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Show I GIRL A SHARP MERCHANT. Cthcl Strretcr. Ohio Mtaa f feta Tmn. Bar and SrlU OtMda .with Jxlaiaeat. j Ethel Streeter. a ten-year-old miss of Chicago Junction.' O... is probably the youngest business woman in the country. She is connected with her mother in the notion business. She has frequently been left in charge of . the store, and always runs it profitably. profit-ably. Not long ago her mother was out of town for the day. and the landlord land-lord came in after his rgnt. The young lady wrote out a check, attached a revenue stamp, not forgetting to can- eel it,' and insisted on a receipt for the money. ' The little notion store does a thriv-' thriv-' ing business. Usually the buying is done from Tiffin, where the little girl frequently goes alone to look over the I samples of the drummers and make selections. She knows exactly wnai, is -wanted. She never carries paper or list' to go by. but relies on her memory mem-ory and her knowledge of the stock at home, and seldom makes an error. Traveling men prefer her custom to that of some other people, as they say she knows exactly what she wants. Ethel is of medium height for her age, not heavy, and has a winsome face, which is full of intelligence. j Mrs. Streeter says: "People delight in dealing with the girl, and consider her a born business woman." - George Sifert. who represents a Columbus Co-lumbus house, considers little Ethel a prodigyV He says on a number of occasions oc-casions she has come to Tiffin to "stock up," has gone through hi line 'of samples with a care, accuracy and precision which astonished him. and has bought as competently as bis older old-er customers. " ' |