The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08

anu Sell Lnem at D cents per punch. A
little plot of ground 12x12 feet, will be
sufficient for raising flowers enough to
supply large hotel daily, and taking
care of the flowers will grow to be a
pleasure. Summer people are always
glad to buy little punches of flowers for
their rooms or their dress, and they
wither SO soon there is constant
demand for them
Childen who live near railroad juno
| ton or center, where summer trains
make 10 Or Is minutes stop, can often
| dispose of home made candies and
flowers to the passengers. l know of
one little fellow who does thriving
business during the summer by selling
| to passengers in the cars and at the sta
| tons iced lemonade at cents per
glass, and iced molasses and ginger
water Gan old fashioned drink )for three
cents per glass.
| If you live on highway for bicycles
erect little stand on your own ground
! close to the street, under shade tree, if
| possible, and place over your stand a
sign that lemonade and molasses ginger
water is for sale. If you place few
chairs near the stand and in the shade
you will find the bicyclers will give you
call very frequently.
Pumping up bicycles for lazy wheel
men will be found another desirable
| courco IF iucOme eSnocia]Iy if tho charpe
is light, say l cent tire.
| Cleaning and oiling bicycles at
cents each will give quite little in
come, as they require daily cleaning if
in constant use, and one can often Sc
cure permanent engagements for this
work during the season.
| The golf links offer special privileges
| for small boys. A caddy can earn from
| 10 to Is cents round, carrying the
sticks
| Players are continually losing balls,
as few of them will take the time or
have the patience to hunt them up, and
the links are usually secured by small
boys, who can often find dozen in the
| r
in such cases. the ball being considered
the property Of the one who first dis
covers it. These balls are then sold to
players at from to 10 cents each,
according to the condition of the ball
AS new ones retail at So per dozen,
players are glad to purchase second
hands ones if they are in fairly good
condition. During the series of tourna-
ments at the Morristown links in New
Jersey last year some of the boys made
from 81 to 81 SO a week by finding and
selling balls.
Cleaning windows and blinds for
neighbors is good paying work for
strong boy.
Pushing baby carriages in the city
parks is another source Of income for
girls.
For the children who live near the
seashore or lake, the catching and sell
ing of fish will bring quite a little
money.
For the older boys, who have row
boats, there are many opportunities for
rowing parties across the lake. or along
a shore, or for renting boat. Usually
boat will rent for 10 cents an hour,
and for Is cents if an oarsman is in
cluded.
The making of kites is remunerative
in place where there are many small
boys; the more fancy the kite the more
quickly it may be disposed of. Prices
to range from one cent to 10 cents each.
For older boys who understand about
electric batteries, there is quite field
Electric bells are constantly out of re-
pair and electric lights will not always
respond promptly to the button. A
good repairer, who can fill and clean bat
teries will find he can have his time
fairly we'll occupied in this way.
There is new source of industry for
children who live on farm, and this
has been opened through the influence
of the Audubon Society. All feathers
of the domestic fowl are now saved,
collected and sold to dealers in bird
plumage, who send them abroad to be
dyed and fashioned into gorgeous head
plumage for millinery decoration.
Cutting a neighbours grass will put
pennies into a boys pocket; SO will pull
ing up weeds both in the vegetable and
the flower garden.
Taking care of a neighbours bird,
cleaning the cage, etc., would be good
work for girl.
Girls who live in the country near the
fir balsam trees can make hammock pill
lows of common bright plaid Bingham
filled with fir balsam, and sell them to
summer visitors at so cents each. A
yard and half Of bingham would make
a three-quarter square pillow, and the
material would not cost over 18 cents.
Household.