The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-07-25
HER IDEAS ARE PROFITABLE.


xOuug woman Keeps . Fourth. Hand
ON the Designs She Invests.
If a certain young woman in New
York was not SO fond of her fourth
hand there might be fewer attractive
candy boxes, cotillon favOrs and SIM
liar articles dear to the feminine heart |
than there are to-day.
This young New Yorker has genius
for suggesting to confectioners. bakers
and caterers what the trade knows as
novelties. These are always very much
in demand, and the proprietOrs of the
candy stores are always particularly !
anxious to get hold of new and fanciful
designs for bon-bon boxes. Original
ideas adapted to their use are especial
ly valuable to them at Easter or Christ
mas time and are bought at liberal
prices.
1t is her skill in thinking Of and max
ing these attractive articles that en-
ables this young woman to keep her
horses. She devotes to maintaining her
own stable the money she earns in
this way. She is luckily provided for
in other particulars and can afford to
spend her money as she chooses. AS
horses are her weakness, the profits Of
her interesting vocation go toward sup
plying her with the otherwise impossi-
bic luxury of a small lot Of very choice
horsefiesh.
II always had knack for designing
cotillOn favors. boxes for ices and such
things" she said the other day. land
for years made them for my friends
and family. One Easter l designed
some tissue paper boxes to hold Ices.
which my friends thought particularly
pretty on the lunch table. They were
made OF little yellow rabbits standing
each in cabbage and each held In
one paw a lily branch. l made them
entirely myself, buying the animals at
a toy store and arranging all the rest
with tissue paper.
| Zone of the girls at the luncheon-the
only married one-snid she had looked
all over town for some boxes and ask
ed me why in the world didn't try
to sell some of my designs to the deal
ers who never had anything half SO
attractive. was very anxious at that
time to buy a new runabout had seen
and couldn't do so because I had spent
all my allowance for the next three
months. It was then that thought Of
trying to make some money by selling
my designs.
II went first to the confectioner we
had always dealt with and showed him
the rabbits. He told me they were
beautiful and said he would take all
l could make and gave me a very good
price. l took the order and cleared in
the month after Easter while my rab-
bits kept In season 500. had to work
very hard because foolishly tried to
make the boxes instead Of merely sell
Ing the design as l always did after
ward.
II made more Of the boxes and then
tried other things. They were always
bought and I began to charge more for
the designs and got my price without
any trouble. I find 1t now easy to sell
all the things can make. One firm
offered to take all could make and
Tor awhile had that arrangement with
them. but l found that could do bet.
ter by taking them from one to the
other until found the highest bider
II have no particular method oil
working the things. I think of them
. at all times. Once I invented one Of
my most successful boxes at q wed
. ding. 1t was suggested to me by 4 hat
|. the woman In front of me had on
!. Sometimes l have sudden inspirations
at dinners.
II manage to make several thousand
Of dollars every year without very
!, much work. "A I make only one mode
. and sell my design from that. d.
, not charge q fixed rate. but whatevel
j think the design IL worth and-what
ever I can get."-New York Sun.