Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-07
HER PROFITABLE IDEALS.
\ Young Woman Who Keeps Four
in-Hand on the Designs She Invents.

If certain young woman iii New
York was not 50 fond of her four-in-
hand there might be fewer attractive
candy boxes. cortllon favors and SINH
lar articles dear to the feminine heart
than there are today.
This young New Yorker has genius
for suggesting to confectioncrs. 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 fanci-
ful designs for bon-bon boxes. Origi-
nal ideas adapted to their ouse are es
pecially valuable to them at Easter
or Christmas time and are bought al
liberal prices.
1t is her skill in thinking of and
making these attractive articles that
enables this young woman to keep her
horses. She dcvotcS 10 maintaining
her own stable the money she earns in
this way. She il luckily provided for
in other particulars and can afford to
spend her money as she shooses. As
horses are her weakness. the profits Of
her interesting vocation go toward
supplying her with the otherwise i'm
IoSSlbie iuAul y vi ii sllldIl tpt Vi NcIN
choice horSeflcsh.
II always had Il knack for designing
cotillon favors. boxes for ices and such
things" she said the other day. and
for wears made them for my friends
ana family. one Easter / designed
some tissue paper boxes to hold ices.
which my friends thought particularly
pretty on the lunch table. They We're
made of little yellow rabbits standing
each in a cabbage and each held IN
one paw lily branch. ! made them
entirely myself buying the animals at
Il toy store and arranging all the rest
with tissue paper.
zone of the girls at the luncheon
the only married one-Said she had
looked al over town for some boxes
ana asked me why in the world didn't
try 10 sell some OF my designs to the
dealers who never had anything half
So attractive. | was very anxious at
that time to buy now runabout I had
seen and couldn't do so because I had
spent all my allowance for tho next
three months. 1t was then that I
thought Of trying to mako some money
by selling my designs.
II went first TO the confcctioner We
had always dealt with and showed him
the rabbits He told M they were
l.. autifu and said he would take all
I could make and gave me very good
price. 1 took the order and cleared in
the month after Easter while my rab-
tits kept in season S33. I Had to work
very hard because I foolishly tried to
make the boxes instead Of merely sell
ing The design as | always did after
ward.
II made more Of the boxes and then
tried other things. They were always
bought and | began to charge more for
the designs and got my price without
trouble. | find il now easy TO sell all the
things | can make. one firm offered to
take all could make and for awhile T
had that arrangement with them, but I
found that | could do better by taking
them from one to the other until | found
the highest bidder.
II have no particular method of work.
ing the things | think of them at all
times once | invented one of my most
successful boxes at wedding. IL was
suggested to me by a hat the woman in
front of me had on. Sometimes ] have
Sudden Inspirations at dinners.
IL manage to make several thousands
Of dollars every year without very much
work as | make only one model and sell
my design from that. I do not charge
fixed rate. but whatever | think the de-
sign is worth and-wlaterer ] can get
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