The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
VISITING JAN MAKER
ONE WONAN'S PLEASANT WAY
o. CLEARING SIS 4 WEEK


WAITING Jam makgr 10 about a. GOOD
nAms Tor my profession - any, reokop.1
aid q widow whose homs Ia Ia a Nsu
York suburb. I'VE came North aoos
after our marriage. Ny husband had I
Government once with a salary thns
sssmsd almost aliiuent 10 ~ In the Sou,A
but q few months In New York tAuEA
us Che difference In tho cost Of livinE h
the two sections. To help matters aloua
Ws moved out here.
That was q fine fruit year and all tht
Ave cherry trees on the place were ladsd
with tho most delicious fruit. A. therS
was no sale for e In tho local mArks,
canned. preserved and made jam until
my husband 0aid had enough 10 rrs
hotel. The next fall put IL a. tn
WomAns Exchange and made fair prof.
ceiling eli We could not uss.
The following summer added barrias
70 my supply. making more than iOC
glasses Of strawberry jam. Il sold read
ily. kept at thla every summer. clsarina
enough 20 provide myself and our llttll
son With clothes bsaidss keeping W out
subscriptions 70 magazines and papsrs
1t all came In very we'll just then
a. the greater part Of the margin Of M
husbands Alsry vas consumed pAyina
the lnstalments on this place. Az the tind
Of his death tia plaos Was more than hal9
paid for and HE friends suggested tina
I find q purchaser for the sake Of sAvinA
a. much Of tho money we had put into Il a
possible.
i can't tell you how thankful vSt
for the little business training / had rst
csiVed through making and selling jAml
II was that training. simple As Il wasS
that made mo zee another way out Of the
woods.
Il made up my mind would not I'll.
Instead l would rent my house furnished
for the summer months and live In IL
IA the winter. BY doing this would
get just enough TO pay the instalmenta
with interest, and was confident could
earn enough making Jams and preserves
90 support myself and keep my sou At
school.
sTho one point that troubled me vas
the fruit trees. Everybody who spoke Of
renting the place Tor the summer seemed
| 10 take it for granted that the fruit was
included. In thinking out my problem
had fAncied Il would be an easy matter
20 reserve the vegetable garden and the
fruit trees.
After this h ad lost me three good
tenants. the agent assured me unless |
cave up the idea of reserving the fruit
Sc would be unable 70 rent for me. That
settled t. / withdrew my claim on the
fruit. and the place was taken at once
After moving into tho rooms which I
had engaged for myself and my sou IN
another part Of the town came the probles
Of getting fruit 20 make tho preserves
and lam on the sale Of which was depend
ing for living Buying in the market al
wholesale left a very slender margin for
profits and buying from the farmers
vas only a few oenta better. In my
dilemma I HE upon the plan Of doing
Il on shares with a woman who had some
| fruit trees. but not enough fruit 20 make
it worth while 20 hire labor 20 market Il.
After a few dnyg delay she accepted
my OdaF. little later learned that she
had ma de a canvas Of the summer cot
tagera and got orders for all the pre-
serves and lam shs could supply from the
samples I had given her 20 taste. How
ever Il turned out 80 well for me that l
have never ceased 70 BE- thankful for that
Woman's ahrewd bargaining.
-Oue Of the cotiagerB whom lhe ap-
preached had another country place on
which there was an abundant supply of
fruit. When the preserves and Jam which
she received nom Mrs. Blank proved 10
be 20 good she decided 20 ny, 20 got Mrs.
Blanks recipe. This led 70 the eNplana-
ton that Mrs Blank didn't do the pre-
serving herself bat hired Il done By
woman living In the town. Il took this
recipe hunter some time 10 trAoe the
preserve maker but when ahe did finally
reach me ! had Wit enough % Tefuse 70
give my recipes and 20 oder 20 make up
her fruit on the same terms had worked
for Mrs Blank.
.As a result two Woeka later found ne
a hundred or 10 miles further up tho STATE
making preserves. jam and pickles In
quantity ! had never attempted before.
Auch'to my surprise when ] finished, M
owner Of the place wanted n buy ny
half. She explained that she wanted
the entire supply for her own household.
Il ended in my being Paid a. tie rate o.
tls q week with the addition OF railroad
tickets and other expenses.
IL Was then 20 late in the season that
| could only return 20 and take possession
Of my house, which had been vacated BY
the summer tenant. In planning ny
next years work decided that Il would
b. much more profitable for me 20 devote
my time before the arrival OF the summer
tenants 20 making up the early small
fruits from my garden. and then 70 place
my son In q summer camp for boys While
! filed ehgagsInenta for making up other
peoples fruit At the rate Of - q day OF tiS
a week and expenses.
Having thought out this plan. nv first
step was 20 consult with the woman Who
had engaged me the previous summer.
She was quite willing 70 engage me for
the coming summer and 20 rscommend
mo 10 her friends who had country estates
or farms
When making applications 20 thees
people ] invariably took with me samples
OF preserves, Jam. canned fruit and
sweet and sour pickles. The oAnvassing
was not pleasant, Tor IN the majority OF
Gases had 70 speak through the house.
keeper, who usually required me 20 CAL
several times before giving her decision.
Besides this delay there was always
an effort 20 make mo lower my charges
IN one way or another Az fret all the
annoyed me but ~ soon a. ] realized
u was only their way Of getting out Of
paying tbs amount asked Il gave me
a. much pleasure 20 dickeg and keep
ahsad OF them a. 20 make any other god
bargain; -
The following summer though l didn1
have all my time taken ! managed 70
make more than I had ever done by max.
ing and selling my own preserves
and jams. The second year did better.
since then Tor the past three YEAR,. ne
dlmculty has been % get the time. nos
There IL one place where 60 % pue
up straw berries and from then on ! am