Evening star., 1922-03-17
IDEAS Of SPECIAL INTEREST TO
BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE HOME

KEEP, 81 for myself. Then I found +
conjd do the same thing for the
neighbors and q lot OF other people,
but after I had been at work few
months l got more business than l
could handle and have any time to
play, so / got other boys to help me.
II you work it right. you can be
real convenience in the neighborhood
and at the same time make lot 'of
money by just being clearing
house
Money for Sunday School.
Boys make excellent aids at ba-
zaar. One booth which was consigned
to the bows at recent Sunday school
basaar represented Chinese laundry.
the four boys in charge being cos
tuned as Cinnamon. The booth was
draped with cotton prints in oriental
designs and decorated with paper
lanterns. A hanging sign read: Hop
Sing Tung, Heap Good Chinese Laun-
dry"
The booth was square. open on two
Esides On one side two OF the boys
sold all Kinds Of laundry helps. from
clothespins, bluing balls and asbestos
ironholders to little sleeve boards
and pressing irons. On the opposite
a novel sale. For this sale green pa
per slips with numbers painted on
them in Chinese style. with a soft
brush and sepia were sold elsewhere
in the room. The customer purchase
ing one Of these slips for 25 cents was
entitled at the boys booth to a small
package bearing the same number.
The packages were wrapped up to re-
semble the collar parcels of a Chinese
laundry and contained such useful
toilet trifles as collar boxes. laundry
lists. sachets and pfncushions
At another booth all articles re-
1Afinp n NV wav f0 the sea nanfi /.
cal life were gathered together in q
booth built roughly to suggest a ship
and christened ~. s. Cruiser Nep-
tune" The cargo included marine pic
lures. sea stories and poems. toy
boats. shell ornaments Of various
over the Neptune presided four boys
dressed as sailors
Equally successful was d booth la
beled The Quick Lunch" where
| cake, sandwiches. hot coffee. cold milk
and pfc were sold by boys in the pic
turesque white garb OF pastry cooks.
Repairing sheet Music.
All it requires to do this work well
/ is to be neat and careful and follow
the directions closely. which any girl
certainly ought to be able to do. 1t
| is dainty, pleasant work, and by ap-
plying to the right persons for work
| a girl who is business-like could get
all she would have, time to do after
school hours and on Saturdays
One girl says she is making all
her spending money this way. She
| applies for work at music schools
| and through music teachers. She
| secures the addresses of music
teachers and music schools from
music stores and music publishers.
| She says that if a girl doesn't get
| enough to do this Sway. she would
| advise putting a short advertisement
! in the daily paper. offering to repair
| sheet music at feasonble rates.. This
! will reach a good many music teach
/ ers. who will give her at least occa
!, sional work Of repairing their sheet
! music. Every city has music teach.
! ers. and teachers will recommen nc
| their pupils who would like some
| one to mend their music for them.s.
This is the way to repair the music
Buy some strong manila paper and
| heavy white linen thread. Open the
music at the center pages. Now GU,
booklike binding Of the manila
paper. which should be at least one
inch wider all around than the size
of the music sheet as it is spread
| of cheescloth with thin -four paste
| and bind every edge Of tho music
sheet with this CLOTH Bind the ma
| nila- cover also with the cheesecloth
| This process will prevent new
music from getting torn. and tori
music can be neatly patched on an,
! part. as the notes will show plainl!
| through the cheesecloth. After past
f: ing three -inch-wide strip Of tn,
! cheesecloth down through the center
| of the music sheet where 1t folds