| Show BUSINESS IN THE NEWS Bv B DAWSON SPURRIER 4 Copyright McClure Newspaper Syndicate Watch out for the formation of or women's unions on a large scale followed followed fol fol- fol lowed by insurance companies specializing specializing on women's policies A nationwIde wide unseen battle is going go go- ing mg on between men and women who hold the same same kind of jobs After the world war the so-called so stern sex put up a hot fight to have women sent back to their places at home They were then in the factory the office the warehouse and what whatnot not But Dear Old Coolidge Days brought enough jobs lor br everybody and nobody bothered much about what sex you preferred on a job Somehow training proceeded faster among women than scornful man expected And when business difficulties came again women had i attached themselves to their jobs quite as ruggedly as man And still do a 0 a a Spring shoes for women have been designed and samples made A few hardy souls have decided what sixty million girls and women will wear next spring A great mural artist was grimly painting exotic figures on the walls of New Yorks York's great Radio City meanwhile experiencing great difficulty difficulty culty in getting models with beautiful if it heroic figures He said shoes were t to blame lam Little did he know that manufacturers will be talking physical health and be beauty uty this time next year while selling shoes For shoe manufacturers ers plan to make a profit on shoes in fri 1933 by featuring patented devices or special health designs warranting a higher price e because of benefits to health and beauty a o a a aThe The public wont won't notice until the day before Christmas that radical changes have happened this year inthe in inthe inthe the wholesale distribution of toys Papa and mama used to say Santa Claus will wait until the last da day and buy at lower prices for then stores ge get nervous and want to clear out their st stocks on Christmas eve That's all over now For most toys distributed this year arc are being consigned consigned con con- signed by manufacturers Retailers who requested the plan now find themselves required to sell at prices the manufacturers specify Hence tight prices right up to Christmas Q a a o 0 No news is good good goodnews news for a rat If left alone he will ultimately act as if he owned the place Experts predict that there will be bean bean ben an n unusual epidemic of rats next spring This guess is based on experience en ence e in previous years when more than the usual number of large buildings build build- tags ings have been left unoccupied This is just another cycle in hi busi bus ness that rat poison manufacturers capitalize on and dramatize In a big bigand bigand bigand and ominous way And the facts are arc there to justify their increased ef cr ef- ef fort a Lawyers Lawers find a new way to make more bread and butter Many state legislatures just adjourned passed laws permitting dissolution of all corporations corporations cor cor- which have not filed tax returns returns re re- returns re- re turns for five years Jn in the state of New v York alone this will mean deceased corporations corpora In Delaware an estimated 20 20 The total for the country is believed believed believed be be- to be somewhere in the neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- of Now liow lawyers will scan all lists of dissolved company titles Then phone clients and suggest names for new to be filed Thus shall the dead arise a a a How many different words do you youse use se in the course of a regular business day Sellers use more than buyers If II you are professionally employed yo you probably use more than you should Newton D D. Baker for example vies with H. H G. G Wells and G K C. C for possessing the worlds world's largest argest active vocabulary in daily dally use Authorities contend that simple words produce better selling results No agreement has been reached about written selling otherwise known as advertising Now v an English expert one C. C K Ogden has originated a world tongUe consisting of English words He is going gong to try to sell his idea to the world as being a basic language for all to learn But why bring on a new language when so few know how to use the present one a a II a That three square meals is still stilla a popular indoor sport is shown by bythe bythe bythe the nine months months' earning reports of several chain restaurants None show losses and practically all are able to pay dividends This despite lower food prices than ever before in mem ory One chain reports a 50 per cent reduction reduction re reo re- re in the average amount mount of checks but a substantial increase in inthe inthe inthe the number of checks By keeping overhead down they meet and handle this situation without detriment to stockholders Breakfast and luncheon pays their overhead and dinner gives them a profit |
