Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-08-30

Young Womans From abte bdess.
II certain young woman in New
York City was not so fond of her four
finland there might be fewer attrac-
tive candy boxes, cotillon favors and
similar articles dear to the feminine
heart than there is today.
This young New Yorker has n genius
for suggesting to confectioners. bakers
and caters 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-
full desings for bon-bon boxes. Orig
inal ideas adapted to their use are
es pecially valuable to them OF Easter
or Christmas time and are bought at
liberal prices.
II Is her skill In thinking Of and
making these attractive articles that
enables this young woman to keep her
horses. She devotes to maintaining
her own stable the money she earns
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
supplying her with the otherwise i'm
possible luxury of small lot Of very
choice horsefesh.
Il always had knack for designing
cotillon favors. boxes for ices and such
things" she said the other day. ''and
for years made them for my friends
and family. One Easter 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. made them en-
urely myself. buying the animals at
a toy store and arranging all the rest
with tissue paper
"Of the girls at the luneheon-the
only married one said she had look
ed all over town for some boxes and
asked 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 roundabout I had
seen and couldn't do so because had
spent all my allowance for the next
three months. II was then that
thought of trying to make some money
by selling my designs.
81 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
could make and gave me very good
price. | took the order and cleared
in the month after Easter while my
rabbits kept in season s33. I had to
work very hard because | foolishly
tried to make the boxes instead Of
merely selling the design as | always
did afterwards.
81 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 II now easy TO sell all
the things can make. One firm Of
fered to take all could make and for
awhile | had that arrangement with
them. but | found that could do bet
ter by taking them from one to the
other until found the highest bidder
Il have no particular method Of
working the things. think Of them
at all times. Once invented one OF
my most successful boxes at we'd
ding 1t 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 thous-
ands of dollars every year without
very much work as make only one
model and sell my design from that
do not charge fixed rate, but what
ever | think the design is worth
whatever | can get.-New York Sun.