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never made any attempt to compete on a price basis and very few merchants
could match her ability to serve customers. The corset manufacturer whose
line she carried saw that she had about exhausted her market and for some
time had been urging her to move to a neighborhood with greater
possibilities. Finally she decided to make the change and rented the shop the
manufacturer’s agent had selected. Two display windows enabled her to
attract more passers-by and a larger stock with greater variety helped to build
up more business than she could have handled in the old shop. Two hospitals
in this neighborhood kept her busy with special fittings, and she still had
many customers through the doctors at the hospital in the old neighborhood.
As she located only about two miles away from the neighborhood where her
other shop was established, many of those whose names were on her
customer list still patronize her shop.

Even though you may not have the advantage of the special training which
this woman had, that need not prevent you from starting a business of this
sort. Most of the corset manufacturers conduct courses which you can attend
to learn the business. You do not have to open a store at first but can start by
soliciting orders from friends and others until you get a trade built up. Very
little capital is required if you begin in that way, and then after you have
earned a few hundred dollars you can invest in a stock and open up a store. If
you like people, enjoy selling, and buy cautiously, you should soon be able to
build up a business which will net you a good income—well over $1,000 a
year.

Start a Second-Hand Magazine Shop
“

W

E STARTED our magazine shop with a pile of magazines, a few dollars, an
idea and a location,” said Mrs. McIntyre, commenting upon the beginning of
the business in which she and her husband made their first thousand dollars.
“We had to live somewhere, so we rented cheap store space, moved in,
washed the windows and partitioned off living quarters in the rear. Then we