Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-09
Earn Money by Shopping
For Busy Men and Women

If you want to earn little money
perhaps more than a little-and have
home duties that make 1t impossible
for you to devote all your time to it,
it is advised
Don't try to break into something
in which there is already a great deal
| of competition. Because where there
is keen competition it Is the woman
who can devote her whole time to the
work who naturally wins out. Think
1t over and do something that other
wise wouldn't be done at all-earn
money that isn't being earned by any
one at present
A line of work that has proved quite
remunerative to one woman Is sug-
| geSted.
| Qualifications needed? Tact, SYM
| pathy, good judgment and taste. A
fairly large circle of acquaintance Is
helpful but not necessary. It would
also be necessary to live in or quite
near fairly large town, with q tele-
| phone connection within the local area.
1t is not proposition for the woman
or girl who lives in the country.
| This work consists OF shopping for
men-or busy business women. And
the best time to get started is fairly
soon so that you can get IN the swing
OF 1t by the time people make plans
for Christmas. .
To begin with, you should call at
two or three leading stores-general
department stores If possible-and see
what sort of a shoppers commission
you can arrange. It may be that IL
your account exceeds q certain figure
your commission will be larger. At
some stores you may not be able to
get any commission at all. Once you
have established your little business
you will probably have no difficulty in
getting such discounts.
Then If you really are in earnest,
have some cards printed-with your
name, address and telephone number.
Under your name the simple word
Shopping" will be SUFFICIENT.
Make personal calls on all the bust.
ness men you know. Make these calls
short-just long enough to tell these
acquaintance that you are ready at
any, time to do their shopping for
them-and that you viii be willing to
call to talk over plans for purchases
at any time. Suggest that you will be
glad to buy office equipment as well as
more personal things.
From the classified section of the
telephone book you might get the
names and addresses of doctors. lawyers
and other professional men whom you
might plan to call on even though you
do not know them.
And always leave your card and
ask the busy business man to keep
it where he may refer to 1t some
day when he has shopping to have done
and doesn't know whom to have 1t
done by
Keep the run of the department
store advertisements for special dis
plays and special announcements
Visit the stores where you have shop
per'S discount with your eyes open
Make note of the attractive, tricky
new things that are to be had-little
things that most man shoppers wouldn't
even notice. Some women have a rare
knack for seeing these things and i'm
mediately sensing their possibilities.
Meantime, If you have time, find
out the name of the chairman of the
purchasing committee of the local in
situations If they are men the chances
are that they are too busy to want to
bother with the detail of this work
One woman who has succeeded In this
, work does all the purchasing for a
local country club and has been in
. trusted with all the buying-aside from
, the food-for thriving country motor
, list inn
Having made your rounds once you
| should keep a list of the more hopeful
prospects-that is, the men who seemed
! to feel that they would give you shop
ping to do later on. In the meantime