The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18
FOR THB WOMAN VHOCAuDLE


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heed win tho Needle hut vr,..
Baking Moro Prsntable Hot., -
/. the Adirondacks Kept by Wsu,-
F.. For the last four yearp I have ~,
baking for . hotel in the Adirondack,
; and have earned enough To make m. a.
eide to give up my dressmaking husin...
and devote myself to baking bread. mil.
cakes and all sorts OF pastry
The speaker was q young woman v,.
from her girlhood had been helping n.
widowed mother 10 earn living with IA.
needle.
sIn n small Southern town SEWN,
doesn't pay very much.- she Wen. on
but because IL was the only thing avail,.
BILE my mother took il up after my father.
death. fused to help her all could fror,
the very first. Besides the sewing We d,d
all our housework and cooking N,
mother had always been a good cool
especially at baking breads and cake.
In helping her picked up the knack a,
baking There was no opening for thai
sort OF work down there. so YOU can
imagine how surprised l was when !
received an offer OF the place in III.
Adirondack hotel.
The hotel is owned and mana gNd by .
woman from our town. =. When she ,had .
TO g6 IL work she took . course in b,si.
ness college in Philadelphia and later va.
employed a. secretary by an old gentle.
man Who spent his summers in the noun.
tains OF New York Their camp was IN
a private reservation where there were No
hotels or boarding houses
This friend Of mine had her eyes wid.
open enough TO realize that money couh
be made by any one who would open
good boar ding house or hotel in tina,
locality After looking around she picked
out a beautiful site just outside one Of III.
entrances OF the park. II took six years
hard work. skimping and saving in every
possible way for her to get the money to
buy that piece Of land. She told me tha,
during all those years she didn't spend o.
much as So for clothes and not one in car.
fare The wife and daughter Of her EN-.
plover gave her their old clothes and when
she was in the city she would walk instead
OF riding. Her salary never was large.
and although she might have got more a.
other places she stuck to this man because
he took her away In the summer with his
family and she was able to keep her ewes "a
the place she had picked out for her hotel
when | first went up shs had only
twenty-five bedrooms. Now she has
nearly three times that many. She bouKh,
the land and the house was put up under
a mortHage Ii was in her third year
that she came after me TO go up with her
ana do the baking. The cook she had
was good at everything but baking
I \ AL a..
end of the work she was sure she would
be- able to get the regular trade Of several
cottagers II was because OF this she
was able TO offer me SIS a month with
a room 10 myself and a seat at her private
table
That first summer | worked hard
The house was full Of boarders and the
people from the park were glad enough
Ia buy my bread. rolls and cake. Often
that summer didn't get three hour
sleep To All orders and keep the houss
was forced 20 bake twice svsry
hours. After va found that
it was going to bs hard IL not Impossible
TO get me good assistant the owner
81 the hotel gave me my choice Shs
would either refuse orders from the
rottagers or allow me q good per cent
,n all orders filed for outsiders I de-
cided on the latter; 30 you see. although
was working hard knew was working
Tor myself
Instead Of the season being only
two months and a half. as We had at
p@cted. IL heightened a whole month
On my way back homo was able 70
in New York two weeks Issopped
m ~. Nn,,n- wnr,an'.
alton and during the day would 20
around in the shops picking up all the
IDEAS | could and in the evening took
lhs dressmakinS course given by tbs
When ! finally did get horne
not only had 500 in my pocket, but
more new ideas than had ever dreamed
~ in all my life
I found pile OF work waiting for
M" at home All our customers knew
~ my stopping IN New York. and ~
he latest styles Well, they got them az
lar as | was able to give them. hut II
Kept mother and me working far into
Inc n'ght until after the holiday
-Ws had a short breathing spell along
n the last week In January: then the
Dur customers ready for Easter When n
became known that I had promised 10
go back To the mountains the last week In
June we had another pile Of work brought
n. That trip to New York had more than
doubled our earningp and there vas
very prospect OF q still greater incraass
he next fall Besides this several OF our
est customers were eager 10 have me buy
hing- for them on my return trip through
New York
That year ! went up tn the Adiron-
lacks with the understanding that vas
o have good assistant and would gpt
a per centage on all outside order. Roth
u us thought this would allow NO
time for rest and AZ the sams
lime not decrease my earnings NJ tho
summer before
1t gave me more money hut con-
.nmed almost a. much time a. hsd
given tho previous summer No, oniy
iad several new camps been bull, in the
park but a number OF people. former
guests Of the hotel. had bought ANAL
racts Immediately adjoining the hotel
racf and put UP small cottage W
hese new cottages only one had kitchen.
hs others had been built with the In
ention Of depending ON the hotel for
meals In that way the amount Of nakinf
to keep the hotel table supplied
vas very much increased
As the hotel has increased in @iza thu
number OF nv Assistants has inc reased