Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-20
EARNING POWER
how to Increase Your Husbands
Income at Home.
EIGHT WAYS WOMEN TRIED.

Wnot Aotuot Vomon Ta"e ESHe~oS
by Using Their knowledge Of How to
DO Some One Thing Better Than
Anybody Else.
Until the high cost Of living prob
lem is solved one must keep on living!
Even by most clever planning family
Of four cannot be supported adequately
on $7O2 a year. Thousands Of wives
are clarifying their standing" instead
of hurting It by helping their husbands
increase their incomes. Below are eight
actually tried and successful plans.
A California woman sent cards stat
ing she would make buttonholes at
cents each. Hurried and afluent moth
ers responded at once. Her work was
neat. She made two average button
holes In ten minutes-24 cents an hour,
81 20 day for the five hours day she
could spare.
An Illinois wife had a large back
yard. She specialized I'm cucumbers.
She, with her two little boys, kept the
vines In fine condition. Summer Gu
cumbers for salad, smaller fall ones
for pickles, were her stock. What she
did not sell she put up In glass Jars
attractively. These sold readily for 30
cents per quart. She netted an average
Of $25 per month.
A California wife made round, heart
shaped and animal spiced and sugar
cookies, tied neatly In wax paper,
dozen to package, 10 cents a Dozen
She began with small oven on her
gas stove and in two years needed and
bought "baker size' range. She does
all her work Of mornings and clears
$40 to $50 per month.
Why not rabbit raising? An Iowa
wife In a small town found this fine
pay. Feed only alfalfa dry and rolled
barley. With several bucks and 100
does $50 to 500 per month has been
cleared by her. Small capital needed,
as very few will soon start bust
ness" on paying basis.
A Connecticut wife advertised her.
self as skilled fruit Gamer. Her pay
was 40 cents an hour or one-fourth Of
fruit canned The share plan gave her
enough fruit for her family of five, and
often she had extras" to sell for spe-
cial occasions. Result, plenty of good
fruit free and SO to $50 per month cash.
A little wife In New Jersey "adores'
dainty laundry work. She makes a
speciality of laundering beautiful UNI
derwear, babies and children's dresses,
chiffon and crepe de chine waists. Her
standing is of the best Her winter
work averaged $15 to $50. In summer
she makes as high as $65.
The husband of a California woman
made her fine loom. She devoted her
spare time to learning how to weave
and how to create special designs.
Now, after two years, she turns off
skilled work and clears 500 or more a
month. Her husbands salary is $75.
Doll dressing, bean bags made in cute
animal shapes, baby rompers and creep
ers and Bingham and hand embroider-
ed sunbonnets for infants fill in the
spare moments Of clever New York
woman most delightfully."-. Trade among
q few intimate friends at first, but SO
well done as to be quickly advertised.
Income per month always $50 to $40.
Christmas season brought $50)a month
for mother, a bonus Of $50 to fourteen
year-old daughter assistant
In every woman lies the desire to do
some one thing. If we stick to it pa
tiently through the first slow moments
we will find the results astonishing for
effort expended and ourselves much
happier, because we are lifting our hus-
bands burdens and giving something
to life out Of our real best selves
Pictorial Review.