The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-20
HOME WORK FOR WOMEN.

How Many Families Gain a Snstenance
by the Arts of the Household
There is no reason why many women IN
straitened circumstances should go out to
daily labor If they understand the rudi-
ments which characterize a thorough house
keeper" said lady who is prominently
connected with charitable institutions to
the writer II mean by that" she con-
tinued, "the art of cooking, of inventing
delcaeies and of taking charge of various
departments of the household.
You have no idea how many families
gain their sustenance at home while their
neighbors are at loss to know how they
can live so bountifully.
First of all there are not few matrons
who have perfected themselves in the pre-
pairing of pork and beans and who derive
not small profit from private family Gus
tom. Now the preparing OF this Boston
dish is by no means easy, and many VINO
have desired to astoniSh their husbands by
a treat of them Lave been bitterly dlsap-
pointed. Pork and beans are great laVor-
ties among every class, and when properly
baked and favored are delicious.
Now | know ladies who make regular
profession of preparing and selling them to
private families 1t does not lower their
status by long way, for 1t is considered
that they are accommodating their patrons
by taking the trouble of furnishing the
relish. l know of one lady who sells 100
pots week and could even double the num-
! Der if she desired at % cents pot she
realizes about - cents profit, not counting,
of course, her time, labor and skill in max
ing the Boston delight tickle the palate.
That is S26 a week clear profit, you see,
and 1 think it well repays the labor con-
sidering that one is not busy half the time
ON them.
Then there are other ladies who have
an excellent taste for making salads. Ihey
are well known for their qualifications, ana
| receive numerous orders 10 prepare potato,
shrimp, lobster, crab and ordinary lettuce
alads. They receive good pay Tor their
| products, and WHEN once established as
makers OF this side dish receive all the Gus
tom they desire.
Others OF the gentler sex there are who
| have studied the mode OF making the most
palatable biscuits, the most delicious dough-
nuts and the spOngiesL mullins. Home
| made bread, hot from the oven, and 1resh
| homemade cakes are the sources by when
many poor but respectable families gam
| livelihood.
Coffee is really hard thing to make to
suit the taste of the epicure. But know
| of several women who supply the tables OF
many families and even private boarding
houses with this eXhilaratlng beverage.
g 1t is a pity that these people who gain
llNtllHOUu ny lHtst uIutleHt dl pei ttI iAAh5
| 10 the cuisine do not make themselves bet
| ter known, for there are any number OF falI-
| lilies who long for home cooking, but who
| have not the least idea of how to obtain It.
There are several churches of the Prot
estant denomination in this city, the MEM
| bers of which have inaugurated weekly
| lunches III order TO liquidate the church
debt. Each week six ladies' of the congre-
| CATION are chosen and exhibit their culinary
ability in preparing the lunch.
Just another thing | wish to mention.
| There are many industrious women who
! private houses. There are many people
who will not send these articles to iaun-
| dries, SO particular are they, and prefer to
have th1m washed by people they know
rather than have the comm otion at home"