How to Make Money

by John V. Dunlap

P. S.—Telephone me at Main 246 if you desire information regarding where to buy. My services are free and I am always glad to become acquainted with my readers.

TEA ROOM AND GIFT SHOP

The tea room idea has become a permanent fixture in the average town. Women look for them and patronize them regularly. There seems to be a tendency toward tea rooms of the Colonial type. Read the monthly women’s magazines and you will find in most of them a column devoted to descriptions of tea rooms.

ROOMS

In a recent magazine there appeared an article written by a girl who had made a tremendous success operating rooming houses. Here was her plan:

She found ten girls who were rooming at private homes and taking their meals out the same as she. She told these girls if they were willing to pay her two weeks’ rent in advance, she would rent a home and furnish it. Each girl was to have a large bedroom completely furnished, and was to have access to a well-equipped kitchen and laundry. Cabinets were provided in the kitchen for each girl to keep her food and utensils in and a large refrigerator was also installed, which was always full of ice. Two large rooms downstairs were furnished as a parlor and reading room.

With her first two weeks’ rent, which she collected in advance, she paid one month’s rent for the house and made her first payment on the furniture which she bought on the installment plan. To-day she is operating six of these houses and is now serving meals to each roomer.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SELL REAL ESTATE?

Read this woman’s story:

“Two years ago one of our neighbors moved away unexpectedly, so did not have time to sell their house. They told me I could have all above $5,500 that I could sell it for. I put a For Sale sign on the house, but made no sale. Next I ran a small For Sale want ad, but still no results. Then I had a picture taken of the house and had 2,000 handbills printed fully describing it. I distributed them all over town and posted many on fences and telegraph poles. Within one week I had dozens of people come to look at the house and sold it for $6,500. My total expense was $4.90; my total profit was $1,000. My advice is to go into the real estate business. Go out and find houses for sale, then make the owner a proposition to sell them. My profits this year will run over $5,000 clear.”