Evening star., 1901-11-02
BUSINESS SUGGESTIONS
WOMAN MAY FIND WORK IN COUN
TRY AND TOWN.
Instead of Flecking to the Big Cities
Where Every Department.
is Crowded.
written for The Evening Star

Written for The Evening Star.
A large number of women are now en-
gagged in various branches of commercial
life. many from country places and interior.
| towns. attracted to the nearest large city
| by the possibility of finding employment.
| where it is supposed that abundant oppor-
tunities offered, paying in proportion to
| good fortune, ability or influence. One
| naturally wonders why they do not under
| take enterprises on their own account, for
| which women are emnently fitted.
/ Because of their patience, determination,
| application and painstaking care women
should be foremost in one particular indus
| try that of raising animals of various
kinds, either to be used pets or for food
or fur. 1t is conducted in quiet place,
| away from the mad hustle hustle and strife
| of city life; gives ample time for household
duties and leisure; Is free from insults,
| chickering's and domineering employers, is
not arduous and when conducted on large
| scale the heavy labor can be performed by
men or boys hired for the purpose. Never,
| for an instant however, must the woman
| lose sight of the fact that she must oversee
every detail and know for an absolute GER
| tainty that all work has been done at the
| proper time and as it should be.
! If commenced properly the risk is slight,
/ and the way to begin is on a small scale,
| with only a pair or two of the cheapest
animals of the kind you desire to raise.
| Experiment with these, ana II tney are
! lost your loss is small; whereas, if you
| succeed, you VIII then be able to purchase
! the finest stock, and, as rule, the best
| stock pays best.
are now successfully breeding fine ami
mails and making money at the business.
| Several in Chicago are raising Angora cats,
| and there are others in Louisville, ST.
| Louis San Francisco and in places about
| New York city. In Indianapolis woman
is raising toy poodles, Angora cats and
| cavies or guinea pigs; near Chicago a
| school teacher has an extensive and profit
| able business in Belgian hares and cavies;
| in Denver, Los Angeles and various west
| ern towns, and also in New England, wo-
men are making money raising Belgian
| hares and Angora cats, and in all parts OF
| the country, is perhaps better known,
| women are doing the same by raising pouI-
| try.
Raising Pheasants.
! In addition to the animals above men
toned others for which there is a growing
demand may also be raised, such as pleas
ants, but little, if any, more trouble than
poultry Their rare beauty makes it easy
to dispose of them at high prices, while
| the fact that they are delicious food
| adds to the market value.
The Belgian hare is the rabbit in greatest
| demand, but there are also many other
| paying varieties, fine specimens of which
! sell readily at fancy prices, including the
odd and beautiful Dutch and the Hima-
|
| besides these, the Angora and lop-eared
rabbit. Then there are the CAVES in three
distinct and handsome kinds in various
! coors and in active demand at profitable
prices. To this list may be added fancy
| mice and waltzing mice, selling readily at
So to S. a pair; ferrets used by warehouse
| men for catching rats and by hunters for
| driving rabbits out of their holes: dogs OF
various kinds, bringing from ten dollars to
a thousand dollars each; also canary and
! other Gagged birds. American raised birds,
when properly handled, are of better quail
| ity than imported stock, and bird-rearing
is certainly q delicate and pleasing occu-
patton, at which women naturally excel.
other DeIfcacies.
| Raising frogs is no work at all, and land
| suited for this purpose, that is wet and
| swampy, or land surrounding a pond usu-
! ally can be used for nothing else. BY hav-
ing proper buildings they can be marketed
when the price is high. Frogs legs are al
| ways in demand, frequently at surprisingly
| large prices, as they are considered a great
| delicacy.
! There is, too, the beautiful Angora goat,
| raised for it's wool, from which mohair is
made, and the flesh used as an article Of
| food. 1t is easily cared for and pays well.
Probably the queerest, and one which at
| first thought seems the most Objectionable,
| is skunk farming. This little animal is
| really very interesting and inoffensive
when understood and properly handled
| The scent sacks can be removed without
| trouble from the young. and old animals
| will not use their scent unless badly fright
ened. Skunks are possessed of more than
| ordinary animal intelligence, soon learning
| to know their keeper, eating from the hand
and following him about quite like dog.
| Like frogs, skunks are particularly suited
| to raising on land useful for no other pur-
pose. A rough, stony, Stumpy piece of
| ground that can be used neither as pasture
| nor for cultivation be turned to profit
| able account by utilizing it in this way.
| Skunks are bred for their fur, which is
| valuable. The skins sent to England,
| there dyed and dressed and returned to
| this country as electric seal.
Women should be able to select some ami
| NAL from the list to begin with, carrying
| the business through a gradual system of
| development to a profitable conclusion.
Dog and Cat Boarding.
Near almost any large city dogs can be
taken to board, as their owners desire to
place them out while away from home or to
give them proper air and exercise, and
enterpriSing woman. In city aquariums
can be equipped. and kept in order under
contract In New York an enterprising
young woman exercises dogs, giving each
an hour or so day, her time being fully
occupied in this way, at a good price, by
special arrangement with aristocratic own
ers of valuable animals. Then there is tax
idermy, which is profitable. Spare time can
be nicely used teaching birds to pipe a
tune, and teaching parrots to talk, as a
bird that can whistle tune is valuable
and one having a repertoire of several
tunes Is quite out of the reach of an ordi-
nary purchaser: and the same is true of a
good talking parrot.