The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
GIRL AD AGENT
H0NORED BY
CLUBS
Miss Katherine n. Mahool, OF
Baltimore, Named for Gath
ering at London.
BY BARROW b. LYONS.
International News Service.


international News Service.
BALTIMORE, July 4.-Katherine
H. Mahool, attractive young Balt'
more woman, will be the first OF
her sex to represent in Europe
large and important organization OF
American professional women.
At the recent Atlantic City con-
vention of the Associated Advertis'
ing Clubs Of the World she was
selected by the women's advertising
clubs OF the country to represent
them on the executive board Of the
international body. That was the
highest honor. which could be con.
4erred upon q woman In the ad'
yertising profession and 1t was
the second time she had received 1t.
So next year, when the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World,
meet in London, she will be the
official representative of all OF the
women in her profession In
America.
Miss Mahool is very modest. She
declares she has no message 70
give the world and expects to have
HOn0.
nor reformer-but those who have
watched her career in Baltimore
realize that nevertheless she al
ways does have a message-the
message OF good, hard-headed com.
mon sense--and she IL a worker.
Her Rise Rapid.
An unusual combination Of intel
lectual and human" qualities has
cff IN
her twenties, to the front ranks OF
her profession in a remarkably
short time.
Only five years ago she first
became connected with the adver-
Using business as copy writer for a
Baltimore department store; but q
Celtic nimbleness Of wit, combined
with a broad humanity and un-
usual balance, has opened doors
20 her 90 rapidly that she now
manages a successful advertising
agency Of her own. as well as hav-
ing attained highest honors in the
representative organization OF her
profession.
envelopes. at So o week, in the
office of betting company. Ad-
vancing step by step, she held u
eecretarial position In an insurance
company in 1918, when she read
the notice Of the advertising man
ager of a department store calling
women's clothes.
Up to that time she had written
nothing much except her personal
correspondence and a little "stunH'
writing for friends. Applications
for the department store position
being few. and her enthusiasm be-
Ing high. she managed to land the
Job. At the end OF week she was
90 scared with her responsibilities
that she wanted to quit, but the
manager persuaded her to stay by
Offering an increase ins salary.
After having been with the de-
partment store for eighteen months
she decided that experience in an
agency was the next step, so she
camped out on the doorstep Of one
OF the largest local agencies until
they let her in. After an exper-
fence with another agency. where
she superintended all Of the copy
writing, she was engaged to do the
advertising for a large wholesaler
OF women's wear.
With this varied experience and
among merchants and other advcr-
tisers, she opened her own office
IN 1920 and from the beginning
was successful
Elected Head Of Clubs.
Two years ago she was elected
president Of the Women's Adver-
Using Club Of Baltimore and still
holds that office. Last year she
was elected for the first time to
the executive board Of the Adver-
Using Clubs Of the World and was
again elected this year.
Although Miss Mahool entered
business office directly upon leav-
ing high school she has continued
her academic education every
year by taking courses at Johns
Hopkins University in the eve
nings. She believes that the free
dom she has exercised in selecting
only those courses which interest
her most has been of greater
benefit to her than II she had pur-
Dued regular college course in
which much of the curriculum was
prescribed by college rules.
When pressed for her secret OF
her success, Miss Mahool declares
1t is due to nothing but hard work
Beng modest, she refuses to admit
that behind the hard work is a men,
tai dynamo productive of some of
the best ideas In advertising, an in
exhaustible sense Of humor, even
when the joke is upon herself, and
q friendly. attitude toward the
world and people in general.
There is latent also fiery
streak Of fighting blood-inherited,
perhaps, from her ancestors of the
Scotch Highlands, several genera
tions removed-but that Is ap-
parent far less frequently than the
friendly cyooiIa