Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
Modern Sources Of Pin Money.

There are hundreds of ladies in the
.ity of Albany, far removed from me-
.essity, who turn their skill, ingenuity
and energy TO account in these aesthetic
lines, of whose handiwork little is
lnown except to themselves, but the
profit on which is very handsome
penny" said gentleman whose rela-
ions with an enterprise in this city
makes large amount of information
AVAILABLE 10 him. al have means of in
orming myself regarding the extent of
h's thing, and have been surprised to
ind it so general a practice. Ten years
l%U lady who worked with her hands
would be frOwned down in society.
Now many ladies cultivate some of the
inc arts for no other purpose in the
world than to replenish their purses by
he employment of leisure time. Paint
no and embroidery are the most popular
:orms of art work, chiefly, perhaps, be-
,auSe anything good in these lines, par
icularly that created by the needle,
inds ready sale at good round prices.
The decoration of menu cards and
china is also a remunerative occupation,
yielding excellent pay for fine work
The art rooms of Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and our own city accept
.heSe products on commission. | under
stand that young lady living in AL
bany wields one of the daintiest brushes
n applying colOrs to menu cards. She
lisposes of all her work in New York,
by means of the Decorative Art Rooms.
several ladies not only do embroidery
for sale, but one or two of the deftest
rive lessons in the art, and get nice
return for teaching others what they
know. 1t sounds odd. but some of the
incest people in Alhany sell their handi-
work. They do it occasionally as a
qualification of their pride, to convince
themselves that if put to it they could
earn their own living. These are what
are called iii polite circles aristocratic
arts.
ais not the prevalence of the custom
/ fatal to its probable continuanct?'
1T is very apt to be. that is true, but
within year new art has been devel-
opcd calculated to relieve the pressure
On the embroidery and painting bust
ness. High art has been introduced int
the preservation of fruits and the baking
| Of cakes and sweetmeats. This, too, ha,
become popular employment will
people who are able to acquire the skill
necessary. AT the various art room:
now you will find canned fruit and fancy
! bake stuffs on exhibition, made by ladie.
for the most part who do it to employ
/ their leisure time. These goods com.
msnd the highest prices, being Dough
/ at rates which dealers in the store.
would not dare to ask. The ill-succes.
OF so many people in making their pre-
/ serves makes this business supply some
/ thing of want. Cake-bakIng, too. i
an equally profitable venture | Sc,
advertised in the Albany papers tn,
wares of a lady resident in CITY il
Central New York, VINO supplies cake
to n vast number of customers. Sh
made herself famous by baking what i
called Angels Food She is mem
Der of family who were once immense
ly wealthy, but are now reduced +
straitened circumstances. Her bushes
is worth five thousand dollars year +
i her at present, and is growing all tn
time. Another case is that of lad
who puts up canned fruits, She is tn
daughter of an ux-Cohgressman, and
married 10 the son of the greatest diplo
mat America has produced in recen
years. There is no need of her apply
ing her skill in this manner, but sh
was induced to make tusiness of wha
was a pastime by the urgent solicitat;o
Of friends who ate her preserves. Sh
now gets very handsome revenue fror
tho work. ALBANY Journal