The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-07-15

GIRL WHO CAME TO MONTANA
TO FIND ROMANCE HAS BUILT
BIG BUSINESS INSTEAD.
Four years ago q pretty girI Of is.
June Rand, arrived In Great Fails
from m eastern hniaking school 10
spend the summer vacation with her
launt. Mrs. Jacob Sturdevanf. She
came to Montana because abe had
read several of the novels on B. ".
Bower. such as Chip Of the Flying u.
The Lure OF the Dim Trails, and 9TH
ers, and she believed that II romance
with a capital n existed anywhere.
she would find in Montana. When
she found that the glory and pictur-
esqueness Of the range days had yan-
fshed, she began 10 look shout for
some other locality where life would
be more romantic than prosaic. AZ
last she had m inspiration that eou,e.
to most girls Of hhssr age. She would
be = moving picture star. With
somewhat slender hank roll she Ieft
Great Falls for Los Angeles. IVY
Now, II this were hetfoa, His
Rand would BE- seen by I director,
least for . small part, then made
star at million dollars d picture. and
called "the best find Of tn year. I
But X II xad truth that she couId
scarccly get enough .extra" work 70
support herself.
| A Small Star.
II was while sitting In her room,
ldiligently reading the Help Wanted
lcolumns, that opportunity Knocked 1t
her door. II came in the guise Of two
of the aspiring young Actresses who
were living ut the same house. They
dropped In To borrow something from
Miss Rand and stopped to admire
the pretty apron she was wearing.
She confessed to having made Il her
self and offered to make one for her
visitor or sell her the original.
The girl bought the apron and
Miss June had entered the business
! world. Her factory was stared. nj
though she did not yet realize Il. She
! took orders for moro aprons from
friends OF the first purchaser and did
all the stitching by hand. but after =
few days she rented q machine. This,
! with two boxes purchased at 5 cents
! each, constituted the initial equip
II
Making aprons for friends and &C.
quaintances was well enough, but not
Istartlingly remunerativc. 20 Miss
Rand DECIDED 70 50 after big busi-
. ness" She mnde y half dozen dam
~ models. put one Of thsm On md
. rode down town 70 . department
i. store, where she hunted up the buyer.
! He liked the aprons and said he
weuld try few Of them.
| ''Sassy Jane"
When the order was completed she
delivered the aprons to the store and
asked for payment, for she owed for
all the material and some help she
had hired. Tho receiving clerk told
! her curtiy that he could not pay her
! for them because they had TO 70
through the regular chnnnels and TIE
bill had TO be O. KID Miss Rand
then wen. to the msnsger He In
|, turn called the buyer and impatient
ly said over the telephone:
There's q sassy little jane here
who says you ordered some aprons
from her Are they all right and
what In the amount? ~
After being assured that every
thing was correct he asked Miss Rand
to whom he should make the check
payable.
Make II out to Sassy Jane" she
said.
Employs Six Hundred Helpers.
: That was the beginning Of Sassy
Jane aprons. From that minute on
: Sassy Jane" maker and designer oi
. aprons, plunged into big business.
} She borrowed from bank 10 expand
: her business; she rented additional
/ sewing machines, hired extra help
. and nj the end of the month the Sas-
| ny Jane company showed profit OF
: exactly rs cents.
: Today the company occupies spa
I ciouz quarters with luxurious pri-
; vate office fitted up for her with the
/ sign "President--Sassy Jane" ever
: the door. She employs more than
] GOO persons and has made q fortune
, at an age when many girls are just
stepping out OF college.
- "Women's opportunities arr un.
limited in the business world" Miss
/ Rand recently wrote her aunt ia
, Great Falls. Il sometimes wish
! were stranded again with only a cou-
pie OF dollars cash. l believe I coaid
make another fortune in less than
/ three years. too. II might not be in
, the gingham apron route. either. II
! might be chemicals, auto specialties
! baked goods, candy, neckties. baby
! clothes. why, anything ut NIL"