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Show Easy Way to Make Pin Money BY BESS RITTER TOYS who believe work is drudgery don't know what a swell time any kid can have earning earn-ing extra cash. For example, there's George, money pennies its the enjoyment that commercial-minded George gets out of aself-conducted business! busi-ness! JOHN'S pockets jingle because scouting is his special thrill. Busy weekends are spent guiding small parties through the little-known little-known wooded sections outside city limits. There are many lovely places for picnics and hikes. He makes trails, builds fires, and teaches his inexperienced followers follow-ers how to trap small game and catch fish. ' He charges 50 cents a day per person. A party of eight is average for him. Sometimes it consists of grown-up couples. He gets this kind of trade from his big sister. Other i times he conducts con-ducts groups of younger neighborhood neigh-borhood boys. One boy buys and sells old comic books. They cost him one 60MIC BOOKS who has the grocery delivery business bus-iness completely sewed up In his neighborhood. Every Friday afternoon aft-ernoon finds him at the phone, calling a list of housewives' numbers. num-bers. He asks three questions: "Are you planning to shop tomorrow?" "May I help you with the parcels?" par-cels?" "Is 11 o'clock a good time to meet?" Upon hanging up, he jots down the name and time. The next person called hears this: "I can't make it at 11. Is 11:30 okay?" On Saturday it doesn't make very much difference how many other boys are hanging around waiting for a job. All .tine ladies have already booked Gtorge! His wagon is a big red affair, purchased pur-chased with his very fifst profits. New customers are gd to give him their- phone numbers. Old ones beg him to contaiue. The enterprfse is profitable because 20 cents is the average tip. Multiply Multi-ply this by 10 short trips (a minimum mini-mum amount) and there's enough cash for a lot of extri things. like stamps, double malts, and camera film. But the real thrill isn't the pin cent. He gets rid of them for five one half the standard newsstand price. Another potential profit and loss magnate specializes in hard candies. He purchases them in 10-pound lots. The kids in the school yard are glad to give him one penny for two pieces. This is a big profit. Coaching backward students is a wonderful plan. Repairing toys is a good idea, if handling tools is a favorite form of fun. There may be a profit in doing the thing you like to do best. |