Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10
Do ANYTHING to Earn a Living

shoocr Maker" of
Holding o Coin

has the most interesting understand
ing.
The professional mourncr is almost
where an "honorarium" Is expected.
The unpsjd mourner is not unknown
among US as u sort of professional.
It's usually q woman, for attendance
on funerals offers mournful salts
: faction 10 certain temperaemnts OF the
! female sex, with the luxury of tears
and the pleasure of expressing sym
pathy, This occupation flourished In
! the oden times They formulated
their grief and reduced mourning TO
a system. II was expressed by tear
| ing the hair and clothes, weeping
| aloud and beating the breast and
mouth, the latter enabling them to
make a quayerlng sound and which
would be warranted TO plow up and
harrow the feelings of the stoniest
heart. The well-to-do employed pro-
mentation" and "mourners who go
about the streets" were professionals
who excited the envy Of the amateurs
and the eager improvidcnce of the
poor.
Not all OF these queer occupations
are crowded That of "cockroach
guard, FOR instance, has, as far as
has been learned, only one follower.
He Is found In Chicago and is employ
ed by a factory to keep off the creep
ing pests that are generated in Il
garbage heap across the street. His
name Is Michael McIlvane. He wears
a 1. 4 A..
official designation AS protector of
the factory from the lncursions of
the pests from across the street is
"cockroach guard" with his long
cane and rawhide whip and "A pair
of eyes that are "a combination Of tel
escope and microscope these bugs
have about as much chance to get
past him as a clay pigeon to escape
from Buffalo Bill's gun. He is death
to the invaders" In our present war
fare against the housefly an occupa-
tlon is offered combining both indus
try and ease, as well as excitement.
One man in Chicago killed 700 quarts
of flies this season and
his success will probably
suggest to those who can afford 1t
the starting OF the new calling Of fly
killer.
The oil well shooter is one of the
most useful men in Texas. Having
much of his practice in that robust
state. he is expected to be good
shot" He is indispensable When a
man has dug a well and got down to
stratum above the oil itself he sends
for the Shooter" who comes with
load of nitroglycerine, in his buck
board, all the way from 80 to 500
quarts of 1t, the whole thing liable !
to explode any minute while he is
humping along in his wagon, and send
him nearer to heaven than he has ever
thought OF. But he takes his chances,
and II he reaches the place without
being torn into fragments, he puts the
stuff down into the well, lights a fuse
and then takes to the tall timber.
The only thing that is at all certain
about the risky thing Is that 1t is
sure to kill If It goes OFF while the
man Is in the same wagon with II,
even In the same neighborhood.
Phonograph cylinder making is a
be sure, a few distinguished men
and women are employed now and
then, like Caruso, but most of the !
VOICES and lnstrumentallsts are the
same old friends whom we have been
hearing for years, The deep-volced |
announcer-we know him well! Here |
is firm that makes 1000 large cylin- |
ders and $4,000 smaller ones a day |
and they keep the voices humming |
and the orchestra drumming all day |
for the benefit Of the many thousands |
of homes and stores and restaurant |
waiting rooms.
over in Paris they have a select few |
who follow the business of saint
making"-cultured people who study |
the lives and characters of the old /
saints for the purpose of getting UP
models from which images are made .
for the eager trade.
The occupation of business advis-
err" is a growing one, and there is
room for a great many more occu-
pants Of It. The adviser" Is called .
in when business is getting bad, and |
he looks It all over to see what's the |
matter with IT, He studies the plan |
on which It is run. learns the habits |
Of the employees, the cost and income, .
and then advises how It can be Inn
proved, or recommends an assign
ment. He must be an expert to be .
able to grasp business, and he has |
a chance to prove a useful man.
Nothing has been said OF the fake |
lines OF work. Some of them are well |
enough known--too well, in fact. |
Some are unique and can be spoken
of without fear of suggesting them |
as desirable vocations to any readers |
Of this story. Here is young negro /
who made his living for whole year
collecting money to bury other me-
groes who were in imminent peril OF .
not being buried at all, but cut up by |
the doctors. sympathetic negroes /
came to his aid with enough to |
make him a comfortable living for a |