Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 265, 21 August 1919 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, AUG. 21, X919.

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True Stories of Successful Women By Edith Morlarty

When Mrs. John Atwood was a' young woman with five growing chll-' dren she found It hard to stretch her husband's small income to cover the necessities of life, and after five pairs of shoes were bought and five hungry children were fed there was little to spend for such things as toys. She decided, however, that the children should have toys and since she could not buy them she made them. She made doll houses and furniture for the girls and she fixed up a workroom for the boys and let them help her make the toys. When toys were broken she mended them herself and In the course of time she had made almost everything from a little wodden doll to a big bob-sled. Her husband thought she was a marvel, for he was not very skilled with a hammer, chisel or saw. The children had as many playthings as other children and seemed to enjoy them even more, and yet very little actual money was spent for toys. No Need for Work. As the children grew older and Mr. Atwood became more prosperous there was no need for Mrs. Atwood to continue in her toymaking and so she finally put away her tools and spent more of her time planning party frocks for her grown girls and keeping watch over her growing boys. Her husband was now established and she had no more worries about money matters. Her children were going through college and bo she had little to occupy her time. She often wished for the old days when every spare moment was occupied in fashioning new playthings for the youngsters. Social duties took up some or her time, but she was not satisfied to attend club meetings, dinner parties and do nothing else, and so after all of her children were grown up and most of them married she found that she could not stand the monotonous round of directing her household affairs in the morning and going to a bridge party In the afternoon. Even such things as church work and social work did not seem to fill the need. Houses Make a Hit. Then one day she showed a friend the doll house she had made for her youngest girl many years before. It was a perfect reproduction of a real house and every bit of it was made by hand except the little porcelain sink In the kitchen and the bathtub. The friend was enthusiastic about the plaything and asked Mrs. Atwood to make one for her to give her small niece fo a birthday gift. Mrs. Atwood said she would, but she would take no money for it and so her friend bought the materials and Mrs. Atwood spent the next three weeks sawing, planning, varnishing and papering a mlcature house. She enjoyed the work so much that Bhe wished she could make another for somebody, but as the materials were rather expensive she decided that she could not quite afford to make them just to give to friends. Then another woman saw the one she had made and she begged Mrs. Atwood to make one for her and offered ber money in addition to the cost of the materials. Mrs. Atwood was so pleased to have another to make that she would have clone the work for nothing, but the woman would not take the house on , '.hat condition and so it happened that Mrs. Atwood started in the business of making doll houses at the age of fifty. After she had made three or four of the houses a manager of one of the large department stores in her town asked her If she would not give him the exclusive right to sell them for her. This had never occured to Mrs. Atwood, for she had to charge bo much for them that she did not think many people would buy such expensive toys. She said she would try it, however, and she decided to give him a sample of one and let him take orders for them at his store. At the end of two weeks she had so many orders that she was afraid she would not be able to complete them all by Christmas. Sixty Dollars Up The prices of these luxuriously ap-

Heart Problems

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a young man 24 years old. Before going to France I married a girl who lived in the same city In which 1 was stationed. On returning home we had trouble which ended in a divorce. At present I am lonesome and do not know what to do. The girls here know I have been married and those that do not I tell about it when I am in their company. They do not seem to care for my company on hearing about it. I come from a fine family. What shall I do? At present I am writing to a girl in another town. Is this alright? What shall I do to obtain girl friends? Should I go to another town? Should I tell I have been married? My wife does not live here. . Lonesome Bill. There is nothing that you can do but to live your trouble down. If your conduct is absolutely what it should be I do not understand why you should be so snubbed. I am sure that in time your marriage will be forgotten. I think it is alright for you to correspond with the girl. A Heartbroken Wife: You should separate from your husband if he will not give up the other woman. riMP Mrs. Thompson:

I am a young girl 16 years old and !

am considered very good looking, tor ths last six months I have been going with a boy my own age until two girls of questionable reputation interfered nH lHhrafplv tnnlt him awav nd I

want him back, because I love him and

hate to see him under the influence of these girls. You will think I am young but I am in love and cannot help myself. Please tell me how I can win him back from those girls, whom I know will change him from a clean fellow to the opposite. Southern Blues. I must tell you that you are too young to be in love. As you grow older you will see it yourself. However there is nothing you can do to r.f ihe bov back exceDt by the con

trast between yourself and the other j girls. If he cannot see the difference he is not worthy of your affections. 1

Household Hints

In canning peaches sort the fruit and select firm, sound, uniform peaches. The soft or broken ones may be used for jam. Remove the peel with' a knife, with boiling water or with a boiling lye solution. If boiling water is usedt immerse peaches about 1 minute or until the skins slip easily. Remove and plunge for an instant Into cold water. Slip off the skins, cut In halves and pack at once Into jars

which have previously been boiled 15 minutes. Some peaches have skins which will not slip off after treating with clear boiling water. For them or for any peaches, the lye method of peeling may be used when they are firm, perfect and not too ripe. Have ready a boiling lye solution (4 tablespoons ot commercial concentrated lye to four quarts of water). Drop the peaches into this for about 20 to 30 seconds. Lift out and drop into clear boiling water for 30 seconds. Remove and place for an instant in cold water.

The skins will then come off easily. Before preparing the fruit, make a sirup ot 7 cups of sugar to 4 quarts of water or, if a richer simp Is desired.

use 11 caps ot sugar to 4 quarts ot water. Allow one cup of water tor each

sirup. These are called Melba peaches. When the jar Is full of peaches, till with hot sirup and, with a wooden paddle 'or knife, carefully remove air bubbles.

Partially seal the jars (with Mason

quart jar. Put one cracked peach pit tops, screw half way on; with glass

for every quart ot sirup into It Boll

sirup for S minutes. The peach halves should be placed in the Jar in overlapping layers, the concave surface of each half being downward. Sometimes very large

peaches are canned whole in a heavy tops of the jars.

tops, put top wire ball in position.)

It a hotwater bath canner, either commercial or home-made, is used, place the jars on a false bottom with sufficient water in the boiler to process them.- The water should cover the

Boll quart Jars In water bath tor 20 minutes; two-quart jars. 35 minutes. Count time when water starts boiling vigorously after the jars are put into it. Remove, tighten tops and invert to test for leaks. Store in a cool, dark, dry place. If firm, perfect peaches are floated in boiling water for about 20 seconds after being peeled, they are more flexible, pack to better advantage, absorb more sirup and are finer in flavor. Cut in half and remove pits after floating in the boiling water.

She started in the business of mak injr doll houses. pointed play bouses ranged from sixty dollars up, depending upon the size of the house and the kind ot furniture. The ordinary house had about seven rooms with a kitchen, a bathroom and a third floor. Nothing was omitted. There was a spacious porch, a piano, many little electric lamps and fixtures, plumbing fixtures,, but no running water, as the houses were just for small five or six inch dolls, upholstered furniture, a small stove, tiny little rugs, curtains and draperies, flower boxes, and every bit of the furnishings as well as the house itself and the varnishing and papering and shingling was the handiwork of Mrs. Atwood. She bought small bits of lumber, usually cedar wood, and odd pieces of wall paper, but she had the plumbing fixtures made to order. The first year she made a thousand dollars and the next year her orders were so numerous that she had to hire an assistant to take care of the ordinary carpentry work while she confined herself to the interior decorating.

I She managed her little business by

spending about four mornings a week in the small shop which she had rented in the center of the business secsection of the town. Since the first year she has made an average of two thousand dollars profltB a year. She limits her output because she does not want to work all day every day or she could probably more than double the income from this hobby of of hers. She does not make these play houses only for poor little rich girls either, but tries each year to furnish some kindergarten, nursery, or orphan asylum with one of the best and biggest of them. She may be considered successful because sfie has found happiness in doing something. She receives ample returns for her labors and she is doing well something which has never been considered woman's work.

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