Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-25
WOMAN'S ENTERPRISE.
How Many Ladies Make a living
 for Themselves.
A Large Business Built Up in the Making of Mince-Meat and Plum Pudding Homo Made Bread an Article
 Always in Demand.

The hosts of women who flock to the cities without employment or the definite promise of positions, hoping to achieve at once fame and fortune in the 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 suc- cess at homo as are afforded by workers like Mrs. Thomas s. Taylor, of Plain field, N. J., who has built up large business in the making of mince-meat and plum buildings. The details of Mrs. Taylor's success are not commonly known. She is q daughter-in-law If the popular Dr. Taylor, late of Grace Church, and as in the case of so many women there was family home but not sufficient income. Her next-door neigh bor was the late Mrs. Helen Nitsch, bet ter known by her nom de plume of Catherine Owen," wh gave her tho sensible advice thatshe put her culinary skill to some account in money making.
 "I'n give you famous plum-pudding recipe" said Mrs. Nitsch, land you have your own mince-meat formula; the mar ket, if the things arc 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 the neighbors and towns people her wares grew in demand. By and by the Plainfeld grocer began to keep them, and now there are several groceries in New York where 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 are asking themselves almost hope lessly: "What can I do that will not take me away from my little ones?" might take courage If they knew of tho efforts of other home workers whose successes are real if not large or spec tacular enough to receive much public mention. Here is an instance which has come under my notice in Brool1lyn: A woman, much of whose time is occu- pied in the care of number of children, was looking about in quest of some thing that might bring in money. A neighbor urged her to mako bread, her loaves being famous in the circle which had tasted their sweetness and lightness, to add a syllable to a phrase. This neighbor agreed to take loaf every day, and three or four other families wore found ready to enter into the arrangement. With a market for perhaps half dozen loaves assured the experiment was quickly under way, with no very sanguine expectations of suc- 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 the limits prescribed by the plucky bakers time and the capacities of an ordinary range oven.
 Twenty-Five loaves is about the aver age daily baking and sometimes these are too few to supply tho demand. The bread is mixed in several patches, and the oven is kept hot until all are out of the way. Two sizes of loaves are SUD- piled, selling at six and ten cents re- spectively. The bread is weighed to keep the loaf of standard measure, ac- cording to the 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 Ere thousands of women whose skies would be brighter if they could see way to add that amount regularly to their incomes.
 Two other young marr jed women make candies for sale in country village. They began during the holiday season year ago and found it an easy matter to get their wares placed on sale in the village drug store. They asked sixty cents 8 pound, but the candy shrank materially in weight through evaporation if not disposed of immedi- ntely, and they had not learned the art of making it as tempting to the eye as to the palate. But they renewed the experiment, packing their sweets-now as dainty as heart could desire-in small fancy boxes holding perhaps half pound. Each box sells for twenty-five cents, and the candy is made only to order. There have been far moro orders than they could fill.
 One woman in Brooklyn, assisted by Q half-grown daughter, pickles vege- tables for sale and puts up preserves. She does a very good business. Another woman has very practical idea. Many housewives thoroughly appreciate soup, but are debarred from having it on their tables because they think that to make soup stock is very tedious and time-con- suming. This woman buys beef bones, boils them down, bottles and seals the stock and offers it for sale. She finds a good market among neighboring fam flies.
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