New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
Your Daughters Vocation
Why Not Sales Agent?

the knowledge that she was making
good salary and doing good work made IN.
work seem like play.
For every young woman with a Gift for
craftsmanship there is just as good an
opening in the sales end OF some bushes,
as there was for this young woman. and
there is prob5bly no work that is easier 70
get than the work OF an agent There are
always advertisements OF reputable corr
Germs for agents In the daily papers and in
the weekly and monthly publications But
since there are too often advertisements
from concerns who make big promises
which they never make good. the wouldbe
agent should he careful TO demand and fol-
low up references OF her possible employer
If she doesn't want to waste her time in
fruitless and ill-iaying schemes. Besides
! tha openings offered through the advertise
ment columns OF tire papers and maga-
zines, direct application to publishers
manufacturer and insurance companies
will almost always lead to opportunities
which If properly followed up viii lead to
| success.
There is practically no end to the list OF
| possibilities for the ambitious woman
agent. You have only to glance at the list
OF agents wanted in one Of the big daily
papers to see this for yourself Here is
high class photographer who will pay large
commissions to an agent who VIII get
! orders for portraits. Another agent Is
wanted by a famous publishing house to
present "a special offer in books 10 Sc
lected list OF possible buyers. stlll an
other agent is wanted by real estate COM
pany. and another by the subscription de-
partment Of large magazine.
one young college woman who wished 70
help earn her way TO her degree wrote 10
a famous woman's hat manufactures and
asked permission to act as his agent
among the college girls with whom she
came in contact. Every spring and tall
she has a large consignment or the latest
designs in hats which she sells at yer!
reasonable prices to her college associates
thus managing TO clear couple OF nun
dred dollars a year for her trouble
There Is at present a very great demena
for skilled and able demonstrators, ana the
woman who can prove herself efncleht d.
tnis line Of work can be sure OF salary Oh
from, xl5 10 s25 a week. The large canning
,l,,r,,ntss and food manufacturers employ
many demonstrators to whom they elther
stated salary or give a commission
on the sales resulting from their EFFORTS.
rho GOOD old-fashioned agent, the Knd
v,bo goes from door TO door selllhs poons
and other articles that she carries aiou"r
lei ber often makes a good income ana
has more variety and a more healthlui o''
c,nation than most people suppose
rre voung country girl who had stsyeo
at home till she fairly yearned 10 nave
u,ua broader horizon, started forth WIN -
that she had saved, lald IN stocN "
/ -. aud tea a, the nearest wholesale
,oa,., apd proceeded to peddle her wares
,n naighboring community. FROM ''''S
,nrnhle beginning she continued he' WIZ
oil summer. covering an area VI i0i''
arr, miles. and at the end OF lo"' i''OA."'
/ my - sbo had made $500, besides her
! expenses ,,,, cor, Of
~ a,,ant work is that OF the insurance
aoant A college graduate VINO, a
teaching school for ten years hhaiy "en'
irto business as an insurance agent
,ha+ from $500 TO 5000 a year 10 .a''
annual income for a woman 10 pesn' W..
a,,d thot with experience this may % ~.
go sod 10 from 81, 800 to &'oV' or Nv"
year The income OF one woman rn'ui 80
o,o,t-,be high water mark for women III
anronce sgents-is $4,000 year. In 0Hs
case Young woman who started IL a.
,nsnrarce agent n order to earn enousA
,,onav 70 take music lessons maze '" o.
. Iife insurance agent the nrst "eeA " NV
efforts. ,z, ,ns, .hs has
enough energy and business aoili'y "
as an insurance agent she usually n"s -.
,ronble in getting the company 1sne ue'..
20 renresent to give her try. A letter s'"'
80 tba main office of the COMPANY
nsrsonal interview with the nearest ie ~.
sentative. will in most cases meet W."
courteous response. and the applicant e
= chance to prove herself. II aner q We.
.-,oI che proves her ability she VIII s'mc
- no taken on at a definite saiar!-sas
at ca or 500 a week-or she may De pu'
r,, entirely on a commission oass
tIara g. word of advice from the e0les, -
n,or wbo gave up school teaching 10
leone an insurance agent: There is o~.
one way TO make good agent ana 'n's ~.
.hrousb experience. However tnete "a
. ,nur studies the prospective agent wiz NJ
usanI in her professional caree- '.
u,ot,cs logic. psychology and etnlcs.
Ccopyright. 1912, by Mary Marsnai''