New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22

,o,,- ,-oclss With serene confidence, n you
Int take the trouble 10 send with the or
der the extent and location OF your alt'ra-
tfon You may send your own material
your own trimmings and findings or you
NAV simply send word that you want a
,r,cL n such sort such color. such price.
't.,,bcr yav. once YOU arc known, you get
What YOU want-with a bill surprisingly
moderate. workmanship and ~ considered.
yoy get also "A guarantee that II the frock
does not nt # VIII be made TO III. at no
further cost 20 YOU. or replaced with one
that does M.
For the foundation Of all this is-the
satisfied customer. She Is At once patron
and advertiser or all tho thousands Of
garments sent out every year the respon-
s!blc head takes thought She has helpers,
keen and quick and clever, helpers able
20 share her burdens. and feel with her
the value of the bubble reputation. Good
work is imperative. II is paid for at good
rates \ flovenly or careless person has
no place In the establishment Fine
stitches will not excuse personal untidi-
ness The workrooms are sunlighted. airy
and epacious For tho most part the
workers I've at home. Such as come In
from the country round about either board
with private families or stay I'm the estao-
lishmcnt
Living Is not over costly IN tho town.
Wages that would spell pryation or tempt
alton IA a cSy are beautifully adequate
there Then, too, the whole establishment
is warmly human. The mistress Of 1t IL rs
quick TO note special excellence and reward
Il with pay and praise az she IS to note
lacks And ! think In thus making lnde-
peudence possible 10 her fellow women
under such conditions. she is better phil
anthropist than If she endowed all manner
= thlngs-all the better a philanthropist
that she is wholly unconscious OF IT,
n my lady 80. . was not born with
sugar tooth she very quickly acquired
il. Even as a schoolgirl she loved mess
ing about I'm a country kitchen. When as
a bride she went 20 housekeeping In
bustIinE small city her gas range was
that one Of her new possessions when
gave her most delight. She cooked on II
all manner OF wonderful things. asking
friends in TO help eat them. Soon she
began cooking such things for the friends
at first in pure friendship. then by their
came to the front--hls wife had no need
10 work. she could cook all she chose for
the fun OF IT. but for pay. no. lie was
taking care Of the family She persisted.
however. As compromise she was al
lowed 10 go on upon condition that all
her money must be banked in her own
name and not touched either for house
hold or personal expenses. And she was
50 glad it had been thus husbanded
when her husband fell Ill, and FOR two
years she was forced TO be the responsible
head of the family.
By the end OF that time she was so
established an institution in her home
town and her fame began To be so spread
abroad there was no stopping. She makes
the most wonderful cakes In the world
sending them all over the world. BY the
making she has won TO competence and,
what is much better, health and mother
hood. When she began her cooking ca
reer she could not go up three steps at
time. Now sho thinks nothing OF three
flights And after five years there came
the dearest girl haby--a child OF nope OF
Joy, OF promise untold.
Now the mother does more than make
NOnOeTIuJ NhV Aidhis '''
is still indispensable. She talks cooking
real cooking-to classes of other women.
You never hear from her about proteids
and carbohydrates, nor how starch ~
turned into diastase-rather what things
belong properly to each other in the food
scale. how 10 use them well and make the
most of them with the least trouble and cA-
pense Sometimes she is paid to talk some-
times also she does II for good nelghnor-
hood. notably in case Of class OF siris
working in stores and Offices Ihey had
lust one hour available, from O'Clock TO
o clock p, m. A church offered the use OF
its kitchen. and the past mistress OF COOK
cry took the twenty girls In hand FOR ~
cents each-the price Of carfare Rome ana
back again-she bought the materials for