How I Earn Money at Home

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 August 1926, Page 17

How I Earn Money at Home

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By PEARL WALLACE

A little while ago my husband and I woke up to the fact that after nine years of married life we had saved nothing —absolutely nothing. We could not afford the holiday trips we would have liked, the amusements we longed for. or the home comforts that seemed so desirable, and we were drifting into a dry, monotonous existence. Debts were avoided only by going without many of the things we really needed —particularly clothes. I was hurt and discouraged when I discovered that my husband did not care to go out with me because T had no pretty clothes.

I lin.il gone to m room one night, so that no one would know how unhappy I felt. To divert my thoughts I opened a paper, and my glance fell on a story that attracted me. It told of a woman, like myself, who .had found the answer to her clothing problem, and with it an easy fascinating way to earn money at home. Almost wild with hope, I read it and re-read it every word seemed to spell happiness and independence. The story was so convincing that I wrote at once for full particulars. A few clays later I learned all about a wonderful system by which any or woman can easily learn at home to make' becoming clothes at merely the cost of the material.

I made up my mind that if other women could do it, I could do it, too. When the postman handed me my first instruction, I seized it eagerly, and ran to my room to devour its contents undisturbed. From the very beginning you can make garments for yourself.

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picture. ' I shall never forget the look of pride and curiosity on my husband's face when I stood before him in the first dress l had made for myself. “Why, Pearl, ” he said, “where did you get that dress? It’s the most becoming frock you've ever had. Ton look ten years younger. The neighbours soon began asking who made my new dresses. When I told them that I had made them all myself, they were just as surprised as my husband had been.

Then I had a happy inspiration. If I could make su c h attractive and be<• o m ing clothes for myself, at such great saving. why not. make tlic-m for other people, and add to the-family income? Here the wonderful ASSOCIATED SYSTEM came to my aid again, for there arc the most helpful lessons on how to start and build up a profitable business. My sister-in-law gave me my lirst order, and for her I made a jumper, a slip and a simple house frock. Then a neighbour asked me to make over an evening wrap for her. It was about a day’s work and I charged only 15s for it. Everybody thought it was a now cloak. When she told them it was a three-year-old one that I had made over, it* seemed as if everyone about wanted me to do something for them.

The very first month I earned over £ll. During the first six months I earned over £S9, in addition to making all niv ■ own and my children’s clothes. I was able to afford help for my housework, and to-day I have two

young ladies helping me. 1 have a back account of my own, and the little luxuries and comforts we always wanted. My husband has fallen in love with me all over again. He often says I am “the best-dressed woman in

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