Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-05-05
MAKING PIN MONEY.
Various Ways in Which the Untrair.
Woman Can Do If

getic days-but there never wns .
when the unframed woman coutd M
her knowledge of common things to S urn
advantage to her pocketbook as She ,'.,
today. ''-'
One does not have to be an avn.
needlewoman or an accomplished In
maker TO put on skirt praios. menu 80.
ings, put buttons on shirtwaists o,
gloves. sew tuTnoyers on neck rIhb, "''t
and do the thousand and one sr,
things that the busy business or nro ,t''l
sionaI woman has to do herself ar ~
done for her. She is willing to nav
have her small belongings kept in "r.,
leaving her mind and fingers free "a ' ',.-
tend to her work in Office, or Shon "'
study. o'
The light Lousekeeper" also g..
nishes work for outsiders. She bos
many facilities for cooking and She y..I
comes occasional home made dish -
eniiven her meager menus. One Won. 10
made home made jellieS and sells t,l
to housewives who have neither time ,,. 'l
space to can and preserve rs their COW, t'.i
try mothers used to do. Another ,,n,
an makes bread and cakes. Ore o .fi
made a fair income in small tov,r ~
selling chicken pies to people who co,'i4
not or would not cook for tbemsoIy,''d
The girl had Il knack of cookin@ -;
she made speciality of these pies SIo
happened to find out by an orcido,,.
that these delicacies are very mucb ~,
preciated by people who would nrefo, j.
have meals sent in than to prepare tbo,,
themselves, and also by those who Lor,'
few conveniences for cooking. As Sln
could serve these toothsome dishes fr,,,-
her own kitchen, without expense az o6
ditional rent or delivery. she was hat
taking much risk of loss.
She made really excellent pies and
served them hot ana at the exact time
they We're ordered, so that her customers
were well pleased and the fame Of her
pies grew until. from the start. her brsi.
ness was profitable enough to tide L,r
over an otherwise long season Of idle
ness, until she secured a good paying DO
sition.
Herb growing in a back yard is anotl-
err home industry that some women have
found profitable. Sage is Il profitable
garden herb that is generally being over
looked. One dozen rows of sage bushes
say 20 feet long. will yield a remarkable
number of pounds of sage leaves in q
summer. The larger leaves are picked
about once in two weeks, allowing the
smaller ones to grow the faster. After
picking these and curing them. they are
pressed into neat packages, ready for tire
market.
This is garden enterprise that viii
pay the summer through, and aside from
would require little care or effort. liz
like many other salable products. sage
leaves are not Derishable; when pressed
into packa ges. they will keep indefinitely
or until YOU find Il suitable market for
them.
Another woman who had been very i'll
and wanted to live out of doors, tried
planting garden seeds in cold frames in
order to have the young plants ready to
transplant at the right time into garden
beds She began her work early IN
March.
Amy thrifty town could support Il bust
ness like this in the early spring Of the
year. 1t could be made very profitable
at least Cor that season. There are al
ways people To be found who would
rather buy the plants they need for
transplanting for early vegetables than
10 undertake to raise the few they need
for their own use, for the early spring
vegetables or flower gardens. A few hot
beds carefully tended would supply the
annual demand of the entire vicinity. and
the profits from this enterprise would
soon be sufficient to establish Il perma-
nent business. The woman with only
little capital could soon own a green
house by gradually charging her buS
ness from year to year, from even 81
humble Il venture as this would seem
to be.
Another back yard enterprise is the
raising of pets for children. Every child,
or we may say more truthfully, nearly
every child, is Il lover of animal pets,
But not every woman has the fore
thought or desire to turn this commend
able trait into money-making channels
Belgian hareS have had an unusual de-
mand in this country the last few years
as pets for children, and are easily cared
for. 1t is necessary that they have dry
4 tAIA I
green food and fresh water to keep them
in healthy condition.
Rabbits of all kinds breed very fast
and require very little expense to keep.
In England it is an industry bringing
returns that justifies the work being car
ried on on Il large scale. The meat IS
canned for table use and the fur Is cured
! and colored, and is known on the market
as electric fur.
\ woman who had worked as a farm
er's housekeeper for years found herself
at % living in 4 town with tiny III
come and good health. She built up 2
business as ''housekeeper's keeper
| The spring is Il very busy season Tor tH'
| housewife. especially where there is
large family of children of an age I" ai-
lend school. For instance, in the spring
the blankets and many articles of Weai-
ing apparel must be cleaned and stored
the ravageS of moths.
The blankets are more often than mot
badly washed, and the fiannelS are t''-
quently shrunken by improper handing
| The keeper, understanding how t0 wash
the former, without pulling or Stretcum-
and the latetr without shrinking, turned
many a dollar into the depleted treas
ury.
Again. the lace curtains are often M
need of careful hands to restore them 70
Springtime freshness. and this WORK Is
gratefully turned over to one who knows
| how
This woman also kept house for fam
lies where there was illness. leaving fire
wife and mother free to nurse the pa
! tent. She found plenty of work of ta.>
/ kind to do. rs it was found that h'.
services We're less expensive than that d"
! Il trained nurse and more satisfactory
than those of cheap nurse. She dd
all the work and the marketing. saw t0ai
! the children got off to school and Etp.
| the house i'll order. The mother at fa'
! family devoted bpr putirp attention fu Oh"