Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-29
MANY ODD MEANS Of
MAKING 4 LIVING
ARE SHOWN BY
THE CENSUS
Kansas City Man Earns Livli-
hool BY Bottling Smoke |;
Poultry Raising Common
Occupation.
WASHINGTON employees
AMONG FREAK TOILERs

Washington Apri 90 AS e patt of
the task of compiling The thiue,u;h'
census of the United states. The hi.
rcau AZ Washington, u C.. viii pub
lish a report on the various ucCuud.
mons by which men ana women la inl-
country earn then daily bread
Though II will he many months hciot"
the report viii he gwen 10 th" public
u conservative estimate places th'
number oi Classihcations Ot industry
at between 1000 and 5000
II seems a safe prediction go state
thai there will he found hat one man
IN the entire country making llvlns
from boliling the smoke oi burning
hickory wood This man. who lives In
Kansas CITY. contends that has bot
tied smoke let loose in an airiigh.
compartment In which meat has boch
placed will produce the same onecl
upon meat as though cured by hick.
orv smole In the usual manner
Nor would the uniniiiated expect TO
find profit in raising bullirogs FOR
their legs Two New Jersey women.
however are making "a good living hv
man obtains over xi0O an ounce
wholesale for the seeds of peiuni0S
In some OF the reports of the cen.
sus enumerators IN the field are round
fluctuations 50 unusual that they re-
quiro no end o. labor in properly
Classifying them M the bureau on
man frankly assorted that he was
booze fighter and another Who
work, In n saloon, styled himself as
DESTROYER oi men
Sucn occupations as "pouncor, IN
a hat factory. "tobies. maker o;
stogies. whittier In straw work..
dock wolloper," n longshoreman VI
hralor" in clock factory; 'tongucr
IN connection with oysters 'tcaser.
| M glass factory "scabblor In quar-.
rying. "flosscr." In y corset factory,
and dTbber" In ship building. are
all unusual occupations that must he
listed.
IN Washington especially are ihurc
o large number of persons who earn
ihoir living by performing unusual
| tasks The majority o. them are om.
| nloyed bN the government There Is
a vuung man ia the National museum,
| lIenry iendlcV who is known y,
| The official portrait bustmaker of In.
| dian features tOr a unique portrait
gallery of the North American re !.
| skin Tho government h. Interested
| In the preservation of types of the
pure american Indian and In thc
| rhangcs in their facial characteristics
| Ncp by step AZ they adopt civilized
customs During the course 81 year
many Indians come ~ Washington 10
see the president or The commit ssi0ncr
OF Indian affairs II so persuaded they
| appear before M llondlc'
| To secure litcllke bust for the
gallery Hondlcv has 10 maxi, q plas
ter cast o. each Indian face and
| head For his services Poor la IT.
generally paid 81
u Miller H. an expert mndolor u
papicr machc OF things past pteseu
and future for the National museum
Several of his wonderful models
are On exhibition now. among them
one OF "a Hawaiian village. showing
with marvellous accuracy ana beau
| the volcanic nature OF the soil, TIN,
| lagoon as blue rs the SEA ariliicla
fish ponds. the method of irrlgatio.
peculiar To The island, and a delight
iul perspective of cocoanut trees
| grass houses aud coral beaches iiu
he most wonderful figure in the whol,
spectacle is that OF girl swimming
Her hair iloats behind her on the
| water as she swms across the tiny IA
COON. and the waves that form a. she
glides through the water give a mos
astounding semblancc of motion
Along similar lines ia the work o.
Edwin Howell maker of maps. II
| his Workshop h. evolves relief map.
of certain sections of the country
which not only indicate rivers an,
mountains and towns, hut all tn
minerals rocks. flowers. trees ant
VARYING soils to be- found there. II,
makes maps that enable the weathc
bureau Ia more easily ascertain eli
matte changes and atmospheric con
di,Ions in different portions OF thu
land
The original OF "A relief map II,
made OF the lsthmus OF Panama Is 4
the White House, whore II Was place,
at the request or presiden TAFT
cost several thousand dollars and re-
quired eight months Ia construct II
his Workshop he has huge map %
the entire United States. shoWinl
with unquestionablp accuracy ever
depression and every elevation, rivers
: harbors. etc. IN the land.