The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
HHB COLLEGE GIRL IN TRADE
THTs or kEEPS 4 SPECIALITY
NHOP aND ~ GLAD o. ".
Her Nethsd % Doanx Business h DaTerrut
PROM mat - Some 0tber We1sen and
mat Neewmnss fsE Iaer Sueeess. she
'Thluks-Tppe Pronts Are satisfactory.

Frsm mat - Nome 0tber women and
mat Necwumas faE I9er success. aee
'Thluks-Tlee Pronts Are Satisfactory.
This 10 my hfth year ~ keeping q
speciality shop and my profits have aver
! aged something over o. ZOO declared
Young college woman who instead
81 studying for a profession Or becoming
a teacher won't into trade within three
months after her graduation. I had
my an ~ teaching while working my way
through college For the hrst two years
I was dAaS governees. going away With
the family in the summer Tho rest 81
the time I tutored backward and delin-
duont children. mostly boyp and that
cured me Of any desire I NAV have had
20 make teaching nv profession
-Ths work pad mo worry we'll. a. J was
lucky enough to got with people who
" not EXTERNALLY rich worn more than well
, - 10 nv close economy 7 managed TO
save SON during the four years u was
this money with s-Oo moro which a friend
put into tho business that save mo my
start
I hardly think one could start . spe-
cial,y shop With loss than $50. n took
pretty close figuring for m" to DO u with
that amount and ! am considered more
than economical A woman has to look
put for the PENNIES when she starts out
20 max. her living IN any work 70 far -
have a.en II 10 saving your first earn
ings that gives Won something to stand
On hssidcs forming the habit Of taking
are
As you see. my speciality shop 10 tor
WOMEN girls and hebies There isn't an
article IA It intended for the TOE Of men
~ boys Nearly evcrything I handle
80 hand made ana very littIe - imported
I carry Just enough imported goods &c
cna HE mo Co advertise a. an importer
4 wouldnt carry a piecr bought on the
Other side n Il wasn't that American
women a. a rule think they want imported
zrrm,nts The few imported garments
! bring over STAY With NJ much lonEer
than thosa made on this side. The
reason ~ simply that the American fash
luns ard American hand work are more
atfrf Ctivs and can ~ sold Et q more
attractive pTicc than tho imported.
-Sirrc I got well started have found
NO difficulty in getting good hand work
done in America I have thrss Cuban
woman who have bNsn working for me
steadily foT thrce wears They come and
& : tho goods and take an" directions and
I never SO them until the garments arc
finished
Besides thear I have = negro woman
and her daughter Who DO all NV machine
work The daughter works in the hack
81 INV shop. but tn" mother O. kos her
sewing homo ! know where th~v live
snd k"~p a sharp lookout on their nome
life bH A. they arr both high class sgrO~s
! tpnlieve they arr just a. anxious 10 keep
their home clcan as ] arm To have them
do 40.
Very often am told nv purcha sers
that NV prizes Rre exorhitant Not
long ago wnen I priced an embrold~red
and crochet trimmed shiTtw aist 90
woman NJ So she replied sarcsstically
that must have n raw los for the work
since the goods could he bought down
town for less than a dollar a yard and
40 the outside there wasn't more than two
yards and = half IN u
What she said was perfectly true
The raw materials in that shirtwaist
didn't cost mo four dollars. hut there
WAS the crochet. the embroidery and tho
making nv hand. The cost of " all Was
, IiriIe more than $40. OF course there
- wide margin between SO and so.
nut Won must rsrneyrtp~r th~r~ " my rent
INV own salary. the sale nv of nv sales
woman, - our coiored delivery boy and
numerous other minpT expenses. all Ca
| 81 taken into consider alton before the
price is made On that waist.
wow NV prices are no higher than those
charged by my competitors, indeed
/ IL ~ one ~ my boasts that they are little
4 lower You can Judge Tor yourself ~ the
profile The profits 81 the women who
sew for me- are not very great. hut thew
are hva BILE One - the Cuban women
I supports an invalid husband and has
! mana ged ., save up enough 20 make n
first payment IN home IN a Long Island
suburb
Before making this payment she told
me- 81 her plans and aSked II ] could
assure her of the usual amount ~ sew .
ing ~ course ! was glad - 10 80 and
. b.szt,ir- 90 have NV II wvSr look into the
/ title Vt her place 1hrt ~ one ~ IN" cases
{ I like o. think q when one or two class
mates of mine drop in - - $50 me and
incidentally remark that Il course
arm making money. u h the tone they
adopt that makes their moaning quit"
plain One ~ them II a school teacher
and hoasts 81 her efforts to improve the
human race through her school room
the other ~ a settlement worker and
I j. uplifting the world az large.
-Judging hv my experience. people IN
Z trade have itlsf - gre~t an opporf unity
/ for DOING good a. either teachers or act
itlaussNt workers ] was urged 10 study
7 medicine law. library work or teaching
/ TIE rcTson gwen was alweys that ] was
| a college women.
! The sight OF blood dist rrzae- me ~
: how could become phvSic'an;' I en-
f talk very well when I think I am in ths
righ'. but let me doubt my cass rnd
become dumb. ro what -or' II living could
| ma keP- O. lawyer Though thor Ii Ike
20 have books around and ~ read them
whom am Inclined. q crTts irlv you'd give
, me rDelr ncholia 20 think that had IN de
vote all my time and energies 10 a. rtn z
| for them I wanted an active life. a life
whore ! would como IN contact with ret
| living people 20 chose TO become a shop
keefeY
NV methods have been = little differ
ent from those usually employed by
women keeping such shop To begin
with. | didn't have an opening Instead
/ aciye n i~ed > season end sale.
/ 4 had lot 81 garments msde for the
purpose end besides few imported ones
that hsd Just reached me from Pars and
London None - the garments had ever
! been offered for sale before the dgy I
opened my shop. but all thst were not the
very finest ! treated a. left overs and
/ sold at reduced prices.
YES. wrote two prices on the same tag
| marking out che higher. Dreadful small
! dodge, isn't III. Not n whit smaller
| than wanting tn say your clothes . ~ made
in European sweatshops instead OF