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Show A WOMAN BUYER. Tho requirements of tho buyer ns briefly summed up by a member of a Boston firm are: "Knowledge of merchandise and good Judgment, but tho former may comprohend a great variety of qualifications. qualifica-tions. A buyer must know goods and value val-ue and as head of a department, must bo familiar with all Its phases. Thus, in i the underwear department, she must possess pos-sess a familiarity with sizes as well as with styles and values, and last, but by no means of least Importance, she should have somo knowledge of financiering, for she has a great deal of money to handle A firm niust feel confidence In tho reliability relia-bility of tho buyer, for sho spends largo aums for them. When sho sots out for Europe, they tell her to spend $10,000 or ?20,0CO. as thofcasc may be, and they ox-pect ox-pect that tho money will be Judiciously used. This placed heavy responsibility in her hands, for tho firm does not want to 'get stuck' on what sho buys. Sho must not glut the market, neither must sho starve It. The buyer must 'live In the future' fu-ture' and bo familiar with her trade. This, and. Indeed, nearly all the requisite qualifications, quali-fications, aro mattors of experience."--Tho Pilgrim for August. |