New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30
TIE BRE1DM.iKER.
How ONE GIRL EARNED HER LIVING

HOW ONE GIRL EARNED Ifi ilNl-''
Breadmaking sometimes pays better than more
ambitious work. A bright girl In an interior city
recently found 1t So After being brought up In
comfort and well educated. she left almost
Immediately al the end Of her school days depend
ent on her resources. She was an accom-
plshed" young woman but her accomplishments
were all amateurish. Not one OF them would
be taken seriously enough by those about her 10
enable her to make comfortable living she
tried teaching music. The children In the
ne!ghborhood whom she could get "a pupils gave
no sufficient income. and she had neither the
reputation nor the ability to command the az
tendance Of more advanced students. Then she
tried dancing school The hall was rented ana
furniture secured. but before the dancers were
fairly started on their lessons the demand for ready
money broke up the enterprise.
The next turn to cooking school surrey
there were lots o, girls about who would be glad
70 have her tell them how 10 make angel cake ana
to can peaches she hal learned how 10 DO these
things in Boston "just for fun" In her prosperous
days So she asked them to come AMI see her eN-
hibit her cooking abilities. But nobody came Then
the girl went home In despair
She had little room In quiet boarding house.
There she sat down TO think over her troubles
Maybe she had a good cry: she doesn't say any
thing about that, Al any rate. II she did she got
over II, and began 10 DO some serious plannlhs'
and very aoon some serious work Nobody seemed
,o wan. her 90 tell them how 20 ID things FER
haps they would Ike to have her do things her
50 she went 70 the woman in whose house she
lv.l AMI begged the Use ~ the cellar kItrA"h ID
work ln THIS gool-nAiureIN Siih'"i Inc
cir went 10 work Their" - max" ~" 30 ''h
iroWn bread Shr sur" she cuull max" pc
ter hrcl! Than sold hy any hiKrf IN NV
town When a gpoily number ot drll'i us .'ph'hS
loav~s were ready for market me wrapper u'"
neatly AMI carried them aioIf RON NOUS" ~ .''
ie,vlng them a. free samples. together Win a"
addressed postal carl and note" thhi hr"at ~
the sample could bee obtained by ~" ~" % inc
Jore pos.al-carls came back - nor than she bad
dared t. hope. AMI within T." i"'t 81, VIZ ' ,,
a rushing business" There Was no denying th"
FAC; tfnt she made good bread much better th'h
ffaf the bakers sold land everybody wn' urea N
ana who l!krI brown bread 40 all accepted h'T ~
SIN h.r ,rrtf!1n vas %; satisfied 81" wanted
wn.-.. sh- found o.; IL that town. c'nn"ci"l WIN
large sior-. is restaurant quit" me fhshl"An'
ta.- tnd..l for luUchlng. high IN favor b'th WIZ
women sh,Ii"r- ana busy lawyers 9hr c'h''n'''i
fuauarrrs that She could Civ" ih"'n better hf'iI
IMAM they were getting. and they wrr" - ANXIOUS
H. have me hes; bread she Va t. nave th".r
money :, they engaged her 90 supply th'lf tah'';
and before long thry shovel APPRECIATION "i f''I
thing by paving her 10 cents !'l' w"h 'h' p'h'''
only charged : go,
The contract with the restaurant sim h'ids g0oI
and IN addition or tWO II "a" cii} CLUBS use u
bread The cellar Kitchen for IT. owner = Piphl 81
the girls achievement ami stu l"ts h"r WORK th'r'
now has an almost constant hr". am ~ the c3F''I
arr. barrels of -four ana bows win btrf""s nav
taken The place Of th- girl with her armiu!s oi
loayes Just how much are her prDh's II Wouhh
hr fair t. tell She has right &" her business
secrets bGt she isn't having 10 put on Iiylig ""I
board bill any more. AMI she woUi!nt chdHg' PAGES
with any dancing school teacher sh" KNOWS