The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-06-26
How One woman Earns Her Living

Cor, Boston Saturday Evening Journal
IL have often heard II complained that there
was nothing for women to do by which they
could earn az much money az men. Perhaps
there is nothing in the same line OF business 40
that followed by men, but taking all the pro-
fessions followed by women, II seems 70 mo
that there Is a great deal Of money made by
them The enormous sums made by singers ana
actresses are to well known to need mentioning.
But there are other lines OF business that
women may follow who have no natural gifts
III these heard, the other day, Of lady
who was making handsome income for her
self, aud all in the most quiet way. This lady
ia a Miss Martin. do not suppose there IL
any objection to mentioning her name, as II is
well known bya great many people Miss Mar
tin is the daughter Of gentleman living near
Auburn, in this state, and who at one time was
very wealthy, but, although the family still
live in the old homestead, which Is noble
mansion, they are very much reduced in oir-
cumstances Miss Martin, when she became
old enough to want money, and to know that 1t
did not always come for the wanting cast
about her for something to do by which she
could at least earn decent living and not DO
dependent on her father.
II seemed as though all the avenues were
closed. She was not gifted in any particular
way though she was q woman Of excellent ed
ucatiou, and had all the advantages that came
from high social position. But she neither
sang well enough for stage purposes, nor had
she any histrlonic talent In giving the sub
ect serious consideration, she remembered that
there was one thing she could do very well,
and that wac picking and preserving She
told her friends that she was going 10 make
large quantity OF pickles and preserves Of diff
ferent kinds and that she wanted to sell hem
Knowing what an excellent housekecpsr she
was, they knew that anything that was made
under her supervision would be sure 70 be
good, 80 she had no trouble in selling AL che
made the first year. The second year she made
more, and sold all. The third year she made
more yet, and was unable to supply the de-
mand. The fourth year she increased her ia
cilities, and her reputation had by this time
spread so far that she did very large bust
ness, and even sold TO some Of the larger stores
in New York. Now, friend of hers told me
the other day, her profits from pickles and pre-
serves reach the very comfortable sum Of
six TO ten thousand dollars year.
And she only works from May TO November
Auburn beng little far from the New York
markets, where fruit can be bought best and
cheapest Miss Martin has come down and
taken place at Glen Cove, TO be near her
friend, Mrs s L. NJ Barlow, as well AS to gain
the advantages Of q nearer residence to New
York. One Of the seceets Of Mss Martins sue
cess is that everything she makes is the very
best of its kind All the ingredients she uses
In her pickles and preserves are the best In the
market, ami though she employs number Of
men and women, she superintends everything
herself; and while her arS,clM are all in the
shops, they have homeli&e taste that is un-
mistakable All the jars bear her initials writ
ten in fac simile of her auioyNph on neat
label on the side, A s>,ter Of Miss Martin see
ing her success, cast about her for something
50 do. OF course she did not want TO 20 into
the same line of business and finally she
struck upon cake making as a livelihood, and
! her cakes are now almost as celebrated Al her
sisters pickles and preserves. She sill lives
| a. Auburn, but she receives orders from New
York, and even Newport Miss Martins cakes
are considered an essential part of well-regu-
lated pantry in New York