Evening star., 1924-06-06
MAKING SUMMER PROFITABLE

to 10:30 pm. Students VINO consult
her are privileged to ask questions
and examinations. the use OF a IL
brary, general expenses, the loan
funds and scholarships of dinerent
colleges, the kinds and amount OF
clothing necessary for a student, the
chance of getting employment our
uation, the value Of the different
courses offered in different colleges,
the value and the drawbacks OF ira
ternities and sororities, the currlcu
lums and the customs and the pit
falls of all the colleges.
Every question, however unimp0r
tant, receives consideration. Ihe
girl keeps tie latest catalogues OF
denominational and private schools
as we'll as the colleges and unlversl-
ties, and furnishes them to students
who are interested. Moreover, she
holds herself in readiness to direct
students in their search for material
for school programs and in preparing
debates or brief talks.
Earns While She Learns.
A college girl writes that she has M
been able to earn consloerApie
amount of spending money during
the college year by staying with her
neighbors babies on evenings When
the parents wished to be absent from
home. She was attending a neaIoy
university. She needed to earn extra
money, and she inquired Una. az ts aoHs
as her evenings were occupied with
study anyway, she could study at
neighbors house as we'll as at her
own home. Indeed. better, Tor tnere
she would not have three nign-
spirited brothers shouting over their
games or banging on the piano. 1t
was a good plan. She was earning
while studying.
To secure engagements she wrote
notes to all the young married
small children. to strangers as wen
as to friends, saying that all her
evenings were free, and that she
would be glad to stay in the house
with the baby while the parents went
to the theater. or reception. or went
calling. She added that her charge
for this service would be so cents
from until II o'clock, and IS cents
for a longer evening
The plan succeeded from the start.
Most of the young married people in
the community were of modest means
and did not keep a maid. They were
glad to find an Intelligent and re-
sponsible person to stay in the house
when they wished to go out. She
became acquainted with the children
who were old enough to know her, so
that it was easy to quiet them IL
they woke up. The business soon
grew. The girls friends quickly told
others of the plan, and soon she was
getting an income of So, 81 and some
times s. week with very little
effort.
Nature Guide.
One boy attending high school was
very anxious to earn money during
his vacation. His parents wanted
him to find employment in the open,
as it was better for his health. For
hn no hod Il
ing his Saturdays and vacations in
the woods, studying the birds, the
flowers and the trees. Knowing
something about nature, he decided
to be a nature guide He placed an
advertisement in the evening paper.
saying that he was about to form
a class of young boys to study
nature in the open. the price to be
25 cents a lesson.
His first response was very salts
factory and the class grew SO rapidly
that he soon divided the boys into
classes of eight. Each class went to
the woods once a week to study the
birds. the flowers and the trees. He
the different trees and what they are
used for. He showed them the dan
ger Of many woods becoming barren
of flowers through the greed of visi-
tors who pull them up by the roots.
He taught them the service that the
insects and the seeds of weed plants.
The summer work gave many of the
boys in town an insight into nature
and a love for outdoor things and
paid the young guide a reasonable
sum for his services.
Cleaning Automobiles.
Another school boy in a small town
let 1T be known that he would wash
the automobiles of his neighbors and
friends as he washed his fathers
machine. SO under a tree in the back
yard he laid rough platform of
boards for washing stand He
brought water from the house by
of the garden hose. A bucket,
a sponge. a chamois skin and a pail
full of automobile soap completed the
equipment. The boy, who WAS a
careful driver, called for the cars
and delivered them. For runabouts
he charged IS cents, for ordinary
touring cars. 81. and for very large
cars, s1.50. Polishing the windshield,
the lights, bumpers. and SO on, was
included. There were dull times, Of
course. but also very busy times. At
the end of three months this boy
found that he had earned an average
of 50 week.