The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-27

Girls whose homes are in the country
where summer soiourners are frequent
may earn many dollar by putting up
preserves, iellies and pickles, which the
city folks will gladly buy to take back
home with them. In a small town in Mas
sachusetts the story is told of two young
ladies' whom necessity suddenly obliged to
earn their own living. One of them started
out as a music teacher, and the other one
placed in a conspicuous position an adver-
tisement announcing that any orders for
canned fruits, jellies, pickles and preserves
would be promptly filled, and if desired
from the customers own receipts.
Throughout the summer both girls had
all the orders they could I'LL, and talked of
hiring help. The business proved more
profitable than music teaching, and besides
earning a comfortable living enabled the
sisters to remain together in their old home.
The number of women who earn good
salaries, or fairly large amount Of pin
money! is constantly increasing, and so,
apparently, is the number of those who
need to earn the necessary "wherewithal.' -
Many who would like to increase an in
sufficient income seem to find no oppor-
tunity for so doing, or else they lack the
ability or the courage to improve the few
opportunities which offer themselves. Per
haps one reason for the failure Of this class
of women to acquire their small fortune
is that they wait for openings in the regu-
lar channels of work, or for large oppor-
tunities, not seeing the openings into new
fields, or, seeing, not having the courage
to start therein. Occasionly, woman
Drawer or more energetic than her sisters
starts out in a new line of work and meets
with rich success, but she is only the
occasional" one, the larger number Of
breadwinners being too conservative, pre-
ferring the older and more tried ways.
There is one point regarding women'S
work which has been brought out more
plainly by popular writer: they are not
prompt, that is, they are not ready to &C
complish any work at a moments notice
They must wait to do something else first,
which something else'' is usually of no
real consequence. They need too much
preparation and have not enough go-ahead-
ativeness." The same writer, Shirley
Dare" gives some useful hints for one
who wishes remunerative work: "If it
were known that once or twice a week
some little relish like feather ginger bread
crisp crusted, and hot tea, could be had
from trUsty private hands, farmers
wagons and ladies' pony carriages would
soon find the way to call for it, and this
might be followed by baked beans, and
baked pears in season, especially If the
old brick''oven which has been walled up
so long. There is a work for women in
making graham crackers fit for an invalid
or dyspeptic person to eat, or for a constant
part of children's diet. Whole firms are
growing rich selling such things. Why
can not a waman make her living by them!
The manufactured crackers will not suit
a sensitive condition. They are too sweet
or TOO fine, or betray the presence of lard
Enthusiastically. A crisp thin, graham
cracker, made without sugar, with water
and trifie of fresh butter or suet, the salt
not left out, is appetising, and would soon
become a standard breakfast accompani-
ment Children kept on these crackers
learn to chew their food thoroughly, and
escape dire summer miseries. Studious
people find they work better on such bread,
the brain being relieved of undue claims
from other work of the system. But one
may search city and county for a really
toothsome article of the kind in vain.
though it is the simplest thing woman
can make. Cheap, wholesome confection-
ary is not beyond any woman's skill, and if
II were known that some cottage furnishes
regularly good, old-fashioned molasses
candy, lemon drops, demon, not sulphuric
acid, and caramels made of fresh butter
and pure sugar, the maker would not have
to look for customers. These ample needs
want filling, and clever women find their