The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-25
Great Value Of Play

IN and l mad 10 Stdnu all the morn
ing TO be fitted Doesn't it make you
green with envy the way some girls
can walk into a store and get suit
that looks as if it were made for
them?
Then l came across those shirt |
waists | had cut out but never made, |
and thought might as well get them |
OFF my mind, so | put in the afternoon |
finishing them"
GO anywhere?"
NO, indeed, l didn't stir out of the |
house. Then our maid went out
she usually does when I'm homeland
company came in and | had to get
tea for seven people. It's always so
on holidays-do you wonder I'm tir
ed?'
You wouldn't catch business man
just as soon as a holiday heaves in
sight, going home and spending the
day overhauling his wardrobe, count
| ing his socks and shirts, and cleaning
his pipes!
Not he The chances are he has
made his plans weeks before to do
something particularly jolly" Either
to go rowing or fishing or take his
best girl to the park.
And he carries out his plan though
all the paperhangers go hang" and
comes in Tuesday morning with a
lively coat of tan and the livelier as
sertion that it was the best ever.
The business girl hasn't learned yet
how to play-that's her trouble.
When she does she'll be saner and
happier
Small Chance Plus Pluck Days
Other things being equal. the small
business opening, plus personal
pluck usually pays well in the long
run. This truth a certain Chicago
business woman, now employing sew.
eral assistants and making two annu,
al trips to Europe joyously attests.
Twenty years ago this woman, just
creeping beyond her first youth, was
thrown out Of employment by the
closing of the big dry goods store de
partment in which she had earnestly
and conscientiously worked up" Tt
this departemnt she had given hel
first business freshness and enthusi
asm. Already she had begun to lacl
business spirit and initiative.
Ten years of subsequent hard lab
or at the creation and development o.
a similar department for a woman
importer Of women's lingerie anC
blouses, and she dreaded the thought
of any untried scheme of any new de
parture But she was sensible
woman, not above stern, self crit
cism, and recognizing the business,
and personal dangers ahead, she pre-
pared to meet them. When her EN-
ployer, though reluctant to lose he
services, counted upon the lost init
alive as a good reason for refusin,
the richly deserved increase of salar,
the woman who had worked so har,
and long for a mere living pittanc
, decided to make a break"
She made it, and moreover, sh
, made good
The only thing she knew was tina
! lingerie and blouse business. but sh
, knew that as well as her prayers
perhaps better. She had no money
but she had made friends among he
! customers
+ So. after due and loyal warning a
! TO her intentions, she left her employ
: er and set up in business for herself
Having no money, she could hav
p no shop. But she was not therefor
4 daunted Purchasing some daint
= materials she had poor but cleve
=. seamstress of her acquaintance max
these up daintily, then, calling
smart brougham, she called upo
such of her former customers as sh
felt reasonably sure of pleasing.
V was not a method of procedure al
proved of the business aristocrac,
but it was honest, and it paid.
| The former customers liked tn
blouses and lingerie; they liked tn
D. comfort and privacy of examinin
h these at first hand and in their ow
, homes; they became customers bot
I present and prospective. The ne
J. business grew and prospered. 500
u the poor but dainty dressmaker wa
i working her hardest, calling in other
e to aid her. Soon again there was
dainty little shop in a big downtow
$ building-though brougham cal
l. We're by no means discontinued. 81
s. fore trip to Paris became nece
e sary and proved a great success.
/ And all this while moreover, tn
r woman who had lost initiative an
r self confidence in routine work fC
( others was making vast strides fC
L ward. The unwonted responsibility
and risks were hard at first but sh
soon found herself enjoying them. 3
and by she enjoyed business almol
as much as when an ardent youn
IS girl she had first essayed it, 81
U she was careful to temper elatio
a with caution and good Judgment sh
|. never forgot certain lessons sever
h but fruitful, learned in her long an
~ duh apprenticeship She is as polit
\. as cordial, as ingenious, as reliabl
: as eager to please now as when II
smart brougham held all her stock
trade.
: Given the personal characteristic,
that will insure such an attitud
combined with a business opportu
. ity, however small, that fulfills a re
need and success is reasonably ce
tain for any seeker.
a Women Helpless Under Fad Law
$ Sarah M. Severance has emphat
! opinion on our laws affecting wome
Men having felt the pressure of b,
] laws pertaining to themselves ha'
!. changed Them" she writes, viii
q women with no political power, {,
y hampered to organize, still we
: many of the shackles which the la
), originally fastened on them" Mi
}; Severance had made an especi