The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-04
PIN HONEY FROM her NEEDLE
RESOI RCE 90 IIOI NG WOMAN
TUING ~ 4 swan ROW..

b"tw@-n t1no and t8oo q -sason by making
and selling .hirtvaist- and children's
drrs-"-. sald q Young Woman from
another city who spent . f-s DAYS last
weiss m New York 4 make tho articles
and -~nd them around from house 70
hou-" Nv an old color~d woman,
zach garment 10 made according ~
standard measurements and furnish
az ~" materials myself I take simple
orders. hrt rothinE that calls for anv
great difference nv tina, mean I Oft N
have an ORDER Tor a shirtwai-i IN q larger
or a smaller ~" than ono shown IN The
basket Then again 70 ~ for u waist after
N" sam" design In different materials for
the SAX" ~ making ~ either handsomer
"r Less expensive
got my idea from hearing about a
country girl who earned quite . snug
amount making and selling old fAshionad
quilts had always mad. nv own
shirtwaiSts and rho dreass- 81 nv voun ger
brothers and sisters. and people had
always commented IN their beinR un
usually pretty ~ I determined To make
a trlal a. selling these special garments
Having only the small allowance.
which NV father gives me for my clothes
- cour-" ! couldn't begin in any hut a
small way Resides | was afraid 70 risk
buying material for more shirtwaists
than could u-~ myself that summer
should | fat to sell them After I had
mad" the material all up IN nv own size
which fortunately ia ~ and the size in
greatest demand in NV part ~ tho roun-
try. | asked mother ~ ler me add three
dre=="S IT INV younger sisters that had
never been worn Two we're 81 white
muslin and the third ~ colored print
In pricing this frst basketf,iI I est
mated N" work on the print dr-~a. which
was quite simply made, AZ 81 cents The
materials including the thread. had cos,
just Is cents - ! made the price IS
CENTS A IN" best sewing women who
GO out hy the day in our town get o. 81
a day. with two meals. and I was sure I
could make four Of those dresses in one
day 81 cents for the work seemed about
far
I -On IN" white muslin dresses I rated
the work a. worth 81 and q This was
added ~ tho cost of the goods NV
shrtwaists priced az 81. 81 81. g. and q
IN the same basis My saleswoman readily
agreed to do the selling at the rate OF 10
cents for each dollars worth sold
! With that first basket she was out one
morning On h"r return her basket was
empty. and a. she expressed IL she had
. har hands full 81 money az course that
was very encouraging and when she
informed me that several persons had
inquired when she would 10 around
again and had given her oral orders for
several dresses and waists I felt that nv
fortune was made
Tho only drawback was tha, she had
given many 81 her customers 20 under
stand that she would come around the
following day She was under the I'M
press on that because ! could saw on the
machine ! could turn out garments az
the rate ~ about one every FIVE or ten
| minutes
ton that she could sell every week I
hadn't the slightest idea that moro than
ono basket month would he disposed
of 10 advantage Before The end 81 that
correct and hogan IN devote all nv spare
time 10 the work Now work IN 'he
summer and winter months for the fall
and spring Sea-onS
AZ there are not MANY rich p~nple in
our town there ~ no call for very eN-
rsnsive garments have fo,.7d that
i shIrr waists ranging in price from - 20 81
are most m demand. while soma, INES il
seerl- - n here was no end 20 The de-
rnand for Colorcd print drs'~Ns- for emil
dr.n The~" | nov sell according to
their size az prices ranging from 65 cents
to 81 There Is a demand for more elah-
crate whit" dre~>es and II ! would I
could get number - fancy dresses in
Color..d muslin Ia make refuse all such
orders beCau-e people don't like To have
their little rirl- dressed on the same
Piece Of cDlOrai goods With all their little
playr'a'"S II would not paw me To buy
. rolorpi muslin for one or two dresses
Had made nv charges a little different
! when ! hogan he business I might have
bean ahl" TO bUy Cnlored muslin Nv the
ward and so m orders for such dr~s-sS.
hIt YOU ses ! didn't include IN making
nv rates the ~ J'"r cent which | pay nv
. Cplorsi -al.a-WomAn Because ~ thai
I am making ~ cents day lea- than |
would Mere To- 60 ont by tho dav 10
Every suggestion that made about
. raising prices has l,ean met with most
1 positive opJr~i'iDn from my customers
50 I have ALWAYS dropped the matter ,
without raising the pnc~. I tell this so
in cas-" any oth"r gri thinks 81 earning
pm fnOn"v ~ = similar venture she will
not mas" liz" mIstaAe
80 FAR ~ ! arm able - Judge there ~ n
market fHr shIrfwnIs'S and chIldrens
dresses ~ about all cities whore the stores
b. NJ carry a line II ready made clothes
This m-i -"rlng one nt our dry goods
-furs- DID hrrng ont a lot ~ shirtwaista
and childr'u's dresses hut they we're 80
inferior - min" both IN materials and
make that didn't los" single customer
I d,rt know why ~ - that 50 many
7 Manufacturers who devote themselves
- waking ready made garments appear
- have NJ taste m selecting materials
and get only the poorest sowing
order nv goods direct from the factories
and Whulc-nl" hoVs's Nv simple and
am told they do ~" same. vet ! have
never sa"n q print dress in n store made 81 ;
2 pretty pattern The Is.ople IN our town
all refused 90 buy those ready 20 wear
d childran's dresses until they werp re-
duced way us'luw my prices kv"n then
the merchant had io sell some AT what
. I KNOW - 10 the pric" ~ the goods
] "BeaCus.. - this pnar selection ~ goods /
. and bad sowing | believe n paving trad.
} might l,e worried up "a cities where ready !
made garments are sold 10y III. stores
ONLY IN this cis-p I believe they would |
have - ha - i..tter material and perhaps
made hy hand
Last spring I sid Eve Handsome
handmade wants IN = larger city after
b they had b.s"n carried around several
times nv nv Old c"rred woman |
a.. 4 nd saA