Show TE BEST ll SUCCEED IN INDUSTRY AS WELL AS MEN SAYS EXPERT i t r I t I I Ic c p K 9 5 H I Ims ms SEARS tE BEST AD ms LENA BY DY ALEXANDER LEANDER lL IIERMAN 1 Eit A Service Writer NEW Who YORK YORK Who are the country's ten greatest business wo- wo wo women men pien Two insurance agents a manu menu manufacturer of ot railroad ties a n maker ot of paints a welder elder a chemist a builder of tug boats the head ot of olan on an iron foundry an Industrial geol geol- geologist geol geologist ogist and a manufacturer of ot shoes hoes All are unknown Yet according to Mrs Elizabeth Sears former editor of ot the Inde Inde- Independent Inde- Inde Independent pendent pendant Woman and a II leader eader for tor many years in women's activities I are the women who rank wIth the Fords Schwab Rockefellers Rockefellers I lers an and t Armours Armoun of ot Industry The Tho list lIat of ot ten male leaders of Industry selected by C R Flint rather of ot Trusts and published recently as taken to tn Mrs Sers now head of oC the New ew York League ot of Professional PrOCessIonal and Wo- Wo Women Women Wo Women men for tor a sister ranking I It Is difficult to limit the list listI I to ten she said for tor there are I some women success has put them in the front ranks of the business world orld But foremost of It f these I be- be believe behove be believe lieve hove Is kIrs Mrs Lena Lake ot of Detroit Droit She probably bly has done dono mor flor blazing the waY of ot women Into the tho business world than any other person A wizard at her own work worb Insurance she matches up well with any of ot the men in the same calling I Closely acquainted with her Is i Miss Georgia Emery head of ot the women's department of ot a 0 large life lito Insurance company Formerly II a school teacher she was forced I into business by circumstance Ant And she made a go of ot It ft Now she Is busy helping others do as ts much Any can sell Insurance Is her ler Idea and she Is 11 putting It i over big She ana ad Mrs Forrest both have hate made the exclusive 50 0 Club bringing at least that much business every year rear Third place goes to Miss Ann Baker Daker of ot Paducah Ky She tol- tol followed fol followed lowed the footsteps of ot her dad who manufactured ties ratters rafters and trImmings tor for steamboats One day there was a strike The men wore unable to cope with It It MIsS Baker stepped Into the breach wo won the thee Issue and succeeded where others had tailed failed She Bhe Is now one ot of the active acUe heads of ot the Lord and Ayer Tie Co woman Another Another woman who won sue sue- suc success cess cesa In the business world by prey prey- provIng preying proving ing that her word was as rood good as asher asher asher her bond Is Miss Mary Ryan Ran of Brooklyn With of at 1600 1500 she started t a business that last year exceeded She is Ic now president of ot the tha Ryan Paint Supply Supply Co and ond Is believed been the Inspiration of the play called The Clinging Vine whIch had for tor Its heroine a young woman running a paint pant None of ot these women are let Iet let ter head women They are women woman who not seek the spotlight and their names are little Known out out- outside outside out outside side their own circles Some of ot them share their sue suc success ces cess with their husbands Mrs Zelia A ft McBertY McBert Is such A train train- trained trained ed Id machinist she has worked with her husband In Inline the Federal Spot Welder Velder Co ot of o Warren 0 and de- de de developed ve it so that It now Is doln doing more than a n million-dollar million bust busi bustness business ness a year Sixth In this list t ta Mrs Mary Mory Moore president and ond man man- manager ager tiger of ot the Pitman Chemical Co Coot ot of Indianapolis Ind lad Quiet In man man- manner ner ncr but thorough In work she ehe de developed a field that was exclusively worked by men Down In Jacksonville Fla Pie Mrs N B n Brainard has been buildIng tugs boats for tor many vars Her boats have become known as the bet Ip III the tho southern waters And her customers say she a 11 a better man mon than most men It seems that no works work's work s too hard tor fora a woman to tn tackle Cecile Woodbury F Is 11 president of an Iron foundry In Great Falls Mont Despite the handicaps im- im imposed Im Imposed posed upon a wom woman going Into 10 o arduous a vork work she In developing the company so 80 that noW It Is one ono of ot the leading In It field Ninth In the ranking of ot these busIness successes is s Mm MrS Charles CharlesN N Gould of ot Oklahoma City Her husband was wag wa a IL professor ot gy gy who couldn't see seo much to Ii- Ii calling beyond the academic a HIs wife dl did t She hIm toblan to l blanch anch h out Together er they did and now their company of ot Indus Indus- Industrial industrial Industrial trial geology Is kept busy making surveys reports and money They have two children but do not let business Interfere with bringing them uP p Tenth place placa goes go to Miss Alice Allee Engelhardt of ot Cincinnati who too rose from a D a 4 lob as stock girl to be secretary and treasurer r of ot the Potter Shoe Shoo Co a It Ie ic I x were listing another name to the ranking I would add Mrs frs Stella Stalin of ot Indianapolis s Left a widow with two iwo children she went i to work tor for a and soon developed an Industrial do- do de department that has haa ha been an Influence ence enee on con throughout th the country 7 i All these women vom are ate pioneers ind nd leaders In hi the business world vistas for tor women They are nil all leaders In their lines an and they succeeded because they were ready ready to take a chance All of ot them are middle aged middle 35 and 45 Their work worl seems to keep keel them young op 00 |