Springville Herald | 1948-09-30 | Page 8 | Girls with $500 Start New Business

Girls With $500' Start New Business The business success of two Texas sisters during the ' past 10 years shows how, under the American Amer-ican system, an idea, a small sum of money, and courage to take risks may serve as foundation for a thriving enterprise that gives work to hundreds. In 1938 Elsie Frankfurt designed de-signed a maternity gown for her sister, Mrs. Edna Ravkind, of Dallas. It won so much praise that the sisters decided to make them for sale. Capital $500 With $500 capital, they hired two seamstresses and opened a retail shop. Within a year their business had grown so much that manufacture was transferred to a loft. They opened branch stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Indianapolis. They sold to New York shops. Soon they had 75 seamstresses. Another sister, Louise Frankfurt, joined the firm. Business grew to more than $1,000,000 a year. New Building Planned Now the partners are ready to build their own factory, increasing increas-ing production 50. They have a new idea too for making maternity ma-ternity dresses that can readily be re-converted for ordinary wear.