She at once prepared the glue very carefully and, with infinite patience and skill, devoted one hour to the permanent putting together of a broken vase she had brought with her from the studio. When it was completed, she was greatly surprised to find that only by the closest scrutiny could she herself detect where the break had been, and letting it dry until the next day, she took it back to the studio.
The proprietor was amazed to see how perfectly the broken parts had been put together, and at once gave her a number of the more expensive vases, pitchers, etc., to mend, naming a price for the work that surprised her. She mended these with the same skill and success that attended her first efforts, and now she is making a living doing this work for studios, as well as for many wealthy families in the town.
PLAN No. 440. BIOCHEMICAL—U. S. SEE [PLAN No. 217]
PLAN No. 441. PURE COUNTRY TOMATO SAUCE
To make a small quantity of real country tomato sauce, to be used as a sample, a farmer’s wife in a section of country noted for its highly flavored fruits and vegetables, used the following ingredients:
Four pounds of ripe tomatoes; 2 pounds of peeled onions; 5 ounces light brown sugar; 4 ounces of salt; 21⁄2 pints cider vinegar; 1 teaspoonful black ground pepper; and 3 teaspoonfuls red pepper.
She ground the tomatoes through a grinder, and then added the onions by running them through the grinder also. She then added the other articles, and boiled in a porcelain kettle for about two hours, stirring it quite often to prevent it from sticking to the bottom. She then put it up in 6-ounce bottles, that would sell for 20 cents each, and submitted samples of her product to a wholesale grocery house. The president of the company was so impressed with its excellence that he offered to incorporate a company and erect a manufactory for the purpose of producing the sauce in quantities, under the direct personal supervision of this woman. She accepted the offer, was elected treasurer of the company, and is to-day drawing a salary of $4,000 a year, besides receiving dividends that amount to as much more.