HOW SEVEN BOYS EARNED MONEY

Seven boys, from 12 to 15 years of age, all pupils at the same city school, and all close chums, adopted seven different ways of earning a little money during vacation, and it is pleasing to know that all seven succeeded. Here are the plans they followed, one boy to each plan:

PLAN No. 476. CANCELED POSTAGE STAMPS

One boy went to the large business houses and collected all the canceled stamps he could find on envelopes received through the mails. Many of these were from foreign countries and brought good prices when offered to dealers or boys making stamp collections, while the domestic stamps he sold for 25 cents per thousand. During the vacation period that year he made over $50.

PLAN No. 477. BOUGHT A PRINTING PRESS

Another boy induced his father to help him buy a small printing press, and cards of various sizes. He then took orders for the printing of these cards for other boys and for men needing the cheaper grade, charging 75 cents per hundred and cleared up nearly $40 above expenses, besides paying for his printing press.

PLAN No. 478. PARLOR MAGIC

The next boy with a taste for entertaining, and being clever at sleight-of-hand tricks, bought a book on parlor magic, and gave entertainments at his own home and the homes of other boys, charging 10 cents admission. He performed these tricks so well that everyone felt that he or she had received full value for the dime paid at the door, and the youthful entertainer realized a net profit of almost $60 during the three months of his summer vacation.

PLAN No. 479. DID SCROLL-SAW WORK

The fourth boy, being of a mechanical turn of mind, bought a scroll-saw, with which he made a great variety of very pretty things, and for these the neighbors were glad to pay good prices, especially where he made any special design to order. He was very skilful in his work, and was kept busy most of the time, so that his net earnings during vacation were $37.

PLAN No. 480. A LEMONADE STAND

The fifth boy had a taste for merchandising, and set up a lemonade stand in the front yard of his home, where many people passed every day. He had various-sized glasses in which he put his lemonade, properly made and tastefully displayed, and sold his product at 1 to 5 cents a glass, according to size. He also had some very good ice cream which he sold in small dishes at 2 to 5 cents a dish. Children were his principal customers, but even at these low prices, he made a good profit on his sales, and the business netted him a little more than $30 altogether.

PLAN No. 481. DOING ODD JOBS

The sixth boy did odd jobs wherever he could find them, such as carrying satchels or parcels from stores, or to and from trains, pushing baby carriages in the parks, running errands for neighbors, and anything else that came handy. He was always on the lookout for work and was very seldom idle. His earnings were $23.75, and he was very well satisfied with that.

PLAN No. 482. COLLECTING OLD MAGAZINES FOR SALE

The seventh boy went from house to house, collecting all the old magazines that people were willing to give away, and sold these to dealers at a good price per pound, as anything made of paper was in good demand. This boy was more successful and his earnings were $70 during that three months of vacation.