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Show B WOMEN AS COMMERCIAL B TRAVELLERS BBm The last number of tho New York BBV Nation prints a letter from London BBB In which it Is noted how women aro BBV spreading out Into now fields of em- ployment. Particular mention is mado j of tho'r sticcoss as travelling salos- men, whoro they aro acquiring a rep- ; utatlon for tact, keenness, and econ- t , " ..' Th killing off of Europe's best B '' ' young men will open wldo to women B I I many fields formerly closed. Social BH changes like this will bo folt in this B j country. If many European women BBJ ' go on tho road as commercial travel- BH Icrs, it will cucourago moro American BBj I women to do tlio samo. It Is perhaps B I remarkablo that women havo not In- BBJ vaded this field moro generally. BBj Tho sell ng of Roods in retail stores H l's been largely In tho hands of wo- B ! men for many jears. In tho largor H I Pi'los tlmy hol.l many lucratho posl- H tlos- Thoy may often Jjnow moro BBj nbout a business than tho ownors BBj j thereof. Women mo grent bargain- BB rs, and thoy will light for what they BH ' I loom a prlnclp'e, whoro men would i j l"vo a feollug that thoy lowored their BBB dignity by haggling. BBj Probably tlio reason why moro wo- BBj men havo not gtino on the road is BJ thnt In past years tho profession of B comniflrclal travollor was somowhat PBj looked down upon. Tho "drummers" BBS I "oro supposed to bo a bunch of sports BBS j wno spent much fmo In convivial BBBjj 1 !" In modern competition It has bo- BBB co"ie very rosponslblo work. A firm BBBj'j takes qulto a gamble when It hands BBpJ ovr a good territory to a now man. BBB The exponses of his trip and tho pos- BBB Rlblllty of losing trado aro a largo BBfl stake, and a few moral hazards are BBB BBB ! Women an commercial travellers BBB way be a novelty In England, and BBBJ thoy aro still tho oxcoptlon In . this BBB country, but an Increasing number of BBB them havo been attaining success In BJ this Held In tho Dnltod States for BB somo years back. |