The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-29
HOW TO EARN MONEY
A WOMAN GIVES MANY VALU-
ABLE SUGGESTIONS
Woman Not an Invalid Who Cannot
Earn Her Own LiVing-Ways in
Which to Work

A woman OF practical experience in
the business world has written small
volume of suggestions to women as to
earning a living which contains much
valuable advice. She starts in by say
ing that it is her firm belief that every
woman not an invalid can earn her
own living if she wants to do SO. The
writer herself, she tells us, has earn
ed money in more ways than any other
woman. probably, in the country, and
that without special training for any
one thing. She says she writes her book
not for the trained worker who can
take care of herself nor for the woman
who thinks it must be so nice" to earn
money, but for those who are unex-
pectedly thrown upon the world with
their way to make and no idea what to
do. For these this book is full of Valu
able suggestions
First of all, she says. if there is any
one thing you can make particularly
we'll, make that one thing and try to
sell it, Anything from pretty bed quilts
to a particular kind of jelly, preserves
or candy If girl can make excellent
pickles she need never lack for lucra-
tive occupation. If she lives in the
country, lHC NI1lGT says, let lSI pldCC
her pickles. cake, candy or whatever 1t
is she does WELL in the country store.
1t will not be very long before there
will be a demand for them and her
business will be we'll started. Women
who have had the most humble begin
nings in that way have been so sue
cessful that they now have large plants
and are supplying the trade.
In the first place, she advises when
girl wants very much something to do
and she does not know just what that
something shall be, that she should tell
every friend she may meet and enlist
them in the good cause. One thing
leads to another and sometimes the
very great desire to work, finally
brings it, Ask your friend to keep you
in mind and give you some piece of
work like hemming tablecloths and
napkins, or some sewing they want
done. Many q young woman has OBJ
tanned an excellent start that way. If
the girl has a talent for drawing and
painting, she can do dinner cards, SOU
Venirs and the thousand and one things
that woman in society may need. One
girl has a talent for story telling and
makes quite bit of money by going to
children's parties and amusing the
guests.
1t would take up a great deal OF
space to tell of the suggestions made
in this most interesting little volume;
among them are that of doing over old
clothes, rebinding skirts, making un-
derwear, going from house to house
busting, washing and caring for brio
a-brac, cooking for invalids, raising
Violets, taking care of gardens, looking
after dinners, balls and teas, taking
care of children when their mothers
are away, or being a visiting govern
ess. Then in New York is a young
woman who looks after closed houses
during the summer months packs
trunks, buys tickets and gets persons
started on their travels Another young
woman, who has no particular talents,
takes line linen and laces to launder
and does very good business. Then
the girl who is an expert whist or
bridge player can make good deal of
money by teaching the game Teaching
everything under the sun, from science
to showing little children how to play.
affords living for thousands of wom-
Ell. Then there is newspaper work
writing in various lines, factory work.
dreSsmaking, millinery, library work.
and hundreds of other ways in which
the ingenious feminine mind can find
an outlet and source of income In
this book, which gives such good ac-
count OF what women have done and
can do, 1T does not seem possible that
there is a woman, no matter how
marked her limitations, but could find
here something helpful and some wav
to earn good living. The book should
be bought up by women's clubs and
sent broadcast through country dis
tricts to be an inspiration to the young
women who think there is nothing for
them but the factory or tho kitobop