Show 1 i iT J r J riI tt t- t r. r t 1 BATCH OF QUEER TRADES Among Them Are Fly and Flea Ca Catchers Catch Catch- Catch Catch- ers ere Lion Hunters and Human Incubators A request was recently sent out by byan byan bylin an lin English paper for suggestions ot of Some Soma novel ways ways of earning money of f the replies have novelty enough and to spare spar Here are a 11 a few professions professions pro wh which ch were proposed A professional flea c catcher a custodian custodian custodian cus cus- for safety pins a collector of of dried flies for hen hens hens' load food purveyor purveyor of fads to the leisure classes a lion hunting agency for society's use a motor car library to call at out of ot the way places with the newest boo books s a maker up of minds a grievance a m manners teacher Evidently dried files re In demand for the suggestion of a dried fly merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant came came from two quarters As Aa for the maker up of minds and an equivalent of the motor motor- motorcar car library they exist in New York at the present pres pres- present ent ent time So also does the umbrella and waterproof waterproof waterproof wa wa- exchange recommended recommend d by byi another person Among the queer o oe- oe pupations described as already fol lowed owed is that of artistically painting with harmless pigments fictitious if it scanty scanty canty hair on bald heads A A Aman man I know says one answer r makes his living out of funerals and and- weddings He attends funeral gets gets' a gets I Ii i a list of the wreaths from the undertake undertaker under under- taker take on reciprocal terms terms takes a at a shorthand note of the ministers minister's ad address ad i dress draws up up a souvenir report of oil the whole thing and offers it to the survivors Bereaved people are an easy prey Not Infrequently he receives encouragement j i also from the printer or typo 1st if he can persuade e suade them to have haveIt i itt It tt put in type His tactics are similar similar in reg regard rd to o weddings but there as he suffers suffers' severely from the competition of the newspapers his great source of profit Is acting as agent for the loan of wedding presents It Is said that at athe at at- he be second wedding of a well-known well politician at Birmingham the present were Iwer valued at and Vo- Vo thirds of them were hired Commission Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion on worth of business is la lanot not pot to be despised Another case is that hat of a busy farmers farmer's wife In Australia had who had th the misfortune tune to have a paralytic son who was was bed ridden She was wasa a I. I notable manager anS amI considering the great cost of the invalid and the loss of his services on the farm she persuaded him to allow clutches of eggs to be placed with proper precautions precautions precautions In the bed that the equal and continual warmth might hatch them This was accordingly done and the paralyzed youth was as proud of the broods as possible and thoroughly earned his living besides gaining an Interest In his life me |