VIII 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



that there aj^peared to be no outlet for 

 her energies but that of commercializ- 

 ing this pastime of hers, and commer- 

 cialize it she did, with the aid of her 

 husband, Mr. George H. Bladworth. 

 That was the inception of Miss Man- 

 ton's pattern business. 



In spite of her cleverness, however, 

 Miss Manton found that the establish- 

 ment of a pattern business on a suc- 

 cessful footing was no easy task, and 

 she was forced to work early and late, 

 many hours a day, to carry out her 

 plans for a national business institu- 

 tion. Year after year she strove, 

 building and ever building. Millions 

 of patterns were designed, created and 

 marketed broadcast, until finally a huge 

 factory in Newark, New Jersey, was 

 ■established to manufacture the flimsy 

 paper designs that were so much in 

 demand among the women of this coun- 

 try. Millions of these have been turn- 

 ed out during the last three decades 

 and in styles they have run the gamut 

 from quaint looking costumes of the 

 eighties to the present creations, for 

 Miss Manton has always adhered to 

 style. 



But a great many things beside hard 

 work contributed to the up-building of 



this huge business, not the least of 

 which being Miss Manton's keenness 

 in judging the ability of others. 

 Through this she was able to gather 

 about her an able staff of assistants and 

 a staff upon which she could rely in 

 any emergency. It was with this com- 

 petent force ever at her command that 

 she forged forward. Her ideas were 

 the foundation of the establishment and 

 the vital force which made it accumu- 

 late volume. But the execution vof 

 these ideas fell to the men and women 

 she relied upon. Under her direction 

 one corps of assistants designed and 

 built the products of the firm while an- 

 other group developed the business 

 policies and conducted the sales cam- 

 paigns along lines that she herself had 

 thought out and suggested. 



Miss Manton has maintained her 

 place at the helm since the business 

 was inaugurated and today she still 

 directs the big institution in spite of the 

 fact that she has already done more 

 than her share of the work. Daily she 

 devotes several hours to the problems 

 that present themselves for solution. 

 And always before she leaves the place 

 she pays a visit to the designing room. 

 (Continued on Page IX.) 



THIS IS NOT A NEWSPAPER SHOP, BUT A CORNER OF MAY MANTOJSI'S PATTERN FACTORY. 



