The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-13

begin to fill the orders which came to her and now she is annually marketing over 100000 gallons of ripe olive oil and pickled olives.
 A novel way of making living is to do
 other peoples reading for them. In the old days when learned man desired to write a scientific book 1t was a labor of years. Not so nowadays in the United
 States. Suppose a physician who has at tained great prominence as @ specialist in the treatment of peculiar disease de-
 sires to perpetuate his fame by writing a. book on that subject. What does he do? Merely makes a contract with profes-
 sional reader to provide the history of
 cases of the peculiar disease recorded in the medical journals of all lands. The busy man then goes hastily over his col lection, selecting the instances fit for his own use, and thus completes the work Of ten years in one year. Not long ago one of our great physicians paid profes-
 sional reader s500O for compiling certain information for him.
 The business of looking up family records to qualify a man or woman for
 admission to the Sons and Daughters of
 the American Revolution or other histor-
 teal societies Is as well recognized in Washington as that of the attorney who
 looks up the war record of a claimant for a pension
 And there are other information bu-
 reaus willing and qualified to write a
 good speech for a budding statesman ar
 make a splendid argument on any side of any question. Or, if the budding states
 man desires to write his own speech. and Is not familiar with the bypaths Of his
 tory, the bureau will look up the history of any bit of legislation. seek out the precedents, cite decisions of the courts and otherwise assist and instruct. Then, if some one out in the "dee-
 strick'' desires to oppose the reelection of the same statesman. the versatile bu- reau people will be willing to provide his enemies with an exact account of every thing the gentleman has done, and every thing he has failed to do while serving his country as a member of Congress. A woman in Emporia, Kan.-that re-
 markable small town which no more re- quires Kansas after it than New York
 needs the name of It's state affixed-has made a lot of money by breeding cats
 A St. Louis man, 30 years old and mar ried, yet almost a midget, gets big salary from a shoe company for going about with It's travelling men in Buster Brown costume, hair bobbed and all, and
 accompanied by big dog who looks like
 Tise.
 i For IA years a Kansas City woman made her living and laid by a competence 1 by designing the costumes worn in the annual Priests of Pallas parade. Another
 woman In Columbia, s. C., Is known as i official painter of heraldry to the
 Daughters of the American Revolution. :" | She makes a snug living by designing and painting coats-of-arms and heraldic de- signs for those who are vain of their an- cestry.
 A young woman in Louisville, Ky, be-
 gan baking cakes for ladies who were
 giving parties and was so successful that
 she now owns the largest restaurant in Louisville, and conducts a catering busi-
 ness with customers in five states. Every city now has dozens of shopping brokers who advertise to buy things and match
 samples for people living in the country.