Show 1 j g A New Yorker at Large LaIge By GILBERT SWAN SVAN I NEW YORK May 16 It 16 It is said that almost anyone with a new and trIcky Idea can make his rent and board In Manhattan In Iii fact tact l If the potion notion is sufficiently novel it is possible possible pos pos- sible to make a neat fortune Of course everyone has his own idea concerning what a abright abright bright Idea may be In New York I as elsewhere everything that Is tried docs does not w work But let me give gI you ou a few examples exam exam- pIes ples Not so o many years ago a couple of middle aged women began be began began be- be gan to wonder how they could survive in the big cit city They were down to their last few dollars and had been taking in sewing Sud it occurred to one of them that New York was filled with bachelors There were tens of thousands thousands thousands thou- thou sands of them And as everyone I knows a man likes to have ha some woman oman darn his socks So the they left cards at a few bachelor hotels announcing announcing an- an that sock darning would j be done for a er very small fee fcc Today the two women employ a al I Iscore score of helpers who darn socks I from morning to night You see see its it's as simple as that thaU And very practical w a More ore recently one of oC Manhattans Manhattan's Manhat Manhat- tans tan's t ns n's army of unemployed bright boys bo s 's began to wonder what the millions millions mil mil- lions of oC men did with their old neck- neck tics ties Did they throw them away Dr Or did the they Just let Jet them hang on the hie tie rack He lIe made an investigation and found lc nd that there were any number of if f gents who would gladly wear weal old tic ics if they could be renovated like liked old d hats or shoes Further inquiry showed him that no one had hought thought of this So he started a necktie hospital He Eje tI studied the cost of cleaning and overhauling and then went into business Soon he ho had quite a list cf f customers who Rave pave him their dIe idle ties tics lIe He fixed them over o at so nuch much per dozen And if the men were ere ere about to throw the tics ties away away he me le bought them up for little or thing nothing fixed fl them up and sold oem to peddlers who operate in I the side aide streets and poorer poorer j tet I 1 Today he ne has several going about the city picking up Ui Un of thousands of ties a day v Yes Its It's as simple as that t tc But practical I o 9 e J Then there was the smart you YOul woman who wondered what N Nrc York women aomen did with their babS bab end and children when they went ping or attended a bridge party S a that all of them had to w hihi hh nursemaids and pay a neat sum J is isit It So she he organized a bureau d i maids who are arc on call caIl A re l lar r routine of oC calls caUs has been cut Some of the Ule traveling maidco maid co from home to home like the milk milkman man l or the iceman r The baby carriage garage DIK bU bui ness floss has been a good one here I 11 many a year ear t tAnd And theres there's the hostess hoste bureau where here a lon lonesome me gent can hire I IlA Ip di din theater theat r or cp ncr ner partner I Ithe to fo the evening ening B Bno BIll 1 no I rough 0 ugh tu p lA t goes You c a F- F hire lure your fourth I 1 at bridge can WI engage dancing dancu r partners for to that t party which lac latin latinI or l. l a few nice girls can retain a ii gl glib gliber I con 0 11 to keep t the h er- er party alive I f f 6 I 11 under star n d c this idea dea w wal nom irom London ot So you ou see sec there are all sorts of ways of making a living in New YO Yot If youre you're smart and of cour course coure e pra heal about It it Copyright 1031 1931 NEA Service 3 ii |