Wells College - Cardinal Yearbook (Aurora, NY)

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Qllummercial Cdlluh With One Idea: To Make Money. Doris Markley, President Dorothy Badger Nellie Hoffman Susan Fritsch Helen Howarth Dorothy Gilbert Marjorie Shipherd Marion Hickox Helen Thomas Cautious folk are always fearing that money earning Will blunt the finer sensibilities of Woman and comrner- cialize the Warmer instincts of her heart,-but how trifling this, my dear girls. Have you met with reverses? and do you Wish to stand on your feet again? Are you in a tight place? and have you the ambition to crawl out? Have you felt the gnavv of economy dragging you down from position, promi- nence, and popularity? If so, read these testimonies, that they may guide you in the launching of your little craft. Dear Readers : Though I would not dampen your ardor for making money, yet I must tell you my unfortunate experience. I had nothing with Which to turn an honest penny but my art. Accordingly, I produced with lightening speed land- scape sketches and book plate designs which I sold at considerable net profit. But my drawing declined in quality as my ingenuity spent itself in economizing paint and india ink. I concluded that I had commercialized my art, and definitely gave up the idea of lucrative gain. Dear girls, it's better to starve in an attic than sacrifice your ideals. DOROTHY GILBERT. IO2

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because ever loyal to their motto- Half a league, half a league, half ap leg onward, each rnember's first aid to the injured was packed neatly in her travelling bag. At a moment's notice, Well-gloved and batting hatted, she had but to lace up her Walking shoes and forge forth. APPLICATION BLANK 1. Are you travelling incognito? .... 2. If so, what is your nom de plume? .... 3. Do you drink habitually? ..................... 4. Are you capable of adapting yourself to all climates, customs, and peoples? ..........,................... A. . . 5. Do you travel for travel's sake, or do you simply travel ? ............................................. T o be signed by a citizen of high moral standing in the community and by one grandparent of either side. IOI

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Dear Club 'Sisters : Our room was dreary and we wished to brighten it with a little geranium plant, but had no money to buy one. We know that many of you have been in this serious situa- tion so we want to tell you girls of a little scheme for earning money to buy potted plants. Have some of your friends who are very athletic arrange a field day. Then purchase one hundred ice cream cones and a pint of ice cream. Sell these cones to your warm friends for cold cash. Do not have the ice cream conspicuous in the cones, as this hastens the sale, and the business is not profitable if carried on on a large scale. We earned five cents just in that one after- noon. T he geranium is a sunbeam in our life. FRITSCH AND I-IOWARTH Qlncorporatedj. Dear Girls 1 This beautiful, busy holiday season, with its yearning desire for ready money, turns my thoughts back to my college days and inspires me to help you. So I am going to tell you an easy way in which I earned several much-needed coppers. I took a poverty-stricken friend into my con- fidence and we evolved the following plan! Two loaves of bread, a quarter of a pound of butter and one small jar of peanut butter were ordered and charged to the class treasurer. Then, girls, as you may have already guessed, we made sandwiches-packed dozens and dozens of the thin, flaky squares into a basket lined with a snowy white napkin, and started on our round. Our wares sold like lightning at the small sum of five cents a piece. I wanted to tell the dear girls of the Club about this scheme, for I sincerely feel that if it were pursued earnestly, it would prove a lucrative and honorable means of earning one's tuition. Yours in the work, IVIARJORIE SHIPHERD, HELEN THoMAs, QPov.-stricken friend.D Dear Young Friends : And I may call you friends, in spite of both custom and convention, may I not? Dear friends, I am prompted to tell you of the great disappointment of my life and how I met it. We were honest-minded, enterprising young girls, my partner and I, and it was with prospects tremblingly IOS