The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-25
HOW TWO WOMEN
SUCCEEDED

. Under the heading "The Money =
= Makers" the DclIneator gives the
q experiences of two women who =
= have succeeded. One writes:
q I'm n nefebborhood where there .
= were many buffet apartment .
. buildings, which mean light house =
q keeping and the simple home =
q making OF business women, I rent q
= ed a four-room apartment for $40 =
q month. spent about $50 i'm .
= cheap fittings. md engaged an ex- .
= cellent cook for sc5 month. q
= estimated that rent. wages. fuel. =
= gas and electricity would be about .
= SIS n month, and they have proved q
to average within that. All else =
q above cost of materials could =
= reckon as clean profit. q
'The first month I almost clear =
= ed expenses, and In the eight q
q years since there hns been only =
q ono month when.I have failed to y
= make n good pront. in spite of .
= high prices Of foodstuHs.
81 began with just few things =
= homemade bread, rolls, cook q
= les. and two kinds of hot meat. .
= As demand Increased, ! enlarged q
= my variety. have some special .
= Ny regular customers know that .
| q Saturday means boston brown .
e bread, that there IL always some .
| = sort of scnlIoped fish on Friday, =
= that on Tuesday they may have q
| = real Turkish pfIaf and hot ginger q
| . bread, and that Thursday liz the 4
= day for veal stew with dumpIinEs
q and for fresh jelly roll. In the
| q holiday season / make plum pud-
. dings md German cakes. =
81 deliver nothing but breakfast q
. rolls. NY clients call for every
| q thing else. Ny day begins by q
= O'Clock, though the shop Is not
| = open until II, when the cook
q ing Is nearly done. From then Z
| = am ON duty until O'Clock in the
. evening. I send out rolls Sunday Z
q morning, but the shop Is closed
= all day.
= "My charge for bread. rolls,
= cookies, etc, Is the same as that Z
. of the bakeries. other things 1 Z
q sell In five. ten and twenty-cent
= portions. use paper Ice cream
= pnils in putting up most things,
q and paper butter boats for meats 4
q with gravy. L take care that hot
q things nre really hot when they Z
= go ont"
. The second woman says: "I 4
found my success I'm a home bak-
= cry. was always interested In 4
= yeast and breadmakfnE and did
. a good deal of experimenting. un- 4
. til found almost perfect 4
q yeast. After FIVE years my bak- 4
= cry burned, and having nothing 4
q else to turn to. began making 4
q my yeast to sell to the women I'm
q town who did their own baking. 4
q Next I began supplying the local 4
q groceries, and when l had sup
q piled all the home stores, I went
q TO adjoining towns and secured
q orders for II. Ind Its purity
. guaranteed under tho pure food 4
q act and put 1t mp in neat pack
q ages which ! supplied fresh each
q month. taking away all the old 4
= yeast that one could possi- 4
q bly, get any that WINS not five 4
w. Finally n wholesale dealer 4
q offered to make n contract for my I
q entire output for six months. 4
. made a contract with him, rescrv- I
q ing the privilege of supplying the I
q retail trade that L had already
! . built mp.
q 81 get go cents a dozen packages I
q from my private trade, and 40 I
= cents dozen from srocers. My I
: q sales have reached 100 dozen I
Q packages a week, clearing for me
. between $50 and 500 n month.
Q >~> . . o . . . . . = . .