The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
A LIVING IN GUAVA JELLY
Gaze or ISOfNG ONE THING
AND DOING Ir VEIL.
" sman Living I'm Florida sells All she
Tan Make Threugh Noung People.
societies In Northern Churches
Makes About 81 900 Year From o.

Makes About 81 600 Year From !,
There il n woman living in Florida VIII
within the last three years has worked ~
a business earning in the neighsorhoo,
OF 81 90 n year making g,iava jelly
1T all came from my sending th;r-
glasses OF jolly to a sick friend in II" town
where had formerly lived. !; was t.o'l
tho erst half dozen glasses of s,.avn ;ei."
had ever made and because found .;
so delicious | believed II would temp: ~
appetite. You see | had never ;as'-i
griava Jelly until moved to Florida. Ih-
sex friend to whom | sent these three.
glasses, knowing that I was not very ".
| OF and wanting some moro jelly. wrote
that friend of hers was anxious Co buy
n dozen glasses Would make soma To-
her and at what price?
! Il had been embroidering linen shirt
waist patterns for a woman's exchange
| in the North. and had just received a
h. catalogue from there giving the prices at
which they sold things. Among tho
items named was g'iava jelly. so IA
answering my friend | named tina sam.
price for making giava Jelly "A that given
! in the catalogue. Well, I not only got the
order for that dozen but for five dozen
more.
when writing To thank my friend for
getting mo these orders said had soma
idea OF trying 10 sell more of my Jelly
through the local exchange. She replied
at ono. saying tho Junior League in her
J church would he glad to sell il at the same
commission that j. ten cents ON the dollar.
! il was willing 10 ship what had on hand
/ and they would get orders for more.
shipped three dozen. Ten days later they
sent me a check in payment with IN Order
. for ten dozen more. Besides the pgiCs
named in the catalogue OF that woman :
exchange they were paying expressage
and without the slightest suggestion oil It's
being too high.
3 being 50 successful through this
Junior League made me think II might
he well To get similar Organizations In
other churches to- taHe the sale of my
Jelly instead OF offering II through the
| woman's exchanges. With this purpose
in mind wrote letters to several cities in
States north Of Florida. selected one
: church in each city ana directed my
| letter, 10 the president Of the Young
/ Worn-n's Society. After making nv
| offer referred them 20 the president OF
the Junior League which was then selling
! for me.
within a month I had all the orders
/ 1 wanted and more than l could fill that
season Yoa see the girls who make up
these societies haven't many ways OF
! they are trying to carry On. When they
found my jelly was in demand Shey went
I into the business OF getting as many
orders 40 they could. Many persons who
| would never have bought Of the exchange
were willing To- give them orders for the
! sake OF helping their cause. Don't you
I see, what a good thing &c was for ine! l
! ha We had good many private orders fot
I Jelly hut ! always turn them down.
want the girls III these societies ~ feel
that they are my only repr-sen taIgve-.
! Besides they have always proved prompt
and reliable.
Once IN "A while they write me- that !
rla-. has been crushed in transportation.
but not another complaint. 1 Co iii
make the express companies pay for II.
but why jcopardze the good viii ot \
company for a glass of Jelly. am now
-hipUing so much over their line that II /,
10 nv lntersst to keep all tho employees
IN "A good humor. l do it too. can tsiI
you Each season l make the driver
present OF several glasses of Jelly aui
ONCE ID while send half a dozen glass,-s
TO the manager Of the local Office.
have no trouble about aging expressaGc.
as that il paid az the other end. and 10y
keeping on friendly terms with the en-
ployees at my end l am SURE OF getting
my goods shipped promptly even At
Christmas time.
NV rush time so far as tho shipping
Eo.> comes just before Christmas and
in tn, spring Church societies nearly
e
two seasons and ! seldom hav" orders
from them for less thar twelve dozen.
Whore there are ten and more orders 81
this AZ. to 10 filled within a weak you can
SEQ how busy 1t keeps me. Fortunately
all my glasses are tho same size and
shnpc 80 that only tho number has %
l., considered AT first | used To try Ia
fill ell orders exactly. and because Of u
had a lot OF trouble getting boxes and
crates If the required size. Now | Ill
. h..p Pa. nd IL /
thcy will be sold | did try sending 4
few lees than ordered, but this always
brought letter Of protest.
AT first used 10 depend on picking
up boxes and crates around at the grocers
and fruit dealers. and would pack in eK-
c.sisior. new spapcr. spanish moss and any
old thing | could lay my hands on Now
that my ord.ts come so regularly and are
So Increased in size / have my crates
made 90 order and use pasteboard for
keeping the glasses in place a. in packing
eggs try, however. To make my boxes
always attractive looking To begin
n hin layer Of spanish moss. On this
] pack my glasses Of Jelly. as many as
IN. order calls for and on top goes an
other layer OF Spanish moss with few
magnolia leaves and q sprig or two u
orange. lemon or tea olive blossoms.
Besides giving tho box an attractive ap-
p-arance when II is first opened there -
tic r:umc Of the blossoms
II have been asked how long .guava
jelly vii! keep. so far a. I know there IL
no limit beyond the appetite Of the person
into whore hands 10 falls. | have never
seen "A glass of 1t get SOUR or watery
But when ] make that statement l must
admit that have never seen a mor-el e
the jelly that was as much "a on., yaa-
Old. have never had a glass returned
=" ne nor airy complaint of the quality.
- Tar as ] AM Judge I do not find !, ~
hard 80 make A. either apple or grare
Jelly. Ihns. are the only other vari.tIa-
OF jelly have ever I.lad". hav. orders
FOR Tnarnialade aud pickles and preserves
ni various sorts. hut what i. the Use =
attempting them when I already have. a.
mach a. ] can do making guava ,si!y O.
~! orders