Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-09-09
MANY CALL|Aes
OPEN PORTALS To
BOYS AND GIRLS
NO END OF METHODS BY WHICH
YOUTH OF BOTH SEXES
MAY MAKE MONEY.
SPY INDUSTRY WE THRIVE"
Savings and Careful Investment Are
as Important as Is the Actual
Work of Saving.
BY N NJ. COCHIN.

Here, Boy!
Think of all the things you can do
that you are not doing to earn extra
money and valuable experience. Every
thing you learn to do, no matter how
email the task, and you do 1t well,
just adds 80 much more to your eff
cheney. Make a practice of being able
to do any work that presents itself or
that you see others doing, and when
you grow to manhood you will be
100 per cent efficient.
Isn't that worth something to you?
And then see the money you will
be earning that you can put into
Thrift Stamps. ALI worthwhile PEG
pie like Government securities, be-
cause they run no risk of losing.
After school and before school some
thing like the following has been sug-
gested:
Clean and tend your fathers or your
neighbours automobile, At the same
time you are getting acquainted with
machinery. You may choose to make
engineering your calling later on
Clean out stores and learn to ar
range articles attractivsly In the store
and windows. Watch how the bust
ness is run and learn something every
day. Deliver goods and always be
looking out to do something for the
owners interest You'll win in the
end and If your taste runs to that kind
of business you will be an owner your
self in the future. Boys Of Is or 18
years Of age can make out the bills
thus they are starting the first steps
In accounting work.
Gardening is fine work for boys and
girls. Also raising chickens will bring
remuneration of a substantial sort.
Sell vegetables to your neighbors, also
eggs, but don't %profteer.
If you live in the country you can
earn some extra money taking the
cattle and horses to pasture and bring
ing them home and feeding. You may
want to own a ranch when you are
grown and a knowledge Of stock &C
CURED when you are growing will be
OF great help to you.
A few more things boys can 10 to
Increase their savings are:
+ Caddy at the golf clubs, distribute
newspapers in the morning or evening,
distribute handbills, cut wood, keep
lawns cut and spriukled and steps of
houses clean, build fires and many
other odd tobs.
And now Girls:
! There are a lot of things you can
do to enable you to buy more Thrift
Stamps and War Savings Stamps.
II You a prepare vegetables for sup
per, set the table and clean up after.
You can eve learn to cook the sup
per . Lots Of times mother would give
you % cents to get the meal when she
had some other important duty to per-
form. And then you are getting &C
Quainted with the first elements of
housekeeping; but be sure to guard
against waste in the kitchen. You can
dust, make beds and also get up the
laundry regularly. Mark the linen
that goes to the laundry and keep it
mended. All this will take lots of
work off mothers shoulders and
she will be only too glad to give you
q regular allowance for it. You will
have earned quite a little sum at the
end Of the month and will steadily
learn the art of good housekeeping,
which is essential for all girls to
know. But be sure you use system in
your work. Have a regular time for
doing everything and Do 1t Well.
You can dress dolls for stores to
sell. This is interesting work for
girls, and OOH you will be making your
own dresses.
Hunt up a list of dressmakers and
milliners in your town and ask them
If you a deliver their gowns and hats
to their customers. This will also give
you out-of-door exercise, which you al
ways need to keep well and strong.
: Do fancy work and knit slippers and
sweaters and sell them to individuals,
stores or the Woman's Exchange in
your town. Also learn to bake we'll
and sell your goods.
{ There are many other things you
can do to increase your savings, but I
have not space to tell them here, and
then see how many Thrift Stamps and
War Savings Stamps you can buy each
month. Soon you will be surprised to
see all you have saved up.
Many boys and girls have ambition
10 attend college or be trained for
some particular profession, and It .-7ilI
be mighty nice to see those War Saw
angs Stamps coming due that will give
you the money 80 you can do this.
1t pays in the end to save part of
your earnings all the time and not
spend too much On picture shows and
Allow yourself a certain
amount for amusements and sweets
each week or month and keep within
that amount.
Try this and Watch Your Savings
0row3 10
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