New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
WOMEN IN REALTY
A Few Foresighted Ones Hav.
Already Become Successful.
ROOM FOR MANY MORE
Occupation Suitable in Ali Wa,,
to Those of Refined
Tastes.


the last few years. During that tim.
few keen, farsighted, brave women h.,.
blazed their individual traits unit, 49,,
the most efficient real estate men a..
willing to acknowledge that women b.,
the brains and ability to cope with tia.
in this branch of business, says CLAD,
Irene Hiestand. in The National R,,l
Estate Journal"
AS the higher education for won,,
advances she will not fear to tread I,
the steps Of the designer and archi,.c
Sne. a. a home maker. knows the variop,
conycn:ences necessary, and her fern.
brain will devise and design until m.
lest ard nothing but the best in hons.
arraneemerts is reached
There are women whose personsli,y
mentality and business acumen viii
make them bright and shining lights !,
the real estate world when they find tia,
il is to their advantage 20 enter this
lucrative field. adds the writer Forit
lucrative, as the commissions are IN.
eral.
Hitherto the women who NAV b.
termed pioneer real estate workers hsy.
confined their efforts TO the farming dis.
tricts. but'the Drawer ones are fearlessy
invading the cities.
TLo articfa fnrtbar IL
follows:
Mrs. Lucille y. Chapman is striking
example of very successful real estat.
broker. She has recently been selected
to manage the affairs of the Success,
Lake Realty Company. of Long Island
one of her first ventures was the Dur.
chase of a small tract I'm the suburbs 0,
Chicago. She laid il out according 70
her own ideas and subsequently sold 4
at a handsome profit. She continued to
buy and sell Chicago suburban realty
and before going East was recognized a.
one Of the best known developers in ii,
Windy Ci,y
Some years ago Mrs. Julia Beverly
Higgens began to study the values Of
property amid the Westchester hills
New York. Her opinion concerning
property i'm that vicinity is now sough.
by investors.
Miss Pauline Littel, Miss Margaret z
Monro and Mrs. y. l.. Mason are three
women who have made fortunate deals
in Minneapolis real estate Miss Monro
is a graduate OF the University OF Chi.
cago. and made her initial attempt here,
but testifies that II was not successful.
However that may be, she has proceeded
with a nevergive-up attitude. and In two
years has listed more than million dol.
lars worth OF property.
Mrs. Agnes X. Murphy Mulllgan, o.
New York. who inherited a large tract Of
land I'm The Bronx. sold a portion OF !;
at auction. She occupied a unique posi-.
ton when she took the stand with the
auctioneer. who turned TO her for direc
tons as the sale proceeded. Previous to
this time woman was unknown in TIE
auction sales Of real estate.
The youngest woman real estate broker
In New York City is Miss T. Z. Ruben
stein. who. although In her early twe'
ties. has under her management severs
large commercial buildings, one Of which
is the twelve story structure in whici
she occupies an office.
Mrs. VI. +. Humphreys the new supe''
intendent Of the Fort Worth Real Es,su
Exchange. has a position where exact.
ness and promptitude are undoubtedly
necessary. She prepares the lists Of ga.
able Fort Worth property from data fu''
nished by members Of the exchangs
This information is not all in until FIR
day, and on Monday morning each men.
Der finds the list on his desk.
One woman who has forged 10 the frct.
in readily circles under adverse crcun'
stances is Mrs. Mary Montgomery.
Prince Albert, Canada. Her husband,
the time of his death. was the warden q
the jail. and being compelled to work "
took the position OF matron At the tl
for year and a half.
Fifty dollars a month was q mesSn
amount to clothe. feed. house and edH
cate four children. so Mrs. MontgomeH
tried the role OF an insurance agent AID :
being successful saved little moneyso' +
made a payment on tract OF land. >"
always purchased place with the lds
OF making home OF Il. AS some wons1 4
long for fine dress and tewelry, this ra
estate woman yearned for the possesslS'
Of rolling fields and beautiful sites. s' +
was the first woman commissioner W.
70 ~ 4
Her Office work grew irksome once
a while and her eyes were cast lonslnsH
toward a certain river farm not faf i'V-
Prince Albert. She purchased II 'n''
years ago. and soon the government "
fered her a munificent price and she "
it. The new penitentiary will occup! "
land. Although handicapped in the ~.
al the start. she has won out and '0'''
is one of the finest examples OF wnA'
be accomplished by forceful, amo"0~
wideawake real estate woman.
In Waco, Tex, lives woman
G.. ID. Streeter. whose line OF worA
little different from those before w.
toned. In the month OF May, a0'V
panied by her fifteen-year-o son 81
expects to visit Chicago. 81. LOUIS -.
cinnati. Louisville and Washington 81
mission will be 10 seek those VINO "s' Il
establish homes or invest IN lan'.
Texas The rates are the regular r.
for homeseekers. but she offers Az sI
tages I'm travelling. Well recon''" ,.,n
and we'll informed. she VIII no
prnya an afHciapf guide
After coming the foregoing hnes
reader may we'll conclude that the 80
of the future will garner many ~
from the field of realty. There Is y" !, ~
son why she should not-that iS' M