The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-31
DOLLIE'S LETTER.
How to Find Employment for
Women-Soms Pretty Fancy
Work-Other Thugs.
DEAR NELL

DEAR NELL:
Iu your last letter you COM
plain to me that "you have no occupation
| in life, and really feel that any talent you
may possess, is buried in a napkin" OF
! course. cannot quite agree With you in
this, Tor ] know what sweet, helpful ma
iure you possess, and what q comfort you
are to all of your friends as well As your
family. Neither is il, In your care, nsces-
sary for you to exert yourself for your own
! support, aud thus take one more place from
the really needy, but, spropos, Nell, have
often wondered why il is, that, when il be-
comes imperative that 9 woman should
! support herself, and yet there is nothing
which she is prepared to do, well, she does
not turn to account sumo homely gift which
she may possess.
| Every day the world demands more, aud
every dsy some new supply is necessary to
keep pace with that demand. Many Things
which were, In the days OF the pAst-let Us
hope, forever past-dOne in the home kitch-
en-, particularly, is nov to BE- found in TIE
proper and pubic market, and as most of
such articles are produced by the wholesale
and by the cheapest possible methods, they
often fail TO have the peculiar flavor which
the experienced home cook gives them
You have noticed this, perhaps, by tse
tempting cakes which are sent ont by the
bakeries, bat which, when cut, are found
to fail of their mission.
| The cares, however, of the average wom-
an. especially il he has msay social duties
and let me Tell you Nell, il she does not
wish to be left entirely in the background,
she must have these ere mulsifarisus, and
require great deal Of strsng h TO support,
and consequently she is compelled TO go,
where she can be in measure relieved
slsewh
OF course, she CA have help at times,
bu. this is not always procurssie, Ter love
or money, and ss Q rule, most woman are
delighted when they csn, without worry or
bother, purchase nice esiables that have
not the manufactured favor msniionsd
above, and will readily psy = little more
than they are willing to do Ter the regular
marketed article.
For ins auce, / know a family in a
nsighboring city, where the husband had
bsen an invalid for some time, and where
II seemed that unless something was done,
and that, speedily, starvation would creep
in. In this emergency, the vile, a sweet.
refined woman, too, who hsd been educated
specifically, in a fashion able boarding
school, and who knew that she could not
compete With skill in painting, music, or
any OF the isns, began to study out the
problem OF what she eould 60 to replenish
The basket and store. She knew how TO
make delicious yeast rolls, and she thought
she would just make some and try wh,ther
or not she could dispose of them. So she
took white, super6ne -four, and the 8
sary warm water and sweet fresh milk ssd
a proper amount OF shortening, and using
good, old-fsshioned hop yeast, she manu-
featured her ROLLS, and she found 10 the
neil hborhood, several customers which she
started with, and in . short time increased
until at last, her business widened, and her
fame was known far and near. She hired
, help, OF course, but her help was Of the
best and not the least carelessness wss per-
. mitted, until now, she hiss no fear OF star
, walton, neither has she an Invalid husband
, for with portion OF the money she earned
the bsst medical skill was employed, and
, nourishing food and wine procured. Ir
| the neighborhood, this same friend told me
there was young girl who wished to carr
: .ome money, and Who prided herself q:
she had a right to do, on the skill with
which she made molssses cake, now, minC
= you, not "angel food" or sponge cake,
or anything Of that kind, but plain, old
|, fashioned molssses C Ike, which Will, snC
. some other sensible folks know, like, bet
. Ter than any other kind, aud what did SD,
do but take pretty basket and putting 1
A neat dinner nspkin smoothly inside, PLACED
sample pieces of her cake in it, and ca lee
i upon lady, known as kindly and libe-s
parsonage, and secured her anne for he
= first regular patron. Then she called OF
E others, and, sltbough, not in all case
meeting success, yet in most instances sh
did, and thus, having an assured begin
, ming, she soon bad such a thriving bust
q cess that she needed an assistant.
4 OF cours- know you have read tn
. story of Miss Msrtio, OF New York, who's
+ success happened to get into the newspaper
4 and has thus gone the rounds. She cam
4 from 8 wealthy family. which wa
n reduced in circumstances, and she wante.
!. money badly. She had no especial tslen
' that could be readily turned to account
r except thst she was an adept at picklin
: and preserving, and, Notwithstanding tn
o fact that she might lose caste In her socis
4 circle, she began by informing her friend
2 that she was going to make a large guam
a THY OF preserves and pickles, which sh
Y wanted to sell. They knew her skill, an,
( she had co trouble In disposing of he
A stock the first year. The second year sh
: made more, and sold all that she mad,
+ and SO with the third. By the the fourth
y she had large business, and her reputa
4 ton was so good that her stock was 10 de
n mand by some OF the best stores in Ne
= York. She works from May until Novem
o Der, ard it is said her income now run
a from 5000 to $1,000 per year. You sc.
4 Nell, have called your attention to th
If shove facts, not that / think you shout
! emulate, but because it shows that there
Is always place for energy and skilled lsbo
for both women and men.
"a Will asked me the other day when VI
= were speaking of this matter, what SUP
: posed Miss E. would do, If circumstances
Va required exertion on her pari and / toll