Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1911 — Beauty as an Asset. [ARTICLE]

Beauty as an Asset.

To the profession of show girls of Industry, says Miriam Finn Bcott in Success Magazine, belong the demonstrator, who, with her fine complexion, wealth of hair or good teeth, advertises alleged merits of different toilet articles; the milliner’s model, who tries on hats before the fashionable customer, and whose pretty head Juad handsome face make the headgear more attractive in the eyes of the customer; the “figure lady,” who tries on rich, ready-made gowns and cloaks, and whose form and beauty emphasize the style of the garment; the girl who poses for fashion plates; the manicure and hairdresser, in public shops; the stenographer in many positions; saleswomen in certain departments; the ticket seller at cheap shows, and a number of other varieties that will suggest themselves to the average woman shopper. Skill, of course, Is required in such work, but as one girl said to me: "It’s your looks that hold your job.”