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Show ' WOMEN IN BUSINESS. Bow Washington Woman Bat Made Saoemi of Running a Reitaurant. The stories told of tho woman who kgreed to keep an exact account of her Ixpenditures, and, when asked to show It, triumphantly produced what she called call-ed her' "cash book," with a date and "$100 received" on one page, on the opposite op-posite page a date aud "all spent;" and of the other one who presented a check on her bank, and, when told that she had drawn out all her money, produced her check book as proof that this could not be so, ns she still had several blank uhecks left, may be illustrations of aomo rare specimens of womankind, but they are libels on tho box generally, When a woman has no money to handle, han-dle, no business to transact and no iu threats thr-eats to look after, naturally she does not exert her faculties in any of these directions. direc-tions. When necessity or inclination turns her thoughts iu thechannel of business, bus-iness, as a rule, if she is free to carry out ber own ideas, she will succeed in what be undertakes. A brave little woman in this city furnishes fur-nishes a very excellent case in point. Bhvras reared in the lap of luxury, but reverses overtook her family and the winning of bread became an imperative necessity. "Taking boarders" proved to be distasteful in many ways. She con-, con-, eluded that opening a lunch room in one of the important departments would be a profitable!, though it might not be an elegant employment After some difficulty she secured the privilege. Sim hadn't a penny in or out of the bank, but she had more backbone In her littlo body than many a six foot man can boast. She borrowed money from a friend who knew of her sterling honesty, and made tho necessary outlay for a 6tart in the business. Some purchases pur-chases were aiade that afterward proved useless, and supplies furnished in excess of the demands made in tho beginning, which necessitated more borrowing and more interest to pay; but she never quailed, and is now on a footing that many a man might envy. She has brought her business to a cash basis, and ber ability and pluck challenge the admiration ad-miration of those with whom she bus business relations. She is not making a fortune, but she Is making a living, which is all she aspired to do. She has succeeded where many men would have failed. Washington Wash-ington Post. I |
