Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-02
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Earning Money At Home.
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~)HoroGRAPHY rs a means of earning money has suggested itself to
1OI many a woman. And many are doing it with the utmost success
III Others have thought 1t yer and concluded there a nothing in it
for them. But perhaps they haven't thought of all the ways in
which It might be utilized as a money-maker.
In this. Is in many other things, it is we'll to specialize. And the
work. must be unusually we'll done. One would think that the we'll known
places in Europe had been photographed ad nauseum. Yet a oma who
went abroad some time ago, upon her return sold enough pictures to lead,
ing stores in q large city to almost pay her passage They yer photo.
were taken with a camera that costs but a few dollars. But they we're un-
usually artistic. They caused involuntary ordinations of delight from all
who saw them. And every person who had beer to these places wanted
a picture a well Is many who hadn't been, but who admired the photos
for their artistic charm.
This same spirit would prompt almost any parent to purchase a
picture of his child caught in some particularly happy or characteristic
attitude. People always like good photos of their home or garden. their
from a professional photographer are often expensive. The woman who
wishes to earn ONE money, and who does not have the expense of a. office
and assistants to meet, could probably do them for much les.
~ Another rich field OF photography, that Is by 10 mean as yet thor
oughy worked is the rs-touching or restoring of Did photographs. Almost
every family mourns the fact that the only photograph of SON dear one
who is gone is old and faded, or is a bad snapshot taken by an amateur.
What wouldn't the family give for a good photograph? You may have
heard them sy so many times. Or perhaps it Is the old home, o. some
seen of which they have but a faded picture. and which they would love
to have fresh and clear more.
The n who understands photography a take these old photo
graphs and re-photo them, and touch up and restore and wash out and
paint IN, untha most satisfactory. fresh picture that is a delight to the
TITS sort of work was done for a family n which the father had
died/a of whom thore were n o pictures, but a very poor snapshot taken
one/day as he was coming from the garden in a torn old coat and rather
muddy trousers. and a faded photo OF him a a young man. The two
pictures were given to a woman who had taken up this work. and after
several weeks OF work and consultation with the family, a soft. delicate
silvery gray picture val returned, a good cabinet size. simply of the head
and shoulders which "a almost the living man, 1t takes patience aud
knowledge to do this sort of work, but 1t pays.
II q woman who understands photography will Just study her own
locality a bit, she may SEE openings there that will enable her to carr
money with her camera. If there are boarding houses and hotels. souvenir
sale. Business people might like photographs of their business places. or
OF some operation Of their work. She might be able to sell pictures to
the local papers for new purposes, or to the advertisers to Illustrate their
advertisements. And the home and the children OF the community treated
In e ways afford almost a unlimited field of work, By keeping even
and ears open, and the mind alert, something in this limo may be dis
covered right at hand.
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