Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-06-16

Pots Of Gold.
HoMELY LITTLE WAYS OF ADDING TO
THE INCOME.
A HELPING HAND TO THE MILKMAN.
have been making pin-money for al.
most year now and find It very fasci-
mating work. My husband bought
second hand typewriter for bic own use
but think have made moro use OF It
than he has. have saved moro than
the price of 1t and the typewriter 10 still
a. good a. when first bought. noticed
that my milkman's bills were very badly
written and it seemed an effort for him
to write, judging by the time bis custom.
ere had to wait for the bills. l men
toned to bin that typewriter bills
would be heater and great deal more
busiuess-iike. Two days later he offered
to sign contract that had suggested
and since that time have been paying
myself for the milk We use instead OF
the milkman. have his bills oil ready
for him to fill In the cust0mers' names
and the amount Of the bill and . place
for him to sign his name. By using
sheets of carbon make four bills at one
time. In two or three hours each month
[ can make all the bills he needs.
LAUNDRY BAGS AT FIFTY CENTS
have found way to earn pin money
in the making OF the ever useful laundry
bag. make one from two yards OF
cretonne that costs twelve cents yard.
| 1 do not run q tape in the tops a. the
bags are more convenient II one attaches
three loops Of tape and hangs each bag
on three hooks on the back OF the
clothespress door.
have three boys, five, seven and nine
years of age. They each have in their
bedrooms laundry bag Of their favorite
color and the good use they made OF
them gave me the idea Of producing
laundry bags for sale. sell them at
fifty cents and have no difficulty in mar
keting all can make.
A HOME TELEPHONE BOOTH
The telephone company in our town
does not limit us as to local calls. Many
of my neighbors are without telephones
in their homes and they made it . prac.
tice to use my telephone a. often as they
wished. One woman sp0l0gized 80 pro-
fusely for coming so often that thought
of the plan of charging her two cents
every time she used the telephone 30
that she would have no conjunction
| about coming. I soon extended the
privilege to others, and I realize as
many as hundred pennies at the end OF
II faIAnhnna
more often. keep the telephone in my
sewing room which is right of the hall,
and the people coming and going do not
disturb me at all.
AN INvALID's POT OF GOLD
My daughter is an invalid but she is
very energetic. One day she asked me
to send for some books of sample wall
paper for her. When they came she cut
from the plain paper small lamp and
candle shades and then cut little roses
and festoons and similar decorations.
She pasted these on the shades which
gave them pretty finish. She touched
| off the top and bottom of each shade
with little gilt. She sells these shades
at twenty-five cents pair, and she finds
the work diverting and not at at all tir-
ing.
JOY TO THE BOOMERS
A friend of mine who lives in room
| ing house district makes her pin mon ey
BY pressing clothes for the young men
and women of her neighborhood. Near.
| " everyone has certain ideas a. to how
their clothes should be pressed, 80 this
adaptable little lady has card index
and keeps on file the particular within Of
each customer. She finds 1t pays her.
A GOLDEN VOICE
Ny mother has an exceptionally good
speaking voice and has always been fond
of reading aloud. She cultivated this
talent of hers and now makes 1t help ill
her Golfers. She got in touch with many
invalids through friend who was .
nurse in hospital and she reads daily
| to several of these shut-ins. Her net
profits each week amount to an average
of ten dollars.
BY-PRoDUCT JAMS
Nv mother 10 an invalid and the doc
tor has prescribed fruits for her. /
have such large quantities Of Feelings
that cook and make jams and sir
ups from them that sell at fifteen
cents pint. had only few custom.
ers at first but now have so many
I cannot supply them all. From the
money my jams bring in I buy my moth
er's and my clothes.
NEIGHBoRHooD MARKETING
know q woman who increases her
slender income BY an hours work every
morning. She does the marketing for
some wealthy friends who do not care to
take the time and prefer this plan to or
dering over the telephone. She also has
charge Of ordering the household sup
plies for one Of the clubs In her town.
She makes list of the provisions re-
quired when she does her own errands.
In this way she accomplishes . great
deal Of profitable work.
HOMEMADE ROOT BEER
made pin money last summer by
making and selling root beer. I used
bottles generously donated to me by the
neighbors. boiled and cleansed each
bottle thoroughly when first received
and thoroughly cleansed them each time
before using. Two hours suficed to
mix and bottle the root beer, and I kept
it for some time 90 that the beer could
work and be in proper condition to
drink and enjoy. kept 1t cool by set
ting 1t on the cement floor of the collar.
1 had daily customers and could sell all
I could make. used extract that was
twenty cents q bottle and cleared
Sill so in six weeks, using two hours Of
my time, three times week. spent
the latter part of August in the country,
so missed the best part Of the season for
selling root beer. sold each bottle for
three cents and the bottles were always