Chapter I: Front Matter

ONE
THOUSAND WAYS
TO
MAKE MONEY.

BY

PAGE FOX.

COMPRISING

The Rounds and Bounds of Money-Making; The Arts of
Getting a Living; Old and New Opportunities for
Fortune; A Storehouse of Facts, Hints, Helps
and Practical Ideas, in all Kinds of Business,
and Hundreds of Trade Secrets
Never Before Given Away.

SECOND EDITION.

THE

Abbey Press

PUBLISHERS

114
FIFTH AVENUE

NEW YORK

Copyright, 1900,

by

THE

Abbey Press

in
the
United States
and
Great Britain.

All Rights Reserved.

TO THE READER.

Friend--Are you looking for a place? We tell you how to find it. Are you poorly paid for your work? We tell you how to get better wages. Have you goods you want to sell? We suggest new plans.

Are the profits of shop, store, office, or farm unsatisfactory? We tell you how to increase your income.

Do you want to change your business? We suggest a vast number of new ways to make money.

Have you a boy whom you wish to put to a trade? We tell you what occupations pay the best.

Do you wish to make money in your own home? We give you a list of 100 paying articles which you can make and sell.

Have you a little plot of ground around your house? We tell you how to make it yield you a yearly revenue.

Do you want to know how our rich men made their money? We give the secrets away by the hundred.

Do you want to know what to do with your savings? We give you a list of the best-paying investments.

Have you practical ideas? Are you skilled in the use of tools? Would you like to take out a patent? We present to you a list of over 300 inventions needed, and in some cases even suggest how the article should be made.

Have you literary ability? or reportorial talent? or advertising genius? We mention 100 ways by which you may be able to make a living by the pen.

In short the 1,000 ways of money-making in this book are 1,000 nails to hang your fortune on. Others have profited by these suggestions. Why may not you?

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I.

HOW TO GET A PLACE. PAGE

The Secret of Work. Nature’s Furrow. General Details. The Prismatic Brain. The Bridled Tongue. Studying the Stair Above. The Missing Factor. The Magnifying Glass. The Microscopic Eye. Scoring a Point when off Duty. The Study of Men 13

CHAPTER II.

STARTING IN BUSINESS.

The Minimum Basis. The House-to-House Canvass. The Choice Location. The Maximum Basis. The Personal Equation 21

CHAPTER III.

MONEY IN TRADE.

The Interlined Advertisement. The Picturesque Name. The Pictorial Wreck. Red-Letter Day. Class Discount. The Honest Flaw. The Premium Clerk. The Railroad Mileage. The Dial Dollars. First Customer Package. The Carpet Coupon. The House Lot Coupon. Price-Time Grade. Sales Bulletin. Best Reason Prize. Birthday Calendar. Conspicious Price-List. The Early Discount. The Money-Space Counter. 24

CHAPTER IV.

MONEY IN THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW ARTICLE.

The Puzzle. The Toy Imitation. The Cartoon. The Conjurer. The Striking Figure. The Advertising Story. The Word-Builder. The Popular Pun. The Political Guesser. The Geometrical Group. The Pictorial Comparison. The Open Challenge. The Book Gift. Sunday School Supplies. 30

CHAPTER V.

MONEY IN THE HOME STORE.

Section 1--Household Ornaments.

Crystallized Grasses. Leaf Impressions. Vine and Trellis. The Suspended Acorn. Moss and Cone. The Tumbler of Peas. The Hanging Turnip. Bleached Leaves. The Artificial Plant. 35

Section 2--Tea Dishes.

Delicious Ham. Choice Tongue. Artificial Honey. 39

Section 3--Pastry.

Angel Cake. Dominos. Soft Gingerbread. Doughnuts. 41

Section 4--Sweetmeats and Confectionery.

Walnut Candy. Chocolate Caramels. Peppermint Creams. Molasses Candy. Blanched Almonds. Fig Paste. Fig Layer Candy. 42

Section 5--Preserves, Pickles, and Jellies.

Orange Marmalade. Brandied Peach. Ox-Heart Cherry. Pound Pear. Grape Jelly. Sweet Pickles. Chow-Chow. Pickled Walnuts. 44

Section 6--Toilet Articles.

Rose Oil. Cologne Water. French Face Powder. Night-Blooming Cereus. 47

Section 7--Varnishes and Polishes.

Stove Blacking. Shoe Blacking. Furniture Cream. Leather Polish. 48

Section 8--Soaps and Starches.

Poland Starch. Glue Starch. Gum-Arabic Starch. Starch Luster. Hard Soap. Savon D’Amande. 50

Section 9--Soft Drinks.

Root Beer. Ginger Pop. Lemonade and Orangeade. 51

Section 10--Dairy and Other Farm Produce.

Golden Butter. Fresh Eggs. Sweet Milk. Sparkling Honey. New Cheese. Clean Lard. White Pork. Poultry to Order. 52

Section 11--Garden Vegetables.

Cut-to-Order Asparagus. Quick Market Strawberries. Round Tomatoes. Pint Peas. String Beans. Green Corn. 54

Section 12--School Supplies.

Book Covers. Artificial Slates. Cheap Ink. School Bag. Pen Wiper. Children’s Luncheon. 56

Section 13--Christmas Presents.

Sofa Pillow. Jewel Tray. American Flag. Hair-Pin Case. Chair Cushion. Lamp Shade. Bookmark. Handy Work-Box. Pincushion. Catch-Bag. Court-Plaster Case. Postage-Stamp Holder. Photograph Frame. Match Safe. Wall-Pocket. Glove Box. 57

Section 14--Miscellaneous Articles.

Hot Gems. Sliced Watermelon. Toothsome Pies. Ice Cream. Pork and Beans. Tomato Ketchup. Mince Meat. Dried Apples. Peanuts. Cigarettes. Tallow Candles. Lung Preserver. Poison Killer. Mucilage. Pop Corn. 61

CHAPTER VI.

MONEY IN THE HOME ACRE.

Money in Pears. Greenbacks in Greenings. Plums of Gold. The Raspberry Acre. Profits in Big Peaches. Easy Tomatoes. Assorted Strawberries. Livings in Lettuce. Sovereigns in Spinach. Thousand-Dollar Celery. Fortunes in Water-Cress. The Dollar Blackberry. Nickels in Pickles. The Beet Lot. The Roasting Ear. Paying Peas. Grated Horseradish. 69