The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
CAKES PAY FOR ATUP ABROAD
ONE WAY or EARNING MONEY
IN FHE SOUTH.
$500 Earned by . Young woman NhS
Determined % Go 20 Europe ~ HQg
can Expense secrets % sue
eesaful Cake Making The Exchange.

mer. There are not 40 many ways Tor
woman % earn money In the South A.
there seem 20 he in other sections Of the
country. but We have 20 eat and almost
everybody IL fond Of good cake.
when left school there seemed moth
ing for il but for me 10 stay at home and
make myself contented. and having a
r0od home | was con,ented until Il de-
Sloped that all my intimate friends either
had gone or were going abroad. Though
a girl NAV have a comfortable home with
her parents IL IL not every family in the
South that can spare several hundred
dollars 20 give her a trip across the At
lantic.
knowing my fathers circumstances
I determined 20 earn the money for my
trip. tried 10 get a place a. teacher.
Failing in thar thought Of sewing. hut ON
consulting a friend she suggested that
make cake for the exchange.
The exchange people told me that whiIe
they would take my cake and do their best
70 sell Il there were 40 many others making
cake that they were a little afraid might
not he very successful. The manager in
talking 20 me said IL had become the fash
ION for people 90 send materials for their
cakes TO bakers and have them do the
mixing and baking. They found IL cheaper
than buying from the exchange.
While I was 20 sure Of my cakes that
| felt that people would buy mine in
preference 70 thOse sent by others TO the
exchange IL seemed bit mean 70 90 in
with the intention Of cutting out women
who were really working for the neces-
saries Of life while only wanted 20 get
money 20 travel. didn't have the same
feeling about the bakers and determined
10 get baking 90 do az home.
AFTER making a canvass Of my friends
decided that Il would ne better II went
% their homes instead Of having the ma
terials sent 70 mine. | made my charges
81 for a morning work. giving the people
for whom I worked the privilege OF fur
nishing me with one or more assistants.
The more assistants they could supply
the more cakes and pies would make.
BY gong a. and working until noon
i was able for at least FIVE months 70 keep
the knowledge Of my work from my
parents. You see. I wanted to get all
my money together and then spring a
surprise on my family.
However my mother couldn't help
noticing the difference In the cake at a
friends where We took tea. After We
vent home she remarked that she didn't
know there was a cook in the town that
could make such good cake. listened
and tried 20 keep silent. but finally decided
IL was too much Of a deception. 10 I owned
up. making her promise she wouldn't
tell my father until the time came.
AN the months following We were
both constantly surmising how my father
would take IL when announced that I
had so00 IN hank and was going 10 Use Il
for trip u Europe When the time
came and ! did make the announcement
he surprised Va both by saying he had
known abou, u for six months.
Half a dozen n the men for whose
wives baked cakes had told him. because
they thought II such a fine thing for me
n do. They bad each made him promise
not n let me End out that they had given
my secret away and he had enjoyed very
much watching my mother and me
WiAupANTF 70 ufuF " lTuW MN ne NAlu
he wouldn't take thousands Of dollars
for the pluck had showed in pitching in
ana working for my trip. while told him
wouldn't take thousands for such proof
that men were greater gossips than WOMEN
and couldn't keep a secret a. we'll
There was nothing very unusual about
nv methods To begin with / knew that
everybody would want 20 save A. much
~ possible without injury 70 the cakes.
knowing that. ! expected b work every
minute of the time and planned all the
wayp couldhhink of to assist them IN get
ting a. much ~ possible out Of the time I |
gave them Where me family wanted
several cakes that would require a long
time N bake / suggested that some friend
or neiEhh1T should club with them and
bring their materials over 90 he made no
~ the same time
you see. there are very few cakes
that d. not r., uire two PEOPLE 70
mix properly One hgs 10 beat the whites
and the other the yolks q the eggs
After the whites are beaten and mixed
win the yolks and while the sugar and
-four are being put in the person who has
b@1ten the whites can got Ht sJmethinR
else II there i third person they can
have a second cake ready few minutes
after the first n put into the oven.
BY inan1uvTtng in that way | am
able often 20 bake az many a. eight ~
ten full size cakes IN one morning Resides .
making the pastry and getting things ,
raady Tor . dozen or more pies, which can /
he set aside and baked In the afternoon |
by the cook.
One Of the main points about the sue /
ceas ~ such plan IL 10 keep TO the rule 1
that there must he no borrowing. When /
J mt started out. being green In the 4
business, was surprised TO find how many
women were willing TO come into
friends kitchen TO bake cakes with AT.
most M materials Of their own What I
they lacked they would borrow and I !
discovered that they were not alEavs 4
particular 70 return their borrowings /
made IL a rule 70 rotate in nv bakinH I
that Is 10 bake first In one kitchen. ther
m the other, IN all instances where two I
y. more women paid for my time to-
Rether
Besides making money ! have sdu-
Gated the women of our town into know
ing that you cant make first class cakes
and pics Out ~ Second and third class
materials. ] have also convinced tbeyn
thai Week old eggs make better cakes I
Than tresheT eggs Mother mas always
said that one ~ her chief secrets was 4
70 use eggs that had been laid a. least
a week
Fresh eggs. that IL those only a dav
or ~ old, do not rise NJ we'll a. those
that have been on hand a week or even
a NttIe longer Anv eNuarieucad caka I