Arizona republican., 1910-09-20

great difference. By that mean l often have -an order for shirtwaist
 in d larger or a smaller size than one
 shown in the basket. Then again it is
 for d waist after the same design in
 different materials for the sake of
 making it either handsomer or less ex-
 pensive.
 "I got my idea from hearing about a
 country girl -lvho earned quite a snug
 amount making and selling old fash oned quits. I had always made my
 own shirtwasts and the dresses of my younger brothers and sisters, and peo- pie had always commenced on their being unusually pretty. So I deter
 mined to make a trial at selling these special garments.
 Having only the small allowance which my father gives me for my
 clothes of course I couldn't begin in | any but a small way Besides I was afraid to risk buying material for more shirtwaists than I could use myself | that summer should l fail to sell them. | After l had made the material all up | in my own size, which fortunately is | 36 and the size in greatest demand ir my part of the country, I asked mOthe- i to let me add three dresses of my | younger sisters that had never beer
 worn. Two were of white muslin and | the third of colored print
 In pricing this first basket cs timated the work on the print drcs which was cutie simply maeie. at D | cents. The materials, including the | thread. had cost just 35 cents, SD ! 1 made the price S5 cents. As the best sewing women who go out by the day
 in our town get $1.50 a day, with two meals, and I Was sure I could make
 four of those dresses in one day 50
 cents for the work seemed about fair
 on the white muslin dresses I rated
 the work as worth s1 and $2. This was
 added to the cost of the goods. My
 shirtwaists l priced at $1. $150. S2 and
 S3 on the same basis. My saleswoman readily agreed to do the selling at the rate of 10 cents for each dollars worth sold.
 With that first basket she was out one morning On her return her basket was empty. and as she expressed il | she had her hands full of money. or | course that was very encouraging, and i when she informed me that several | persons had inquired when she would 1 be around again and had given her oral orders for several dresses and waists felt that my fortune was made.
 The only drawback was that she | had given many of her customers to understand that she would come lround the following day. She was Inder the impression that because ] ,ould sew on tEe machine I could turn ut garments at the rate of about one ,very five or ten minutes.
 Although she was firm in her con fiction that she could sell every week l hadn't the slightest idea that more than me basket d month would be disposed f to advantage. Before the end of hat first year her judgment had been 'roved correct and I-began to devote III. my spare time to the work. Now ! york in the summer and winter months or the fall and spring seasons.
 "As there are not many rich people n our town there is not call for very Xpensive garments. I have found that llirtwaists ranging in price from $1 to 3 are most in demand, while some ines it seems as if there was no end Q the demand for colored print dresses or children. These I now sell accord ng to their size at prices ranging from