MAKING MONEY AT HOME

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 383, 18 June 1928, Page 5

MAKING MONEY AT HOME

WHAT CAN YOU DO BEST? j To the woman, who needs to make money and yet cannot, for various reasons, leave borne, these suggestions are made. Consider your talents; make use of them, and turn them into money. What do you really do best —sew, cut out, cook, paint, trim hats? We will say that you have a perfect genius for designing and making children’s clothes, for which there is always a demand. Why not set apart one place in your house as a little showroom, to be open to the public at certain hours, on certain days. From remnants of material, design and make really useful children’s outfits —everything needed by a child, including pinafores, frocks, simple : gym-dresses, underclothes, etc., with a few dainty party frocks and suits, as a special attraction. Display these to advantage in your little showroom, and be sure to keep to your advertised hours. The renovating of 1 children’s clothes could also be a part of your home trade. Make Your Work Known | “The idea is excellent,” you say, ‘but how can I secure customers?” ! This should not be difficult, proj vided your work is beyond reproach, j I Advertise your goods and your showj room hours in the local newspapers ! and magazine. Have a circular drawn | up and printed; let its wording, or ilj iustrations, be rather striking, and | have one sent to every likely house. Be careful to make the garments very simply, and let them be so moderate in price that mothers of very modest means will be glad to patronise you. The Home Milliner | A similar home showroom might be i set up by a woman who has taste and : talent in the millinery line. She | should be sure first to learn the elej ments of the craft; the lining, block- | ing and making of hats. Let her i charges be moderate and let her make I a point of distinctive work. Above ! all slip should be careful never to

make two hats alike. There is nothing a woman dislikes so much as to see her neighbour wearing a replica of her own hat. The home milliner should keep a small stock of ribbon, flowers, straw, etc., in hand; but only a small one, as fashions change quickly, and she would be out of pocket with a large quantity of unsaleable materials on hand.