The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-30
LOCAL
LADY DEVELOPS
NATL BUSINESS
AND AMBITION
RESPONSIBLE FOR BIG EX-
PANSION OF ENTERPRISE

Local friends of Mrs. George Leo
nard, of Marquette, formerly Miss
Bessie Face, daughter of Arba Face
of this city will be glad to learn of
the progress which She is making in
her business at Marquette, where
she has been living for several years
past.
A good many local people will re-
member Miss Face, as a school girl
later on graduating in the class of
1906. She was employed in the local
mills a short time, kept books for
several local firms, was a telephone
operator, delighted many with her
singing in local churchs and moving
picture houses and also took part
in several home talent plays, later
on being employed as teacher in sew
eral schools at different places. She
went from here to Tellaride, Col,
where she married George A. Leo
nard, then returning to this city
where she resided for a short time
That she has lost none of the re-
source and pep which characterized
her life while here is proven by the
following which we clip from the
Marquette Journal, of recent date.
Increasingly pressing demands of
her mail order and wholesale busi-
ness in children's garments have in
duced Mrs. George Leonard, of Leo
nord's Juvenile shop, in the Harlow
block, to retire from the retail bus
mess. Accordingly she has offered
her store fixtures for sale and will
dispoes of her retail stock at clear
ance next week. The goods will be
handled in Marquette by the Mccall
millinery, after that establishment
moves into its new quarters in the
Longyear building, where the Red
Cross rooms are at present located.
About six months ago, Mrs. Leo
nard, who has been specializing in
the design of children's garments, in
original styles, advertised them in
Vogue. Since then her business has
increased to a point where it re-
quires all her time. In addition to
her mail order trade, she does a
wholesale business with several ex-
elusive shops. She has customers in
the motion picture colony at Holly
wood, California, in Washington ID.
c. and in other cities.
Rompers and dresses for children
from six months to four years are
the garments in which she special
ICES, and all styles are original. Mrs.
Leonard designs them and supervises
the cutting in the shop in the Har-
low block. Then the garments are
made up by about twenty-five expert
needlewomen; in their homes. Only
experienced dressmakers are employ
ed and only the highest quality mater
ials used silks and fine organdies;
Swisses and French ginghams. Mar
keted under the trade name, "Bess
Leonard, the garments have found
ready sale. Mrs. Leonard sends
assortments on app @oval for her
customers to pick from.
Little has been heard of the exten-.
sive business in these goods which
has been carried on in the city dur
ing the past six months. 81 have
not said much about it, because, like
all other such things, it was ven-
tu-e," Mrs. Leonard declared. But
1T has been so successful and has be-
come so extensive, that | feel / can
not spare the time required by my
retail business. Therefore, am
selling out and will handle no more
goods at retail after my present
stock is disposed of. Marquette Gus
toners will be able to obtain them
at the Mccall shop"
Mrs. Leonard intimated that her
energies will now be entirely devoted
to building up the business. To this
end, she contemplates advertising in
other women's magazines and extern
sion of he: wholesale trade.