The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-25
Money Making Ideas

HE methods that some people adopt
to get themselves the necessariesj
of life are quite wonderful to the easy
going. prosaic businessman. SOM
months ago at the London bankruptc .
court a well known aeronaut under
went public examination He derived
his income. he said, from fees for MAX
ing ascents In balloons and airships.
Some time previously he agreed with
a patent food company to make .
nights IN an airship advertising their
food For so doing he received cash
$3.50, and bills for $3.50. This serves
as a striking example of what mans
ingenuity will map out for him as
means of making money.
DEEDS AT TwOPENCE EACH
Another curious business is that pur-
sued by a man in Clerkenwen. who has
in his window notice announcing that
he is prepared to purchase old deeds and
parchments in any quantity For these
he pays very nominal amount. aver
aging about .twopence each. He keeps
very careful record of the names
mentioned in these ancient documents
and then watches the advertisement
columns of the newspapers When he
sees document advertised for corre-
spending to one he has in hand he
answers the advertisement and offers
to sell the lost deed for a specified sum
which amply reeOups him for all his
labor He now possesses more than
5000 of these truant documents all
carefully classified. For some of the
documents duly restored TO their origi-
nal owners he has received as much as
k1O. while sums of from e to IS are
often paid to This vendor for his Pc
culiar wares.
sufficient capital to enable them to go
into business for themselves but have
clever and practical ideas as to how a
business may be improved, make
money by selling their ideas. The
adoption of these suggestions has often
brought increased prosperity to the
traders who purchased them.
Barrel organs occasionally show a
need for repair. There are several men
in London who make this work their
special business. Having a technical
knowledge of these instruments and
the various complaints" that affect
them. these piano doctors are gen
orally very clever at their trade.
and make good deal of money out of
IL. Their charges for this work
range from a shilling for a small
job to 10 shillings for a bad case. which
may take him day and a half 10 put
right
TOUCHING AND TASTING
Most wholesale firms in the cloth
'ON-oS ouPPAy men WHO get lDell
living solely by feeling the texture of
cloth stuffs submitted TO them: and on
the Judgment of these men, which is
rarely at fault, their employers decide
to spend many thousands of pounds in
the course of the year. In the fur
trade buyers require to have specially
graduated in the art of touch as here
one wholesale order may easily run into
hve figures of pound sterling
Yet another deft worker who. for
his income, depends almost entirely
upon his delicate sense of touch, is the
professional water finder" who has no
capital, and whose outfit consists
solely OF a hazel twig carried before
him in his right hand. He is en-
ployed by farmers and land owners in
various parts of the country to deter
mine the location of hidden springs.
and most of them derive an excellent
income from their unique vocation.