“The home is a woman's natural background.... From the beginning I tried to have the policy of the store reflect as nearly as it was possible in the commercial world, those standards of comfort and grace which are apparent in a lovely home.” WorldHomeNaturalGracePolicyComfortStandardsStoresLovelyBackgrounds Author:Hortense Odlum
“... business training in early life should not be regarded solely as insurance against destitution in the case of an emergency. For from business experience women can gain, too, knowledge of the world and of human beings, which should be of immeasurable value to their marriage careers. Self-discipline, co-operation, adaptability, efficiency, economic management,--if she learns these in her business life she is liable for many less heartbreaks and disappointments in her married life.” IfsWorldShouldHumansSelfValuesHuman BeingsBusinessMarriageCareersCasesEconomicDisciplineMarriedTrainingGainsManagementDisappointmentOperationsEfficiencySelf DisciplineEmergenciesLiableAdaptabilityMarried LifeKnowledge Of The WorldBusiness LifeEarly Life Author:Hortense Odlum
“A completely indifferent attitude toward clothes in women seems to me to be an admission of inferiority, of perverseness, or of alack of realization of her place in the world as a woman. Or--what is even more hopeless and pathetic--it's an admission that she has given up, that she is beaten, and refuses longer to stand up to the world.” WorldSeemsGivenAttitudeFashionClothesRefuseAppearanceRealizationHopelessIndifferentBeatenPatheticGiven UpInferiorityPlaces In The WorldAdmissionPerverseness Author:Hortense Odlum