Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ta sauke karatu daga Kwalejin LaGrange a LaGrange, Georgia, kuma ta auri Samuel Swainswright Smith, Ella ta fara aiki a matsayin mai ɗinki. Ta shafe shekaru tana gyaran 'yar tsana da maƙwabta suka kawo mata kuma tana gwada hanyoyin da za ta iya samar da 'yar tsana da ta fi ƙarfi. Daga baya ta juya zuwa ƙera 'yar tsana a cikakken lokaci, tana siyarwa galibi ga abokai da maƙwabta. Bayan ta sami nasara da wuri, ta nuna 'yar tsana a bikin baje kolin duniya na 1904
a St. Louis, ta lashe Grand Prize for Innovation kuma ta taimaka wajen kafa kasuwar kasa don samfuranta, kuma daga baya ta nuna tsana a Southeastern Fair a Atlanta, Ga. kuma a Jamestown Exposition. Ta karbi takardar izini don zane a 1905, inda ta bayyana yar tsana kamar haka: