Evening star., 1942-05-17

ing equipment? Developing snap
shots taken by friends at low prices
is a very popular way to make
money. You won't make much by
going to people and offering to take
their snapshots for price, unfortu-
nately, but you probably know more
than one boy who would like a
picture of his mother, father, friends
or even of his pets.
Wen. suppose you don't make any
tang as a hobby. Take stock Of
yourself. Do you 90 anything better
than most of your friends, and IS
that ability recognized? If it is,
you're all set. Teach people to
dance, cook, sew, play particular
sport. draw, type, or any other use
full thing for a low fee, and you're
bound to make money.
Are you exceptionally good in any
school subject? With examinations
coming up, you should be able to
make some money tutoring. If one
of your friends is terrifically inept
in class, and has to 60 to summer
school. you may have a job lasting
all during vacation.
A word to the wise here! It's i'm
portant that your ability in any
given field be well recognized before
you can make money from it. You
can't go up to any one and say, Il
do that much better than you do.
How about my teaching you?" He'll
justiflably put you down as con-
ceited annoyance. The thing to do
is to build your ability until it's so
well known that people start coming
to you for aid. Then you're per-
fectly justified in charging a small
sum for your time and trouble.
But suppose you're one Of those
average people who simply don't
make or do anything better than
any one else. Then you'll have to
use your head.
Clever Idea.
An Ohio boy went to a shoe re-
pairman with this proposition: He'd
go to his neighbors and offer to
call for and deliver the shoes they
wanted fixed at no extra charge.
The cobbler would repair the shoes
and give him small percentage of
the money obtained in that way
from business that he probably
wouldn't have had otherwise be-
cause the customers didn't want to
bother taking them to him.
The customers were happy, be-
cause they received prompt delivery
service at no extra charge; the cob
bier was happy. because he got a
lot Of extra business with no trouble
and little expense, and the boy had
so much to do he had to hire a
couple Of assistants! That should
give you an idea. 1t can be adapted
to all sorts of small businesses in
your community.
Another boy noticed that the win
dowS in newly constructed houses
were always dirty. He applied to the
local contractors, and got jobs wash
ing the windows at 10 cents each. A
third attached a streamer to a big
kite and sold advertising space on it.
cot course, he lived in an area where
the flying of kites was not pro-
hibitedD A particularly smart lad
stationed himself at a stoplight on
corner where traffic was heavy.
Every time a car with a headlight
out stopped, he offered to sell the
driver a bulb. If you've ever ridden
with a "one-eyed" driver afraid that
a policeman would see him before he
got a chance to replace the dead
bulb, you can guess how well that
boy made out.
Get the idea? Look around you
for some service or article that is
needed, and see II you can't supply
it conveniently and cheap. And then
put your earnings into War savings
stamps!