Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-31
OPERATOR
HOTEL;
SPORTS, MUSIC
When Interviewed il
Disappointed When
Reporter Fails to BE-
Short and Fat
BY Fl. G. Jr.
staff Correspondent

staff Correspondent
Hotel boss. bathing beauty. record
holding salesman Tor salesgirl) In
half "a dozen different lines, lover
of drama. music and outdoor sports
AL this. and m few dozen other
thrown together into an is-yeart
girl. and you have Bessie Freeman
The Valley business girl has jA
entered another hotel venture. Aftt
purchasing the Van Buren, hotel a
HarlinEen, operating u for five
months. and then selling il nc N large
profit, she has purchased the Travel
ers' hotel in the same town and IA
remodeling X.
And when interviewed about he'd
business ventures. the new boss "a
the hotel told some III the highN
! spots IN her life. and her methods.
First she expressed supreme sur
prise at her interviewer. why,
thought you were short and fat. WIZ
a bald head. and little tufts Of hAA
sticking out above the ears. "A IA
tie round. fat man. she said.
"But why? z" she was asked.
Finds Reporter Not Fat
"Oh, 7 had just pictured you thae
way; you know. ! always try to Wis
ualize everyone I am going 70 meet
With an air Of intense interest
Miss Freeman said that she ccnsg. W
ed her business success due In IN
part 10 hard work. studying
angles Of the deal. and play
lunches"
When ! arm thinking of buyinl
piece Of property. 7 consider Y
whether Il will be suitable
building. IN case I can't self itl
profit II ] can build on IL. an
an income above the cost, then
afford 70 hold IL and let the $500
increase.
But ] don't always consider eare-
fuily, because lots Of times I hava
. bunch that n certain piece of real
estate Viii change hands quickly, and
| buy III"
Likes Sports
Then she jumped TO $500 HHH2
or her fondness for
Ms. croquet, golf -
girl said that she ia
Of tennis. golf am
that she INDUCES 4
every opportunity.
And music, the staV
70 another subiectA
OF my life has alwayN
opera singer" she
felt that \ had the NH
too busy making a
tending to business td
have come 10 the cor
viii never be able "a
for this. but ! hope
stage In dramatic ind
some kind" she said.
In addition 70 her ~
ings Miss Freeman haa
learn the piano better \
age. and Is now figarir
n more intensive stud
this instrument.
Started NJ "
Hes history. in brief
series or successes VII
Mnen she was nine yea
thet age her father DE
family had no funds.
had 10 work. 50 did,
man philosophically phrase
she started out with he1
surance agency credentials
Oh pluck, and from that daI
she has been almost eonst1
the road. selling against III
81 them and carrying or the
her first year at the work
IN ner winning n national ~
isaolnK IT sales. She later
,ne seIllnR OF hosiery. anI
later Of real estate. her or-
tor otherS. and more recent
peen selling furniture IN
1855, representing a manufJ
ing concern.
She achieved such success ~
ing hosiery that she was gir
~ uN tne company u the mills
nLvv1gn New York City, Washinv
uelpnia. and other points w
49, She ied al Of the other HaInr
sh oI the concern in the countr1H
Bought Hotel AZ IA
"nen sne was I6 years old. 49,
eaIs ago Miss Freeman vantr
INTO the hotel business sshIuIed
eid van Buren, hotel ~ HsnH
me remodeled il, and af+sr .n
W ~ Tor about five monthx 80
4 ploIit- Recently she bonvht NV
travellers hotel III HsrIinse.
49, Iemodeiing IL. Her mntha-
nanuilng some Of the oetsiiS
Darlng the past few years Ma
si5eraLihl nas bought and sold con
/ leadir- estate. She was the
Winlsor Place. a subdivision 80
one mas several lots ara sn .r-r
ment house in Donna. ana rs-a-ttr
erected two duplex apartmprt~
.nere. che plans other building@
mere ln the near future.
freeman entered and won AMI
oatnlng revue nc Val Verde.
guess III marry some dnv.a
ms said but I'm too busy w think
aDvut ~ now. ! don't know what
vii 90 the next few years. W.
10y 20 ~ On the stage, but 1T seems
! DON'T yet enough time w WV 49,
self out At anything else excsnf h,,y- M
ing and selling things. ~
Not Much Time for Rovu
dont have much time - spend
On boys now. because I ann too huEyr
but perhaps l will later.v
MISS Freeman said that she is
prohibitiorist, and that she "thinks
Hoover ia n good man. bat since 4 am M
a DEMOCRAT I IN for the demccrAtlc
sne regards business aS being jutt
plain buying and selling. but says
ayou have got 10 know what you are A
| buying and selling. You may buy
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