The Washington herald., 1915-09-22
WIEAN BOX MAKER.
Earns Gond Living Making Dainty
tOntninerN for Gifts.

Whoever - aid hIve thought. look
ing AT Ca"t-of shoe boxes. corset
boxes. eNe-cl2.S boxes and baudaSes
that III them Law the foundation for
profession Tho sun" tells of a
womLn IN New York living few
doors off Filth avenue VIII WAS
obliged to support herself and who
saw her opportunity in plain card
board boxes. She had been an artist,
Il portrait painter. in comfortable Cir
cumstanCeS Suddenly she was thrown
on her own resources. Instead of be
moaning her fate and starving III an
attic h"CauSc art did not Weld her
up The necessary SuStenance. she :urn-
ed her gift to account in less ex-
alted but exceedingly useful field. She
gathered together all the boxes avail
able and covered them neatly with
the prettiest wall paper she could find.
Then she sold them. Now her friends
send her all the empty boxes that
are eligible after = wedding has taken
place ia their midst
But who wants boxes covered with
wall paper" exclaimed a curious in
quisitor at the womans industrial ex-
hibition last spring. where the box
lady had a booth.
Lots of people. particularly wom-
en-" was the reply. They want art
boxes in which 10 stow away their
shirt waists. instead of having to keep
them in the plain boxes in which they
come. And they want them to put
presents in. instead of putting the lat
ter in unallurinE plain boxes. The
manner in which gift is sent is quite
as important these days as the gift
itself. YOU know. Yes. | have quite
a large clientele"
A visit to her workshop the other
day provided this fact There We're
a number of automobiles standing
outside and the customers fingered
over her wares with an interest that
was not lessened by the fact that the
box maker had created no surround
ings de luxe into which to receive
them. She evidently sailed tho boat
Of her enterprise with close riEgings
and decks cleared for activity There
Were long oval boxes. covered with
wall paper of rose design for hats
There was one about eight inches high.
hut oval and Gayly covered. This box
contained a ball of pink twine that
just fitted it. This had been made TO
order and was intended as gift
II have got SO now" said the box
lady. that j make them TO order At
first IL was difficult. the careful mi
tering and all that, but now l do 1t
quite neatly--see?'' So neatly. indeed.
that the work was perfect.
Il got up at o'clock this morning
70 hll an order given me by a wom-
IN late yesterday afternoon. 1t was to
be container for a pillow for
bridge prize. 1t was 20 inches In cir
cumference and two feet deep One
Of my orders consisted of twelve
hoxes made to At a linen closet They
were flower covered and lacquered.
The boxes were made to hold differ
ent classes of linen as, for instanc,.
sheet and towels. etc. Another set of
boxes was made for the bedroom closet
Of n woman t>the Vanderbilt hotel.
The paper cover was of roses and the
effect was thpt of a rambler trellis
greeting one upon opening the door
Another woman ordered boxes to ft
her travelling hamper. These were of
different sizes. for blouses and hand
kerchiefs. When she arrived at her
destination everything was already
nicely classified, you see. and all she
had to do was to take them out of
the hamper in their boxes. instead of
picking out her underwear and hand
serchiefs all from the same tray"