The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-03
NIGHT WORK

II should like to earn some extra
money by doing night work. can
YOU suggest some way in which
can get such work, say, from
toi10?"
almost three out of every five let
ters I receive contain a request SINH
lar to this. Most of them are from
Young men and women who are doing
bookkeeping or stenographic WORK
during the day and who want to DO
similar or different work at night.
This desire to earn extra money
by night work seems to be SO popular
that l am going to discuss the ques-
ton in this article. There Is always
one thing about which / like to eau
ton these young people who want to
do work at night. 1t is this: If you
work. saw from s to 10 or IL, after
working from to in an office
all day, are you sure that your ener-
gy and nervous system can stand this
extra strain?
Personally. I believe some night
work and study Is good thing, but
before you undertake 1t. ask yourself
If, by doing extra night work, you
will not in some measure tire your
self and make yourself less efficient
FOR your work the next day. 1t IS
hard to burn the candle at both enos-
Unless you are careful to relax for
few hours between the two jobs; to
eat a good meal calmly and slowly,
(and the tendency is, when you re
filling a night job. to bolt a nasty
dinner), it would be better for you
to leave the night work alone
1t isn't fair to a boss during the
day for an employee to work at night,
and then come to work the next
morning tired, unrested, and unable
to- give a fresh, clear brain and un-
bounded energy to the day job
That is my only word of caution to
you who want night work. be sure
that you're equal to 1t.
Now then. how to get night work?
The best way ! know is to advertise
for 1t. OF course. 1t all depends on
what YOU want to do. Most or my
correspondents want stenographic or
typewriting work at night Ihere
ara a great many business persons
who can use the services or stem
oerapher during evening hours-per-
sons who are doing something dl1-
ferent during the day and who, at
night, want to handle correspondence
or do other writing.
think it is often better, If you
can do 1t. to vary your night WORK
from your day job. Then the strain
is not so great. One young stenogra-
ferent" and l suggested selling In
small local shop at night. This Is
interesting and more varied, particu-
larxly If one sits at typewriter all
day >. J.,
On tho other hand it Is often
easiest to get employment at the
work one does best - that Is, whlcn
one does during the day. Be fair TO
yourself and your boss about
night jobs-and watch your energy.
No task is more unpleasant for the
housekeeper than keeping the gar
hare paii clean and odorless. Even
with the best of care the can VIII
smell and needs frequent securing
with strong disinfectant. In more
suburban communities there is con-
sidera BILE delay in removing garbage.
which thus becomes a neighborhood
menace to breed files and encourage
dangerous disease germs.
Many housekeepers practice the
Man Of putting newspapers in the
hottom Of the can before throwing
IN refuse. But an even better method
is 10 use a specially prepared par
sfsin naper bag which will protect
tba.'can and keep the contents to-
sether. Such waterproof paper pre-
vents the liquod from the garpase
coming in contact with the walls OF
The can, which always results in a
slirny and unpleasant container. IL
also allows the entire bag OF reluse
10 he quickly lifted out by 1anitor
nv refuse man and handled with less
danger of infection.