Saturday, Januaty '1 1922
. At ' Home
in bpare lime
NOW that I amjactuatly -earning :
from two to three dollars a day,
right at home, n my spare time,
our trials and troubles back in the Fall'
of 1919 seem like a-dream a night
mare that I am glad to forget.
But I can tell you there was nothing
imaginary about thos$ days, t while we
were struggling along trying to. make
both ends meet and never quite suc
ceeding. -: . ',,r'v , .
My husband worked in a mill, and
made good wages; but it seemed like he
couldn't earn enough money to keep
up with expenses7: " Withour twd rlittle
children to clothe and care for it seem-
ed like we were always paying bills, or
planning how we could lay aside the
money to pay them,
Often my husband and I would talk
things over, trying to find some way
out of our troubles." I was eager to
help, but I couldn't leave jny home and
children and go to work-in a factory.
I didn't know an sort of work that I
could do at home, to make money. Jt
began to look like there was no answer
to our problem. '
AND so things went along until one
day late in December the express-.
man drove up to our house and left a
wooden box, addressed to Mr. Van-'
coillie. That night when my husband
came home from, work I showed him
the box and asked what was in it.
"Oh, we'll call it a Christmas present
for you," he laughed, and began taking
the boards off the top. ; Pretty soon he
lifted out some sort of a machine and
set it on the floor.
A Pleasant, Profitable Occupation That
Helps Us MalofBoth Ends Meet
By Mfs. Emile Vancoille
"What in the
that?" I asked.
world do you call
.in ',n;k i iiiymvuft'
n il i, Mwm
an . i n iw r i i i i i i i i l ii h 1 1 ii i iii i it i in 'All i. m
I do the knitting without neglecting
my children or household duties"
"It is an Auto Knitter," he replied,
"a machine to knit wool socks. I lieard
about it and sent for some of their lit
erature. It looked so good that I de
cided to try out their plan. So sent for
one of their machines to surprise you."
Now, it isn't like my husband .to
make wild, reckless decisions. But for
the life of me I couldn't see the idea
back 6f this purchase. I made up my
mind that he sure had slipped up this
time. ''"'.:
"A knitting machine i'V, I exclaimed.;
Why, I never knit a sock in my life.
I don't know the first thing about
knitting." . ; , V ,
"Of cpurse you don't," replied that
exasperating man of mine. . , "And you
don't need to. . See, we have : an In
struction Book ; that tells : just ; how
to knit standard wool . socks on the
Auto Knitter, You can 5; learn -from
this." ,..( )X; ,
"But after the socks are knitwhat
then? What will wa r 7" -
"Oh, that's tnebeltJt
husband explained. ::The Auto Knitter
Hosiery Company agrees to buy every
standard sock ZH'u nf- '
chme. We simnlv hiindl n tl, VArW - for the machine, I had & clear, profit of
and send the package-to them - They ": $33.00 all earned . in "spare moment
; Detween my regular worK. ;
I kept right on with ray knitter dur
'i mi thatSpring and Summer. iVVJien I
didn't have any home trade I sent the
Mr. VancoUHe
Why, it was as good as going out and
working for wages and I could do the
knittingih spare time without neglect
ing my children or household duties.
But I still had my doubt about the
Auto Knitter.. I was afraid I woujd
never learn to run it1 However, when
I read over the Iirtruction Book I
found it wasn't nearlVra hard as I had
imagined . Then I satrlowa to the ma- ,
'chine and began practicing The ma
chine was shipped with a piece of work
already started on it, and that was a
big help. It took a little time, of cpurse,
but in three days I had the machine
working fine, and was making one sock
after another.
Of course the neighbors soon learned
about the Auto Knitter. I showed them
samples of- the socks and they all
wanted some right away, when they
' saw the fine work. So I began taking
orders right away, and didn't have time,
at first, to knit any for the company. I
found there was a good -sale for ladies'
stockings, too, so I knit them as well as
the socks. , X
"from my housework. And I am making
money every time I turn the handle of
' the Auto Knitter.
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Malic Hcney RigtJ at Hone ;
Knitting Socks ca the Auto Knitter
You have read here what Mrs. ,Van
coillie says about the Auto Knitter.
There isn't a bit of guesswork in what
she says. Here are actual facts, put oh
paper.. The old problem of making
both ends meet set : tHeVVancoillies to
thinking. Then came the Auto Knitter
to, help. And now, in her sptire timt,
l Mrs.":Vancoillie is - making f rom $2.00
to $3.00 a day. Just imagine $50:00 to
$75.00 a month "extra" money 1 '
- We stand ready, to make you the" very, ;
same offer we made Mrs. Vancoillie.
Our Home Work Plan is for you, tod." ".
You make standard wooJLsocks in your
own home in spare time, with the Auto r
Knitter. And we pay you for making t
them. That's the plan in a nutshell.
A Ready Market, for
Every Standard Sock 0
But, much as we like to receive ship
ments of standard socks .from Auto.
Knitter owners, there is nothing at all" ;
in our Work Contract tc ) force you to r,
send your output to us. We agree tov , 1
buy every standard sock sent in to us,.
the year around, and to pay a fixed
price. We will also send replacement !
yarn for each lot of standard socks -sent
in. But you are at perfect liberty .
to sell these wool socks wherever you, t
please. ; Local stores often are glad to
get these fine wool socks, and pay good
prices for them.. It is very likely, too, ,
that your friends and neighbors may.
want a supply. - v,
The machine , itself is thoroughly .
substantial. Many Auto Knitters have ..J
been operated for years with perfect
satisfaction. The machine weighs Y
, about 20 pounds , and may be clamped ;
-to any ordinary, tables It makes a sock '
top, body, heel and toe without re-;: '
moving the work from the machine. "
And it's all done in a surprisingly short
time. ' . ' V
Previous experience with jmachinery"
is not necessary. Nor do you heed to
know how to knit, by hand. The In-V
struction Book makes everything plain.
With the Auto Knitter you can learn;-
to turn out: standard wool socks that 7
have all of the strength,-, warmth and
Quality of hand-knitted ones. v
Write for Full Information
About Our Home Work Plan ;
If you have been seeking some way
to turn ' spare moments, into money,' V
then . take this ' chance to get the facts
about the , Auto Knitter. Will you
spend just two minutes now to find out
all about .a newvPt:f6cmpatiofi "'i
that can be conducted right at home? - '
You aren't obligating yourself at all -.
when you sign and mail the coupon.
The Auto , Knitter Hosiery h Co., Inc.,
Sn MARCH 12, 1920, I balanced up
VmV" little, account 'book, and found
that, after taking but the money to pay
vAy uf, a fixed price ; per, dozen pajrs.V
4 Vs" iney send, us yarn to take the place
f that used in;knitting thefsocksSSop
"ure socks.::
But the real test of the Auto Knitter
came late in the Fall, From November
to January the mill where my husband
was employed was closed down a part
of the time, and he didn't have regular
work. There was nothing else he could
find to do in a mill town like this, so at
last he turned to me Auto Knitter. "I'm
going to see what I can do to make
money at home," he said.
Well, we both worked at the little
Auto Knitter, and kept it busy during
those "lean" months. And as a result
they proved to be fat months for us.
We never had to worry about "no work
at the mill' as so many others were
doing. If we didn't have home orders,
we kept right on knitting, because we
knew we could sell every standard sock
to the company.
DURING this dull period the Auto
Knitter" just about made the living
for our family of four. , We hardly had
to touch our little savings account I
can't imagine how- in the ; wortd we
would have made - out without the ma
chine, and the checks that it brought
us so regularly - .:" '
After my husband went back to work
at the mill full time, I kept right onv, Dept 981, 63032 Genesee Street, "Buf-
knitting m my spa,re moments. In fceb- xalo, N. Y.
ruary, ivi, l maae oy.vy, ana m
Mflrrh SMJO. All ot this was lor r m m m hL'L f "Xi
home trade. The socks were 'sold to .
friends anfl neighbors-without a bit of
trouble. . 4 " t l '
My trade has lcept growing steadily,
and now I can count on making from
The Auto Knitter Hos feiy Cow Inc.
.Dept. SSI, 130-32 Genesee Street ;,
' Buffalo, , N. f , .. . ;
Send me full .particulars about Malting;
Money at Home with the Auto Knitter.. I
enclose two cents postage to cover cost of
mailingr. literature, etc. It is understood
-. that 'this does .not obligate me in any f way.
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standard socks to" the Auto Knitter peo
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I must say I felt a lot better :r. from i them; I could plan' every time on
. &bout. trt Aiitn TTnlffa - At- .frrtm vtfipm hv' return
explained it that wavi4lf I rroiiW knit mail, v- And thev always sent along the4 : "now in 10. to 12 minutes, and a lady's
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besides doine all my housework.- And
I have orders for from three to four
("weeks ahead. I can always knit a sock
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so easy and pleasant It rests :ne
City.
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