmaker. She has been in business between 35 and 40 years.
 Mrs. George Peck has for six or eight years been a seamstress in Lakeville, Miss Maggie Rock dress maker there for twentv-hve years. Miss Della M. Judd, also dress maker for 2S years; Miss Cullen milliner during the past year and Miss. l.. Stuart sells children's ready made clothing and fancy goods.
 Miss Hart, as previously stated in this paper, conducts a iewelry store in Falls Village, having assumed the proprietorship of the business after the death of her father, James Cap ron.
 Miss C. Nj. Bottum conducts the summer boarding house at the Stew ems farm in East Canaan and has had successful business career extending over a period of four pr five years. For 20 years Miss NJ. E. Briggs has been dressmaker there as has Miss Norah Sweeney for 10 or l2 years.
 Mrs. James Winterbottom conducts the hotel at Lime Rock and has done so for ten years or more. She has met with most excellent success and has about IS permanent boarders, employees of the Barnum- Richardson Co, besides accommodating transient guests, Mrs. William H. Barrett and Miss Hattie Loucks are the village kdressmakers.
 The percentage of ladies in busi- ness in Sharon is not large one. The Misses May Prindle and Le Mon arc milliners and Miss F. L. White is the proprietor of the "Taghkanie" board ing house.
 Canaan, perhaps, is more plentifully supplied with ladies who are at the head of business establishments, Miss Louise H. Bragg conducts 'The Ma ples." Mrs. Thomas Abbe "The Wan gum" and Sarah Hamm Church Terrace" all we'll known and pop ular boarding house with city va cationists. Miss Fanny C. Whittlesey conducts the Canaan dairy, which has milk route through the village; Mrs. | Joseph Owen and Mrs. George Van Deusen conduct open-the-year-'round boarding houses, which are always filled to the limit of their capacity: Miss Claudine Lumpkin, Mrs. Samuel (. Beckley and Mrs. kittie White Marr are the village milliners and Miss Jennie Ferry and Miss Edith Green, the dressmakers. Miss May Adams conducts "The Naples Green house" Mrs. Jennie Bieree gives in- struction in vocal and instrumental music, Mrs. Minnie B. Rood is manicure and Mrs Ella Carter is the proprietor of the restaurant al the railroad station