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It was easy for her to make these simple repairs. A little glue here, a bit of
sewing there, the wig recurled and the new clothes would make “Betsy Ann”
or “Sally Lou” look brand new again. Molly Winder is the genial type of
woman who has a large circle of friends and acquaintances and almost before
she realized it, the word had gone around and she was in the Doll Hospital
business. However, she did not stop at repairing dolls—toys of all kinds were
brought to her to mend and even china and little pieces of brica-brac. She also
found—perhaps “cultivated” would be a better word—a market for character
dolls and dolls dressed in the costumes of the various nations. These dolls
were raffled at church bazaars and charity affairs held by societies, lodges,
etc.

By the following June, Molly was able to make arrangements for her
operation. She had enough money to pay the hospital bill and more than half
of the doctor bill, Now that she had built up a good list of customers, the
second Christmas was so profitable the work required all her time and she
delegated the household activities to her eldest daughter of highschool age.
Mrs. Winder was fortunate, of course, in that she had most of the materials
needed in her work and but little money had to be spent for supplies.
However, even with the added expense for materials, operating a community
hospital for dolls can be made a profitable venture.

Brown Bread and Beans Pay the Taxes

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HE woman who lives in or near a section of apartment dwellers will
generally find a market near her home for breads, cookies, cakes and similar
products if she but searches her neighborhood for prospects. One woman
living on Chicago’s south side developed a market for brown bread and
baked beans by calling on homes in her neighborhood on Friday afternoons.
Many homes that serve baked beans, creamed codfish and similar Friday
foods, find that brown bread is just the needed item to make a perfect meal.
However, most women will not bother to make brown bread and it is one of
those special foods that the commercial food firms have not been able to