Identifier: crockeryglassjou74newy (find matches)
Title: Crockery & glass journal
Year: 1875 (1870s)
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Subjects: Pottery Glass Glassware
Publisher: New York : G. Whittemore & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Southern woman,and a travelling saleswoman has no chance at all. Inthe hotels guests hold themselves aloof from strangers,especially from persons travelling on business. It issimply the custom, a matter of tradition. No slight isintended; nevertheless, a woman drummer cant help butfeel the chilly atmosphere and it makes her feel lonely. ■Some young women I have known who started outwell and had good qualifications for the work queered I confess that I was a little out of patience withher. But you havent run away with him and you donthave to run away with him, so what is the use of cryingabout it? I told her. That was his way, probably, oftrying to pay you a compliment. Were you talking business when he made the prop-osition? I asked. She thought a minute. We had been talking business but had graduallywandered off to other topics. Cheer up, I answered, and come down to supperwith me. Dont tell your experience to any one else andunless you are looking for compliments it will be wiser
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Haviland & Abbot, 29 Barclay St. themselves with their employer the first trip by tellingof unwelcome attentions thrust on them while travelling—attentions they wont get after they learn how to main-tain a strictly business manner when with strangers. I remember one occasion when I arrived at a hotel ina far Southern town quite late in the evening, beingasked by the clerk if I would go up and see what aileda young woman who had registered a half hour earlierand had gone at once to her room, saying she did notwant any supper. She was crying, the clerk added. Knowing that the girl must be a commercial- travel-ler, I did as I was asked and found her boohooing ata great rate. T never was so insulted in my life/ she.wailed; the man actually asked me to run away withhim. in the future to confine your conversation strictly to thebusiness in hand when meeting strangers. She took my advice, kept her job and is doing well. A bright woman in good health finds this work bothremunerative and

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