Arizona republican., 1894-10-25

the front door and said: ''Every one stand still"
 There was a click. The man at the camera sad All right" and slid in panel. Then he and his partner gath cred up their outfit and moved on.
 Four days later the partner of the man who had worked the camera came into the grocery and displayed dozen handsome photographs.
 We got good picture" said he to the grocer. That's very good pie ture of you"
 Ut is a purity good picture" said the grocer, closing one eye and surveying the photograph with admiration.
 "Those will be nice souvenirs to send to your friends and relatives" :"
 T didn't order any pictures"
 Certainly not, and you don't have to take them unless you want to, but should think you could find use for dozen of them"
 "'What are they worth?" " ''rn let you have them for two dol lars and half"
 ''I didn't order 'em and I don't care much for 'em, but I'll give you two dollars"
 "Thats pretty cheap, but I'll take it.'
 It is thus that some street photo graphers make their money. They know that every business man is flat tered when he sees himself in photo graph standing in proprietary atti- tude in front of his establishment.
 This is but one of the many unusual ways of making money in large city. There are small and trivial demands which are multiplied by large popu- tion, so that it often becomes profit able to furnish a supply. A profes- sional cockroach eXterminator would not seem to be public necessity, yet the cockroach man in Chicago makes good living There are hotels, restau- rants and apartment buildings always ready to pay him good price to come with his insect powder and patert blower and fill all the cracks and cor ners of the building with a poison which will kill the pestiferous little animals. In some instances he makes a yearly contract and agrees to keep the premises clear.
 The professional ratter agrees for certain sum to turn loose his ferretS and kill all the rats in building. There are several ''ratters" who are employed by the janitors of the big downtown buildings. In wholesale dry-goods and grocery houses the ''ratter" is an important man. He and his ferrets clean the premises of rats and mice and save much property from destruction
 The soap artist makes a good living. He works principally in saloons and barber-shops, making ornate designs on the mirrors with piece of white soap. He is a rapid workman and is good on fancy letters. For a quarter of dollar he will convert a large mirror into gigantic picture with pale effects, and usually he will spend the money with the house. Of late these journeymen artists have begun to use water cclors for their mirror
 
 more startling effect and can be easily washed off at any time. At least two theaters employ men to decorate saloon mirrors with gay ad- vertisements.
 There are three men in Chicago who make a fairly good living by market ing ideas. That is their business Suppose a man opens a new restau- rant. The idea" man goes into the place and says: 'Why not put out sign that you'll give dish of ice cream free to every red-headed man. It would cause talk"
 If the restaurant man adopts the suggestion the ''idea" man will expect to be paid for it.
 He writes poetry for soaps and pat ent medicines and submits it to the proprietors. If they like it he names his price. At the big retail stores he drops in and confdes new and start ling schemes for advertising. He goes to the theatrical manager, and says: Here, wouldn't this be good catch line?"
 Day by day he pokes into other peoples business, and is well paid for it, because, after all, there is nothing more valuable than ideas of the right kind.
 The professional entertainer who goes to evening parties and cheers up the guests has never made decided success in Chicago. There are few of these entertainers who find some employment, but the only attempt to establish bureau where they might be employed at any time was a failure