Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-31


camera said "All right" and slid in q
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 a dozen
handsome photographs.
I'VE got . good picture" said he 10
the grocer. That's very good pic
ture Of you"
1T 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"
n 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 Z
dozen Of them"
what are they worthr'
"I'll let you have them for two dol
lars and a half"
81 didn't order EN- and ! don't care
much for EN-, but I'll give you two
dollars"
That's pretty cheap, but I'll take
it."
II Ia thus that some street photo
rraphers make their money. They
know that every business man Is fiat
tered when he sees himself in photo
graph standing in proprietary stti
tude In front OF his establishment.
This Is but one Of the many unusual
ways of making money in q large city
There are small and trivial demands
which are multiplied by large popu
ton, SO that 1t often becomes profit
able to furnish supply. A profes
sional cockroach extermlnator would
not seem TO be o 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 pater'
blower and all oil the cracks and cor
ners Of the building with a poison
which will kill the pestiferous little
animals. In some instances he makes
yearly contract and agrees to keep the
premises clear
The professional ratter agrees for
certain sum to turn loose his ferret'
and kill all the rats in building
There are several "ratters" who are
employed by the janitors OF the ble
downtown buildings. In wholesale
dry-goods and grocery houses th'
"ratter" is an important man. liz
and his ferrets clean the premises O
rats and mice and save much property
from destruction.
The soap artist makes good living
He works principally In saloons ant
barbcr-shops, making ornate design
on the mirrors with piece OF whit'
soap lie is u rapid workman and il
good on fancy letters. For Il quartz
of dollar be will convert a larg'
mirror into q gigantic picture will
pale effects, and usually he will spen'
the money with the house. OF lat
these journeymen artists have begun
to use water colors for their miro
decorations. The bright colors give
moro startling effect and can b.
easily washed off at any time. A
least two theaters employ men t.
decorate saloon mirrors with gay ad
vertisements.
There arc three men In Chicago VIII
make fairly good living by market
ing ideas. That Is their business
Suppose man opens new restau
rant. The "idea" man goes into tn
, place and says: "Why notput out sgl
that you'll give a dish Of Ice cream fire
to every red-headed man. 1t woul
cause talk"
II the restaurant man adopts tn
suggestion the "idea" man will expec
to be paid for it.
He writes poetry for soaps and pal
ent medicines and submits 1t to tn
proprietors. II they like it he name
his price. At the big retail stores h
drops in and confdes new and star
ling schemes for advertising II
$ goes to the theatrical manager, an
t SAYS: Here, wouldn't this be goo
: catch line?"
| Day by day be pokes into othe
1 peoples business, and is well paid &c
| H. because, after all, there is nothin
: more valuable than Ideas OF the RICH
l kind.
A The professional entertainer VIII
= goes 10 evening parties and cheers u
4 the guests has never made decide
success In Chicago. There are fe'
OF these entertainers who find som
= employment, but the only attempt
e establish bureau where they migf
n be employed at any time was failur
!, In 1893 Burr Mcintosh, the actor, c
a toblished such bureau and engage
J. . large number OF competent mus
:, clans, singers and readers, who wei
8 to be let out to parties and reception
;. al so much night Mr.. Mcintosh ha
4 made success as a parlor enterta nj
Y In London and was anxious to intr
duce the British custom In Chicago
he was well patroni,ed by few ultr'
[ society people, but the Others mes
!. lected his bureau and entertaine
!. themselves In some manner.
5 An eccentric gentleman goes frol
r Office to Office teaching the latest p
a risian style Of hair.combing. He ha
!, not been as successful as another ei
terprising person who deals in cres'
+ and coats-of-arms. II is related that
Q wealthy and hard-headed bushes
man with good, old-iashioned nan
uomethins like Ferguson was sisite