Evening star., 1952-10-16
Conducted BY
BETSY CASWELL
INCOME IDEAS.
mrs. r. A X, Richmond

MRS. r. A. X, Richmond)
Mrs. D. B. K, Falls Church:
If you have any imagination at
all. you should be able to make
numerous items for selling right
from your apartment. My ex-
perience in making aprons. ties.
pot-holders and sachets has
been limited to church bazaars
and a non-profit gift shop in a
local Office building. but there
are any number of gift shops
and even department stores
where homemade articles are
taken in with from 20 to 40
per cent going to the retailers.
Since dancing costumes are
needed only a few times a year
in such quantity, I think your
best bet would be to contact the
dance studios nearest you and
then have them place you on
their seamstreSs list. You could
compare the cost for doing this
with other women who have
been in the business long enough
to know that some costumes
consume more time and energy
than others.
In between times, you could
make fancy party aprons Of
bright chintz, organdy and
calico, using tiny rickrack trim
ming and sequins on pickets
that can be detached before
washing.
If you've ever seen the sachets
in department stores, you'll no.
tice there is need for improve
ment and they take so little
material.
Make up few in white satin.
lace and ribbon in bell and
heart shapes and send them to
brides-to-be (you see their en-
gagements in the newspapers
every day. Offering to make the
attendants dresses and ask for
an interview. The high cost Of
living has made it so that even
a girls best friend can't afford
to buy the nondescript dresses
you pay way too much for
never to be worn again. You
could buy a few stylish dress
patterns and take samples Of
material with you so that the
bride can make her own choice.
Five years ago I paid a reason
able $40 for a dress that was
made of blue drapery material
and later shortened 1t into a
lovely cocktail dress.
The neckties I mentioned
above can be made for little or
nothing, and the narrow bow
ties are the simplest and most
popular just now. Buy a tie
pattern and then make a card
board copy of the bow tie, be-
cause you will use 1t over and
over. Choose tiny silk prints,
solids and stripes and watch the
orders roll in.
At 11:15 am. I stop work and
fix lunch and bathe my boy and
put him to bed by IL. BY l pm.
the baby is ready for another
nap and so am I. I rest for an
hour whether anything gets fin
ished or not. When I get UP
do the breakfast and lunch
dishes and if I have finished my
mornings work, I have the
afternoon free to do the little
extras which are always watt
ing. I love to bake and any
leisure time I have. ! spend it
trying out new recipe. I have
quite collection from r. c. H.
This flexible schedule has been
working pretty well. When a
week has been interrupted my
husband helps out on Saturday.
I've found the only way to get
things done is to have a routine
of some sort. Unless you follow
a routine you end up in a vicious
circle and feel that you will
never get finished.
I have a hint that might in
terest mothers of 5-month- -olds.
When my daughter started
drinking from cup at months,
I found it easier to fill fruit
juice glass to within one-fourth
inch of the top. With the glass
almost full, it is not necessary to
tilt it and she seemed to drink
much easier than from a cup.
Also it is transparent and you
can see how far to tilt it. At
7 months my baby sometimes
drinks a whole glass and usually
spills very little.
But she is as bad about solids
as she is good about milk. She
seems to enjoy them and eats
plenty. but she simply will not
open her mouth. For each bite
I have to push it open with the
spoon. Does any one else have
this problem?
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