A NEW RESOURCE.
, . .What-women can do without capital in the .matter' of catering -has recently. b-eon exemplified by two sisters in a certain London suburb, " In the vicinity of their Home are several residential flats and ono or., two big places of business. . It became necessary that the sisters should earn their living, and it occurred to ono of them that this mighty be accomplished' without even upsetting to any very greiit extent tlioir largo and comfortable homo.. "By judicious advertisement they Ist it .be known that they were willing to proviso meals at stated ho.urs—breakfast from 8 to 9, lunch from'l2.3o to .2, and dinner from 6 to, 7. A few sninll tables replaced the ; dinihgroom '.table,-.but with ..this exception no alteration was made in. -the .house. Almost instantly tho neighbourhood responded to' thai chanco' offered it, . and' very soon all tho space available was occupied. The large drawingroom was reserved' solely for aftdrnoon tea, and a comfortably-furnished bedroom was given over as a dressing and rest room— Tho -'resources of. the houso wore never overtaxed.; Tho food was, and still is, simple, and nothing more is attempted than can be accomplished in an ordinary good kitchen. ' ...
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 3
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198A NEW RESOURCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 3
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