THE PROFESSIONAL SHOPPER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 24 October 1907, Page 4

THE PROFESSIONAL SHOPPER.

Among the many avenues of lab'.r which, women bavo opened up for themaeblea is profevkaal shopping. T!ic position is molly in connection with one or other of our country papers and the professional »hopper combines the duties pitiably o( fashion editor with those o! rammitdoß agents. She netdr. to be a smart bosons woman, and must be able to pot her band on any article required, from a needle to an anchor, from a hatpin to a motor car.

Iter clients are usually those living at long distances from town, or from any largo business centre, who prefer entrusting their commissions to the professional ■hopper, and having the choice of the whole town, te sending to one particular firm, who may not happen to stock exactly tile kind of article required. The- professional shopper know (according to "E.T." in a Sydney jour, rol) where her clients' money can be bert invested, and where they will receive the best value for their cash. 11 is wonderful how soon she into touch with her conecpondents. At a glance she can tell What to send this one, and what the ether will not have at any price. After a time she will know exactly wbait bat will suit tho unseen writer, from a few descriptive lines about the hair, complexion and contour of face. A few figures or a slip oi paper will to!; iter what stylo of oostume to forward to tlio lady who writes ' I leave everything to you." And the professional shopper knows that the writer who en <riosc« very often a cheque in double figures will be better pleased with the crder despatched than another conespon dent who fills two tiie«ts oi paper ovor a five-shilhng commission. Nothing ootnes amiss to the professional shopper. Is it a tutor, a governess, domestic helps her clients wont! She is ready to procure some of them. Another branch of her work is arranging fcr country visitors for suitable accommodation while in town. Here, again, the professional shopper works 01) commission. Tho agent or tho landlady of the boardinghouse is only 100 glad 1- meet her halfway. A personal recommendation from one who knows whether the prospective tenant is of the money dads is invaluable in this case. Many othor commissions are here and altogether the work of the professional shopper is pleasant. Sho may cot alwtys do the right thing, and cannot please everybody. But sho has proved a boon to country folk in many instnaoes.