New Britain herald., 1915-01-29
(Katharine Anthony in New York
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Balzac discovered the woman of 1 thirty, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman discovered the woman of fifty. The interesting age for women is moving up. One hears very often the pug zled query: What is to become of l the woman of fifty? Her children no longer demand her time, and she 1 is too old to learn a new occupation, so what are we to do with her?" The other day I met a woman who began her career at fifty-began 1t as a matter of course, and persevered with all the zest of a successful nov ice. There is nothing prob1ematical about her. There are few men in the state who might not we'll envy the brilliant record of business man. agement which Mrs. Rose M. Knox has to show since her debut at fifty into the world of finance
 Mrs. Knox has been for seven years the sole head and manager of the Charles B. Knox company, at Johns town, N. Y., manufacturers of gela- tine. The business which she took over at her husbands death has in- creased so enormously under Mrs. Knox''s single handed direction that she may justly be said to have won her place among the capitalists by her own exertiOns
 Evidently it seemed the most nat ural thing in the world to her that she should have used her widows in- come to a do-With fund instead of consuming it in idleness.
 Business Has Kept Her Young.
 Her age and position, as a proper i@1 rrrs1 are those of the typical fat dowager much celebrated in fiction. But Mrs. Knox is neither fat nor dowager Business life has afforded her dynamic personality an opportunity to find itself, and active participation in busy affairs has kept her extremely young in both spirit and appearance. After seeing her one wonders whether course in expert accounting might not be a valuable addition to the equip ment of the beauty shops.
 Tt was like this,'~ she said. "I either had to run the business myself or employe a manager. We'll, if I had chosen the latter, as most women would have done in my place. I sup pose, by the time my boys were of age the business would have belonged to the manager.
 '"The first thing I did on taking charge was to put expert accountants all over the place. Besides the gela- tine factory there were a newspaper and two other investm ents. wanted to know just where I stood. and also wanted to establish a standard of accounting to be lived up to in the future"
 I asked Mrs. Knox if she used the same methods in the nagement of her home that she used in the man. agement of her business.
 "As far as possible. I know that have learned a, great deal about housekeeping from business manage ment. I have recently built new kitchen, and model it is in every respect, but I should never in the world have known enough to do that
 First put up a building for the newspaper plant, then I built a new ge1atine factory, and by that time I knew enough to build kitchen.
 Another thing that have learned in business is to cover any outlay by my intake. I love beautiful flowers and my conservatory Is one of my greatest pleasures. But a conserva- tory is an expensive pet. So I just decided to make the greenhouse pay for itself, and have carried out that decision by raising orchids for the market I cali the orchids the bread winners for the other flowers
 1T am bound to say that I get on with men better generally than with women. Once was invited to an af- ternoon party given by ladies' lit- erary society. Everybody was re- quested to memo orize a quotation for the afternoon. I had failed to do so because I had been too busy at the factory. So I fell back on one of my favorite proverbs, He who stum bleth twice over the same stone deserves to break his neck One of the ladies exclaimed at this saying that she thought it a harsh maxim. That started lively debate, every body taking sides. It turned out that only one lady in the room was on my side. All the rest agreed with my opponent that the proverb was a cruel one.
 1T don't suppose l have what you would call 8 philosophy of life, or any especial theory of business. I'm not a college graduate, and have only high school education. I haven't even one of the new-fashioned religions for I'm just an old-fashioned Presby- terian. All that I have to guide me is just plain common sense. I confess l like to win, even if it's only a game of bridge. And in dealing with peo- pie I've always tried to remember that 'Molasse catches more flies than vinegar. l have had only three ad- visors in my whole business career
 my lawyer, my banker and my adver- Using agent But have never talked dollars and cents with any one Moro Interesting Since, Sons Entered