The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
MRS. ANNIE V. CARNEY TODAY
 CELEBRATES AN ANNIVERSARY
By DoLLY DALRYMpLE


 Thirty years a saleswoman with one firm and-a Joint of view; a point of view so refreshing that it made me sum up the whole situation in just one little wee bit of a word: personality;" the thought recurred to me persistently-"pe sonality"-the magic against which the highest barriers built by custom and caste, city crush and oommerciahzation and all your systematizing and institu- tionalizng-t that's the secret of the point of view" which crowns life of service today when Mrs. Annie V. Carney, be- loved by hundreds and hundreds of friends, celebrates her thirtieth anniver- sary as saleswoman in the big estab- 'lishment of the Hirsch Millinery com pany.
 l happened to drop in to see Miss Annie" q just couldn't call her by any other name any more than you could for as Miss Annie she is known to the hundreds of women who compose her clientele-those of exquisite wealth and fasPion who step out of their handsome limeusines, the little bundle girls in the store, the girl who jumps lightly off sN'S net-to this, to that and the other of us) a few days ago and she just happened to mention to me that she was going to have an anniversary soon; it cafne about in the most impromptu fashion; and then set to work to do little-weli-well- to be perfectly honest with you, little old fla shioned pumping" which in the newspaper world is more politely called interviewing but she didn't know this and so I'm offering this little tribute to this sweet gracious woman today, l hope, quite 'unbeknownS to her. as the saying gees as my bit' toward congratulating her upon the magnificent success she has made of life and circumstances and opportunities.
 To begin at the beginning Miss An nie started when she was little more than a girl as. saleswoman with the Hirsch Millinery Wcompany; and from day to day she has kept on and on, learn ing her world of varied hue and type, learning here and there a different angle of humanity and always smiling and happy.
 My success as a saleswoman and my happiness in my work is largely due to the two splendid men at the head of my firm}' Miss Annie said when l asked her what she considered the greatest asset toward success in business "A person must be happy first of all in their work; if uncongenial surroundings obtain then one might as well give up; but with me from the very first l was happy, that was back in the days, too, when It was conspicuous thing for a women to be employed in business; people, expected great things of you and the eyes of friend and foe were upon you; you had to grow ito give the best that was in you and to take the best out of the traininS thai was brought to your door every day. This, my employers helped me to do to a great degree.
 f"rhe Messrs. Hirsch are merchant princes" Miss Annie said; gallant, kind, polite, considerate they have built up magnificent business and they have done it by honesty, progressiveness ana kindness to o~ther employees as well as their customers. fhaye had lnnqmef- able offers to go elsewhere-New York, Chicago-with glittering tempting offers or salary, but there is far more Tn lie than mere money. there is the friendship and the appreciation of those for Wlo7n We work-7the consideration and the kind- iiness-and it is not interchangeable. So I've stayed right here where I'm happy and where we are all like one big ram fly for that's the way the Messrs, Hirscn have always conducted their store-on high principles and pleasant environ ments. In fact there isn't any phllan- tnfCpy Jnat WuFkayilioiS Sood " s'o '.-A o~ a number of people as store like this, it wants you to succeed more than you want to succeed yourself-it all depends upon the material within the person her self whether she stops or goes on, Tn store like the Hirsch Millinery company.
 Ten years ago in recognition of Mrs, Carney's splendid services the Messrs. Hirsch made her buyer" for the DIE Hirsch Millinery company, and five years ago on her twenty-fifth anniversary as sales W wonan-.the silver anniversary r they presented her with a handsome soio watch, which she-wears' with great prlde and loving appreciation
 We came back to what a saleswoman should possess to become real factor with her company and what she must do and be.
 .sShe should be kind and patient apove all things Miss Annie replied. To pc able to control ones feelings and always look at things from the other. person angle: dignity and poise, to treat aI alike-the girl who buys hat TOT so should receive the same grade of couf. tesy as that shown to the woman oi ia shion who buys a $50 hat.
 Mrs. Carney made it clear that the courtesy of which she spoke was porf of the heart and feeling for humanity, rather than something to be put on ana off like garment.
 Suppose customers are rude, sug- gested. for I've seen women buying pon' lnets-old. wrinkled-up cosmeticized ladies who wanted to look young and pretty