The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07
FIDDLE WORK THAT KEEPS THEM YOUNG asks That Bring Pin Money
 to Women PAST SEVENTY YEARS OLD One Finds an Unsupported Demand for Hand-Knit eloves-comfortabIes and Bulb Growing Help
 others-Easter Money.
PAST SEVENTY YEARS OLD

From the New York Sun.
 aIt is not because l have to work for my living. but because I want to keep happy that l knit 100 pairs of gloves wear" declared a woman who boasts or being more than 75 years young. Il nave heard a lot of talk to the effect that when a woman has brought up her family she has right to rest. If resting means sl'- ting with your hands folded in your lap it would kill me in a year, knlttihs is not tax on either my strength or my eyesight and it keeps my mind and hhsefs i,,s4 busv enough to make me know that 1 am not idle.
 "Of course 1 plan what l will do with the money even after it comes to me, ana that also occupies my time pleasantly. seIdon, get anything for my own use From my experience 1 believe thal nsrson who does not earn the money misses half the pleasure of giving pres ents. ,., 4o,,,or
 'The last three years have been pahiier wears for gloves l know that most peo- S1a 1,,o,,ld never think that the fashion baa anything to do with knitted woollen cloves They fancy they are for com fort and made regardless of style. That is a great mistake
 .erbe short sleeves that have been so fashionable called for ld& gloves III al- most every material. Why, l nileo sew eraI orders for gloves to reach apoNe the eiho1ys As a special favor l knitted new tands and fingers on some of the long arms turned out the previous season. or course it was much cheaper than b,ving a new pair of gloves and not at all hard to do.
 "Alr my gloves are white unless for snecial order then I make them Tn any length and style. Most of my gloves go to shops up the state. 1t Is coloer up there and the demand is much greater.
 "Here in New York they are used as a r,le only for riding or driving or in uncovered automobiles Machine knitted gloves may be had for about one-halt the price of the hand knit, but they are cl,msy both in looks and feeling. Neither do they wear so long.
 "I0or ordinary wear a pair of hand knit wooden gloves should last an entire sea- son and by ref1ngering be good as new Inc next winter I am sure l could sell twice as many as I make, but do enough to keep my mind and fingers occupied, and that is my main object.
 q often have people ask me to sell them a pair or two when am away during the SuIllHltI NitiA iiis
 and her family I always refer them to Inc stores where they are sold. My son. inSlaw calls that good business, so I'm very proud to think that in one respect at least I am good business woman.
 -No I never earned a dollar or tried to until after I was 6. My husband dled and my home was broken up.H While l much prefer visiting around among my children I can't bear the thought or not having some occupation of my own.
 Another woman past TO who prefers to keen busy lives in PennsylVanla ana sunplies a shop with wool filled comfort ables According to her theory IL IS case of wear out or rust out, and she pre- fers to wear out. She IS sure u means e' longer and happier life.
 seWhile I don't exactly work Tor my living, the money I earn pays the wages of our one servant. You see my daughter is a teacher and away from nome near lv the entire day. Think how tired l would get if didn't have something 10 occupy my time.
 ,.I took up comfortable making because ,t uas something I could do well, and have always been fond of hand sewing. After my husband died and my sons ma rried and went to homes or thelr own I was for a time about as miserable as woman ever gets to be-
 q got so bad that finally my children decided that it would be best for us to give up the house in which we had lived for so many years and for my daughter and me to take fiat They thought new surroundings would make me forget my troubles
 SThe move was beneficial. but not for the reason they thought. In adapting l our furniture to it's new home had both i to think and to work. Sometimes when 1 wasn't thinking I'd actually forget ! myself enough to feel happy.
 "Once my son came in and found the ] servant and me laughing and chatting 1 over rug we were putting new fringe l on. He was so surprised and pleased that it made me ashamed. In a moment i I realized how unhappy my discontent i had made my children.
 Tt took me a day or two to realize 1 that it was occupation more than change i of scene that needed At first I thought of discharging the girl and doing the homework myself. I spoke to my daugh- ter about it and saw at once that the idea : was far from pleasant to her.
 ] After considerable talking and looking