The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
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SUCCESSFULW WOMEN
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OF %sorter. She sat at a table all day
long n sorted trimmings into piles
according to colors and kind. For this
work she was getting eight dollars a
week Then she had some trouble
for an error which cost the firm a
large amount of money. She felt the
firm was unjust to her and she left.
Her employer later discovered that she
was blameless and he asked Vera to
take her old position back, but she
refused.
Vera was at a loss as to what to try
next and as she knew more about fac.
tories and factory people than any
thing else she applied for work at a
large cloak and suit factory, She was
hired by this firm and again was made
= sorter and again was paid eight
seemed to be nothing ahead for her
because the factory was one Of the
largest IN the country, employing over
Z thousand girls, and there seemed to
De no good position in line for a girl
years she did nothing but sort Innings
n the like, starting at 1880 in the
morning and working until $50 at
night. At the end OF the three years
she was getting SIS a week and al
though h was by far the best sorter
and the quickest there was still no
future ahead Of her.
Then one day the thatcher was i'll
and they wanted some one to take her
place for the day. Vera was selected
because she seemed to sort things so
readily by color. 1t is the duty OF the
hatcher to match every part Of a suit
mings, and when her. job is done there
VIII be no suit with a lining which
Kills II n no coat with buttons Of
al, off shade, and no trimming that
fights with the lining. There were
the best person in the whole factory
to do that work. The first and main
reason was printed on her application
card which was filed In the employ
ment office. In answer to the ques-
which must always be written by an
examining. physician, vera's card said
Absolutely no trace of color blind
ness" That then was one reason why
Vera was so accurate when II came to
sorting by color, Her experience with
her experience with sorting colors In
both factories was the other reason
why she was the best person to take
the "matcher's'' place. The hatcher
never came back and after two weeks
on her new job It would have, made
no difference to Vera II she had come
back, for the head OF the department
found that Vera Tancek had the one
essential needful for matching which
few people have. She was not color
blind. Within a year she had climbed
from fifteen dollars a week to thirty
five, Later the entire department was
given over to her charge and her
knowledge Of dress trimmings gath
cred when she was a four-dollar-a-
week errand girl was Invaluable to
her. The firm, which was known from
coast to coast, advertised the fact that
expert attention was given to such
details as matching. trimming, lining
and buttons on their perfectly tailored
suits.
Their advertising brought results and
IL brought certain results they were
not looking for. Other factories heard
OF Vera and she had some offers OF
more money. Her employers decided
that having made such a find they
would keep Il for themselves and they
raised her salary to meet the outside
offers. Today she is % years old and
earning fifty dollars a week and that
Il probably far from her limit. And
surely II II success when a girl OF 2:
who started to work with no training
climbs to fifty dollars a week from Z
mere four dollars. even though th'
reason Ia because she has "absolutels
no trans az onlor-h lindnesa"