Minneapolis, Minn., January 1 
WHY I PUBLISH MY NEW PICTURE. 
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My friends have urged me to print my latest picture, because a number of teedsme.i (shall I call 
them men ?) have assumed women’s names in order to sell seeds. 
It is a peculiar thing in this day and age, that a man should want to masquerade in woman’s 
clothing. It has not seemed necessary to me to particularly emphasize the fact that I am a woman and 
that I conduct my own business. I have devoted my best energies in the past eight years to building up 
this business, and I have been successful. I have proved that a woman can do business. 
I do not advise a life of business for any woman where it can be avoided. It means self-sacrifice. 
It means giving up many of the joys of hearth and home. I love flowers and I know that they make 
woman and the home (these two words are inseparable) happier and better ; they brighten the dark 
pathways of life. 
I have always desired to sell Flower Seeds as cheap as any of the large houses, have always been 
careful to send out only such seeds as I knew were sure to grow and blossom, and my reward has been 
the patronage of a large proportion of the flower loving women of the country. 
Thanking you in advance for your valued orders, which shall have prompt and careful attention, 
I am very sincerely yours, 
Carrie H. Lippincott. 
, 1899 . 
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