Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-09
. WOMAN'S ENTERPRISE:
How Many Ladies Make Living
for Themselves.

achieve at once fame and fortune in tho
busy whirl, should take warning by the
almost hopeless, struggle of thousands
of their predecessors, says the New
York Mail and Express, and. look for ex-
ample rather to such instances of sue
cess at homo as are afforded by workers.
like Mrs. Thomas S. Taylor, of Plain
field, N. j., who has. built up a large
business in the making of mince-meat
and plum buildings. The details Of Mrs.
Taylor's success are not commonly
known. She is a daughter:.in-law of the
popular DR.. Taylor, lato of Grace
Church, and as in tho case of so many
women there was family homo but not
sufficient income. Her noxt-door neigh
Dor was the late Mrs. uclen Nitsch, bet
ter known by her nom do plume of
Catherine Owen" who gaye her the
sensible advice that she put her culinary
skill to some account in money making.
''I'll give you famous plum-pudding
recipe" said Mrs. Nitsch, land you have
your own mince-moat formula; the mar
ket, if the things are good, won't be long
in appearing"
Mrs. Taylor went among her old
friends in Grace parish explaining her
project. The holidays were. coming
and She took $40 worth of orders as re-
suit of her first days expedition. All
days, Of course, were not as prosperous,
but among tho ncighbors and towns
people her wares grew in demand. By
and by the Plainfield grocer began to
keep them, and now thare are several
groceries in New York whore they are
also on sale. Mrs. Taylor has as much
as she can attend to, and all without the
necessity of leaving her home.
Often it needs but the courage to try.
and results. are won in some similar
field. The women all over the country
who arc asking themselves almost hope.
lcssly: "What can I, do. that will not
take. me away from my little ones?"
might take courage If thoy knew of the
efforts of other homo workers, whose
successes are real if not large or spec.
tacular enough to receive much public
mention. Hero is an. instance which
has come under my notice in. Brooklyn:
A woman, much of whose timo is occu-
pied in the care of O number of children,
was looking about in quest of some
thing that might bring in money.
A neighbor urged her to: make bread,
her loavos being famous in tho
circle which had tasted their sweetness
and lightness, to add a syllable to a
phrase. This neighbor agreed to take 4
loaf every day, and three-Qr. four. othor
families were found ready to onter into
tho arrangement. With u market for
perhaps half dozen loaves assured tho
no very sanguine expectations of sue
cess, but in default Of any better plan.
This was about eight or. ten months ago,
and without any very strenuous efforts
to push the business, it has grown to
. about tho limits prescribed by the
plucky bakers time and the capacities
Of an ordinary range oven..
Twenty-Five loavcs is about the aver
age daily baking and sometimes those
arc too few to supply the demand. Tho
bread is mixed in several, patches, and
tho oven is kept hot until'all are out of
the way. Two sizes of loaves are sup
piled, selling at six and ton cents re-
spectivoly. The bread is weighed to
keep the loaf Of standard measure, ac-
cording to tho usual custom at bakeries.
Monday has proved tho poorest day in
the week. for bread selling, but good
sales are to be counted on for TUESDAYS,
Thursdays and Saturdays, The average
profit is about four dollars per, week
clear. No fortune certainly, but there
are thousands Of women whose skies
would be brighter If they could SEQ q
way to add that amount regularly to
their incomes.
Two other young married women make
candies for sale in. q country village.
They began during the holiday season
ayoar ago and found it an easy matter
to get their wares placed on sale in the
village drug stere. They. asked sixty
cents q, pound, but: tho candy
shrank materially, in weight through
evaporation If not disposed of immedi.
ately, and they had not learned the art
of making 1T as tempting to the eye as
to tho palate. But they renewed the
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