PLAN No. 436. JAMS AND JELLIES
A farmer’s wife, who lived more than ten miles from the city, and realizing that it was not possible for her to market her strawberries, and other garden products by driving that distance, only to find the market over supplied for that day, resolved upon another plan for handling these berries profitably. She knew that by putting them up in the form of delicious jellies and jams, home-made she could get good prices for them long after the fresh berry season was over, so she obtained a large number of jars, glasses, etc., and made vast quantities of all kinds of jams and jellies.
Her judgment was confirmed the following winter, for when the city people learned of these home-made delicacies, through a little want ad. in the city papers, she sold the entire lot in less than two days, at prices she considered very high. The next year she doubled the quantity of jams and jellies put up, which doubled her profits as well.
PLAN No. 437. BEE HANDLER—U. S. SEE [PLAN No. 217]
PLAN No. 438. KEEPING PIANO KEYS WHITE
This is a woman’s discovery, and a valuable one, too, for it not only kept the keys of the piano white, but made her a good profit. She introduced it by asking her friends to try it on their piano. She made it of the following ingredients, the proportions given being enough to make 96 4-ounce bottles of the preparation, and as a cleaner and whitener of piano keys it has no equal. The entire cost of making it, bottle, label and all, is only about 5 cents per bottle, and it sells rapidly at 50 cents for a 4-ounce bottle. This is the formula:
Grain alcohol, 1 gallon; water, 2 gallons. Mix. She learned by experience that this preparation prevents discoloration of ivory piano keys, and restores faded, yellow keys to their natural whiteness and gloss. With each bottle, properly labeled, she gave the following directions: Dampen a piece of chamois with the preparation, apply to the keys, and after fifteen minutes rub over with a dry piece of chamois. Repeat the treatment weekly, always using the same pieces of chamois, and you will always have white, glossy, beautiful piano keys.
She first sold this through agents, then to music houses, and later made it a mail-order proposition by advertising, and sold so much of it that she finally devoted her entire time to making and selling it.
PLAN No. 439. MENDING BROKEN CHINA
A young lady in a western town of 25,000 people, where there were several studios for decorating china, was surprised to learn of the large number of beautiful and expensive pieces that were broken, through carelessness or accident, and decided to try her hand as a mender of this broken ware. Having the formula for making a mending glue to be found [in this book], she called at one of the studios and asked for permission to take one or two of the cheaper broken pieces home with her, to see what she could do with them.