The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-08-09

Ii your capital did not exceed S3aa5
would you venture it all upon the pub
llcatrUn of Il book of verse?
Ii look before you leap" is your
rule Of life you probably wouldn't. but
Mrs Alice Hartman, the woman who
did. lives UP to the theory that moth.
ing ventured is nothing gained
Mrs. Hartman. by the way. was Il
Seattle woman by adoption and is
naturally lmbued with the venture
some spirit Of the great northwest. 50
when she decided to put out a volume
Of Verse, Songs O. the Sound" at her
own expense her friends were fearful
Of success. but not surprised at the
daring move.
This little volume. which appeared
IN dress TO attract tourists. was con,
Spicuously displayed in all the book
stores Of the Puget sound country"
and in less than ten days paid for it
self and justified the authors business
iiXth sense. II sense she had evidently
lived without up 10 this time.
Indeed Mrs Hartman was utterl,
ignorAnt of the simplest business meth
IDS when she started out Yet i'll five
years. alone and entirely unaided. she
has built up a publishing business OF
sufficient Importance to straddle the
continent. for the Alice Hartman Pub
'ishing company has offices both in
New York city and IN Seattle.
The business really started in the
following way: The Songs o the
sound caught the eye of wealth!
md influential woman of Seattle. who
asked Mrs Hartman to publish mem
,irs of her father, man Of political
Importance and the father of Seattle
Although ignorant Of the first princi
)les Of the technical part of publishing
she consented BY studying books
brought out by the big publishing
houses she was able to pattern hel
book upon them These memoirs gave
Mrs Hartman her first real piece Of
business, and the venture was so sue
'eSsful that other books We're offered
her for publication But the publica
ton that was most influential in deter
mining her success was one that other
publishers had fought SHY OLA French
translation made by I.afcadio Hearn.
Now, with the exception of her sec
..etarial staff. Mrs Hartman is the
whole publishing outfit. She designs
covers. wrappers. circulars and does
the makeup and whatever other part
Of the profession demanding individual
attention Then she turns the manu-
scripts over to the printer and binder
Mrs. Hartman confesses that she
does not belong to the domestic type
Of woman, and. although she could
mix salad or bake good bread, she
would be utterly Incapable of turning
out sartorial CONNECTION on the slit
skirt order. She prides herself upon
being womanly for a that She would
rather write poem than pay visit.
"A business woman" Mrs. Harriman
SAYS. docs not have to wear mannish
clothes. affect mems walk or men
language or manners. Thefe Is no
reason why woman to be successful
In the business world should be zone
Of the boys" What a woman does
need is a love of and devotion to her
work. and to this devotion Mrs. liar
riman attributes her success in field
not hitherto entered by woman.
Mrs. Hartman. too, is unlike her Sis
| ters In another respect-she has no
| feeling whatever about telling her age
| Indeed. she frankly and fearlessly adj
nits that she had never published q
line or thought Of bringing out any
body's ideas i'm book form until she
had reached her forty fifth year Mrs
Hartman has been in business five
years The rest is plain sailing