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By Ella Rawla Reader. , , '
Render began her career aa a
This Is Something You Know Something About
and by eheer genius, eoupled with
hae become fnna In finance
IannVyernatlonal politics. Kevin been
appointed financial advlaer to the trou-
piea eute of Ban Domingo, Mra. Rawla
Keeder won the confidence and affeo
tlon of theae excitable Ulandera to auch
en extent that she waa put up to fight
President Roosevelt on their behalf.)
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THE ; OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, i SUNDAY, MORNING, JULY 21, 1907. ,K v
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NLESB I had been compelled to 4a
ao through family misfortunes
I ahould probably never have
been a buelneaa woman, and
therefore I am perhaps better
able to sympathetically oonalder the
case and life of a girl who goes Into
buelneaa.
circumstances have placed ma in a
aomewhat anlaue position. ' In these
nay women take up all manner of ca
reer, but I suppose that I atand almoat
alone aa a woman who la a financier.
What Business Teaches You.
Bearing that in mind, people often
ask me whether I think that the world
'will aome day be possessed of a race
of bualneaa women who will control the
dea'.lnlea of mllllona of money, and po
alblr mtlliona of human beings. To
that aueatlon I return a moat unhesi
tating "No." My own poaltlon la un
aoueJrt for, unique, and one whloh La
iy likAir to occur orten.
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loreover. BDeaaina as a business trn.
nan who la very hanDllv married I hnM
that a woman's life Is. .before all thlnira
mentally and physically designed for
am noma, un me omer nana 1 advo
cate that every girl should, after her
scnooi aays, Degin ner nr by going to
business, for business teaches one many
Hung n.
In the first nlace It teaches a aHrl
self-reliance and therefore how to take
earn or herself, it also teaches her that
she Is not the only pebble on the beach
in ounr woras, mat sne is not tne
most Important person In the world
that she Is merely a portion of the ma-
cnine wnicn would go on without her,
and that In conseQiienoe small personal
feelings must be sot on one side. Above
aii. it is excellent ror discipline.
In saying these things I am always
Kalinin in rainn me ract mat every wo
man should ultimately marrr.
The great misfortune at the present
time Is that the majority of girls marry
for the mere sake of IwTlng married. It
i mM irounio ror them, even If they
do not Dartlctilarlv rirn for rholr hm.
bands to be married and place the re-
npviimiMui v or proviaipg me nome on
someone else's shoulders rather than
struggle ror tnemseives.
Advantages of Independence.
This Is a vast mistake. Regarded In
this way. girls are temrjted to ba both
unfair to themselves and unjust to the
mar they marry. They do not marry
for love, hut more or Ipsa na a anriila
tlon. And the result of it allT Unhappy
marriages and the decay of home Ufa
I f''e Quite confident that If every
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ness. Just as every man Is, this would
The onlv solution to the sreftt nrnhlam
of how to achlve a happy marriage
n m m iiiunu in mixing women inde
pendent. Surely the reason for this can he
easily seen. If a woman is independent
if she knows she can quietly and steadi
ly mnka her own way In the world and
can maintain herself in comfort and In
dependence, she will certainly not marry
a man whom she does not love.
Moreover, a woman who has been out
to business will have a far better ap
preciation of pounds, shillings end
pence, and a better appreciation of the
business side of home life. And after
. all, if .anything, no matter whatla not
run on business principles, there can
be no real content or peace. A lack of
business qualities must Inevitably mean
debt and worry, or at least a sense of
Insecurity.
Again, a girl who has been out to
nnblnaai will Ithaiv' ' t .
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f in wno naa not what her husband feels
Ike when he returns tired and Jaded
from his work. She will be better able
to understand and sympathlxe with him
and make up to him for the trials and
Cupid in Counting House.
Through all this I trust it will he
Been that I am pleading for a better
understanding between men and women,
and that I believe that business Is the
only way for that better understanding
Borne of the best marriages that I
have known were business matches. I
husband and myself have worked side
uy niuo iu inn anme ena ror many years
VP f T Hm frtrnnrt tt nnanl - i
experience, and so I put forward the
'i "y nrmi stenographer, who
. ijt'mia in my ornce.
Thv vnrkitd M a kv .ij.
years before they were married. Now
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take many shorthand commissions, in
Which hln TC,f la nhla t n ...,., i. 1
typing at night. Their home Is one of
,m. utni-uiuriru i II&VO Ptr BCCn. J
have been able to save, and, having
made good Investments, they are fast
n uiiiu mi ma money ana real estate In
New York.
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in business I would say do not be too
know everything. On the other haffd.
not underestimate your ability.
Brevity Goes a Long Way.
When I left my home In Alabama,
my horses, my brothers end my sisters,
and all the fun I had had with them,
and went up to New York to seek my
fortune, I was terribly frightenen I
applied for the post of secretary to the
manager of a big drug store. I wrote
as follows:
"Dear Sir Having seen your adver
tisement In the , I respectfully an-
itiy iuo jjubl, iuun iruiy, iiiiu
for tha
Jtawls."
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ELLA RAWLS READER.
MAXIMS FOR BUSINESS GIRLS.
Neatness, cleanliness and gentleness are the first steps
towards the successful life.
Be faithful and loyal to your employer. Never betray a
confidence.
Energy and ambition must go hand in hand with sincerity.
Brain, heart, and body must always work in harmony to
achieve the greatest success.
. Do with your whole heart whatever your hand finds to do.
An innocent mind centered on the object it wishes to ob
tain will generally result in success.
Study the human character, especially your own, and con
stantly strive to remedy its weakness.
If you are the first a fault to see, be the last to make it
known.
Unselfish sympathy for others Is never thrown away.
ELLA RAWLS READER.
And mine was one of three letters
set aside out of 800. It was the brevity
of it that aroused Interest. Finally I
was selected to fill the post, though . I
told the manager frankly that I feared
I could not do the work successfully.
as I had no knowledge of the technical
part of the business. On the other hand,
I told him that If ho would onlv give
me an opportunity I could learn, and
that I was willing to learn.
it is people wno are wining to learn
who get on. I learn every day from
most unexpected sources.
Again, I would urge on everyone who
goes out to business never to imagine
mat mey are underpaid or to adopt the
Idea that because they are paid so much
they will do so much work in return.
Unless people achieve more than they
am pmu ior mey win never earn any
thing more. Aa I have been particu
larly asked to do ao I will append the
ionowing maxima ror business girls;
FEATHER BEDS IN SOUTH
It's Tinning Time Now From Mary,
land to North Carolina.
Now Is the time when the people llv
inB south of Mason and Dixon's line
from Maryland clean down to North
Carolina turn their feather beds. They
do not turn them inside out or even
upside down, but the feather bed is put
next to the slats or Backing bottom or
spring and a hard mat trass of hair or
felt Is plaoed on top.
Borne folks like to aleep directly on
tne learner ocu an summer long ana
there are hotels in the region where
the guest Is asked In July whether he
will have feathers or not But most
people turn mem.
The feather bed is the southern sign
of respectability and ancient lineage.
Every family of old respectability had
hair a aozen reamer dbos a generation
ago, and a good many are still In use.
They are handed down aa heirlooms,
cherished with pride and care, and in
the best families cleansed and reticked
from time to time, sunned thoroughly
at least once a week and treated as
articles of the highest consideration.
Whenever there is a country vendue
the belt from Mason and Dixon's
800 milea southward half the com
munity is on ino iuokuui ior a cnance
buy feather beda cheap. They -are
rerumny auia vy iiie uuuiia. a.ua aven
the oldest, if in good condition, fetch
pretty good prices.
Really old fashioned folks atill have
their goose feathers to make beda of,
though the fetich of the feather bed la
not what it used to be, and the doctors
are against it as an article of unwhole
some luxury. Nevertheless, when south
erners oome north to VN they are apt
to fetch along their feather beds. There
are old ladles who would sooner leave
behind the family Bible than their
feather beds, and this very night there
will be scores of southerners In New
York sleeping on feathers.
There Is no possession that a colored
family in the south takes greater pride
in than a feather bod. It usually comes
into the possession of such a family sec
ond hand, but sometimes it is the result
of patient years given to the treasuring
of goosefeathers.
An old colored woman who came to
New York from Virginia leaving a hus
band behind waa vastly disturbed when
sne learnea mat ne was ill. The fam
Ith her and tried to cheer her un. but
abandoned the attempt when the old wo-
11 y in which she was employed condoled
wu
abf
man said
"I 'feared ef he dies deVll sell m
icauier oeu.
He did not die but the old woman hail
the bed sent north before he hail a
chance to fall ill again.
xne value or tne reamer oea lies in
the fact that it is Dractlcallv lndeatmo.
tible and ia always an available asset.
If the feathers are property cured and
the bed is nrocerlv cared for it ta
Sood at the end of 100 years aa on the
ay it was made.
There is alwavs anmehndv anurh nf
ilason and Dixon s line who is ready to
'y mr price ior a reamer oed and
f by accident it has lost Dart of ita
contents so that it is too thin to serve
us original purpose the dealers are al
ways ready to buy it and make the
reamers up mra puiowa. in this form
the feather bed has a new and long lease
of life. People the country over are
pillowing their heads unon feathera that
onoe aoothed tha alumbera of Virginia'
first famlllea.
Famous Lilac Tree.
From the Gardener's Marastna.
Chief among the many objecta of in
terest in the gardens of Easton Lodge,
Dunraow, the residence of the Bar! and
tjountess or Warwick, is the magnifi
cent lliao tree which occupies a con
spicuous position on the terrace. This
tree Is the finest specimen of lta kind
in the United Kingdom. It has a cir
cumference of ISO feet and a height of
16 feet and It has so dense a growth
and blooms so profusely that when in
flower it forma a huge bouquet of lilac
blossoms.
The lilao is that commonly known as
the Persian and described by the bota
nists as me umnese; Dut it la not a
native of either Persia or China, but
was rained in the Rouen Botanlo rard.n
in 1795 by the hybridisation of the true
Persian lilao and the common lllao of
unuan garoens.
It was of noble proportions at the
miaaie or me last century ana produced
such a magnificent display of blossoms
mat in me r lowering aeaaon viscount
Maynara, liady Warwick' grandfather.
used to make a special Journey from
London to enjoy the beauty and fraff-
nuica ox me iiowera
The largest caravan of pilgrims for
Mecca starts from Constantinople, and
generally comprises about 40,009. per
sona. "
Too Many Wolves In Iowa.
Anita Correspondence of the Des Moines
capital.
Wolves have becoma ao mimoroua in
thla Vlelnltv and their dnnredatlnna mm
rraqueni tnat tne sneep owners have
united, agreeing to pay a bounty for all
worves - killed In the four northeast
lownsnrpa or Cass county equal to that
now paid by the county, thus making
thy bounty flO and $4, respectively, Xor
old and young wolves.
The Secret Of tha rlnw wnvm il
frfly is yet unsolved by science. Their
iifht la entirely uoaccomttanled hr
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GUARANTEED
To Those Who Own a Hundred Dollars or More
LISTEN:
The business of The J. M. AcKeson Company of Portland Has, like
many others in these prosperous times, grown beyond their present means,
if they desire, as they do, to equal the demands of their customers.
SEVEN YEARS ago Mr. J. M. Acheson, with GRIT AS CAPITAL",
together with a little money BELONGING TO OTHERS, began business
in a HOLE IN THE WALL in this city, MANUFACTURING LADIES'
AND GENTLEMEN'S FINE GARMENTS, and from the beginning the
little coterie interested received ANNUALLY AS DIVIDENDS from 10
to 20 per cent.
Today The J. M. AcKeson Company is 'doing a business of $350,000
per year and with an increased capital the business could easily be in
creased to $500,000 a year.
This corporation wants and requires $50,000 more for tHe purpose of
increasing its manufacturing end of the business THE ONLY ONE OF
ITS KIND IN THE CITY. In place of having 75 girls an sewing ma
chines, the business demands 250 girls and machines, and this $50,000 is to
MEET THE DEMANDS in this department and also to INSTALL AN
UP-TO-DATE HIGH GRADE GROCERY DEPARTMENTS THEIR
NEW BUILDING ADJOINING THEIR PRESENT LOCATION in
connection with their big garment store.
To "Patronize Home Industry" certainly sHouId be the motto of every
city. Folks, here is your chance.
I have 50,000 shares of stock for sale, with" an absolute written guar
antee of 10 per cent interest per annum, payable every six months. The
par value of each share is $1.00. I want to sell it, and I want to sell it in
small lots of from $100 to $500, no more. Can you do better with your,
surplus cash?. ,
Again listen: THe Company not only, gives you 10 per cent interest
GUARANTEED, but with an eye to business, every stockholder may,
buy his or her Suits, Gowns, Cloaks, Skirts, Underwear, Corsets, Gloves,
Hosiery, Neckwear, Children's and Misses' Clothing, Leather Goods, Furs,
Gentlemen's Tailoring and other lines from The Acheson Company at a dis
count of 10 per cent for cash figure it out Suppose you purchase $500
worth of stock. You are guaranteed $50 per year interest, and suppose
your bill for groceries and clothing for the family during the year amounts
to say only $300, less 10 per cent discount, which is $30 then you have
$50 and $30 making a TOTAL OF $80 that you have received in the shape
of interest and saving in the purchase of supplies. It is a saving, for the
reason that the prices, quality considered, are as low as those of any firm
in this city. '
As soon as the Grocery Department is opene'd stockholders will be en
titled to the discount privileges which will be given in connection with the
department store.
Why do The Acheson Company agree absolutely to 'do these things?,
Why do they wish the small investors of from $100 to $500 instead of in
vestors with $1,000 to $5,000 to invest? The best advertisement any;
business can have is the approval of those satisfied with their dealings,
and if it were possible to have 50,000 people of Portland take only one
share of stock each The Acheson Company, would prefer to have it so,
then it would have 50,000 customers making money for themselves and
helping a business that has now grown to such proportions that additional
capital is required.
Beginning Monday morning, this stock will be on sale at the new
Home of the company on Fifth street, between Morrison and Alder, or at
my office.
If you have not all the money you want to use in the purchase for all
you want to have I shall arrange for all the time that you need to pay for it .
on partial payments. All particulars may be had either at the Com
pany's Store or from
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7 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
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